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Mike Wead
Wead in 2022
Background information
Birth name
Mickael Vikström
Born
(1967-04-06) 6 April 1967 (age 57) Boden, Sweden
Genres
Heavy metal, progressive metal, thrash metal
Occupation(s)
Musician, studio engineer
Instrument(s)
Guitar, keyboards
Years active
1987–present
Musical artist
Mike Wead (born Mickael Vikström on 6 April 1967) is a Swedish guitarist who lives in Stockholm. Wead contributed to heavy metal bands such as Hexenhaus, Memento Mori, Abstrakt Algebra, The Haunted, Edge of Sanity, Candlemass, The Project Hate. Currently Wead is the guitarist of Mercyful Fate, King Diamond, and bibleblack.[1]
^"King Diamond, Memory Garden members join forces in Bibleblack". Blabbermouth.net. 2 March 2009. Archived from the original on 6 March 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
MikeWead (born Mickael Vikström on 6 April 1967) is a Swedish guitarist who lives in Stockholm. Wead contributed to heavy metal bands such as Hexenhaus...
album's release, guitarist Michael Denner left the band and was replaced by MikeWead. In October 1997, Mercyful Fate began recording the album Dead Again at...
(1895–1947), American aviator and screenwriter Doug Wead (1946–2021), American historian and philanthropist MikeWead or Mikael Wikström (born 1967), Swedish guitarist...
consisting of King Diamond, Andy LaRocque, bassist Hal Patino, guitarist MikeWead and drummer Matt Thompson. In 2003, the band released The Puppet Master...
The band currently consists of Diamond and LaRocque alongside guitarist MikeWead, drummer Matt Thompson (both since 2000) and bassist Pontus Egberg (since...
the United States via Cruz Del Sur Music. It features guest solos by MikeWead (King Diamond) and Jim Dofka. Tim Aymar - vocals Chris Kerns - bass Matt...
does not appear. Instead, it features contributions from guest musicians MikeWead, Jonas Granvik, and brothers Roger and Simon Johannson. Released during...
Leif had started the band Abstrakt Algebra with Mats Levén on vocals and MikeWead on guitar. The band met with limited success and disbanded after one album...
Nightfall, however, Johansson broke his arm and was briefly replaced by MikeWead, before returning to finish the album. The lineup of Marcolin, Johansson...
Patrik Instedt – guitar Leif Edling – bass Jejo Perkovic – drums Carl Westholm – keyboards Former members MikeWead – guitar Simon Johansson – guitar...
Abstrakt Algebra with singer Mats Levén, drummer Jejo Perkovic, guitarists MikeWead and Simon Johansson. Abstrakt Algebra released their eponymous debut album...
released Verdict of Posterity, recorded at the XTC Studios with producer MikeWead (King Diamond, Mercyful Fate and others). Following the Scandinavian tour...
Studio, Solna, Sweden Genre Power metal Length 48:27 Label Massacre Records Producer Simon Johansson, Ronny Hemlin & MikeWead Steel Attack chronology...
and mastered by Fredrick Nordstörm Engineered by Simon Johansson and MikeWead Artwork by Thomas Holm Photography by Therés Björk List of 2020 albums...
programmings, serpents Anders Bertilsson – guitar Thomas Ohlsson – drums MikeWead – solos Pär Fransson – solos Martin van Drunen – vocals Christian Älvestam...
Eternity, 1990 album by Hexenhaus, with guitarist, producer and engineer MikeWead Edge of Eternity, 1994 novel by Jasmine Cresswell Edge of Eternity (novel)...
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