Engel is a Swedish

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 heavines ...

band from

Gothenburg Gothenburg ( ; ) is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, second-largest city in Sweden, after the capital Stockholm, and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated by the Kattegat on the west coast of Sweden, it is the gub ...

. They are currently signed to Gain Records/

Sony is a Japanese multinational conglomerate (company), conglomerate headquartered at Sony City in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The Sony Group encompasses various businesses, including Sony Corporation (electronics), Sony Semiconductor Solutions (i ...

History

Engel released their debut album '' Absolute Design'' through

SPV/Steamhammer SPV GmbH (short for ''Schallplatten Produktion und Vertrieb GmbH'', "Vinyl Production and Distribution Company") is a German independent record label. Founded on 1 January 1984, it has slowly grown to be one of the largest independent distributors ...

on 31 October 2007. The album was released in North America on 20 May 2008. Their second album, ''

Threnody A threnody is a wailing ode, song, hymn or poem of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person. The term originates from the Greek word θρηνῳδία (''threnoidia''), from θρῆνος (''threnos'', "wailing") and ᾠ� ...

'', was finished by the end of 2008, but due to issues with their former label, SPV, the release was delayed. On 7 April 2010, ''Threnody'' was released in Japan through Trooper Entertainment. The album was released on the music streaming service

Spotify Spotify (; ) is a List of companies of Sweden, Swedish Music streaming service, audio streaming and media service provider founded on 23 April 2006 by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon. , it is one of the largest providers of music streaming services ...

on 8 November 2010 and in Europe on the same date through

Season of Mist Season of Mist is an independent record label and record distributor with subsidiaries in France and the United States. The record label was founded in 1996 by Michael S. Berberian in Marseille, France. From the start releasing black metal, pa ...

. ''Threnody'' was released in North America on 11 January 2011, also through Season of Mist. The band's third album, '' Blood of Saints'', was released in Japan on 15 April 2012 through Trooper Entertainment. It was later released in Europe on 18 May 2012 and in the United States through Frostbyte on 25 September 2012. On 18 April 2006, Robert Hakemo was replaced by Johan Andreassen. On 5 August 2006, Michael Håkansson became the new bass player. On 14 August 2008, Håkansson left the band to pursue other opportunities. Steve Drennan (

Amon Amarth Amon Amarth () are a Swedish melodic death metal band from Tumba, Sweden, Tumba, formed in 1992. The band take its name from the Sindarin name of Mount Doom, a volcano in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. Their lyrics mostly deal with Viking myt ...

) took over playing bass during November 2008. During 2010, the band replaced their drummer Daniel "Mojjo" Moilanen with Jimmy Olausson, who also plays drums for Marionette. In June 2014, Olausson quit the band and was replaced with Oscar Nilsson. In mid-2012, Engel performed at several festivals in Europe and led their first headlining tour, also in Europe. In late 2012, Engel toured Sweden and Finland. Engel recorded its fourth album in Creahate Studios in mid-2014, which was released on 26 November 2014 through Gain Music/

in Europe and on 27 January 2015 in the US and Canada. A video for the opening track "Salvation" was also released at the same time. The band has shared the stage with

Still Remains Still Remains is an American metalcore band from Grand Rapids, Michigan. They formed out of previous local bands Shades of Amber and Unition. They released three studio albums, '' Of Love and Lunacy'', '' The Serpent'' and ''Ceasing to Breathe' ...

and toured Europe with

and

Dimmu Borgir Dimmu Borgir () is a Norwegian symphonic black metal band from Jessheim, formed in 1993. The name is derived from Dimmuborgir, a volcanic formation in Iceland, the name of which means "dark cities" or "dark castles/fortresses" in Icelandic lang ...

. They were also part of

Paradise Lost ''Paradise Lost'' is an Epic poetry, epic poem in blank verse by the English poet John Milton (1608–1674). The poem concerns the Bible, biblical story of the fall of man: the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their ex ...

's "Faith Divides Us – Death Unites Us" tour along with

Katatonia Katatonia is a Swedish Heavy metal music, heavy metal band formed in Stockholm in 1991 by Jonas Renkse and Anders Nyström. The band started as a studio-only project for the duo, as an outlet for their love of death metal. Increasing popularity ...

and

Samael Samael (; , ''Sammāʾēl'', "Venom of God"; , ''Samsama'il'' or , ''Samail''; alternatively Smal, Smil, Samil, or Samiel) is an archangel in Talmudic and post-Talmudic tradition; a figure who is the accuser or adversary (Satan#Judaism, Satan ...

Band members

Current

Niclas Engelin Niclas Engelin (born 27 December 1972) is a Swedish guitarist, who is currently playing with Engel, Drömriket, We Sell the Dead, and The Halo Effect. He previously was the lead guitarist for Gardenian and Passenger and the co-guitarist for ...

– guitar (2005–present) * Marcus Sunesson – guitar (2005–present) * Steve Drennan – bass (2008–present) * Mikael Sehlin – vocals (2012–present) * Oscar Nilsson – drums (2014–present)

Former

;Vocalist * Mangan (Magnus Klavborn) – 2005–2012 ;Drummers *Mojjo (Daniel Moilanen) – 2005–2010 * Jimmy Olausson – 2010–2014 ;Bassists * Robert Hakemo – 2005–2006 * Johan Andreassen – 2006 * Michael Håkansson – 2006–2008

Timeline

Discography

References

External links

* *
Engel
on

YouTube YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim who were three former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in ...

{{Authority control Musical groups established in 2005 Musical groups from Gothenburg Swedish musical quintets Swedish melodic death metal musical groups Swedish alternative metal musical groups Swedish industrial metal musical groups