Carl Johan Grimmark

Carl Johann Grimmark
Grimmark in 2009
Background information
Born	October 14, 1977
Origin	Huskvarna Gothenburg, Sweden
Genres	Heavy metal Progressive metal Power metal Neo-classical metal Christian metal
Instrument(s)	Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, Vocals
Years active	1993–present
Website	Official Website Official Myspace

Carl Johan Grimmark (born October 14, 1977) is a Swedish guitarist. He has appeared with several influential Christian metal bands including Narnia, Saviour Machine, and Rob Rock. He joined the band Beautiful Sin in 2006. He has also played with Jerusalem on several occasions including Sweden rock in 2015. He's been a special guest guitarist on fellow Narnia bandmate Christian Liljegren's side projects Divinefire and Audiovision. He recorded his debut solo album 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^[1], or under a more broad genre, neo-classicism.

Grimmark is the main composer in Narnia, and on their album The Great Fall he wrote most of the lyrics. 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 debut album, Awakening, and his unique approach of incorporating a neo-classical sound into his music.

• The New Beginning (2012)

• One (2011)

• Awakening (1998)
• Long Live the King (1999)
• Desert Land (2001)
• The Great Fall (2003) (Not released in Japan)
• At Short Notice... Live in Germany (2006)
• Enter the Gate (2006)
• Decade of Confession (2007)
• Course of a Generation (2009)
• Narnia (2016)
• From Darkness to Light (2019)

• Legend Part III:I (2001)
• Live in Deutschland (2002)
• Rarities/Revelations (2006)
• Legend Part III:II (TBA)

• Guitar Odyssey: Tribute to Yngwie Malmsteen (2001)
• Return to Fantasy: A Tribute to Uriah Heep (2003)

• Negative B (2002)

• Eyes of Eternity (2003)
• Holy Hell (2005)
• Garden of Chaos (2007)
• The Voice of Melodic Metal - Live in Atlanta (2009)

• Train of Events (2003)

• 102 (2003)

• Glory Thy Name (2004)
• Hero (2005)
• Into a New Dimension (2006)
• Eye of the Storm (2011)

• The Calling (2005)

• Maiden Voyage (2005)

• Planet Alliance (2006)

• Deep Effect

• Grimmark (2007)

Solo effort by guitar phenom Carl Johan Grimmark, best known for his work with melodic metal band Narnia. Grimmark handles vocals himself on this outing.

• Empire 21 (2014)

Members:

Ricard Hulteke: Vocals

CJ Grimmark: Guitars & Key's

Andreas Ålöv: Bass

John Svensson: Keyboard

Tobias Enbert: Drums

Genre: Melodic Rock/Metal

Origin: Jönköping, Huskvarna, Gothenburg & Borås, Sweden

http://www.empire21.se/

• "'Eternal Reign'" (2023)

American melodic metal project founded by Martin Simson featuring Jørn Lande, Rob Rock, CJ Grimmark, Anders Köllerfors and Anders Johansson.

https://www.facebook.com/DestroyerOfDeath?mibextid=ZbWKwL

• Narnia
• Yngwie Malmsteen

• Carl Johan Grimmark's official website

• List of rock instrumentals
• Neo-classical metal
• Shred guitar