| Ola Englund | |
| Birth Date: | 1981 9, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Instrument: | Guitar, bass |
| Genre: | Death metal, groove metal, thrash metal, melodic death metal, progressive metal |
| Occupation: | Musician, record producer, songwriter, YouTuber |
| Spouse: | Louise Englund |
| Years Active: | 1994–present |
| Past Member Of: | Six Feet Under |
Ola "The Swede" Englund (born 27 September 1981) is a Swedish guitarist, record producer, YouTuber, and the owner of Solar guitars. He is a founding-member of the band Feared,[1] [2] [3] plays lead guitar in the Swedish metal band The Haunted, and is a former member of the band Six Feet Under. He has also been a part of Scarpoint, Facing Death, Subcyde and Sorcerer.[4] [5]
In 2018 and 2019, Total Guitar magazine awarded him as Best Internet Personality. In 2019, he released his first solo-album Master of the Universe. His second solo-album, Starzinger, was released on 26 April 2021.
Englund has a YouTube-channel under his own name where he makes videos about metal-related topics such as gear demos, news, artist interviews, Q&A, and behind-the-scenes-footage of his bands' gigs and business. As of January 2024, his channel has 840,000 subscribers.
Englund cites his biggest influences as Pantera, Dream Theater, Nevermore, Sepultura, Testament, Bolt Thrower, Entombed, and Children of Bodom. He is a big fan of former Pantera-guitarist Dimebag Darrell.
| Year | Band | Album | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Facing Death | Facing Death | Demo |
| 2007 | Subcyde | Subcyde | |
| Feared | Feared | ||
| 2008 | Feared (EP) | EP | |
| 2011 | Rejects | ||
| Scarpoint | Mask of Sanity | ||
| 2012 | Feared | Refeared | |
| 2013 | Furor Incarnatus | ||
| Vinter | |||
| Six Feet Under | Unborn | ||
| 2014 | Feared | Elemental Nightmares – II | Split with Montecharge, Dead River Runs Dry, and Satyros |
| The Haunted | Eye of the Storm | EP | |
| Exit Wounds | |||
| 2015 | Feared | Synder | |
| 2016 | Reborn | compilation | |
| 2017 | Svart | ||
| The Haunted | Strength in Numbers | ||
| 2019 | Ola Englund | Master of the Universe | |
| 2021 | Starzinger | ||
| 2023 | The Chug Project | Volume 1 | Songs are based on "Sunday with Ola" riffs |
| Volume 2 |
Englund has had signature guitar lines from Strictly 7[6] (2011–2013) and Washburn[7] (2013–2017), as well as a signature amplifier from Randall[8] known as the Randall Satan (2014–2019). In November 2017, he announced the launch of his own guitar brand called Solar Guitars.[9]