Olof Mörck (born 12 December 1981) is a Swedish musician who is the guitarist and one of the songwriters of the

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Amaranthe Amaranthe is a Swedish metal band originally known as Avalanche. The band is notable for their blend of various metal genres and having three lead vocalists. History Formed by Olof Mörck (Dragonland, Nightrage) and Joacim "Jake E" Lundbe ...

, as well as guitarist of the

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Dragonland Dragonland is a power metal band from Sweden. The group is known for their self-produced ''The Dragonland Chronicles'' fantasy saga covering their first, second, and fifth albums, and for the original symphonic/electronic parts by Elias Holmli ...

. He was also a member of

Nightrage Nightrage is a Greek/Swedish melodic death metal band originally from Thessaloniki. They later re-located to Gothenburg, Sweden. History Formation and ''Sweet Vengeance'' (2000–2003) Nightrage was founded by Marios Iliopoulos and his c ...

between 2006 and 2011 as a guitarist. Notably, he has provided two guitar solos for the 2009 album '' The Isolation Game'' by the Italian melodic death metal band

Disarmonia Mundi Disarmonia Mundi is a melodic death metal band from Avigliana, Italy, that started out as a progressive death metal band. The project is the brainchild of the producer and multi-instrumentalist Ettore Rigotti and is mainly known for featuring ...

. In 2010, My Darling Dismay released a video of a song with the same title. The song is more of a rock style than his previous metal projects. Mörck appears on the 2010 album ''The History of Saints'' by the North Carolina band Vanisher, performing the solo for the song "Oceans." Mörck provided a guest solo for Australian melodic death metal band

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on the track, "Sum of the Universe," from their 2011 release '' Mortuus Machina''. Mörck also provides a guest solo for Australian power metal band

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on an instrumental song from their 2009 release '' Set in Stone''. Mörck is married to Cătălina Popa from the German symphonic metal band

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. Their Transylvanian marriage was documented into a music video for Amaranthe's track "Endlessly", which was released on 5 March 2020.

Gear/Endorsements

;Guitars *

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Dellinger II FX-WM Charcoal Black with

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/ 85 pickups * Custom Caparison Horus 27 frets * Custom Caparison Dellinger II FX with EMG 81/85 pickups * Caparison Horus Snow Cloud 27 frets ;Amplification * Randall V2 * Randall XL cabinet RS412XLT ;Others * Elixir and Di Marzio straps *

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DT-10 stage tuner * Providence cables S-102 * BBE Green screamer overdrive * Elixir Strings (0.10-0.64) * Dunlop and Caparison picks (2.00 mm)

Discography

Dragonland

* ''Storming Across Heaven (Demo)'' (2000) * ''

The Battle of the Ivory Plains Dragonland is a power metal band from Sweden. The group is known for their self-produced ''The Dragonland Chronicles'' fantasy saga covering their first, second, and fifth albums, and for the original symphonic/ electronic parts by Elias Holmli ...

'' (2001) * ''

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'' (2002) * '' Starfall'' (2004) * ''

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'' (2006) * ''

Under the Grey Banner ''Under the Grey Banner'' is the fifth studio album by Swedish power metal band Dragonland. The album was released on 13 November 2011. This is the third part of the ''Dragonland Chronicles'' saga. Damian Bajowski (known from PC game ''The Witc ...

'' (2011) * ''The Power of the Nightstar'' (2022)

Nightrage

* '' Wearing a Martyr's Crown'' (2009) * ''

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'' (2011)

Disarmonia Mundi

* '' The Isolation Game'' (2009)

Amaranthe

*''

'' (2011) *'' The Nexus'' (2013) *''

Massive Addictive ''Massive Addictive'' (stylized in all caps) is the third studio album by Swedish heavy metal band Amaranthe. It is also the first album with Henrik Englund on harsh vocals, replacing former growling vocalist Andy Solveström, who left the band ...

'' (2014) *''

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'' (2016) *''

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'' (2018) *''

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'' (2020)

EPs

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Leave Everything Behind Amaranthe is a Swedish heavy metal band from Gothenburg, known for their unique combination of pop rock and death metal. Their discography consists of five studio albums, one compilation album, one extended play, fourteen singles, and eleven mus ...

'' (2009)

References

External links

Dragonland's MySpace profile

Century Media's website

Official Nightrage page
1981 births Living people Swedish heavy metal guitarists Nightrage members 21st-century guitarists {{Guitarist-stub