Niclas Engelin

Niclas Engelin
Engelin in Stockholm, 2010
Background information
Born	27 December 1972 (1972-12-27) (age 38)[1] Gothenburg, Sweden
Genres	Melodic death metal, alternative metal
Occupations	Musician, songwriter
Instruments	Guitar
Years active	1995 - present
Labels	SPV, Listenable Records, Nuclear Blast, Century Media
Website	Engels official website

Niclas Engelin (born 27 December 1972) is a Swedish heavy metal guitarist for In Flames, Passenger & Engel. Engelin was the lead guitarist for Gardenian, and has been in and out of In Flames on five different occasions.

In 1997, he replaced Glenn Ljungström of In Flames who had just quit.

In 1998, Niclas quit In Flames because the band's drummer, Bjorn Gelotte, wanted to switch to guitar, causing Engelin to leave.

Engelin came back to fill in for Jesper Strömblad^[2] four times since back in 1998 when he quit. He rejoined In Flames briefly in late 2006 and again in 2009, as Jesper had been struggling with personal issues but maintained he would return. Niclas also toured with In Flames in North and South America, Australia, Europe, and portions of Japan in their Taste of Chaos tour.

On 12 February 2010, Jesper quit In Flames, citing a need to face ongoing personal issues. For that reason, Niclas returned as a guitarist, planning to stay until they could find a suitable replacement, but on 28 February 2011, the band decided that he would instead become the full-time guitarist himself.

He formed the band Engel in 2002 with guitarist Marcus Sunesson (The Crown).

In May 2011 Engelin became endorsed by B.C. Rich guitars, using the Warlock Pro X model with gold covered EMG 81 and 60 pickups.

Discography

With Sarcazm

• Breath, Shit, Excist... 1993 (Deathside Records)

With Gardenian

• Two Feet Stand 1997 (Listenable Records)
• Soulburner 1999 (Nuclear Blast)
• Sindustries 2000 (Nuclear Blast)

With Passenger

• In Reverse 2003 Single (Century Media)
• Passenger 2003 (Century Media)

With Engel

• Absolute Design 2007 (SPV)
• Threnody 2010 (Trooper Entertainment)

References

1. ^ http://www.ratsit.se/BC/ReportSmall.aspx?ID=wVnf3wstxxZnQX_8Go7cJVrlcYyD_am_yut4ECE64kA
2. ^ "Guitarist Jesper Strömblad quits In Flames". Blabbermouth. 12 February 2010. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=135022. Retrieved 12 June 2010. 

External links

• Engel´s official website

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Name	Engelin, Niklas
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Date of birth	27 December 1972
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