Daniel Mongrain

Dan Mongrain
Dan Mongrain (Voivod) on Masters of Rock 2009 in Vizovice
Background information
Birth name	Daniel Mongrain
Born	July 4, 1976 (1976-07-04) (age 35) Trois-Rivières, Quebec
Genres	Heavy metal, progressive metal, technical death metal
Occupations	Musician, songwriter
Instruments	Guitars, vocals
Labels	Galy Records
Associated acts	Voivod, Martyr

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

Mongrain was a session and touring guitarist for the Canadian metal bands Cryptopsy, Gorguts, Alcoholica and Capharnaum.

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.^[1]

Equipment

Guitars

• Liberatore Guitars

Amps

• Orange Amplification e
• Marshall jcm-800
• Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier/Mark III

Discography

With Martyr

• Ostrogoth (1995) (Independent)
• Hopeless Hopes (1997) Re-release (Galy Records)
• Warp Zone (2000) (Warfare Records)
• Extracting the Core (2001) (Galy Records)
• Feeding the Abscess (2006) (Galy Records)
• Havoc in Quebec City DVD (2008) (Galy Records)

With Gorguts

• From Wisdom to Hate (2001)

With Capharnaum

• Fractured (2004)

With Voivod

• Tatsumaki (Live in Japan DVD) (2009)
• Warriors of Ice (Live in Mtl)(2011)

References

1. ^ http://www.collanaud.qc.ca/fichiers/Enseignants%20en%20musique.pdf

External links

• Daniel Mongrain information on Martyr website
• Voivod
• Liberatore Guitars
• Alcoholica's official website

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Name	Mongrain, Dan
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Date of birth	July 4, 1976
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