Per Wiberg


Per Jonas Wiberg is a Swedish musician who has been a member of the bands Spiritual Beggars as a keyboardist, King Hobo as a keyboardist, guitarist, and vocalist, and Kamchatka as a bassist and vocalist, and his solo band Per Wiberg and Switchblade as a bassist. Wiberg was formerly in the bands Death Organ as an organist, Boom Club as a vocalist, and Opeth as keyboardist and 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 Deliverance/''Damnation tour onward, and joined Opeth officially in 2005. Wiberg provided backing vocals 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 melodic death metal band Arch Enemy. He has also played piano on Swedish progressive rock band Anekdoten's 1993 release Vemod''.
In 2007, Wiberg collaborated on a project called King Hobo with Clutch drummer Jean-Paul Gaster and Kamchatka 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 Big Scenic Nowhere 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

With Kamchatka

With Switchblade

Source:
  • Switchblade - "2012"
  • Switchblade - "2016"

With Slutavverkning

With Mojobone

  • Tales From the Bone
  • Crossroad Message
  • Cowboy Mode
  • ''Crossroad Message & Tales From the Bone - Reissue''

With King Hobo

  • King Hobo
  • ''Mauga''

With Death Organ

  • 9 to 5
  • ''Universal Stripsearch''

With Boom Club

  • ''Buy One or Be One''

Guest appearances