Sven Erik Herman Thomas Vikström (born 21 January 1969) is a Swedish singer best known for working with
hard rock and
heavy metal bands including
doom metal bands
Candlemass (during their initial final years, from 1991 to 1994) and
power metal
Power metal is a subgenre of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional heavy metal with speed metal, often within symphonic context. Generally, power metal is characterized by a faster, lighter, and more uplifting sound, in contra ...
lers Stormwind. He is the son of opera singer Sven-Erik Vikström. He is also a permanent vocalist for the
symphonic metal band
Therion.
Musical theatre
Inspired by his father, Vikström has played roles in theatre productions starting on stage at the Stockholm theatre
Folkan in 1990. During 1991 he starred as the main-character in the opera ''Hoffman's Adventure'' in Stockholm. He also played the main part as John in the musical ''
Miss Saigon
''Miss Saigon'' is a stage musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, with lyrics by Boublil and Richard Maltby Jr. It is based on Giacomo Puccini's 1904 opera ''Madame Butterfly'', and similarly tells the tragic tale of a doomed roma ...
'' from late 1997 to December 1998.
Discography
*Talk of the Town – ''Talk of the Town'' (1988)
*
Candlemass – ''
Chapter VI'' (1992)
*Candlemass – ''Sjunger Sigge Furst'' (EP,1993)
*Thomas Vikström (solo) – ''If I Could Fly'' (1994)
*
Brazen Abbot
Brazen Abbot is a Finnish rock band. Originally a studio project of Bulgarian guitarist, producer and song writer Nikolo Kotzev, who is a Finnish resident, the band has since made several live performances.
One of the defining aspects of Bra ...
– ''Live and Learn'' (Vikström sings on three songs only, 1995)
*Brazen Abbot – ''Eye of the Storm'' (Vikström sings on two songs only, 1996)
*Brazen Abbot – ''Bad Religion'' (Vikström sings on three songs only, 1997)
*Stormwind – ''Stargate'' (1998)
*Stormwind – ''Heaven Can Wait'' (1999)
*Stormwind – ''Resurrection'' (2000)
*Stormwind – ''Reflections'' (2001)
*Stormwind – ''Rising Symphony'' (2003)
*Stormwind – ''Legacy'' (live) (2004)
*Silent Memorial – ''Cosmic Handball'' (Asian Release Only, 2004)
*Dark Illusion – ''For Just Another Night'' (EP, 2003)
*Dark Illusion – ''Beyond the Shadows'' (2005)
*Deacon Street – ''II'' (Vikström sings on three songs only, 2006)
*7Days – ''The Weight of the World'' (2006)
*
Mehida – ''Blood & Water'' (2007)
*Covered Call – ''Money Never Sleeps'' (2009)
*Enlighted – ''Time to Fly'' (2009)
*Dark Illusion – ''Where the Eagles Fly'' (2009)
*
Steel Seal – ''Redemption Denied'' (2010)
*
Therion – ''
Sitra Ahra
In the Zohar, Lurianic Kabbalah and Hermetic Qabalah, the ''qliphoth/qlippoth/qlifot'' or ''kelipot'' ( ''qəlīpōṯ'', originally Aramaic: ''qəlīpīn'', plural of ''qəlīpā''; literally "peels", "shells", or "husks"), are the represen ...
'' (2010)
*7Days – ''Into Forever'' (2010)
*Therion – ''
Les Fleurs du Mal
''Les Fleurs du mal'' (; en, The Flowers of Evil, italic=yes) is a volume of French poetry by Charles Baudelaire.
''Les Fleurs du mal'' includes nearly all Baudelaire's poetry, written from 1840 until his death in August 1867. First publish ...
'' (2012)
*
Diabulus in Musica
Diabulus in Musica is a Spanish symphonic metal band, formed in 2006.
History Early years and ''Secrets''
The band was formed in Pamplona, Navarre in 2006 by Zuberoa Aznárez, Gorka Elso, Adrián Vallejo and Jorge Arca. Lead singer Zuberoa s ...
– ''Argia'' (male vocals on "Encounter at Chronos' Maze", 2014)
*Therion – ''
Beloved Antichrist'' (2018)
*Legado de una Tragedia – ''El secreto de los Templarios'' (2019)
*Therion – ''Leviathan'' (2021)
References
External links
Enlighted Project
Living people
Swedish heavy metal singers
Therion (band) members
1969 births
Place of birth missing (living people)
Candlemass (band) members
Mehida members
Brazen Abbot members
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