Dan Mongrain

Infobox musical artist
Name = Dan Mongrain
Birth_name = Daniel Mongrain
Born =birth date and age|1976|7|4|mf=y
Trois-Rivières, Québec
Instrument = Guitars
Genre = Heavy metal, progressive metal, technical death metal
Occupation = Musician, Songwriter
Label = Galy Records
Associated_acts = Voivod, Martyr

Dan Mongrain is a co-founder of the Quebec technical metal band Martyr. He composes, sings and plays lead and rhythm guitar. Dan Mongrain plays guitar for the Canadian thrash/progressive metal band Voivod.

Mongrain was a session and touring guitarist for the Canadian metal bands Cryptopsy (2005), Quo Vadis (2005), Gorguts (2005), Alcoholica (2004) and Capharnaum (2003).

In addition to the metal genre, Dan Mongrain plays guitar with several Quebec artists including Dan Bigras, Breen Leboeuf and Bruno Pelletier for the musical Dracula - Entre l'amour et la mort.

Dan Mongrain teaches jazz and pop guitar at the Cégep régional de Lanaudière, Joliette Campus [http://www.collanaud.qc.ca/fichiers/Enseignants%20en%20musique.pdf] .

Equipment

Guitars

*Hagström Guitars
*Jackson Guitars
*Liberatore Guitars

Amps

*Orange Amplification
*Marshall Series 2000 Head

Effects/Pedals

*Rocktron

Discography

with Martyr:
*"Feeding The Abscess" 2006 (Galy Records)
*"Extracting The Core" 2001 (Galy Records)
*"Warp Zone" 2000 (Warfare Records)
*"Hopeless Hopes" 1997 Re-release (Galy Records)
*"Ostrogoth" 1995 (Independent)

DVD Martyr:
*"Havoc in Quebec City DVD" 2008 (Galy Records)

With Gorguts:
*"From Wisdom to Hate" 2001

With Capharnaum:
*"Fractured" 2004

References

External links

* [http://www.martyr-canada.com/ Martyr]
* [http://www.voivod.com/ Voivod]