Per Wiberg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Per Wiberg

Swedish musician

Date of Birth: 08-Jun-1968

Place of Birth: Stockholm, Sweden

Profession: musician

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Per Wiberg

  • Per Jonas Wiberg (born 8 June 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 was born in Borlänge.
  • He 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. 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, he collaborated on a project called King Hobo with Clutch drummer Jean-Paul Gaster and Kamchatka guitarist Thomas Andersson.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.
  • 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.
  • In 2013 he joined Swedish trio Kamchatka as a bass player and full-time member.
  • He plays on the Kamchatka albums The Search Goes On and Long Road Made of Gold.

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