Thomas Vikström
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Thomas Vikström is a Swedish vocalist
best known for working with hard rock
and heavy metal
bands including doom metal
legends Candlemass
(during their initial final years, from 1991 to 1994) and power metal
lers Stormwind. He is the son of opera singer Sven-Erik Vikström. He is also a permanent vocalist for the symphonic metal
band Therion
.
" from late 1997 to December 1998. He is now the singer in Swedish symphonic metal band Therion. Also, he is the vocalist for the Argentine-based band Enlighted.
, though he did not release any albums with them.
Singing
Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
best known for working with hard rock
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
and heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
bands including doom metal
Doom metal
Doom metal is an extreme form of heavy metal music that typically uses slower tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much "thicker" or "heavier" sound than other metal genres...
legends Candlemass
Candlemass
Candlemass are an influential Swedish doom metal band established in 1984 by Leif Edling , their leader and songwriter. The band is originally from Stockholm. After releasing five full-length albums and touring extensively throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, Candlemass disbanded in 1994, but...
(during their initial final years, from 1991 to 1994) and power metal
Power metal
Power metal is a style of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional metal with speed metal, often within symphonic context. The term refers to two different but related styles: the first pioneered and largely practiced in North America with a harder sound similar to speed metal, and a...
lers Stormwind. He is the son of opera singer Sven-Erik Vikström. He is also a permanent vocalist for the symphonic metal
Symphonic metal
Symphonic metal is a term used to describe heavy metal music that has symphonic elements; that is, elements that are either borrowed from classical music or, as with progressive rock music, create a style reminiscent of it, e.g...
band Therion
Therion (band)
Therion is a Swedish symphonic metal band founded by Christofer Johnsson in 1987. The word "therion" comes from the Greek therion , meaning "Beast," i.e., that of the Christian Book of Revelation...
.
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 SaigonMiss Saigon
Miss Saigon is a musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, with lyrics by Boublil and Richard Maltby, Jr.. It is based on Giacomo Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly, and similarly tells the tragic tale of a doomed romance involving an Asian woman abandoned by her American lover...
" from late 1997 to December 1998. He is now the singer in Swedish symphonic metal band Therion. Also, he is the vocalist for the Argentine-based band Enlighted.
Discography
- Talk of the Town - Talk of the Town (1988)
- CandlemassCandlemassCandlemass are an influential Swedish doom metal band established in 1984 by Leif Edling , their leader and songwriter. The band is originally from Stockholm. After releasing five full-length albums and touring extensively throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, Candlemass disbanded in 1994, but...
- Chapter VI (1992) - Candlemass - Sjunger Sigge Furst (EP,1993)
- Thomas Vikström (solo) - If I Could Fly (1994)
- Brazen AbbotBrazen AbbotBrazen 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....
- 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 (Asia 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)
- MehidaMehidaMehida is a Finnish Christian progressive melodic metal band formed by ex-Sonata Arctica keyboardist Mikko Härkin. The band also consists of three members of Wingdom as well as Jani Stefanovic and Thomas Vikström . Mehida's first album, Blood & Water, was released in Finland on Aug...
- Blood & Water (2007) - Covered Call - Money never sleeps (2009)
- Enlighted - Time to Fly (2009)
- Dark Illusion - Where the Eagles Fly (2009)
- Steel SealSteel Seal (Band)Steel Seal are an Italian Neoclassical Power Metal band that formed in 2003 by guitar player and main songwriter, Marco Valerio Zangani , and vocalist Bruno Baudo, bassist Roberto Fasciani and the keyboardist Adriano Rossi. They produced their first demo in 2003, entitled Demo 2003, which led to a...
- Redemption Denied (2010) - Therion - Sitra Ahra (2010)
- 7Days - Into Forever (2010)
Other bands
Vikström also played keyboards in TalismanTalisman (band)
Talisman was a Swedish hard rock band characterized by an international melodic/powerful sound.-1980s - Getting together:Talisman was formed by bass player Marcel Jacob, who had previously played with Rising Force, John Norum Group and Power.While Jacob was playing with John Norum, he started...
, though he did not release any albums with them.