Sven Erik Herman Thomas Vikström (born 21 January 1969) is a Swedish singer best known for working with

hard rock Hard rock or heavy rock is a heavier subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and Distortion (music), distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the Garage rock, garage, Psychedelic rock, psychedelic and blues ...

and heavy metal bands including

doom metal Doom metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music that typically uses slower tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much "thicker" or "heavier" sound than other heavy metal genres.K. Kahn-Harris, ''Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge'' ...

band 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 a symphonic context. Generally, power metal is characterized by a faster, lighter, and more uplifting sound, in co ...

lers Stormwind. He is the son of opera singer Sven-Erik Vikström. He is also a permanent vocalist for the

symphonic metal Symphonic metal is a cross-genre style designation for the symphonic subsets of heavy metal music subgenres. It is used to denote any metal band that makes use of symphonic or orchestral elements. The style features the heavy drums and guitars ...

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 sung-through musical theatre, 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 ''Madama Butterfly'', and similarly tells th ...

'' 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 – ''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 – ''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'' (2010) *7Days – ''Into Forever'' (2010) *Therion – ''

Les Fleurs du Mal ''Les Fleurs du mal'' (; ) 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 published in 1857, it was important in the ...

'' (2012) * Diabulus in Musica – ''Argia'' (male vocals on "Encounter at Chronos' Maze", 2014) *Therion – '' Beloved Antichrist'' (2018) *Legado de una Tragedia – ''El secreto de los Templarios'' (2019) *Saurom – ''Mester de juglaría'' (2021) *Legado de una Tragedia – ''Britania'' (2021) *Therion – ''Leviathan'' (2021) *Therion – ''Leviathan II'' (2022) *Therion – ''Leviathan III'' (2023) *Legado de una Tragedia – ''Aquelarre de Sombras'' (2023)

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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 {{Sweden-singer-stub