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'{{Infobox musical artist | name = Mårten Hagström | image = Meshuggah - Mårten Hagström 2 - 2008 Melbourne.jpg | caption = Hagström in 2008 | image_size = | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_name = Mårten Hagström | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|4|27|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Örnsköldsvik]], [[Sweden]] | death_date = | origin = | instrument = [[Guitar]], [[Bass guitar|bass]] | genre = [[Extreme metal]], [[experimental metal]], [[progressive metal]] | occupation = [[Musician]] | years_active = | label = | associated_acts = [[Meshuggah]] | website = | notable_instruments = [[Ibanez]] Custom 8-String M8M }} '''Mårten Hagström''', (born 27 April 1971), is the [[rhythm guitar]]ist for the Swedish [[experimental metal]] band [[Meshuggah]]. He joined the band after the release of their first album, which allowed [[Jens Kidman]] to focus on his vocal performances. He is known for his strong and complex [[rhythm guitar]] playing. Hagström has cited [[Rush (band)|Rush]], [[James Hetfield]], [[Squarepusher]], [[Autechre]], [[Strapping Young Lad]] and [[GISM]] as influences. In a [[Metal Injection]] interview he has said, "You can't play an instrument for the technicality of it. It's a tool you use it to get what's in here and here [heart and mind] out there." He has also said when he was growing up, everybody in Sweden was trying to be a guitar virtuoso. This made him want to be solely a rhythm guitarist. Although fellow Meshuggah guitarist [[Fredrik Thordendal]] plays most of Meshuggah's guitar solos, the two of them share songwriting duties more or less equally, with Hagström notably contributing "Nebulous" from ''[[Nothing (Meshuggah album)|Nothing]]'', "[[Acrid Placidity]]" from ''[[Destroy Erase Improve]]'', and "Neurotica" from ''[[Chaosphere]]''. Hagström has also stepped out of his role of playing rhythm guitar with the release of Meshuggah's ''[[obZen]]'' album by playing the slower, melodic leads on the songs that he wrote, such as "Electric Red" and "Pravus". In addition to this, he has contributed lyrics to some of the band's later releases, co-writing ''[[Catch Thirtythree|Catch 33]]'' with Meshuggah drummer [[Tomas Haake]] and penning the entirety of the words for their abstract EP ''[[I (EP)|I]]''. Hagström and Haake have been playing music together since they were nine years old. Hagström, along with Fredrik Thordendal, was rated #35 by [[Guitar World]] as the top 100 greatest heavy metal guitarist of all-time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=18446 |title=GUITAR WORLD's 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Guitarists Of All Time |publisher=Roadrunnerrecords.com |date= |accessdate=2011-11-04}}</ref> ==Equipment== ===Guitars=== Hagström's main guitar is an [[Ibanez]] Custom 8-String M8M which feature RG-shaped or Iceman-shaped [[alder]] bodies with 5-piece maple/Bubinga neck-thru necks (29.4" {746.76&nbsp;mm}), rosewood fingerboards (no inlays), fixed bridge (actually an Ibanez FX-Edge fixed tremolo), one volume, one tone, and one [[Lundgren guitar pickups|Lundgren]] Model 8 pickup. He uses [[Strings (music)#Electric guitar|.9-.70 gauge strings]], tuned down half a step. Up until the late '90s, both Hagström and Thordendal used Ibanez 7-string guitars (initially [[Ibanez Universe|Universe]] models, then single-pickup variations of the RG7620 and RG7621 for Thordendal and Hagström respectively) before moving to Nevborn 8-string guitars during the ''Nothing'' era. The group found the Nevborns to be somewhat unstable while touring and when Ibanez communicated a desire to try building them 8-string guitars they accepted the offer. '''Guitar Strings, Dunlop:'''<br> String gauges: .07<ref><ref></ref></ref>0 - .056 - .046 - .036 - .026 - .016 - .011 - .009. '''Guitar Picks:'''<br> Jim Dunlop Nylon 1mm ===Amplifiers and effects=== *[[Fractal Audio Axe-FX|Fractal Audio Axe-Fx Ultra]] (As of the ''obZen'' tour) *[[Line 6 (company)|Line 6]] Vetta II Head Units *[[T.C. Electronics|T.C. Electronic]] effects *[[Mesa Boogie]] .50 Calibre (''None'' era) *Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier (''Destroy Erase Improve'' and ''Chaosphere'' era) *Line 6 [[Pod (amp modeler)|Pod Pro]] (''Nothing'', ''I'' and ''Catch 33'' era)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tandjent.com/meshforum/showthread.php?t=3129 |title=Meshuggah's recording gear - once and for all - Official Meshuggah Forum |publisher=Tandjent.com |date= |accessdate=2011-11-04}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.meshuggah.net Meshuggah] official website *[http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=9813014 Meshuggah] at [[MySpace]] * [http://www.nuclearblast.de/showDynamicPage.php?ident=artistdetail&aid=33 Meshuggah] at [[Nuclear Blast]] Europe * [http://www.nuclearblastusa.com/nb/v2/bands/band.php?bandID=171 Meshuggah] at [[Nuclear Blast]] USA {{Meshuggah}} {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> | NAME =Hagstrom, Marten | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = Swedish musician | DATE OF BIRTH =27 April 1971 | PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Örnsköldsvik]], [[Sweden]] | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hagstrom, Marten}} [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Swedish heavy metal guitarists]] [[Category:Meshuggah members]] [[Category:Avant-garde guitarists]] [[Category:Eight-string guitarists]] [[Category:Seven-string guitarists]] [[Category:People from Örnsköldsvik Municipality]] [[Category:Rhythm guitarists]] [[Category:1971 births]] [[Category:Progressive metal guitarists]] [[Category:Swedish experimental musicians]]'