Thorbjörn Englund

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Thorbjörn Englund on Rockavaria with Sabaton, 2016

Thorbjörn "Thobbe" Englund (born August 13, 1979 in Luleå ) is a Swedish multi-instrumentalist , composer, singer, who also works as a sound engineer and music producer. Englund achieved his greatest fame as the guitarist of the heavy metal band Sabaton . Since 2006 he has also been active as a solo artist. His solo band is also called Thobbe Englund.

Life

Until winter long

Englund grew up in Lappträsk in the municipality of Haparanda on the Finnish border and has Finnish ancestors. When he was six years old, he was given a small Casio keyboard . He later practiced the guitar for eight hours a day. Englund names Yngwie Malmsteen as his greatest influence as a guitarist , but also Ritchie Blackmore , Joe Satriani , Kee Marcello and Gary Moore .

He gained first notoriety through his work in the band Winterlong, in which he was lead guitarist, bassist and, from 2006, also singer. The project released a total of four albums from 2001 to 2006. In the same year his debut album was released as a solo artist, Influences , although, according to his own statement, the Winterlong recordings since the second album are to be regarded as solo projects.

Since predator

From 2009 to 2010 he was bass player in the power metal band Raubtier , in which Pär Hulkoff sings and plays guitar, who was also involved with Winterlong for a short time. Because the two guitarists from Sabaton wanted to leave the band in 2012, the bassist of the group, Pär Sundström , called Pär Hulkoff with the intention of winning him over as a guitarist for Sabaton, but Hulkoff declined because of his own band. A little later he called Sundström back to recommend Englund to him and to give him his number. After meeting Joakim Brodén and Sundström in Stockholm , Englund became part of the band. Until he left in 2016, he recorded the band's last two studio albums, for which he co-composed three pieces. He also took on the lead vocals on The Last Stand for the cover All Guns Blazing . Englund commented on his exit as follows:

“There is one thing I really believe in and it is that you should always follow your heart. Over the years I have found what makes me really happy and satisfied and that's why I now want to follow my own creativity more and combine this with a somewhat calmer life in which I don't have to tour the world at the speed of light all year round. "

- Thorbjörn Englund

After leaving, he was replaced by Tommy Johansson .

2015 he appeared as a guest musician with Orphan Gypsy at the Wacken Open Air and played Wasted Years of Iron Maiden with the band.

Englund was also a member of the bands Pavlovian Dogs, Endomorph and Star Queen. Since 2017 he has been playing rhythm guitar live with Bloodbound. He recorded all the instruments himself on the solo albums From the Wilderness and Before the Storm , released in 2015 and 2016 .

Englund likes to bring instrumental pieces to his albums. From the Wilderness was, apart from the bonus track instinct , purely instrumental.

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

His son was born on January 8, 2019.

Trivia

Englund with his Sabaton colleagues Brodén and Sundström at Rockbjörnen 2013

Since Englund never wore underwear under the camouflage pants that are part of Sabaton's live wear, one of his pants tore at the end of an appearance at the livestreamed Dreamhack Festival in Sweden in 2014 and his penis was exposed. Englund continued the show.

Discography

as a solo artist (since 2015 as "Thobbe Englund")
  • Influences (2006, Lion Music)
  • From the Wilderness (2015, Lion Music)
  • Before the Storm (2016, own distribution)
  • Sold my Soul (2017, Metalville)
  • The Draining of Vergelmer (2018, Metalville)
  • Hail to the Priest (2019, Metalville)
with winter long

From the second album onwards, the band is to be understood as a solo project.

  • Valley of the Lost  (2001, Lion Music)
  • The Second Coming (2003, Lion Music)
  • Winterlong (2005, Lion Music)
  • Winterlong - Metal / Technology (2006, Lion Music)
with Star Queen
  • Faithbringer  (2002, Lion Music)
  • Your True Self (2004, Lion Music)
with Mistheria
  • Messenger of the Gods (2004, Lion Music, gościnnie)
with predator
  • Det finns bara krig (2009, BD Music)
  • Skriet från vildmarken (2010, Rattlesnake Productions)
with Sabaton

(2013-2016)

  • Swedish Empire Live  (2013, Nuclear Blast)
  • Heroes  (2014, Nuclear Blast)
  • Live on the Sabaton Cruise (2014, Chaos Reigns)
  • Heroes on Tour  (2016, Nuclear Blast)
  • The Last Stand  (2016, Nuclear Blast)
  • The Great War (2019, guitar solo in Fields of Verdun )
as a guest
  • with Hulkoff : Einherjr on Kven (2017)
  • with Aldaria : When the Time Has Come (2017, single)
  • with Civil War : Dead Man's Glory (2019, single, guitar solo)

Web links

Commons : Thorbjörn Englund  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Nuclear Blast Records: SABATON - Heroes (OFFICIAL TRACK-BY-TRACK PART II) , official YouTube video
  2. ↑ Adam Danhall: Från Lappträsk till världsturné in: nsd.se , April 26, 2012 Retrieved on July 28, 2017
  3. ↑ a b c Thorbjörn Englund in the Encyclopedia Metallum
  4. ↑ Interview with Hardrock Haven , accessed July 31, 2017
  5. ↑ Maria Voutiriadou, Dimitris Kontogeorgakos: Sabaton - Pär Sundström, Thobbe Englund , in: metalkaoz.com , accessed on July 10, 2017
  6. ↑ Tilmann Rohlf: Sabaton: Guitarist Thobbe Englund gets out , in: Metal Hammer , from July 26, 2016, accessed on July 10, 2017
  7. ↑ Thorbjörn Englund on Instagram: “On the 8th of January 2019 at 21.08, Thor Loke Englund came into this world. #proudest #moment #of #my #life “. Retrieved June 16, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Jessica Santiago Lopez: Interview with Sabaton , in: Metalkrant , January 3, 2015
  9. ↑ Thorbjörn Englund - Influences - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives. Retrieved April 27, 2017 .
  10. ^ Thorbjörn Englund - From the Wilderness - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives. Retrieved April 27, 2017 .
  11. ^ Thorbjörn Englund - Before the Storm - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives. Retrieved April 27, 2017 .
  12. ^ Thorbjörn Englund - Sold My Soul - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives. Retrieved April 27, 2017 .
  13. ^ Sabaton - Swedish Empire Live - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives. Retrieved April 27, 2017 .
  14. ^ Sabaton - Heroes - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives. Retrieved April 27, 2017 .
  15. ^ Sabaton - Live on the Sabaton Cruise 2014 - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives. Retrieved April 27, 2017 .
  16. ^ Sabaton - Heroes on Tour - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives. Retrieved April 27, 2017 .
  17. ^ Sabaton - The Last Stand - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives. Retrieved April 27, 2017 .
Sabaton
Oskar Montelius • Rikard Sundén • Richard Larsson • Daniel Mullback • Daniel Mÿhr • Thorbjörn Englund • Robban Bäck
Studio albums

Primo Victoria (2005) • Attero Dominatus (2006) • Metalizer (2007) • The Art of War (2008) • Coat of Arms (2011) • Carolus Rex (2012) • Heroes (2014) • The Last Stand (2016) • The Great War (2019)

Extended plays

Attero Dominatus & Primo Victoria (2007)

Live albums

World War Live - Battle of the Baltic Sea (2011) • Swedish Empire Live (2013) • Heroes on Tour (2016)

Compilation albums

Fist for Fight (2000)

Singles

Masters of the World (2007) • Cliffs of Gallipoli (2008) • Coat of Arms (2010) • Screaming Eagles (2010) • Metalus Hammerus Rex (2012) • Carolus Rex (2012) • A Lifetime of War (2012) • Far from the Fame (2012) • To Hell and Back (2014) • Resist and Bite (2014) • Blood of Bannockburn (2016) • The Last Stand (2016) • In the Army Now (2016, digital)


personal data
SURNAME Englund, Thorbjörn
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Englund, Thobbe (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish multi-instrumentalist, composer, singer
DATE OF BIRTH August 13, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Luleå