Carl Johan Grimmark

Carl Johan Grimmark (born October 14, 1977
) is a Swedish guitarist. He has appeared with several influential Christian metal bands including Narnia, Saviour Machine, and Rob Rock. He recently joined the band Beautiful Sin in 2006, he has also played with Jerusalem on some occasions including Sweden rock in 2015. He also has been a special guest guitarist on fellow Narnia bandmate Christian Liljegren's side projects 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 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

German Pascual

* ''The New Beginning'' (2012)

Fullforce

* ''One'' (2011)

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)
* '' Course of a Generation'' (2009)
* ''Narnia'' (2016)
* ''From Darkness to Light'' (2019)

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)
* '' The Voice of Melodic Metal - Live in Atlanta'' (2009)

Locomotive Breath

* ''Train of Events'' (2003)

System Breakdown

* ''102'' (2003)

Divinefire

* ''Glory Thy Name'' (2004)
* ''Hero'' (2005)
* ''Into a New Dimension'' (2006)
* Eye of the Storm (2011)

Audiovision

* ''The Calling'' (2005)

Flagship

* ''Maiden Voyage'' (2005)

Planet Alliance

* ''Planet Alliance'' (2006)

Deep Effect

* ''Deep Effect''

Grimmark

* ''Grimmark'' (2007)
Solo effort by guitar phenom Carl Johan Grimmark, best known for his work with melodic metal band Narnia. Grimmark handles vocals himself on this outing.

Empire 21

* ''Empire 21'' (2014)

Members:

Ricard Hulteke: Vocals

CJ Grimmark: Guitars & Key's

Andreas Ålöv: Bass

John Svensson: Keyboard

Tobias Enbert: Drums

Genre: Melodic Rock/Metal

Origin: Jönköping, Huskvarna, Gothenburg & Borås, Sweden

http://www.empire21.se/

References

Narnia

External links

Carl Johan Grimmark's official website

See also

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

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Swedish Christians
Christian metal musicians
Swedish heavy metal guitarists
Narnia (band) members
Living people
1977 births
21st-century guitarists