Mike Wead

Mike Wead
Wead with Mercyful Fate in 2022
Wead with Mercyful Fate in 2022
Background information
Born
Mickael Vikström

(1967-04-06) 6 April 1967 (age 59)
Boden, Sweden
GenresHeavy metal, progressive metal, Death Metal, doom metal
OccupationsMusician, studio engineer
InstrumentsGuitar, keyboards
Years active1987–present
Member ofKing Diamond, Mercyful Fate, bibleblack
Formerly ofHexenhaus, The Project Hate MCMXCIX

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.

Discography

With Mercyful Fate

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

With King Diamond

  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

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

With Memento Mori

  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

With Bibleblack

With Escape The Cult

Selected Guest Appearances

With Candlemass

With Memory Garden

With Edge of Sanity

With Notre Dame

With In Aeternum

With Elvenking

With Her Whisper

With Sinners Paradise

With Kamlath

With The Project Hate MCMXCIX

With Deadlands

With Pharaoh

With Snowy Shaw

With Minions

With Entombed

With Zoromr

With Devilish Impressions

With Pigface Beauty

References

  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.