Hans Martin Knut Henriksson (born 30 October 1974) is a former Swedish musician best known for his work with

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Dark Tranquillity Dark Tranquillity is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Gothenburg. They are considered one of the pioneering acts of the Swedish death metal, Gothenburg metal scene, which also includes bands such as In Flames and At the Gates - regarded a ...

and was one of the original members, and the main songwriter for the band until he left them in 2016.

Biography

When Dark Tranquillity formed in 1989 Henriksson was the bassist up until 1999. He switched to guitar when guitarist Fredrik Johansson quit, but recorded bass again once on 2013's '' Construct'' when the band had no bassist at the time. He composed much of the band's music throughout his tenure, especially between ''

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'' and ''

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''. Although Henriksson had been inactive with the band since 2015 it wasn't until January 2016 that he started to realize he didn't want to be in the band anymore. His official resignation became effective 31 March 2016 when Dark Tranquillity announced Henriksson's departure from the band.

Style

In Dark Tranquillity, he plays both rhythms and melodies. He is known for his smooth playing style, while

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, Dark Tranquillity's other guitarist, has a more harsh style. He normally does not play solos (Sundin usually performs them). Some exceptions to that are the songs 'Focus Shift' and 'Lost to Apathy', in whose videos Martin is seen playing slow, smooth leads. His riffs are sometimes complemented with pick slides and harmonics. When he was on bass (using picks), he also played melodies.

Equipment

Martin's main stage guitars include a Gibson

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and a

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Studio Lite. He previously used Rocktron Prophesy rack mounted pre-amps, but after the Damage Done tour, he and

begun using Peavey 5150 and

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Dual Rectifier amplifiers along with

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V-AMP 2 PRO modeling processors. In the making off

We Are The Void ''We Are the Void'' is the ninth studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Dark Tranquillity. It is their first and only album with bassist Daniel Antonsson, who joined in 2008 and left in 2013. The band began writing for this album in l ...

, they show a Peavey 6505s.

References

External links

Dark Tranquillity
{{DEFAULTSORT:Henriksson, Martin Living people Swedish male songwriters Rhythm guitarists Swedish heavy metal guitarists 1974 births Dark Tranquillity members Musicians from Gothenburg