Carl Johan Grimmark

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Carl Johan Grimmark

Background information
Born	October 14, 1977
Origin	Gothenburg, Sweden
Genre(s)	Heavy metal Progressive metal Power metal Neo-classical metal Christian metal
Years active	1993-present
Associated acts	Narnia Saviour Machine Rob Rock Beautiful Sin
Website	Official Website Official Myspace
Notable instrument(s)
Peavey EVH Wolfgang. Recently switched back to Caparison guitars.

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 recentley joined the band Beautiful Sin in 2006. He also has been a special guest guitarist on fellow Narnia bandmate Christian Liljegren's sideprojects 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^[1], 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.