Karl Pontus Norgren (born 22 April 1968) is the current guitarist of the Swedish

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band

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and formerly played guitar for

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Biography

Norgren replaced former HammerFall guitarist

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, who decided to focus on his career as a pilot. Norgren was contacted by

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, HammerFall's singer, who asked him if he knew a good guitarist. Being a fan of

'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,

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, Humanimal, The Ring, and

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. He also served as live sound engineer for Thin Lizzy during the band's 2000 tour, similarly serving

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and Yngwie J. Malmsteen. Recently, he joined The German Panzer as one of the group's 2nd guitarists.

Discography

Great King Rat

*''Great King Rat'' (1992) *''Out of the Can'' (1999)

Jekyll-and-Hyde

*''Heavenly Creatures'' (1998)

Talisman

* ''

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'' (1998) * "Crazy" (1998) CD single from ''Truth'' * ''

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'' (2001)

Solo

*''Damage Done'' (2000)

Humanimal

*''Find My Way Home'' EP (2002) *''Humanimal'' (2002)

Jeff Scott Soto

* ''Holding On'' EP (2002) * ''Live at The Gods 2.002'' (2003)

The Ring

* ''Tales from Midgard'' (2004)

DivineFire

*''Glory Thy Name'' (2004)

Zan Clan

*''We Are Zan Clan...Who the F**K Are You??!'' (2005)

The Poodles

*''

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'' (2006) *'' Sweet Trade'' (2007) *"

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" (2006) *"

" feat.

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(2006) *" Song for You" (2006) *"

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" feat.

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(2007) *"Line of Fire" feat. E-Type (2008) *"

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Doogie White

*''As Yet Untitled'' (2008)

HammerFall

*'' No Sacrifice, No Victory'' (2009) *'' Infected'' (2011) *'' (r)Evolution'' (2014) *''

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'' (2016)

Guest musician

*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

*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 *

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- ''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)

References

External links

Hammerfall MySpace

Hammerfall Official Fanclub (Templars of Steel)

The Poodles - Official Website
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