Sharlee D'Angelo
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Sharlee D'Angelo is the bassist for Swedish melodic death metal
band Arch Enemy, as well as the Swedish hard rock
band Spiritual Beggars
.
Sharlee has also been in various bands in the past, either as a studio session player or full member. Some of these include IllWill
and Mercyful Fate
as well as Dismember
, Sinergy
, Witchery
. He plays with Dunlop picks and primarily used Rickenbacker
basses in his early career, before switching to playing and endorsing Ibanez
Iceman
basses in 2005. Ibanez
now produces the Sharlee D'Angelo signature bass, called the SDB1, which is tuned to Sharlee's preferred C standard (Low to High - C,F,Bb,Eb).
Melodic death metal
Melodic death metal is a heavy metal music style that combines elements from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal with elements of death metal. The style was developed during the early and mid-1990s, primarily in England and Scandinavia...
band Arch Enemy, as well as the Swedish hard rock
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
band Spiritual Beggars
Spiritual Beggars
Spiritual Beggars is a hard rock/stoner metal band from Halmstad, Sweden, formed by Michael Amott, who is known from Arch Enemy, Carcass and Carnage.- Biography :...
.
Sharlee has also been in various bands in the past, either as a studio session player or full member. Some of these include IllWill
IllWill
IllWill was a Swedish supergroup which consisted of Andy LaRocque, Snowy Shaw, Sharlee D'Angelo & Yonas af Dahlstrøm. The band released their first recording, Evilution in 1998 in Europe & the CD was released in the USA in 2000....
and Mercyful Fate
Mercyful Fate
Mercyful Fate was a Danish heavy metal band from Copenhagen. Initially active from 1981 to 1985, they reunited in 1992. The band went on hiatus again in 2000, when frontman King Diamond decided to continue his solo career...
as well as Dismember
Dismember (band)
Dismember was a Swedish death metal band that formed in 1988. They are well known in the death metal underground. They split up in October 2011.-History:...
, Sinergy
Sinergy
Sinergy was a Finnish power metal band started in 1998 by American musician, Kimberly Goss. Aside from Sinergy, the most notable bands Goss has been involved with are Dimmu Borgir; as keyboardist, and Children of Bodom; where she filled in live for Janne Wirman and also contributed lyrics...
, Witchery
Witchery
Witchery is a Swedish thrash/speed metal band, formed by former members of Satanic Slaughter in 1997. The current lineup consists of vocalist Emperor Magus Caligula , ex-Devian), guitarists Patrik Jensen and Rickard "Richard Corpse" Rimfält, bassist Sharlee D'Angelo, and drummer Martin Axenrot...
. He plays with Dunlop picks and primarily used Rickenbacker
Rickenbacker
Rickenbacker International Corporation, also known as Rickenbacker, is an electric and bass guitar manufacturer based in Santa Ana, California...
basses in his early career, before switching to playing and endorsing Ibanez
Ibanez
is a Japanese guitar brand owned by Hoshino Gakki. Based in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, Hoshino Gakki were one of the first Japanese musical instrument companies to gain a significant foothold in import guitar sales in the United States and Europe, as well as the first brand of guitars to mass produce...
Iceman
Ibanez Iceman
The Iceman is an electric guitar model produced by Ibanez. -History:The Iceman is an Ibanez guitar produced by Hoshino Gakki. Hoshino Gakki exported copies of American electric and acoustic guitars in the 1950s, and by the mid 1970s the Ibanez guitars had reached a level of quality comparable to...
basses in 2005. Ibanez
Ibanez
is a Japanese guitar brand owned by Hoshino Gakki. Based in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, Hoshino Gakki were one of the first Japanese musical instrument companies to gain a significant foothold in import guitar sales in the United States and Europe, as well as the first brand of guitars to mass produce...
now produces the Sharlee D'Angelo signature bass, called the SDB1, which is tuned to Sharlee's preferred C standard (Low to High - C,F,Bb,Eb).