Per Wiberg

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Per Wiberg : biography

8 June 1968 –

Per Jonas Wiberghttp://www.ratsit.se/BC/ReportSmall.aspx?ID=e4oXnbcm7Wxaj38Ku34CstPQlNoaXymX11p-aFMEvS0 (born June 8, 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 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.

He 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, Per Wiberg collaborated on a project called King Hobo with Clutch drummer Jean-Paul Gaster and Kamchatka guitarist Thomas Andersson.

It was announced on April 6, 2011 that Per was leaving Opeth as part of a mutual decision between him and the other band members.

Equipment

Per Wiberg uses Korg Triton, Nord Electro 3 and Nord Wave keyboards.

Discography

With Opeth

  • Lamentations DVD (2003)
  • Ghost Reveries (2005)
  • The Roundhouse Tapes (2007)
  • Watershed (2008)
  • In Live Concert at the Royal Albert Hall (2010)
  • Heritage (2011)

With Spiritual Beggars

  • Mantra III (1998)
  • Ad Astra (2000)
  • On Fire (2002)
  • Demons (2005)
  • Return to Zero (2010)
  • Earth Blues (2013)

With Death Organ

  • 9 to 5 (1995)
  • Universal Stripsearch (1997)

Guest appearances

  • Anekdoten – Vemod (1993)
  • 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)
  • Kamchatka – Volume III (2009)
  • The Bakerton Group – El Rojo (2009)
  • Arch Enemy – Khaos Legions (2011)
  • Candlemass – Siren Song (2012)
  • Switchblade – S/T 2012 (album) (2012)
  • Greenleaf – Nest Of Vipers (2012)