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Swedish musician
Musical artist
Karl Pontus Norgren (born 22 April 1968)
[1] is the current guitarist of the Swedish
power metal band
HammerFall and formerly played guitar for
The Poodles .
Biography
Norgren replaced former HammerFall guitarist
Stefan Elmgren , who decided to focus on his career as a pilot. Norgren was contacted by
Joacim Cans , HammerFall's singer, who asked him if he knew a good guitarist. Being a fan of
HammerFall 's music and desiring to play a heavier style of music than that of The Poodles, Norgren suggested himself. HammerFall asserts that they are happy with Norgren as a guitarist and band member.
Norgren previously played with bands including Great King Rat,
Talisman ,
Humanimal ,
The Ring , and
Zan Clan .
He also served as live sound engineer for Thin Lizzy during the band's 2000 tour, similarly serving
Europe and Yngwie J. Malmsteen.
Recently, he joined The German Panzer as one of the group's 2nd guitarists.
Discography
Great King Rat
Great King Rat (1992)
Out of the Can (1999)
Jekyll-and-Hyde
Heavenly Creatures (1998)
Talisman
Solo
Humanimal
Find My Way Home EP (2002)
Humanimal (2002)
Jeff Scott Soto
Holding On EP (2002)
Live at The Gods 2.002 (2003)
The Ring
Tales from Midgard (2004)
DivineFire
Zan Clan
We Are Zan Clan...Who the F**K Are You??! (2005)
The Poodles
Doogie White
HammerFall
Guest musician
Various Artists - Musically Correct III: The Eagle Has Landed (1999) "Brand New Start" from Damage Done
House of Shakira - III (2000) guitar solo on "In Your Head"
Locomotive Breath - Heavy Machinery (2002) guitar solo on "The Adventures of Zaphod Beeblebrox"
Various Artists - United: Where Is the Fire (2005) DVD
Talisman -
7 (2007) guest guitarist on "Final Curtain"
Tomas Bergsten's Fantasy - Nightwalker (2015) guitar solo on "In Eternity"
As producer, engineer, mixer
Human Clay - U4Ia (1997)
Four Sticks - Electric Celebration (1997) engineer, mixing
House of Shakira - Lint (1997) mixing (with Björn Wallmark)
House of Shakira - On the Verge (1998) mixing (with Björn Wallmark)
Southpaw - Southpaw (1998)
Clockwise - Naîve (1998) engineer (with Niklas Sjöberg)
Jekyll-and-Hyde - Heavenly Creatures (1998) engineer
Great King Rat - Out of the Can (1999) producer, mixing
Gaeleri - Still Here... (1999) co-producer, engineer
Pontus Norgren - Damage Done (2000) producer
House of Shakira - III (2000) engineer, mixing
House of Shakira - Live + (2001) live sound engineer
Humanimal - Find My Way Home EP (2002) co-producer, engineer
Humanimal - Humanimal (2002) co-producer, engineer
Mercury Fang - Liquid Sunshine (2003) producer, mixing
The Ring - Tales from Midgard (2004) producer, engineer, mixing, mastering
Candlemass –
Candlemass (2005) producer, engineer, mixing
Doogie White - As Yet Untitled (2008) producer, mixing
Last Autumn's Dream - Hunting Shadows (2008) mixing, mastering
Impulsia -
Expressions (2009) co-producer, engineer
Rough Diamond - Stories from the Old Days (2012) mixing (with Marcus Jidell)
Dreamcatcher - No More (2020) writer
References
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