website associated_acts years_active notable_instruments article_title background instrument birth_date genre origin name
-lsb- -rsb- http://www.grimmark.com official website -rsb- -lsb- http://www.myspace.com/grimmark official myspace narnia saviour machine rob rock beautiful sin 1993 -- present peavey guitars . evh wolfgang . recently switched back to caparison carl johan grimmark
 non_vocal_instrumentalist guitar , bass , keyboards , vocals october 14 , 1977 heavy metal metal progressive metal power metal neo-classical metal christian gothenburg , sweden carl johan grimmark
carl johan grimmark

carl johan grimmark is a christian guitarist born in gothenburg , sweden october 14 , 1977 .
he has appeared with several influential christian metal bands including narnia , saviour machine , and rob rock .
he recently joined the band beautiful sin in 2006 .
he also has been a special guest guitarist on fellow narnia bandmate christian liljegren 's side projects divinefire and audiovision .
he recently recorded his debut solo album that is set to be titled `` grimmark '' , where he also handles the lead vocals .
grimmark 's style of playing , especially on narnia 's earlier work , is often compared to the neo-classical metal stylings of yngwie malmsteen , or under a more broad genre , neo-classicism .
grimmark is the main composer in narnia , and on their album `` the great fall '' most of the lyrics were written by him .
on their other albums the lyrics have been written by their vocalist christian liljegren .
grimmark is also given credits as a producer on several of narnia 's albums .
grimmark has become a highly acclaimed guitarist in the christian hard rock music genre as more people are exposed to his solid technical abilities , which can be exemplified by the fact that he is credited for playing `` every '' instrument on narnia 's first album , `` awakening '' , and his unique approach towards incorporating a neo-classical sound into his music .
