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.Nocturnal Rites mit neuem Gitarristen . In: rockhard.de, 26 Mai 2010, retrieved on 17 December 2020. In 2012, he and Thorbjörn (Thobbe) Englund replaced Sabaton’s former guitarists, Rikard Sundén and Oskar Montelius. Rörland is in a relationship.Jessica Santiago Lopez: Interview with Sabaton. In: Metalkrant, 3 January 2015, retrieved on 17 December 2020. He did his military service as a munition driver.Interview: Pär Sundström and Chris Rörland of Sabaton (London, 10th March 2016). In: moshville.com, 22 March 2016, retrieved on 17 December 2020.
Together with former Sabaton member Tommy Johansson, and current members Thobbe Englund and Hannes Van Dahl, he was 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 2025: Legends
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 StormMark Uricheck: Interview: Former Sabaton guitarist Thobbe Englund talks leaving band, solo career. In: Metal Insider, 22 February 2017, retrieved on 17 December 2020. 2018: for Thobbe Englund – The Draining of Vergelmer (graphic design, text formation and layout) 2018: for Follow the Cipher – Follow the Ciphernews on metal-heads.de. 2019: for Majestica – Above the Sky
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Rörland on Discogs