Sharlee D'Angelo (born Charles Petter Andreason, 27 April 1973) is the Swedish bassist for the

melodic death metal Melodic death metal (also referred to as melodeath) is a subgenre of death metal that employs highly melodic guitar riffs, often borrowing from traditional heavy metal (including New Wave of British Heavy Metal). The genre features the heavine ...

band

Arch Enemy Arch Enemy is a Swedish melodic death metal band, originally a supergroup from Halmstad, formed in 1995. Its members were in bands such as Carcass, Armageddon, Carnage, Mercyful Fate, Spiritual Beggars, The Agonist, Nevermore, and Eucharis ...

, as well as the classic rock/AOR band

the Night Flight Orchestra The Night Flight Orchestra is a Swedish hard rock band from Helsingborg. They have signed to Nuclear Blast records. Formed in 2007 by Björn Strid and David Andersson while they were touring in the US with their band Soilwork, they were later j ...

and the

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band Spiritual Beggars. D'Angelo has also been in various bands in the past, either as a studio session player or full member. These include

Mercyful Fate Mercyful Fate is a Danish heavy metal band from Copenhagen, formed in 1981 by vocalist King Diamond and guitarist Hank Shermann. Influenced by progressive rock and hard rock, and with lyrics dealing with Satan and the occult, Mercyful Fat ...

Dismember Dismemberment is the act of cutting, ripping, tearing, pulling, wrenching or otherwise disconnecting the limbs from a living or dead being. It has been practiced upon human beings as a form of capital punishment, especially in connection with ...

, King Diamond and Witchery.

Equipment

He plays with Dunlop picks and primarily used

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bass guitars in his early career, before switching to playing and endorsing

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bass guitars in 2005.

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now produces the Sharlee D'Angelo signature bass guitar, called the SDB2,
which is tuned to D'Angelo's preferred C standard (Low to High – C, F, Bb, Eb).

Influences

D'Angelo has cited a number of bass players as early influences, including

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, Glenn Hughes, Steve Dawson, Peter Baltes, and

John Entwistle John Alec Entwistle (9 October 194427 June 2002) was an English musician who was the bassist for the rock band The Who. Entwistle's music career spanned over four decades. Nicknamed "The Ox" and "Thunderfingers", he was the band's only member ...

Discography

With Mercyful Fate

* 1994 - ''

Time Time is the continued sequence of existence and event (philosophy), events that occurs in an apparently irreversible process, irreversible succession from the past, through the present, into the future. It is a component quantity of various me ...

'' * 1996 - '' Into the Unknown'' * 1998 - ''

Dead Again ''Dead Again'' is a 1991 neo-noir romantic thriller film directed by Kenneth Branagh and written by Scott Frank. It stars Branagh and Emma Thompson, with Andy García, Derek Jacobi, Hanna Schygulla, Wayne Knight, and Robin Williams appearing i ...

'' * 1999 - '' 9''

With Facelift

* 1997 - ''State of the Art''

With IllWill

* 1998 - ''Evilution''

With Witchery

* 1998 - '' Restless & Dead'' * 1999 - ''

Dead, Hot and Ready ''Dead, Hot and Ready'' is the second full-length album by the Swedish heavy metal supergroup Witchery. Released in 1999, it was the last Witchery album with Mique on drums. The album was called "fast-paced thrash with all the glorious, fun occ ...

'' * 2001 - '' Symphony for the Devil'' * 2006 - ''

Don't Fear the Reaper "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" is a song by American rock band Blue Öyster Cult from the band's 1976 album ''Agents of Fortune.'' The song, written and sung by lead guitarist Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser, deals with eternal love and the inevitabili ...

'' * 2010 - '' Witchkrieg'' * 2016 - '' In His Infernal Majesty's Service'' * 2017 - '' I Am Legion''

With Sinergy

* 1999 - '' Beware the Heavens''

With Arch Enemy

* 1999 - '' Burning Bridges'' * 2000 - ''

Burning Japan Live 1999 ''Burning Japan Live 1999'' is a live album by the Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy. Originally released in Japan only, the album was re-released worldwide in 2000 due to fan demand. Reception ''Burning Japan Live 1999'' received mixe ...

'' * 2001 - ''

Wages of Sin ''Wages of Sin'' is the fourth studio album by the Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy. It is the first Arch Enemy album to feature the vocals of Angela Gossow. It is also the first album they use Standard-C tuning, which they still use ...

'' * 2003 - ''

Anthems of Rebellion ''Anthems of Rebellion'' is the fifth studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy. This was the first Arch Enemy album to feature clean vocals. The clean vocals were sung by Christopher Amott on "End of the Line" and "Dehumanizat ...

'' * 2005 - '' Doomsday Machine'' * 2006 - '' Live Apocalypse'' * 2007 - ''

Rise of the Tyrant ''Rise of the Tyrant'' is the seventh studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy. It was produced by Fredrik Nordström and released on 24 September 2007 via Century Media. Background Vocalist Angela Gossow commented on ''Rise ...

'' * 2008 - ''

Tyrants of the Rising Sun ''Tyrants of the Rising Sun'' is a DVD+CD set of Arch Enemy, released in Europe on 23 November 2008 and in North America on 25 November 2008 via Century Media. The DVD contains a live show filmed in Tokyo in early 2008, an in-depth 40 minute ro ...

'' * 2009 - '' The Root of All Evil'' * 2011 - ''

Khaos Legions ''Khaos Legions'' is the eighth studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy. It was released on May 30, 2011, by Century Media. The record marks a return to new, original material, after releasing the '' Tyrants of the Rising Sun ...

'' * 2014 - ''

War Eternal ''War Eternal'' is the ninth studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy, which was released first in Japan on 4 June 2014 by Century Media. It is the first Arch Enemy album in 15 years since '' Burning Bridges'' to feature a new ...

'' * 2017 - ''

Will to Power The will to power (german: der Wille zur Macht) is a concept in the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche. The will to power describes what Nietzsche may have believed to be the main driving force in humans. However, the concept was never systemati ...

'' * 2022 - '' Deceivers''

With Dismember

* 2000 - '' Hate Campaign''

With Spiritual Beggars

* 2005 - ''

Demons A demon is a malevolent supernatural entity. Historically, belief in demons, or stories about demons, occurs in religion, occultism, literature, fiction, mythology, and folklore; as well as in media such as comics, video games, movies, anime ...

'' * 2010 - ''

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'' * 2013 - '' Earth Blues'' * 2016 - ''Sunrise to Sundown''

With the Night Flight Orchestra

* 2012 - '' Internal Affairs'' * 2015 - ''

Skyline Whispers ''Skyline Whispers'' is the second studio album by Swedish classic rock/ AOR band The Night Flight Orchestra, released on 9 June 2015 via Coroner Records. Track listing Credits Personnel ;The Night Flight Orchestra * Björn "Speed" ...

'' * 2017 - ''

Amber Galactic ''Amber Galactic'' is the third studio album by Swedish rock band The Night Flight Orchestra, released on 19 May 2017 via Nuclear Blast. It was recorded at Handsome Hard Studios, Kävlinge, Sweden and Nordic Sound Lab, Skara, Sweden in 2016. Addi ...

'' * 2018 - ''

Sometimes the World Ain't Enough The Night Flight Orchestra is a Swedish hard rock band from Helsingborg. They have signed to Nuclear Blast records. Formed in 2007 by Björn Strid and David Andersson while they were touring in the US with their band Soilwork, they were later j ...

'' * 2020 - ''Aeromantic'' * 2021 - ''Aeromantic II''

References

External links

Official Arch Enemy website

Official Arch Enemy MySpace page

Official Spiritual Beggars MySpace page

Brazilian Arch Enemy fansite

Ibanez Sharlee D'Angelo SDB2 signature model

Official King Diamond & Mercyful Fate website & fan club
* Death metal musicians Swedish heavy metal bass guitarists King Diamond (band) members Mercyful Fate members Arch Enemy members Living people 1973 births Witchery members Spiritual Beggars members Dismember (band) members 21st-century bass guitarists Sinergy members {{Sweden-guitarist-stub