Pontus Norgren

Karl Pontus Norgren (born 22 April 1968) is a Swedish musician who has been the lead guitarist of the power metal band HammerFall since 2008. He previously also played with the hard rock band The Poodles, among others.

Biography Norgren replaced former HammerFall guitarist Stefan Elmgren, who decided to focus on his career as a pilot. Norgren was contacted by Joacim Cans, HammerFall's singer, who asked him if he knew a good guitarist. Being a fan of HammerFall's music and desiring to play a heavier style of music than that of The Poodles (his previous band), Norgren suggested himself. HammerFall asserts that they are happy with Norgren as a guitarist and band member.

Norgren previously also played with Great King Rat, Talisman, Humanimal, The Ring, and Zan Clan. He also served as live sound engineer for Thin Lizzy during the band's 2000 tour, similarly serving Europe and Yngwie J. Malmsteen.

Recently, he joined The German Panzer as one of the group's second guitarists.

Discography Great King Rat Great King Rat (1992) Out of the Can (1999)

Jekyll-and-Hyde Heavenly Creatures (1998)

Talisman Truth (1998) "Crazy" (1998) CD single from Truth Live at Sweden Rock Festival (2001)

Solo Damage Done (2000)

Humanimal Find My Way Home EP (2002) Humanimal (2002)

Jeff Scott Soto Holding On EP (2002) Live at The Gods 2.002 (2003)

The Ring Tales from Midgard (2004)

DivineFire Glory Thy Name (2004)

Zan Clan We Are Zan Clan...Who the F**K Are You??! (2005)

The Poodles Metal Will Stand Tall (2006) Sweet Trade (2007)

"Night of Passion" (2006) "Metal Will Stand Tall" feat. Tess Merkel (2006) "Song for You" (2006) "Seven Seas" feat. Peter Stormare (2007) "Line of Fire" feat. E-Type (2008) "Raise the Banner" (2008) Sweden's official song for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games

Doogie White As Yet Untitled (2008)

HammerFall No Sacrifice, No Victory (2009) Infected (2011) (r)Evolution (2014) Built to Last (2016) Dominion (2019) Hammer of Dawn (2022)

Guest musician Various Artists – Musically Correct III: The Eagle Has Landed (1999) "Brand New Start" from Damage Done House of Shakira – III (2000) guitar solo on "In Your Head" Locomotive Breath – Heavy Machinery (2002) guitar solo on "The Adventures of Zaphod Beeblebrox" Various Artists – United: Where Is the Fire (2005) DVD Talisman – 7 (2007) guest guitarist on "Final Curtain" Tomas Bergsten's Fantasy – Nightwalker (2015) guitar solo on "In Eternity"

As producer, engineer, mixer Human Clay – U4Ia (1997) Four Sticks – Electric Celebration (1997) engineer, mixing House of Shakira – Lint (1997) mixing (with Björn Wallmark) House of Shakira – On the Verge (1998) mixing (with Björn Wallmark) Southpaw – Southpaw (1998) Clockwise – Naîve (1998) engineer (with Niklas Sjöberg) Jekyll-and-Hyde – Heavenly Creatures (1998) engineer Great King Rat – Out of the Can (1999) producer, mixing Gaeleri – Still Here... (1999) co-producer, engineer Pontus Norgren – Damage Done (2000) producer House of Shakira – III (2000) engineer, mixing House of Shakira – Live +(2001) live sound engineer Humanimal – Find My Way Home EP (2002) co-producer, engineer Humanimal – Humanimal (2002) co-producer, engineer Mercury Fang – Liquid Sunshine (2003) producer, mixing The Ring – Tales from Midgard (2004) producer, engineer, mixing, mastering Candlemass – Candlemass (2005) producer, engineer, mixing Doogie White – As Yet Untitled (2008) producer, mixing Last Autumn's Dream – Hunting Shadows (2008) mixing, mastering Impulsia – Expressions (2009) co-producer, engineer Rough Diamond – Stories from the Old Days (2012) mixing (with Marcus Jidell) Dreamcatcher – No More (2020) writer