Per Wiberg

Per Wiberg (born June 8 1968) is the keyboardist for the Swedish progressive death metal band Opeth, and a member of Michael Amott's stoner metal band Spiritual Beggars. Wiberg had toured with Opeth since the 2003 "Deliverance"/"Damnation" tour, and officially joined Opeth in 2005. Wiberg provides backing vocals for Opeth in addition to his keyboard duties. Before joining Spiritual Beggars he was a member of Death Organ, a Borlänge-based band. He has also fronted the Borlänge band Boom Club.

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 with Clutch drummer Jean-Paul Gaster and Kamchatka guitarist Thomas Andersson. [cite web
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His girlfriend is Anna Sofi Dahlberg, the keyboard/cello player in Swedish progressive rock band Anekdoten.

Equipment

Per Wiberg uses Nord Electro 2 and Korg Triton keyboards.

Discography

With Opeth

*"Lamentations" DVD (2003)
*"Ghost Reveries" (2005)
*"The Roundhouse Tapes" (2007)
*"Watershed" (2008)

With Spiritual Beggars

*"Mantra III" (1998)
*"Ad Astra" (2000)
*"On Fire" (2002)
*"Demons" (2005)

With Death Organ

*"9 to 5" (1995)
*"Universal Stripsearch" (1997)

Guest Appearances

* Anekdoten - "Vemod" (1993)
* Arch Enemy - "Wages of Sin" (2001)

References