Per Wiberg

Per Wiberg
Wiberg performing with Opeth at the Ilosaarirock festival in Joensuu, Finland, on 15 July 2007
Background information
Born	8 June 1968
Origin	Stockholm, Sweden
Genres	Death metal, progressive metal, progressive rock, stoner rock
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter
Instruments	Keyboards, piano, organ, mellotron, vocals, guitar, bass
Associated acts	Opeth, Death Organ, Arch Enemy, Spiritual Beggars

Per Jonas Wiberg^[1] (born 8 June 1968 in Borlänge) 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.^[2]

It was announced on 6 April 2011 that Per was leaving Opeth as part of a mutual decision between him and the other band members.^[3]

Since 2012 Per 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 Per joined Swedish trio Kamchatka as a bass player and full-time member. He plays on the Kamchatka album The Search Goes On & Long Road Made Of Gold.

Equipment

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

Discography

With Opeth

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

With Kamchatka

• The Search Goes On (2014)
• Doorknocker Blues 7" (2014)
• Ain't Fallin' Digital Single (2014)
• Long Road Made Of Gold (2015)

With Mojobone

• Tales From The Bone (1999)
• Crossroad Message (2002)
• Cowboy Mode (2010)
• Crossroad Message & Tales From The Bone - Reissue (2010)

With King Hobo

• S/T (album) (2008)

With Conny Bloom

• Been There, Done What Live! (2003)

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)
• Bacon Brothers - Pit Stop (2000)
• Bacon - Like It Black (2010)
• The Bakerton Group - El Rojo (2009)
• Beat Under Control - The Introduction (2004)
• Candlemass - Psalms for the Dead (2012)
• Candlemass - (Candlemass Vs Entombed, Limited edition CD, recorded for Sweden Rock Magazine's 100th issue)(2013)
• Dotty Blue - Perfect Free Choice (2009)
• Greenleaf - Nest Of Vipers (2012)
• Sivert Høyem - Endless Love (2014)
• Kamchatka - Volume III (2009)
• Kamchatka - Bury Your Roots (2011)
• Little Chris - At Last (2002)
• The Mushroom River Band - Music for the World Beyond (2000)
• Oaf - "Birth School Oaf Death" (2013)
• Renaissance Of Fools - Fear, Hope & Frustration (2011)
• 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)
• Switchblade - "S/T 2012" (album) (2012)
• Watertouch - We Never Went To The Moon (2004)

References

1. http://www.ratsit.se/BC/ReportSmall.aspx?ID=e4oXnbcm7Wxaj38Ku34CstPQlNoaXymX11p-aFMEvS0
2. "OPETH Keyboardist, CLUTCH Drummer Collaborate On New Project". Retrieved 2007-07-27. OPETH keyboardist Per Wiberg recently collaborated on a new project with CLUTCH drummer Jean-Paul Gaster and KAMCHATKA guitarist Thomas "Juneor" Andersson, among others
3. "Opeth Part Ways with Keyboardist Per Wiberg". Retrieved 2011-04-06.