Chris Rörland
Illustration — Rörland with Sabaton in 2012 Chris Rörland (born 27 December 1986) is a Swedish guitarist. Before joining power metal band Sabaton in 2012, he played in TME and Nocturnal Rites.
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- 1986 · Falun.
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- Sweden
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- guitarist · rock musician · composer
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Illustration — Rörland with Sabaton in 2012 Chris Rörland (born 27 December 1986) is a Swedish guitarist. Before joining power metal band Sabaton in 2012, he played in TME and Nocturnal Rites.
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Chris Rörland (born 1986) is a Swedish composer, guitarist and rock musician. The composer was born in Falun. Chris Rörland is a member of Nocturnal Rites and Sabaton.
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Rörland started at the age of seven to play the guitar. He names Adrian Smith, John Petrucci, Steve Vai and Yngwie Malmsteen as his major influences. In 2010, Rörland became guitarist of the power metal band Nocturnal Rites.[1] In 2012, he and Thorbjörn (Thobbe) Englund replaced Sabaton’s former guitarists, Rikard Sundén and Oskar Montelius. Rörland is in a relationship.[2] He did his military service as a munition driver.[3] Together with former Sabaton member Tommy Johansson, and current members Thobbe Englund and Hannes Van Dahl, he was in the band The Last Heroes.
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Sabaton
• 2014: Heroes • 2016: The Last Stand • 2018: The Great War • 2022: The War to End All Wars • 2025: Legends
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• 2008: with Cronan: Enterprise (lead guitar on tracks 3, 7, 8) • 2013: with Thobbe Englund: Fingerspitzengefühl in From the Wilderness (guitar solo) • 2017: with Nocturnal Rites: Before We Waste Away in Phoenix (song writer) • 2018: with Follow the Cipher: Follow the Cipher[5] (lead and rhythm guitar)
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• 2015: for Thobbe Englund – From the Wilderness • 2016: for Sabaton – The Last Stand (text formation and layout) • 2016: for Thobbe Englund – Before the Storm[4] • 2018: for Thobbe Englund – The Draining of Vergelmer (graphic design, text formation and layout) • 2018: for Follow the Cipher – Follow the Cipher • 2019: for Majestica – Above the Sky
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Chris Rörland is recorded with the occupation rock musician. Recorded as guitarist, rock musician and composer.
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1986
Chris Rörland was born on 27 December 1986.
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- 1.Nocturnal Rites mit neuem Gitarristen . In: rockhard.de, 26 Mai 2010, retrieved on 17 December 2020.
- 2.Jessica Santiago Lopez: Interview with Sabaton. In: Metalkrant, 3 January 2015, retrieved on 17 December 2020.
- 3.Interview: Pär Sundström and Chris Rörland of Sabaton (London, 10th March 2016). In: moshville.com, 22 March 2016, retrieved on 17 December 2020.
- 4.Mark Uricheck: Interview: Former Sabaton guitarist Thobbe Englund talks leaving band, solo career. In: Metal Insider, 22 February 2017, retrieved on 17 December 2020.
- 5.news on metal-heads.de.
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