Per Jonas Wiberg (born 8 June 1968) is a Swedish

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who has been a member of the bands Spiritual Beggars (1998-) as a

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, ''King Hobo'' (2007-) as a keyboardist, guitarist, and vocalist, and

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(2015-) as a

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and vocalist, his solo band, ''Per Wiberg'' (2019-), and ''Switchblade'' (2020-) as a Bassist. Wiberg was formerly in the bands, ''Death Organ'' (1993-1997) as an

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, ''Boom Club'' (1994) as a Vocalist, and

Opeth Opeth is a Swedish progressive metal band from Stockholm, formed in 1990. The band incorporates folk music, folk, blues, classical music, classical, and jazz elements into its usually lengthy compositions, as well as strong influences from deat ...

(2003-2011) as a Keyboardist / Backing vocalist. Before joining Spiritual Beggars, Wiberg was a member of Death Organ, a band based in Borlänge. He has also fronted the band Boom Club, of the same area. Wiberg toured with Opeth from the 2003 ''

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'' tour onward, and joined Opeth officially in 2005. Wiberg provided

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for Opeth in addition to his keyboard duties. 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. Wiberg played the keyboard in the intro to "Enemy Within" by the

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band

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. He has also played

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on Swedish

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's 1993 release ''

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''. In 2007, Wiberg collaborated on a project called King Hobo with

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drummer

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and

guitarist Thomas Andersson. 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. He also played bass when needed. Wiberg has collaborated on all

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releases since 2019, including two studio albums and two EPs.

Equipment

Per Wiberg uses Nord & Mellotron keyboards, EBS & Blackstar amps, and Fender & Gibson guitars and basses.

Discography

With Spiritual Beggars

*''Mantra III'' (1998) *''Violet Karma'' 10-inch (1998) *''Ad Astra'' (2000) *''It's Over'' split 7-inch with Grand Magus (2001) *'' On Fire'' (2002) *''

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'' (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-inch (2016) *''European Rock Invasion Vol 1: Svenskt Anfall'' split 12-inch with Siena Root & Truckfighters (2021)

With Kamchatka

*''The Search Goes On'' (2014) *''Doorknocker Blues'' 7-inch (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-inch (2018) *''Hoodoo Lightning '' (2019)

With Switchblade

Source: * Switchblade - "2012" (album) (2012) * Switchblade - "2016" (album) (2016)

With Slutavverkning

* Slutavverkning - "Levande Charader" (album) (2023)

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

- ''

'' (1993) *

- '' Chapters'' (2009) *

- ''Until All the Ghosts Are Gone'' (2015) *

- '' Burning Bridges'' (1999) *

- '' Wages of Sin'' (2001) *

- '' Anthems of Rebellion'' (2003) *

- '' Rise of the Tyrant'' (2007) (uncredited on the album) *

- '' Khaos Legions'' (2011) *

- '' War Eternal'' (2014) *

- ''Covered in Blood'' (2019) *

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- ''Waterdevils'' (2016) * Automatism - ''Sonar Split EP with Pavallion'' (2019) * Automatism - ''Immersion'' (2020) *

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- ''Like It Black'' (2010) * Bacon Brothers - ''Pit Stop'' (2000) * The Bakerton Group - '' El Rojo'' (2009) * Beat Under Control - '' The Introduction'' (2004) *

- ''Dying on the Mountain'' (2019) *

- ''Vision Beyond Horizon'' (2020) *

- ''Lavender Blues'' (2020) *

- ''The Long Morrow'' (2022) *

- ''The Waydown'' (2024) *

- ''My God/Aqualung Redux'' (2024) * cKy - ''Lost in Departures'' (2021) *

Conny Bloom Conny Bloom is the stage name for Ulf Conny Blomqvist, (born 23 November 1964 in Stockholm) who is a Swedish guitarist and songwriter. He is best known as the frontman for the funk metal band, Electric Boys. Bloom also served a stint as a gui ...

- ''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) *

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- '' Despicable'' (2020) *

- '' Torn Arteries'' (2021) * Dool - ''Summerland'' (2020) * Dotty Blue - ''Perfect Free Choice'' (2009) * Dun Ringill - ''Welcome'' (2019) * Dun Ringill - ''Library of Death'' (2020) * Enslaved - ''Roadburn Live'' (2017) * Fear Falls Burning - ''Function Collapse Live'' (2021) *

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- ''Split w/ Bodybag'' (2017) * Greenleaf - ''Nest of Vipers'' (2012) * Grand Magus - ''Sword Songs'' (2016) * Hexandagger - ''Nine of Swords'' 7-inch (2016) * Hans Hjelm - '' Into the Night'' (2024) * Sivert Høyem - ''Endless Love'' (2014) * Ulf Ivarsson/Bill Laswell - ''Nammu'' (2022) *

- '' Volume III'' (2009) *

- '' Bury Your Roots'' (2011) * Little Chris - ''At Last'' (2002) * Mirror Queen - '' Starliner/Career Of Evil'' (2016) * Mount Mary - '' Mount Mary'' (2021) * Mount Mary - '' Diamonds Of A Fool'' (2023) * The Mushroom River Band - '' Music for the World Beyond'' (2000) * Nate Bergman - '' Metaphysical Change'' (2022) * 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) *

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- ''Weird Science'' (2023) * Sista Maj - ''Localized Pockets of Negative Entropy'' (2018) * Sista Maj - ''The Extreme Limit'' (2019) * 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) * Sovereign Eagle - ''Sovereign Eagle'' (2022) * Thoughts & Prayers - '' Alive In The Night Of The Wicked - PA version'' (2022) * Vokonis - ''Odyssey'' (2021) * Vokonis - ''Null & Void'' (2021) * Watertouch - ''We Never Went to the Moon'' (2004)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wiberg, Per Opeth members Living people Swedish heavy metal keyboardists 1968 births Musicians from Stockholm Swedish death metal musicians Progressive rock musicians Spiritual Beggars members Swedish bass guitarists