Oscar Dronjak (born January 20, 1972) is the current lead guitarist of the Heavy Metal band Hammerfall. He is the only current member who was among the original line-up. January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Joacim Cans HammerFall is a Swedish power metal band assembled in 1993. ...
Oscar Dronjak was born in the Swedish town of Mölndal. Like many other Swedes, his first instrument was the accordion; he then played trombone for a few years until, at the age of fourteen, he settled on guitar. Soon after, he started his first band called the The Hippie Killers until later, in 1989, he started a death metal band called Desecrator which was later renamed to Ceremonial Oath. But just before they released their first album, he quit the band. The end of his career in Ceremonial Oath was the beginning of Hammerfall. At first, Hammerfall was merely a side project, and he and some friends were just rehearsing some songs that he had written, one of them being Steel Meets Steel. But soon, they recorded their first album, called Glory To The Brave. Oscar uses Washburn guitars. For other uses, see Accordion (disambiguation) This article is about the instrument as a whole. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Ceremonial Oath was a Swedish heavy metal band which was founded in 1989 by guitarist Oscar Dronjak (from HammerFall) under the name of Desecrator. ... Ceremonial Oath was a Swedish heavy metal band which was founded in 1989 by guitarist Oscar Dronjak (from HammerFall) under the name of Desecrator. ... Joacim Cans HammerFall is a Swedish power metal band assembled in 1993. ... Joacim Cans HammerFall is a Swedish power metal band assembled in 1993. ... A washburn Washburn (full name: Washburn Guitars) was established in 1883 in Chicago, Illinois. ...
He also performed backing vocals for In Flames' album, Subterranean, on the track Stand Ablaze. In Flames is a Swedish melodic death metal band from the city of Gothenburg. ... Subterranean can also refer to something below the Earths surface Subterranean was an album released by Swedish heavy metal band In Flames in 1995. ...
OscarDronjak (born january 201972) is the current lead guitarist of the power-metal band Hammerfall.
OscarDronjak was born in the Swedish town of Mölndal.
Like many other Swedes, his first instrument was the accordion; he then played trombone for a few years until, at the age of fourteen, he settled on guitar.
HammerFall began when guitarist OscarDronjak quit Ceremonial Oath and invited Jesper Strömblad (from In Flames, also originally a member of Ceremonial Oath) to join him on a new musical project which he had been idealising for some time.
This album was once more written by Joacim, Oscar and Jesper, who despite having quit the band still took part in the proccess in order to keep the same general mood of their first release.
HammerFall's tour was brought to a sudden end when OscarDronjak suffered a motorcycle accident, breaking his left arm and sustaining several minor injuries.