Daniel Mongrain

Daniel Mongrain (born July 4, 1976) (also known as Dan Mongrain and Chewy) is a Canadian musician, known as a co-founder of the Quebec technical death metal band Martyr, in which he composes, sings and plays guitar. Mongrain is also currently guitarist for the Canadian thrash/progressive metal band Voivod since 2008, replacing late guitarist Denis D'Amour.

Daniel Mongrain
Background information
Born	(1976-07-04) July 4, 1976 (age 49) Trois-Rivières, Quebec
Genres	Technical death metal, progressive metal, progressive rock
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter
Instrument(s)	Guitars, vocals
Labels	Century Media
Member of	Voivod, Martyr
Formerly of	Cryptopsy, Gorguts, Capharnaum

Mongrain was a session and touring guitarist for the Canadian metal bands Cryptopsy (2005), Gorguts (2000), Alcoholica (2004) and Capharnaum (2003).

In addition to the metal genre, Mongrain plays guitar with several Quebec artists including Dan Bigras, Breen Leboeuf, Bruno Pelletier for the musical Dracula - Entre l'amour et la mort among others and played with more than 80 different formations, bands in numerous genres from Blues to rock to hip-hop to prog to metal, etc. His latest cover band project is a tribute band to progressive music from the 1970s called Jurassik Rock.

Mongrain has a bachelor's degree in Jazz Interpretation at University of Montreal and teaches jazz and pop guitar and theory courses at the Cégep régional de Lanaudière, Joliette Campus.^[1]

Mongrain is vegetarian.^[2]

In 2020, Mongrain contributed guitar to Big Scenic Nowhere's Lavender Blues EP.^[3]

Equipment

Guitars

• Bond instruments guitars

Amps

• Marshall JCM-800
• Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier/Mark V

Discography

With Martyr

• Ostrogoth (1995) (Independent)
• Hopeless Hopes (1997) Re-release (Galy Records)
• Warp Zone (2000) (Warfare Records)
• Extracting the Core (2001) (Galy Records)
• Feeding the Abscess (2006) (Galy Records)
• Havoc in Quebec City DVD (2008) (Galy Records)

With Gorguts

• From Wisdom to Hate (2001)

With Capharnaum

• Fractured (2004)

With Voivod

• Tatsumaki (Live in Japan DVD) (2009)
• Warriors of Ice (Live in Mtl) (2011)
• Target Earth (2013)
• Post Society (2016)
• The Wake (2018)
• Synchro Anarchy (2022)