Ola "The Swede" Englund (born 27 September 1981) is a Swedish guitarist, record producer, YouTuber, and the owner of Solar guitars. He is a founding-member of the band Feared,[1][2][3] plays lead guitar in the Swedish metal band The Haunted, and is a former member of the band Six Feet Under. He has also been a part of Scarpoint, Facing Death, Subcyde and Sorcerer.[4][5]
Ola Englund | |
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.jpg) Englund in 2016 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 27 September 1981 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Genres | Death metal, groove metal, thrash metal, melodic death metal, progressive metal |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, record producer, songwriter, YouTuber |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar, bass |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Member of |
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| Formerly of | Six Feet Under |
| Spouse | Louise Englund |
| Website | olaenglund |
In 2018 and 2019, Total Guitar magazine awarded him as Best Internet Personality. In 2019, he released his first solo-album Master of the Universe. His second solo-album, Starzinger, was released on 26 April 2021.
Englund has a YouTube-channel under his own name where he makes videos about metal-related topics such as gear demos, news, artist interviews, Q&A, and behind-the-scenes-footage of his bands' gigs and business. As of January 2024, his channel has 840,000 subscribers.
Influences
editEnglund cites his biggest influences as Pantera, Dream Theater, Nevermore, Sepultura, Testament, Bolt Thrower, Entombed, and Children of Bodom. He is a big fan of former Pantera-guitarist Dimebag Darrell.
Discography
edit| Year | Band | Album | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Facing Death | Facing Death | Demo |
| 2007 | Subcyde | Subcyde | |
| Feared | Feared | ||
| 2008 | Feared (EP) | EP | |
| 2011 | Rejects | ||
| Scarpoint | Mask of Sanity | ||
| 2012 | Feared | Refeared | |
| 2013 | Furor Incarnatus | ||
| Vinter | |||
| Six Feet Under | Unborn | ||
| 2014 | Feared | Elemental Nightmares – II | Split with Montecharge, Dead River Runs Dry, and Satyros |
| The Haunted | Eye of the Storm | EP | |
| Exit Wounds | |||
| 2015 | Feared | Synder | |
| 2016 | Reborn | compilation | |
| 2017 | Svart | ||
| The Haunted | Strength in Numbers | ||
| 2019 | Ola Englund | Master of the Universe | |
| 2021 | Starzinger | ||
| 2023 | The Chug Project | Volume 1 | Songs are based on "Sunday with Ola" riffs |
| Volume 2 |
Singles
edit- "Pizza Hawaii" (2019)
- "Cerberus" (2019)
- "Solar Pt. 1" (2019)
- "The Sun & the Moon" (2020)
- "Stars & Ponies" (2020)
- "Cringy AF" (2021)
- "Demon(etized)" (2021)
- "The First of its Kind" (2023)
- "Live In You" (2023)
Gear
editEnglund has had signature guitar lines from Strictly 7[6] (2011–2013) and Washburn[7] (2013–2017), as well as a signature amplifier from Randall[8] known as the Randall Satan (2014–2019). In November 2017, he announced the launch of his own guitar brand called Solar Guitars.[9]
References
edit- ^ "Feared – Discography – Metal Storm". Metalstorm.net. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
- ^ Hutscal, Luke. "Beathound". Beathound.com. Archived from the original on 4 February 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
- ^ "Feared – Store". Fearedband.com. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
- ^ "Voices of Metal – Ola Englund | Seymour Duncan Blog". Seymourduncan.com. 10 November 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
- ^ "Ola Englund". Metal Insider. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
- ^ "No renewal of my S7G contract". Ola Englund. Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- ^ "Washburn – Ola Englund". Olaenglund.com. Archived from the original on 21 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- ^ "Ola Englund Satan – Randall Amplifiers". Randallamplifiers.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- ^ [1] GuitarWorld.com, entry: The Haunted, Feared Guitarist Ola Englund launches Solar Guitars Brand