Per Wiberg
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Per Wiberg | |
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![]() Wiberg performing with Spiritual Beggars at the Rockharz Open Air in Germany, on 7 July 2016 | |
Background information | |
Born | 8 June 1968 |
Origin | Stockholm, Sweden |
Genres | Death metal, progressive metal, progressive rock, stoner rock |
Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
Instrument(s) | Keyboards, piano, organ, mellotron, vocals, guitar, bass |
Per Jonas Wiberg[1] (born 8 June 1968) is the former keyboardist of Swedish progressive death metal band Opeth, and a member of Michael Amott's stoner metal band Spiritual Beggars.
Wiberg was born in Borlänge. He toured with Opeth from the 2003 Deliverance/Damnation tour onward, and joined Opeth officially in 2005. Wiberg provided backing vocals for Opeth in addition to his keyboard duties. Before joining Spiritual Beggars he was a member of Death Organ, a band based in Borlänge. He has also fronted the band Boom Club, of the same area.
Wiberg played the keyboard in the intro to "Enemy Within" by the melodic death metal band Arch Enemy. He has also played piano on Swedish progressive rock band Anekdoten's 1993 release Vemod. In 2007, he collaborated on a project called King Hobo with Clutch drummer Jean-Paul Gaster and Kamchatka guitarist Thomas Andersson.[2]
It was announced on 6 April 2011 that Wiberg was leaving Opeth as part of a mutual decision between him and the other band members.[3] Since 2012 he has been a live musician for the Swedish doom metal band Candlemass as well as joining Swedish band Switchblade on selected dates as a keyboard player. In 2013 he joined Swedish trio Kamchatka as a bass player and full-time member. He plays on the Kamchatka albums The Search Goes On and Long Road Made of Gold.
Equipment
Per Wiberg uses Nord & Mellotron keyboards, EBS & Blackstar amps, and Fender & Gibson guitars and basses.
Discography
- Head Without Eyes (2019)
With Opeth
- Lamentations DVD (2003)
- Ghost Reveries (2005)
- The Roundhouse Tapes (2007)
- Watershed (2008)
- In Live Concert at the Royal Albert Hall (2010)
- Blackwater Park - Legacy Edition (2010)
- The Throat of Winter 7" (2011)
- Heritage (2011)
- The Devil's Orchard - Live at Rock Hard Festival 2009 (2011)
With Spiritual Beggars
- Mantra III (1998)
- Violet Karma 10" (1998)
- Ad Astra (2000)
- It's Over split 7" with Grand Magus (2001)
- On Fire (2002)
- Demons (2005)
- Live Fire DVD (2005)
- Return to Zero (2010)
- Return to Live: Loud Park 2010 (2011)
- Earth Blues (2013)
- Spiritual Beggars - Reissue (2013)
- Sunrise to Sundown (2016)
- Thumbsucker/Stoned Woman 7" (2016)
With Kamchatka
- The Search Goes On (2014)
- Doorknocker Blues 7" (2014)
- Ain't Fallin' (digital single) (2014)
- Long Road Made of Gold (2015)
- Devil Dance (digital single) (2016)
- No One That Can Tell (digital single) (2016)
- Stone Cold Shaky Bones/Midnight Charmer 7" (2018)
- Hoodoo Lightning (2019)
With Switchblade
- Switchblade - "S/T 2012" (album) (2012)
- Switchblade - "S/T 2016" (album) (2016)
With Mojobone
- Tales From the Bone (1999)
- Crossroad Message (2002)
- Cowboy Mode (2010)
- Crossroad Message & Tales From the Bone - Reissue (2010)
With King Hobo
- King Hobo (2008)
- Mauga (2019)
With Death Organ
- 9 to 5 (1995)
- Universal Stripsearch (1997)
With Boom Club
- Buy One or Be One (1994)
Guest appearances
- Anekdoten - Vemod (1993)
- Anekdoten - Chapters (2009)
- Anekdoten - Until All the Ghosts Are Gone (2015)
- Arch Enemy - Burning Bridges (1999)
- Arch Enemy - Wages of Sin (2001)
- Arch Enemy - Anthems of Rebellion (2003)
- Arch Enemy - Rise of the Tyrant (2007) (uncredited on the album)
- Arch Enemy - Khaos Legions (2011)
- Arch Enemy - War Eternal (2014)
- Arch Enemy - Covered in Blood (2019)
- Apollo - Waterdevils (2016)
- Automatism - Sonar Split EP with Pavallion (2019)
- Automatism - Immersion (2020)
- Bacon Brothers - Pit Stop (2000)
- Bacon - Like It Black (2010)
- The Bakerton Group - El Rojo (2009)
- Beat Under Control - The Introduction (2004)
- Big Scenic Nowhere - Dying on the Mountain (2019)
- Big Scenic Nowhere - Vision Beyond Horizon (2020)
- Big Scenic Nowhere - Lavender Blues (2020)
- Conny Bloom - Been There, Done What Live! (2003)
- Candlemass - Psalms for the Dead (2012)
- Candlemass - (Candlemass vs Entombed, Limited edition CD, recorded for Sweden Rock Magazine's 100th issue)(2013)
- Carcass - Despicable (2020)
- Dool - Summerland (2020)
- Dotty Blue - Perfect Free Choice (2009)
- Dun Ringill - Welcome (2019)
- Dun Ringill - Library of Death (2020)
- Enslaved - Roadburn Live (2017)
- General Surgery - Split w/ Bodybag (2017)
- Greenleaf - Nest of Vipers (2012)
- Grand Magus - Sword Songs (2016)
- Hexandagger - Nine of Swords 7" (2016)
- Sivert Høyem - Endless Love (2014)
- Kamchatka - Volume III (2009)
- Kamchatka - Bury Your Roots (2011)
- Little Chris - At Last (2002)
- Mount Mary - Mount Mary (2021)
- The Mushroom River Band - Music for the World Beyond (2000)
- Oaf - "Birth School Oaf Death" (2013)
- Renaissance of Fools - Fear, Hope & Frustration (2011)
- Roadhouse Diet - Won't Bend or Break (2018)
- Roadhouse Diet - Electric Devilry (2019)
- Sista Maj - Localized Pockets of Negative Entropy (2018)
- Sky High - Highlights 1978-1998 (1998)
- Sky High - Bluester (1999)
- Sky High - On the Cover: 25 Years of Madness (2002)
- Sky High - Soul Survivor (2004)
- Sky High - Have Guitar Will Travel - Reissue ( 2005)
- Sky High - Safe Sex Live - Reissue ( 2005)
- Sky High - 28 Years of Madness DVD (2006)
- Sky High - Stone & Gravel (2015)
- Sky High - 20 Från Fyrtio (2020)
- Watertouch - We Never Went to the Moon (2004)
References
- ^ "Per Viberg (52 år) Johanneshov | Ratsit". Ratsit.se. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- ^ "OPETH Keyboardist, CLUTCH Drummer Collaborate On New Project". Archived from the original on 24 June 2007. Retrieved 27 July 2007.
OPETH keyboardist Per Wiberg recently collaborated on a new project with CLUTCH drummer Jean-Paul Gaster and KAMCHATKA guitarist Thomas "Juneor" Andersson, among others
- ^ "Opeth Part Ways with Keyboardist Per Wiberg". Facebook.com. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
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