Sharlee D'Angelo (born Charles Petter Andreason, 27 April 1973) is a Swedish musician. He is the bassist for the

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band

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, as well as the classic rock/AOR band the Night Flight Orchestra and the

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band Spiritual Beggars. D'Angelo has also been in various bands in the past, either as a studio session player or full member. These include

, Mercyful Fate, Dismember,

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and

Witchery Witchery is a Swedish blackened thrash/speed metal band formed by former members of Satanic Slaughter in 1997. The current lineup consists of guitarists Patrik Jensen and Rickard "Rille" Rimfält, bassist Sharlee D'Angelo, vocalist Angus Norde ...

Equipment

He plays with Dunlop picks and primarily used

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bass guitars in his early career, before switching to playing and endorsing

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bass guitars in 2005.

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now produces the Sharlee D'Angelo signature bass guitar, called the SDB2,
which is tuned to D'Angelo's preferred C standard (Low to High – C, F, Bb, Eb).

Influences

D'Angelo has cited a number of bass players as early influences, including

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, Glenn Hughes,

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, Peter Baltes, and

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Discography

With Mercyful Fate

* 1994 – ''

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'' * 1996 – '' Into the Unknown'' * 1998 – '' Dead Again'' * 1999 – '' 9''

With Facelift

* 1997 – ''State of the Art''

With IllWill

* 1998 – ''Evilution''

With Witchery

* 1998 – '' Restless & Dead'' * 1999 – '' Dead, Hot and Ready'' * 2001 – '' Symphony for the Devil'' * 2006 – '' Don't Fear the Reaper'' * 2010 – '' Witchkrieg'' * 2016 – '' In His Infernal Majesty's Service'' * 2017 – '' I Am Legion''

With Sinergy

* 1999 – '' Beware the Heavens''

With Arch Enemy

* 1999 – '' Burning Bridges'' * 2000 – '' Burning Japan Live 1999'' * 2001 – '' Wages of Sin'' * 2003 – '' Anthems of Rebellion'' * 2005 – '' Doomsday Machine'' * 2006 – '' Live Apocalypse'' * 2007 – '' Rise of the Tyrant'' * 2008 – '' Tyrants of the Rising Sun'' * 2009 – '' The Root of All Evil'' * 2011 – '' Khaos Legions'' * 2014 – '' War Eternal'' * 2017 – ''

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'' * 2019 – '' Covered in Blood'' * 2022 – '' Deceivers'' * 2025 – '' Blood Dynasty''

With Dismember

* 2000 – '' Hate Campaign''

With Spiritual Beggars

* 2005 – ''

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'' * 2010 – '' Return to Zero'' * 2013 – '' Earth Blues'' * 2016 – ''Sunrise to Sundown''

With the Night Flight Orchestra

* 2012 – '' Internal Affairs'' * 2015 – '' Skyline Whispers'' * 2017 – '' Amber Galactic'' * 2018 – '' Sometimes the World Ain't Enough'' * 2020 – ''Aeromantic'' * 2021 – ''Aeromantic II''

References

External links

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Ibanez Sharlee D'Angelo SDB2 signature model

Official Arch Enemy website
Swedish death metal musicians Swedish heavy metal bass guitarists King Diamond (band) members Mercyful Fate members Arch Enemy members Living people 1973 births Witchery members Spiritual Beggars members Dismember (band) members 21st-century Swedish bass guitarists Sinergy members {{Sweden-guitarist-stub