Mike Wead (born Mickael Vikström on 6 April 1967) is a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

guitarist who lives in

Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...

. Wead contributed to heavy metal bands such as ''Hexenhaus'',

Memento Mori (Latin for "remember (that you have) to die")

Abstrakt Algebra Abstrakt Algebra was a Swedish experimental metal band with influences from power metal and doom metal. It was founded by bassist Leif Edling in 1994, shortly after his main project Candlemass split up. They made one album, but Edling had alre ...

, The Haunted,

Edge of Sanity Edge of Sanity was a Swedish death metal band that, alongside Opeth, is commonly regarded as being the first to fuse extreme metal styles like death metal, death and black metal with progressive rock. The group was founded by Dan Swanö in 1989 ...

, Candlemass,

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. Currently Wead is the guitarist of

Mercyful Fate Mercyful Fate is a Danish heavy metal band from Copenhagen, formed in 1981 by vocalist King Diamond and guitarist Hank Shermann. Influenced by progressive rock and hard rock, and with lyrics dealing with LaVeyan Satanism (often with ironic ...

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, and bibleblack.

Discography

With Mercyful Fate

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'' (1998) #'' 9'' (1999)

With King Diamond

#'' Abigail II: The Revenge'' (2002) #'' The Puppet Master'' (2003) #'' Deadly Lullabyes Live'' (2004) #'' Give Me Your Soul... Please'' (2007) #'' Songs for the Dead Live'' (2019) #''The Institute'' (TBA)

With ''Hexenhaus''

#''A Tribute to Insanity'' (1988) #''At the Edge of Eternity'' (1990) #''Awakening'' (1991) #''Dejavoodoo'' (1997)

With Memento Mori

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Rhymes of Lunacy Memento Mori was a Swedish band that is mainly doom metal but has some power metal influences. The band was founded by Messiah Marcolin, Snowy Shaw and Mike Wead in 1992 after Messiah left Candlemass and Wead took a break from his other band H ...

'' (1993) #''

Life, Death, and Other Morbid Tales Memento Mori was a Swedish band that is mainly doom metal but has some power metal influences. The band was founded by Messiah Marcolin, Snowy Shaw and Mike Wead in 1992 after Messiah left Candlemass and Wead took a break from his other band He ...

'' (1994) #'' La Danse Macabre'' (1996) #'' Songs for the Apocalypse Vol IV'' (1997)

With Abstrakt Algebra

*''Abstrakt Algebra'' (1995)

With Bibleblack

*''The Black Swan Epilogue'' (2009)

With ''Escape The Cult''

*''All You Want To'' (2014)

Selected Guest Appearances

With Candlemass *'' Nightfall'' (1987) *'' As It Is, As It Was'' (1994) *''

Leif Edling Leif Edling (born 6 August 1963) is a Swedish musician, best known as the bassist, main songwriter and one of the founding members of the doom metal band Candlemass (band), Candlemass. He is the only constant member of the band since its incept ...

''The Black Heart of Candlemass'' '' (2002) With

Memory Garden Memory Garden is a doom metal and heavy metal band from Kumla, Sweden. They were signed to Metal Blade Records until 2002, moved to Vic Records in 2006 and in 2012 returned to metal Blade to record ''Doomain'' (2013). History The band was fo ...

*''Verdict of Prosterity'' (1998) With

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Crimson II ''Crimson II'' is the eighth and final full-length studio album by Swedish death metal band Edge of Sanity and is a continuation of the storyline first heard on the album ''Crimson'' (1996). It is the only Edge of Sanity release that does not fe ...

'' (2003) With Notre Dame *''Demi Monde Bizarros'' (2004) With ''In Aeternum'' *''Dawn of the New Aeon'' (2005) With Elvenking *'' The Scythe'' (2007) With ''Her Whisper'' *''The Great Unifier'' (2008) With ''Sinners Paradise'' *''The Awakening'' (2009) With ''Kamlath'' *''Stronger Than Frost'' (2010) With The Project Hate MCMXCIX *'' The Lustrate Process'' (2009) *''Bleeding The New Apocalypse (Cum Victriciis in Manibus Armis)'' (2011) With ''Deadlands'' *''Evilution'' (2012) With ''Pharaoh'' *''Bury the Light'' (2012) With

Snowy Shaw Snowy Shaw (born Tommie Mike Christer Helgesson; 25 July 1968) is a Swedish musician based in the port city of Gothenburg in the west coast of Sweden. He has played with many heavy metal bands, like King Diamond, Dream Evil, Mercyful Fate, Il ...

*'' Snowy Shaw is Alive!'' (2012) *''Nachtgeist'' (2016) With ''Minions'' * ''Soul Mirror'' (2013) With Entombed * ''When in Sodom'' (2012) With ''Zoromr'' * ''Corpus Hermeticum'' (2015) With Devilish Impressions * ''The I'' (2017) With ''Pigface Beauty'' * ''Love & Hate'' (2017)

References

Living people Swedish lead guitarists King Diamond (band) members Mercyful Fate members Swedish heavy metal guitarists 1967 births Abstrakt Algebra members Memento Mori (band) members People from Boden, Sweden {{Sweden-guitarist-stub