| Per Wiberg | |
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Wiberg performing with Opeth at the Ilosaarirock festival in Joensuu, Finland, on 15 July 2007 |
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| Background information | |
| Born | 8 June 1968 |
| Origin | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Genres | Death metal, progressive metal, progressive rock, stoner rock |
| Occupations | Musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | Keyboards, piano, organ, mellotron, vocals, guitar, bass |
| Associated acts | Opeth, Death Organ, Arch Enemy, Spiritual Beggars |
Per Jonas Wiberg[1] (born June 8, 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 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 April 6, 2011 that Per was leaving Opeth as part of a mutual decision between him and the other band members.[3]
His girlfriend is Anna Sofi Dahlberg, the keyboard and cello player in Anekdoten.
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Per Wiberg uses Korg Triton, Nord Electro 3 and Nord Wave keyboards.
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