Carl Johan Grimmark

Infobox musical artist
Name = Carl Johan Grimmark

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Born = October 14, 1977
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Origin = Gothenburg, Sweden
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Genre = Heavy metal
Progressive metal
Power metal
Neo-classical metal
Christian metal
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Years_active = 1993-present
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Associated_acts = Narnia
Saviour Machine
Rob Rock
Beautiful Sin
URL = [http://www.grimmark.com Official Website]
[http://www.myspace.com/grimmark Official Myspace]
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Notable_instruments = Peavey EVH Wolfgang. Recently switched back to Caparison guitars.

Carl Johan Grimmark is a Christian guitarist born in Gothenburg, Sweden October 14, 1977. He has appeared with several influential Christian metal bands including Narnia, Saviour Machine, and Rob Rock. He recentley joined the band Beautiful Sin in 2006. He also has been a special guest guitarist on fellow Narnia bandmate Christian Liljegren's sideprojects Divinefire and Audiovision. He recently recorded his debut solo album that is set to be titled "Grimmark" where he also handles the lead vocals. Grimmark's style of playing, especially on Narnia's earlier work, is often compared to the neo-classical metal stylings of Yngwie Malmsteenref|Malmsteen, or under a more broad genre, neo-classicism.

Grimmark is the main composer in Narnia, and on their album "The Great Fall" most of the lyrics were written by him. On their other albums the lyrics have been written by their vocalist Christian Liljegren. Grimmark is also given credits as a producer on several of Narnia's albums.

Grimmark has become a highly acclaimed guitarist in the Christian hard rock music genre as more people are exposed to his solid technical abilities, which can be exemplified by the fact that he is credited for playing "every" instrument on Narnia's first album, "Awakening", and his unique approach towards incorporating a neo-classical sound into his music.

Discography

=Narnia=

* "Awakening" (1998)
* "Long Live the King" (1999)
* "Desert Land" (2001)
* "The Great Fall" (2003) (Not released in Japan)
* "At Short Notice... Live in Germany" (2006)
* "Enter the Gate" (2006)
* "Decade of Confession" (2007)

Saviour Machine

* "Legend Part III:I" (2001)
* "Live in Deutschland" (2002)
* "Rarities/Revelations" (2006)
* "Legend Part" III:II (TBA)

Various

* "Guitar Odyssey: Tribute to Yngwie Malmsteen" (2001)
* "Return to Fantasy: A Tribute to Uriah Heep" (2003)

Sanctifica

* "Negative B" (2002)

Rob Rock

* "Eyes of Eternity" (2003)
* "Holy Hell" (2005)
* "Garden of Chaos" (2007)

Locomotive Breath

* "Train of Events" (2003)

ystem Breakdown

* "102" (2003)

Divinefire

* "Glory Thy Name" (2004)
* "Hero" (2005)
* "Into a New Dimension" (2006)

Audiovision

* "The Calling" (2005)

Flagship

* "Maiden Voyage" (2005)

Planet Alliance

* "Planet Alliance" (2006)

Deep Effect

* "Deep Effect"

Grimmark

* "Grimmark" (2007)

References

* [http://www.narniaworld.com/grimmark/ NarniaWorld]
* [http://www.metal-reviews.com/lmn/nar-aw.htm/ Yngwie Malmsteen]

External links

* [http://www.grimmark.com Carl Johan Grimmark's official website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/grimmark Carl Johan's official MySpace]
* [http://www.narniaworld.com Narnia's official website]
* [http://www.Robrock.com Rob Rock's official website]

ee also

* List of rock instrumentals
* Neo-classical metal
* Shred guitar