Olof Mörck
Olof Mörck (born 12 December 1981 in Gothenburg, Sweden) is the guitarist and one of the songwriters of the metal band Amaranthe, as well as guitarist of the power metal band Dragonland. He was also a member of Nightrage between 2006 and 2011 as a guitarist. Recently, he has provided two guitar solos for the album The Isolation Game by the Italian melodic death metal band Disarmonia Mundi.
Olof Mörck | |
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Mörck performing in 2018 | |
Background information | |
Born | December 12, 1981 |
Genres | Melodic death metal Death metal Power metal |
Instruments | Guitar Bass Keyboards Violin |
Labels | Century Media |
Associated acts | Dragonland Nightrage Disarmonia Mundi Amaranthe My Darling Dismay |
In 2010, My Darling Dismay released a video of a song with the same title. The song is more of a rock style than his previous metal projects.
Mörck appears on the 2010 album The History of Saints by the North Carolina band Vanisher, performing the solo for the song "Oceans."
Mörck provided a guest solo for Australian melodic death metal band Universum on the track, "Sum of the Universe," from their 2011 release Mortuus Machina.
Mörck also provides a guest solo for Australian power metal band Lord on an instrumental song from their 2009 release Set in Stone.
Mörck is married to Cătălina Popa from the German symphonic metal band Haggard. Their Transylvanian marriage has been documented into a music video for Amaranthe's track "Endlessly", which has been released on March 5th, 2020.[1]
Gear/Endorsements
- Guitars
- Caparison Dellinger II FX-WM Charcoal Black with EMG 81/85 pickups
- Custom Caparison Horus 27 frets
- Custom Caparison Dellinger II FX with EMG 81/85 pickups
- Caparison Horus Snow Cloud 27 frets
- Amplification
- Randall V2
- Randall XL cabinet RS412XLT
- Others
- Elixir and Di Marzio straps
- Korg DT-10 stage tuner
- Providence cables S-102
- BBE Green screamer overdrive
- Elixir Strings (0.10-0.64)
- Dunlop and Caparison picks (2.00 mm)
Discography
Dragonland
- Storming Across Heaven (Demo) (2000)
- The Battle of the Ivory Plains (2001)
- Holy War (2002)
- Starfall (2004)
- Astronomy (2006)
- Under the Grey Banner (2011)
Nightrage
- Wearing a Martyr's Crown (2009)
- Insidious (2011)
Disarmonia Mundi
- The Isolation Game (2009)
Amaranthe
- Amaranthe (2011)
- The Nexus (2013)
- Massive Addictive (2014)
- Maximalism (2016)
- Helix (2018)
- Manifest (2020)
EP's
- Leave Everything Behind (2009)