Ola Englund
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, 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.
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| Background information | |
| Born | 27 September 1981 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Genres | Death metal, groove metal, thrash metal, melodic death metal, progressive metal |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, record producer, songwriter, YouTuber |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar, bass |
| Years active | 1994–present |
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| Formerly of | Six Feet Under |
| Spouse(s) | Louise Englund |
| Website | olaenglund |
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 band-gigs and business. As of January 2024, his channel has 840,000 subscribers.