Ola Englund

Ola Englund
Englund in 2016
Background information
Born	(1981-09-27) 27 September 1981 (age 43) Stockholm, Sweden
Genres	Death metal, groove metal, thrash metal, melodic death metal, progressive metal
Occupation(s)	Musician, record producer, songwriter, YouTuber
Instrument(s)	Guitar, bass
Years active	1994–present
Member of	The Haunted Feared
Formerly of	Six Feet Under
Spouse	Louise Englund
Website	olaenglundshop.com

Ola "The Swede" Englund (born 27 September 1981) is a YouTuber, Swedish guitarist, record producer, and the owner of Solar Guitars. He is a founding member of the band Feared, ^{[1] [2] [3]} plays lead guitar in the Swedish metal band The Haunted, and is a former member of the band Six Feet Under. He has also been a member of Scarpoint, Facing Death, Subcyde, and Sorcerer. ^{[4] [5]}

In 2018 and 2019, Total Guitar magazine recognized him as Best Internet Personality. In 2019, he released his first solo album, Master of the Universe. His second solo album, Starzinger, was released on 26 April 2021.

Englund has a YouTube channel under his own name where he creates videos about metal-related topics, including gear demos, news, artist interviews, Q&A sessions, and behind-the-scenes footage of his bands' gigs and business. As of December 2024, his channel has 880,000 subscribers.

Influences

Englund cites his biggest influences as Pantera, Dream Theater, Nevermore, Sepultura, Testament, Bolt Thrower, Entombed, and Children of Bodom. He is an avid fan of former Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell.

Discography

Year	Band	Album	Notes
2005	Facing Death	Facing Death	Demo
2007	Subcyde	Subcyde
	Feared	Feared
2008		Feared (EP)	EP
2011		Rejects
	Scarpoint	Mask of Sanity
2012	Feared	Refeared
2013		Furor Incarnatus
		Vinter
	Six Feet Under	Unborn
2014	Feared	Elemental Nightmares – II	Split with Montecharge, Dead River Runs Dry, and Satyros
	The Haunted	Eye of the Storm	EP
		Exit Wounds
2015	Feared	Synder
2016		Reborn	Compilation
2017		Svart
	The Haunted	Strength in Numbers
2019	Ola Englund	Master of the Universe
2021		Starzinger
2023	The Chug Project	Volume 1	Songs are based on "Sunday with Ola" riffs
		Volume 2

Singles

• "Pizza Hawaii" (2019)
• "Cerberus" (2019)
• "Solar Pt. 1" (2019)
• "The Sun & the Moon" (2020)
• "Stars & Ponies" (2020)
• "Cringy AF" (2021)
• "Demon(etized)" (2021)
• "The First of Its Kind" (2023)
• "Live In You" (2023)

Gear

Englund has had signature guitar lines with Strictly 7 ^[6] (2011–2013) and Washburn ^[7] (2013–2017), as well as a signature amplifier from Randall ^[8] known as the Randall Satan (2014–2019). In November 2017, he announced the launch of his own guitar brand, Solar Guitars. ^[9]

References

1. "Feared – Discography – Metal Storm". Metalstorm.net. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
2. Hutscal, Luke. "Beathound". Beathound.com. Archived from the original on 4 February 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
3. "Feared – Store". Fearedband.com. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
4. "Voices of Metal – Ola Englund | Seymour Duncan Blog". Seymourduncan.com. 10 November 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
5. "Ola Englund". Metal Insider. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
6. "No renewal of my S7G contract". Ola Englund. Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
7. "Washburn – Ola Englund". Olaenglund.com. Archived from the original on 21 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
8. "Ola Englund Satan – Randall Amplifiers". Randallamplifiers.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
9. GuitarWorld.com, entry: The Haunted, Feared Guitarist Ola Englund launches Solar Guitars Brand