
Photo: Tuomas Vitikainen · CC BY-SA 3.0 · credits
Timeline
1960s
2010s
· Debut release
Debut release: Head Without Eyes
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
source: musicbrainz
2020s
Biography
Biography
Per Jonas Wiberg (born 8 June 1968) is a Swedish musician who is a member of the bands Spiritual Beggars (1998–) as akeyboardist, King Hobo (2007–) as keyboardist, guitarist, and vocalist, Kamchatka (2015–) as bassist and vocalist, Switchblade (2020–) as bassist, and his solo band Per Wiberg (2019–) in multi-instrumental capacity.
Wiberg was formerly in the bands Death Organ (1993–1997) as an organist, Boom Club (1994) as a vocalist, and Opeth (2003–2011) as keyboardist and backing vocalist.
Before joining Spiritual Beggars, Wiberg was a member of Borlänge-based band Death Organ. He has 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 keyboard. 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 melodic death metal band Arch Enemy. He 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 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.
With Spiritual Beggars
Mantra III (1998)
Violet Karma 10-inch (1998)
Ad Astra (2000)
It's Over split 7-inch with Grand Magus (2001)
On Fire (2002)
Demons (2005)
Live Fire DVD (2005)
Return to Zero (2010)
Return to Live: Loud Park 2010 (2011)
Earth Blues (2013)
Spiritual Beggars - Reissue (2013)
Sunrise to Sundown (2016)
Thumbsucker/Stoned Woman 7-inch (2016)
European Rock Invasion Vol 1: Svenskt Anfall split 12-inch with Siena Root & Truckfighters (2021)
With Kamchatka
The Search Goes On (2014)
Doorknocker Blues 7-inch (2014)
Ain't Fallin' (digital single) (2014)
Long Road Made of Gold (2015)
Devil Dance (digital single) (2016)
No One That Can Tell (digital single) (2016)
Stone Cold Shaky Bones/Midnight Charmer 7-inch (2018)
Hoodoo Lightning (2019)
With Switchblade
Source:
Switchblade - "2012" (album) (2012)
Switchblade - "2016" (album) (2016)
With Slutavverkning
Slutavverkning - "Levande Charader" (album) (2023)
Slutavverkning - "Skräp" (EP) (2023)
With Mojobone
Tales From the Bone (1999)
Crossroad Message (2002)
Cowboy Mode (2010)
Crossroad Message & Tales From the Bone - Reissue (2010)
With Death Organ
9 to 5 (1995)
Universal Stripsearch (1997)
Guest appearances
Anekdoten - Vemod (1993)
Anekdoten - Chapters (2009)
Anekdoten - Until All the Ghosts Are Gone (2015)
Arch Enemy - Burning Bridges (1999)
Arch Enemy - Wages of Sin (2001)
Arch Enemy - Anthems of Rebellion (2003)
Arch Enemy - Rise of the Tyrant (2007) (uncredited on the album)
Arch Enemy - Khaos Legions (2011)
Arch Enemy - War Eternal (2014)
Arch Enemy - Covered in Blood (2019)
Apollo - Waterdevils (2016)
Automatism - Sonar Split EP with Pavallion (2019)
Automatism - Immersion (2020)
Axe Dragger - Axe Dragger (2026)
Bacon - Like It Black (2010)
Bacon Brothers - Pit Stop (2000)
The Bakerton Group - El Rojo (2009)
Beat Under Control - The Introduction (2004)
Big Scenic Nowhere - Dying on the Mountain (2019)
Big Scenic Nowhere - Vision Beyond Horizon (2020)
Big Scenic Nowhere - Lavender Blues (2020)
Big Scenic Nowhere - The Long Morrow (2022)
Big Scenic Nowhere - The Waydown (2024)
Big Scenic Nowhere - My God/Aqualung Redux (2024)
cKy - Lost in Departures (2021)
Conny Bloom - Been There, Done What Live! (2003)
Candlemass - Psalms for the Dead (2012)
Candlemass - (Candlemass vs Entombed, Limited edition CD, recorded for Sweden Rock Magazine's 100th issue)(2013)
Carcass - Despicable (2020)
Carcass - Torn Arteries (2021)
Disrupted - Stinking Death (2025)
Dool - Summerland (2020)
Dotty Blue - Perfect Free Choice (2009)
Dun Ringill - Welcome (2019)
Dun Ringill - Library of Death (2020)
Dun Ringill - Where The Old Gods Play Act I (2023)
Dun Ringill - Where The Old Gods Play Act II (2025)
Electric Hydra - From The Fallen (2026)
Enslaved - Roadburn Live (2017)
Fear Falls Burning - Function Collapse Live (2021)
General Surgery - Split w/ Bodybag (2017)
Greenleaf - Nest of Vipers (2012)
Grand Magus - Sword Songs (2016)
Hexandagger - Nine of Swords 7-inch (2016)
Hans Hjelm - Into the Night (2024)
Hans Hjelm - The Night Electronic (2026)
Sivert Høyem - Endless Love (2014)
Ulf Ivarsson/Bill Laswell - Nammu (2022)
Kamchatka - Volume III (2009)
Kamchatka - Bury Your Roots (2011)
Little Chris - At Last (2002)
Mirror Of My Soul - October Is Rising (2026)
Mirror Queen - Starliner/Career Of Evil (2016)
Mount Mary - Mount Mary (2021)
Mount Mary - Diamonds Of A Fool (2023)
The Mushroom River Band - Music for the World Beyond (2000)
Nate Bergman - Metaphysical Change (2022)
Oaf - "Birth School Oaf Death" (2013)
Renaissance of Fools - Fear, Hope & Frustration (2011)
Roadhouse Diet - Won't Bend or Break (2018)
Roadhouse Diet - Electric Devilry (2019)
Science - Weird Science (2023)
Sista Maj - Localized Pockets of Negative Entropy (2018)
Sista Maj - The Extreme Limit (2019)
Sky High - Highlights 1978-1998 (1998)
Sky High - Bluester (1999)
Sky High - On the Cover: 25 Years of Madness (2002)
Sky High - Soul Survivor (2004)
Sky High - Have Guitar Will Travel - Reissue ( 2005)
Sky High - Safe Sex Live - Reissue ( 2005)
Sky High - 28 Years of Madness DVD (2006)
Sky High - Stone & Gravel (2015)
Sky High - 20 Från Fyrtio (2020)
Sovereign Eagle - Sovereign Eagle (2022)
Thoughts & Prayers - Alive In The Night Of The Wicked - PA version (2022)
Tungsinnet - Det Sjunde Sinnet (2026)
Vokonis - Odyssey (2021)
Vokonis - Null & Void (2021)
Watertouch - We Never Went to the Moon (2004)
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 11 | 61.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 3 | 77.1th |
| Studio albums | 2 | 78.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 4 | 75.9th |
| Recording span (years) | 5 | 18.3th |
| Genres | 4 | 84.7th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (3 release groups · 2 studio albums)
Albums · 2
2019 · studio album
Search SpotifySearch YouTube Music
Tracklist · 6 tracks · 42:00
1Let the Water Take Me Home4:552Anywhere the Blood Flows11:243Pass On the Fear5:574Get Your Boots On4:125Pile of Nothing5:326Fader10:002024 · studio album
Search SpotifySearch YouTube Music
Tracklist · 7 tracks · 45:55
1Dead Sky Lullaby6:582The Serpent’s Here5:323Blackguards Stand Silent8:314This House Is Someone Else’s Now6:545He Just Disappeared6:286Follow The Unknown5:557The Losers (Bonus Track)5:37
EP · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | All Is Well in the Land of the Living but for the Rest of Us... Lights OutSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 4 tracks · 24:021All Is Well4:20 2In the Land of the Living7:27 3But For the Rest of Us...5:56 4Lights Out6:19 | 14 May 2021 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Per Wiberg head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 11 | 61.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 3 | 77.1th |
| Studio albums | 2 | 78.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 4 | 75.9th |
| Recording span (years) | 5 | 18.3th |
| Genres | 4 | 84.7th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spiritual Beggars(band) | 1998 | present | keyboard |
| Opeth(band) | 2005 | 6 April 2011 | background vocals,keyboard,mellotron |
| Switchblade(band) | 2020 | present | electric bass guitar |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Per_Wiberg_-_Ilosaarirock_2007.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b76fc7df-0615-4b3f-9e0c-731e45fa4e2ediscography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b76fc7df-0615-4b3f-9e0c-731e45fa4e2ecore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2632188genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2632188seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per_Wibergbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per_Wiberg
Why this artist is in the database
- List of progressive rock artists
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Tuomas Vitikainen · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q2632188 · MusicBrainz: b76fc7df-0615-4b3f-9e0c-731e45fa4e2e
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