Chris Rörland Explained

Chris Rörland (born 27 December 1986) is a Swedish guitarist. Before joining power metal band Sabaton in 2012, he played in TME and Nocturnal Rites.

Biography

Rörland started at the age of seven to play the guitar. He names Adrian Smith, John Petrucci, Steve Vai and Yngwie Malmsteen as his major influences.

In 2010, Rörland became guitarist of the power metal band Nocturnal Rites.^[1] In 2012, he and Thorbjörn Englund replaced Sabaton's former guitarists, Rikard Sundén and Oskar Montelius. Rörland is in a relationship.^[2] He did his military service as a munition driver.^[3]

Together with Tommy Johansson, Thobbe Englund and Hannes Van Dahl, he is in the band The Last Heroes.

Discography

Sabaton

• 2014: Heroes
• 2016: The Last Stand
• 2018: The Great War
• 2022: The War to End All Wars

Guest

• 2008: with Cronan: Enterprise (lead guitar on tracks 3, 7, 8)
• 2013: with Thobbe Englund: Fingerspitzengefühl in From the Wilderness (guitar solo)
• 2017: with Nocturnal Rites: Before We Waste Away in Phoenix (song writer)
• 2018: with Follow the Cipher: Follow the Cipher (lead and rhythm guitar)

Graphic designer

• 2015: for Thobbe Englund – From the Wilderness
• 2016: for Sabaton – The Last Stand (text formation and layout)
• 2016: for Thobbe Englund – Before the Storm^[4]
• 2018: for Thobbe Englund – The Draining of Vergelmer (graphic design, text formation and layout)
• 2018: for Follow the Cipher – Follow the Cipher^[5]
• 2019: for Majestica – Above the Sky

External links

• • Rörland on Discogs

Notes and References

1. https://www.rockhard.de/festival/news/newsansicht/29254-nocturnal-rites-mit-neuem-gitarristen.html Nocturnal Rites mit neuem Gitarristen
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20181123023131/http://metalkrant.net/en/interviews/read/5096/interview-with-sabaton Jessica Santiago Lopez: Interview with Sabaton
3. http://www.moshville.co.uk/interview/2016/03/interview-par-sundstrom-and-chris-rorland-of-sabaton-london-10th-march-2016/ Interview: Pär Sundström and Chris Rörland of Sabaton (London, 10th March 2016)
4. Mark Uricheck: Interview: Former Sabaton guitarist Thobbe Englund talks leaving band, solo career. In: Metal Insider, 22 February 2017, retrieved on 17 December 2020.
5. https://metal-heads.de/news/follow-the-cipher-debuetalbum-erscheint-am-11-mai/ news on metal-heads.de