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Mike Wead

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Mike Wead
Wead in 2022
Wead in 2022
Background information
Birth nameMickael Vikström
Born (1967-04-06) 6 April 1967 (age 57)
Boden, Sweden
GenresHeavy metal, progressive metal, thrash metal
Occupation(s)Musician, studio engineer
Instrument(s)Guitar, keyboards
Years active1987–present

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]

Discography

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With Mercyful Fate

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  1. Dead Again (1998)
  2. 9 (1999)

With King Diamond

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  1. Abigail II: The Revenge (2002)
  2. The Puppet Master (2003)
  3. Deadly Lullabyes Live (2004)
  4. Give Me Your Soul... Please (2007)
  5. Songs for the Dead Live (2019)
  6. The Institute (TBA)

With Hexenhaus

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  1. A Tribute to Insanity (1988)
  2. At the Edge of Eternity (1990)
  3. Awakening (1991)
  4. Dejavoodoo (1997)

With Memento Mori

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  1. Rhymes of Lunacy (1993)
  2. Life, Death, and Other Morbid Tales (1994)
  3. La Danse Macabre (1996)
  4. Songs for the Apocalypse Vol IV (1997)

With Abstrakt Algebra

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  • Abstrakt Algebra (1995)

With Bibleblack

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  • The Black Swan Epilogue (2009)

With Escape The Cult

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  • All You Want To (2014)

Selected Guest Appearances

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With Candlemass

With Memory Garden

  • Verdict of Prosterity (1998)

With Edge of Sanity

With Notre Dame

  • Demi Monde Bizarros (2004)

With In Aeternum

  • Dawn of the New Aeon (2005)

With Elvenking

With Her Whisper

  • The Great Unifier (2008)

With Sinners Paradise

  • The Awakening (2009)

With Kamlath

  • Stronger Than Frost (2010)

With The Project Hate MCMXCIX

With Deadlands

  • Evilution (2012)

With Pharaoh

  • Bury the Light (2012)

With Snowy Shaw

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

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  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.