Daniel Mongrain (also known as Dan Mongrain and Chewy) is perhaps best known as a co-founder of the Quebec

technical death metal Technical death metal (also referred to as tech-death) is a musical subgenre of death metal that began and developed in the early- to mid-1990s, with particular focus on challenging, demanding instrumental skill and complex songwriting. Techni ...

band

Martyr A martyr (, ''mártys'', "witness", or , ''marturia'', stem , ''martyr-'') is someone who suffers persecution and death for advocating, renouncing, or refusing to renounce or advocate, a religious belief or other cause as demanded by an externa ...

. He composes, sings and plays lead and rhythm guitar. Mongrain is currently a guitarist and composes as a member for the Canadian

thrash Thrash may refer to: *Thrashing (computer science), where increasing resources are used to do a decreasing amount of work *Thrash (surname) *Thrash, mascot of the Atlanta Thrashers *''Thrash Rally'', a top-down perspective rally racing video game ...

progressive metal Progressive metal (sometimes shortened to prog metal) is a broad :Fusion music genres, fusion music genre melding heavy metal music, heavy metal and progressive rock, combining the loud "aggression" and amplified electric guitar, guitar-driven s ...

band Voivod since 2008, replacing late guitarist

Denis D'Amour Denis "Piggy" D'Amour (September 24, 1959 – August 26, 2005) was a Canadian guitarist. He was a member of the heavy metal band Voivod from its inception in 1982 until his death in 2005. D'Amour's approach to music was anarchic and experime ...

. Mongrain was a session and touring guitarist for the Canadian metal bands

Cryptopsy Cryptopsy is a Canadian technical death metal band from Montreal, formed in 1988. History Necrosis (1988–1992) Necrosis was formed in April 1988 by drummer Mike Atkin, guitarist Steve Thibault and vocalist Dan "Lord Worm" Greening, initially ...

(2005),

Gorguts Gorguts is a Canadian death metal band from Sherbrooke, Quebec, formed in 1989. The band has been through many personnel changes since its inception; its only constant member has been guitarist and vocalist Luc Lemay, who remains the primary cr ...

(2000), Alcoholica (2004) and Capharnaum (2003). In addition to the metal genre, Mongrain plays guitar with several Quebec artists including

Dan Bigras Dan Bigras (born 23 December 1957) is a francophone rock singer and actor from Canada. He has released a number of albums of rock music, beginning with ''Ange Animal'' in 1990. He is the spokesman of ''Refuge des Jeunes de Montréal'' (meaning ...

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, Bruno Pelletier for the musical

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among others and played with more than 80 different formations, bands in numerous genres from Blues to rock to hip-hop to prog to metal, etc. His latest cover band project is a tribute band to progressive music from the 1970s called Jurassik Rock. Mongrain has a bachelor's degree in Jazz Interpretation at

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and teaches jazz and pop guitar and theory courses at the

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, Joliette Campus. Mongrain is vegetarian. In 2020, Mongrain contributed guitar to

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's ''Lavender Blues'' EP.

Equipment

Guitars

Bond instruments guitars Bond or bonds may refer to: Common meanings * Bond (finance), a type of debt security * Bail bond, a commercial third-party guarantor of surety bonds in the United States * Chemical bond, the attraction of atoms, ions or molecules to form chemical ...

Amps

Marshall Marshall may refer to: Places Australia * Marshall, Victoria, a suburb of Geelong, Victoria Canada * Marshall, Saskatchewan * The Marshall, a mountain in British Columbia Liberia * Marshall, Liberia Marshall Islands * Marshall Islands, an i ...

JCM-800 *

Mesa/Boogie Mesa/Boogie (also known as Mesa Engineering) is an American company in Petaluma, California, that manufactures amplifiers and other accessories for guitars and basses. It has been in operation since 1969. Mesa was started by Randall Smith as a sm ...

Dual Rectifier/Mark V

Discography

With Martyr

*Ostrogoth (1995) (Independent) *''

Hopeless Hopes Martyr was a Canadian death metal band from Trois-Rivières, Québec. Their musical style consisted of mostly progressive use of melodics and variations of thrash and death metal influences. History Formed in 1994 by brothers Daniel (guitar, ...

'' (1997) Re-release (

Galy Records Galy Records is a Canadian independent record label based in Verdun, Quebec, founded by Eric Galy in 2002. The label includes albums released for bands such as Dead Brain Cells, Neuraxis, Despised Icon, Gorguts, Unexpect, Infernäl Mäjesty, Anvi ...

) *''

Warp Zone Warp zone may refer to: * Warp (video games), a specific area that allow travel between two locations or levels in video games * ''Warp Zone'' (album), a 2000 album by Martyr * "The Warpzone", a song by Basshunter from ''The Bassmachine ''The Bas ...

'' (2000) ( Warfare Records) *''

Extracting the Core ''Extracting the Core'' is Martyr's only live album. It was recorded in Summer 2001 in Rouyn-Noranda, Canada and was released by Skyscraper Music. The album came in a multimedia disk which contained the songs, live photos, and videos. Track lis ...

'' (2001) (

) *''

Feeding the Abscess ''Feeding The Abscess'' is Martyr's 3rd full-length album. It was released by Galy Records in 2006. Track listing Personnel ;Martyr * Daniel Mongrain – lead vocals, guitar * Martin Carbonneau - guitar * François Mongrain - bass, death g ...

'' (2006) (

) *'' Havoc in Quebec City DVD'' (2008) (

)

With Gorguts

*''

From Wisdom to Hate ''From Wisdom to Hate'' is the fourth album by Gorguts, released on March 6, 2001 through Olympic Recordings and Season of Mist. The musical style can be considered a compromise between the previous album '' Obscura'' and the older albums '' C ...

'' (2001)

With Capharnaum

*'' Fractured'' (2004)

With Voivod

*'' Tatsumaki (Live in Japan DVD)'' (2009) *'' Warriors of Ice (Live in Mtl)'' (2011) *'' Target Earth'' (2013) *''

Post Society ''Post Society'' is an EP by Canadian heavy metal music, heavy metal band Voivod (band), Voivod released on February 26, 2016. It is the band's seventeenth release overall and the first studio release with Dominique Laroche on bass, replacing Jean ...

'' (2016) *'' The Wake'' (2018) *''

Synchro Anarchy ''Synchro Anarchy'' is the fifteenth studio album, and nineteenth release overall, by Canadian heavy metal band Voivod, released on February 11, 2022. Like its predecessor '' The Wake'', this album was produced by Voivod and Francis Perron who ...

'' (2022)

References

External links

Daniel Mongrain information on Martyr website

Voivod
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mongrain, Dan 1976 births Living people Canadian heavy metal guitarists Canadian male guitarists Canadian singer-songwriters Singers from Quebec Musicians from Trois-Rivières Progressive metal guitarists Capharnaum (band) members Voivod (band) members Gorguts members 21st-century Canadian guitarists 21st-century Canadian male singers Canadian male singer-songwriters