Karl Pontus Norgren (born 22 April 1968)[1] is the current guitarist of the Swedish power metal band HammerFall and formerly played guitar for The Poodles.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Karl Pontus Norgren |
| Born | 22 April 1968 |
| Genres | Heavy metal, hard rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar, bass, keyboards, vocals |
| Labels | Nuclear Blast |
| Website | [1] |
Biography edit
Norgren replaced former HammerFall guitarist Stefan Elmgren, who decided to focus on his career as a pilot. Norgren was contacted by Joacim Cans, HammerFall's singer, who asked him if he knew a good guitarist. Being a fan of HammerFall's music and desiring to play a heavier style of music than that of The Poodles, Norgren suggested himself. HammerFall asserts that they are happy with Norgren as a guitarist and band member.
Norgren previously played with bands including Great King Rat, Talisman, Humanimal, The Ring, and Zan Clan.
He also served as live sound engineer for Thin Lizzy during the band's 2000 tour, similarly serving Europe and Yngwie J. Malmsteen.
Recently, he joined The German Panzer as one of the group's 2nd guitarists.
Discography edit
Great King Rat edit
- Great King Rat (1992)
- Out of the Can (1999)
Jekyll-and-Hyde edit
- Heavenly Creatures (1998)
Talisman edit
- Truth (1998)
- "Crazy" (1998) CD single from Truth
- Live at Sweden Rock Festival (2001)
Solo edit
- Damage Done (2000)
Humanimal edit
- Find My Way Home EP (2002)
- Humanimal (2002)
Jeff Scott Soto edit
- Holding On EP (2002)
- Live at The Gods 2.002 (2003)
The Ring edit
- Tales from Midgard (2004)
DivineFire edit
- Glory Thy Name (2004)
Zan Clan edit
- We Are Zan Clan...Who the F**K Are You??! (2005)
The Poodles edit
- Metal Will Stand Tall (2006)
- Sweet Trade (2007)
- "Night of Passion" (2006)
- "Metal Will Stand Tall" feat. Tess Merkel (2006)
- "Song for You" (2006)
- "Seven Seas" feat. Peter Stormare (2007)
- "Line of Fire" feat. E-Type (2008)
- "Raise the Banner" (2008) Sweden's official song for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
Doogie White edit
- As Yet Untitled (2008)
HammerFall edit
- No Sacrifice, No Victory (2009)
- Infected (2011)
- (r)Evolution (2014)
- Built to Last (2016)
- Dominion (2019)
- Hammer of Dawn (2022)
Guest musician edit
- Various Artists - Musically Correct III: The Eagle Has Landed (1999) "Brand New Start" from Damage Done
- House of Shakira - III (2000) guitar solo on "In Your Head"
- Locomotive Breath - Heavy Machinery (2002) guitar solo on "The Adventures of Zaphod Beeblebrox"
- Various Artists - United: Where Is the Fire (2005) DVD
- Talisman - 7 (2007) guest guitarist on "Final Curtain"
- Tomas Bergsten's Fantasy - Nightwalker (2015) guitar solo on "In Eternity"
As producer, engineer, mixer edit
- Human Clay - U4Ia (1997)
- Four Sticks - Electric Celebration (1997) engineer, mixing
- House of Shakira - Lint (1997) mixing (with Björn Wallmark)
- House of Shakira - On the Verge (1998) mixing (with Björn Wallmark)
- Southpaw - Southpaw (1998)
- Clockwise - Naîve (1998) engineer (with Niklas Sjöberg)
- Jekyll-and-Hyde - Heavenly Creatures (1998) engineer
- Great King Rat - Out of the Can (1999) producer, mixing
- Gaeleri - Still Here... (1999) co-producer, engineer
- Pontus Norgren - Damage Done (2000) producer
- House of Shakira - III (2000) engineer, mixing
- House of Shakira - Live +(2001) live sound engineer
- Humanimal - Find My Way Home EP (2002) co-producer, engineer
- Humanimal - Humanimal (2002) co-producer, engineer
- Mercury Fang - Liquid Sunshine (2003) producer, mixing
- The Ring - Tales from Midgard (2004) producer, engineer, mixing, mastering
- Candlemass – Candlemass (2005) producer, engineer, mixing
- Doogie White - As Yet Untitled (2008) producer, mixing
- Last Autumn's Dream - Hunting Shadows (2008) mixing, mastering
- Impulsia - Expressions (2009) co-producer, engineer
- Rough Diamond - Stories from the Old Days (2012) mixing (with Marcus Jidell)
- Dreamcatcher - No More (2020) writer