Chris Rörland

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Rörland with Sabaton at Wacken Open Air 2013

Chris Rörland (* 27. December 1986 in Falun ) is a Swedish Metal - guitarist and graphic designer . Since 2012 he has been a member of the heavy metal band Sabaton . Before that he played in the bands TME and Nocturnal Rites .

Life

Rörland started playing guitar at the age of seven. He describes Adrian Smith as his greatest guitarist influence , then Joe Satriani , Steve Vai and Yngwie Malmsteen .

In 2010 Rörland became guitarist of the power metal band Nocturnal Rites, in 2012 he replaced the two guitarists from Sabaton, Rikard Sundén and Oskar Montelius, together with Thorbjörn Englund . Rörland is in a relationship. He did his military service as an ammunition driver.

He plays in the band The Last Heroes with Tommy Johansson , Thobbe Englund and Hannes Van Dahl .

Discography

With Sabaton

As a guest

  • 2008: with Cronan : Enterprise (lead guitar in pieces 3, 7, 8)
  • 2013: with Thobbe Englund : tact on From the Wilderness (guitar solo)
  • 2017: with Nocturnal Rites : Before We Waste Away on Phoenix (co-author)

Work as a graphic designer

  • 2015: for Thobbe Englund - From the Wilderness
  • 2016: for Sabaton - The Last Stand (text design and layout)
  • 2016: for Thobbe Englund - Before the Storm
  • 2018: for Thobbe Englund - The Draining of Vergelmer (graphic design, text design and layout)
  • 2018: for Follow the Cipher - Follow the Cipher

Web links

Commons : Chris Rörland  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Footnotes

  1. Nocturnal Rites with a new guitarist , in: rockhard.de , from May 26, 2010, accessed on July 28, 2017
  2. Jessica Santiago Lopez: Interview with Sabaton , in: Metalkrant , January 3, 2015, accessed July 28, 2017
  3. Interview: Pär Sundström and Chris Rörland of Sabaton (London, 10th March 2016) , in: moshville.com , from March 22, 2016, accessed on July 28, 2017
  4. Mark Uricheck: Interview: Former Sabaton guitarist Thobbe Englund talks leaving band, solo career , in: Metal Insider , from February 22, 2017, accessed on July 28, 2017
  5. Message on metal-heads.de .