Per Nilsson (guitarist)

Per Nilsson is a Swedish guitarist and record producer. He is best known as one of the founding members of the melodic death metal band Scar Symmetry and for being the touring lead guitarist for Meshuggah during Fredrik Thordendal's 2017-2021 hiatus. He is also the guitarist for Swedish progressive rock group Kaipa and since 2017 he is the lead guitarist for Swedish power metal band Nocturnal Rites.
In January 2013, Guitar Messenger released a guitar instructional DVD with Nilsson called Scar Guitar.
Until 2013, he was endorsed by Ibanez Guitars. He is now endorsed by Strandberg Guitars, who in collaboration with him has created the Strandberg Singularity, his first signature guitar. The first version of the Singularity - a seven string guitar with a red and black swirl finish - was released in 2014. In 2021, a new updated Singularity was released in both seven and eight string versions, with the swirl finish abandoned in favor of a sandblasted ash top with a red and black or blue and black color scheme.
Nilsson primarily plays extended range guitars, though he has often used an Ibanez JEM 6 string to record his solos in the past.
Nilsson is a member of the high IQ society Mensa International, his IQ being "135 or higher" on the Wechsler scale.

Discography

Per Nilsson (solo project)

Blast Radius single Always single

Scar Symmetry

Symmetric in Design Pitch Black Progress Holographic Universe Dark Matter Dimensions The Unseen Empire The Singularity (Phase I – Neohumanity)

''The Singularity (Phase II – Xenotaph)''

Nocturnal Rites

''Phoenix''

Kaipa

Angling Feelings In the Wake of Evolution Vittjar Sattyg Children of the Sounds Urskog

''Sommargryningsljus''

Nicklas Brännström

''Circle of Silence''

Zierler

''ESC''

Hagen

''Corridors Of Time''

Altered Aeon

''Dispiritism''

World Below

''Maelstrom''

The Absence

''Oceans''

Guitar Messenger

''Per Nilsson's SCAR GUITAR instructional DVD''

As a producer and/or mixing engineer

Zonaria – "Infamy and the Breed" - as producer
Zonaria – "Arrival of the Red Sun" – guitars production
Sonic Syndicate – "Burn This City" – vocals production
Royal Jester – "Night Is Young" – as producer
Propane Headrush – "Ignite" – as producer
Propane Headrush – "Three" – as producer, mixing and mastering engineer
Christian Muenzner – "Beyond the Wall of Sleep" – as co-producer, mixing and mastering engineer
Scar Symmetry – "Dark Matter Dimensions" – as co-producer
Scar Symmetry – "The Unseen Empire" – as co-producer
Scar Symmetry – "The Singularity (Phase I – Neohumanity)" – as producer, mixing and mastering engineer
Scar Symmetry – "The Singularity (Phase II – Xenotaph)" – as producer, mixing and mastering engineer
Terminal Function – "Clockwork Sky" – as mixing and mastering engineer
Eternity's End – "The Fire Within" – as co-producer, mixing and mastering engineer
Danny Tunker – "Bare Trap" – as mixing and mastering engineer
Beyond the Katakomb – "Beyond the Katakomb" – as songwriter, producer, mixing and mastering engineer
Apocalypse Orchestra – "The End is Nigh" – as mixing and mastering engineer
Disdained – "Dark Passenger" – as co-producer, mixing and mastering engineer
Bloodshot Dawn – "Reanimation" – as co-producer, mixing and mastering engineer
Nicklas Brännström – "Circle of Silence" ''as co-producer, mixing and mastering engineer''

As a guest musician

On lead guitar, if nothing else's stated

Tales of a Holy Quest – "Seed of Lies"
De Fluff – "Soul P.D."
Warnaments – all songs ''– keyboards
Riders of the Plague – "The Murder"
By Honour – "By Honour"
Silent Ruins – "Dark Clouds"
Reveal No Secrets – "Thirty Years"
Off the Face of the Earth – "The Cult of Ego"
Timewarp – "Wastelands"
New World Order single – "New World Order"
State of the Art - "Matters of the Heart"
Equilibrium – "Awakening"
Furor Incarnatus – "Breathing Failure"
Dark Legacy – "Uninvited Guest"
Everything Beautiful – "Everything Beautiful"
Bilo 3.0 – "Wrinkle Maze"
Fire Meets Ice – "Helheimsfärd"
Shred Alliance – "Return to Tabernacle"
The Radial Covenant – "The Radial Covenant"
Cult of Indifference – "The Tribulation of Man"
Transcendence – "Wanderer"
Demons – "The Image Faded"
Dead Man's Town – "Follow Your Destiny" and "Tall Rider" – electric guitar and lap steel
Beyond the Wall of Sleep – several tracks – keyboards
When All Else Fails EP – "Bleed For Me"
Burning Heart single – "Burning Heart"
Our Dying Sun – "Omega"
Destroy the Light – "The Truth Awakening"
Journey to the Stars - "Canis Majoris"
Ghost Ship Octavius – "Sea Storm"
The Human Affliction – "Burning Chrome"
Plagued – "Hex of Departure"
Music Kit for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive – "II - headshot"
Clockwork Sky – "Inside The Quadrant" - choir vocals
Trinidad Scorpion Hallucinations – "The Other Side"
Fenris – "Nightwatch"
The Fire Within – several songs - backing vocals, synth solo, additional keyboards
Bare Trap single – "Bare Trap" - keyboards
The Crypts of Sleep - "The Crypts of Sleep"
Nautilus EP - "Spectre"
Origins - "Silent Weapons"
Dark Passenger single – "Dark Passenger" - keyboards, backing vocals
In a World of Fear – "Goddess Gate"
Vengeance and The Misery single – "Vengeance and The Misery"
All of Creation – "Ocean Levels"
En Välsignad Man – "Mera Rock'n'Roll"
Observables – "TechTrip" – guitars, keyboards, vocals''