:Thomas Vikström
{{Short description|Swedish singer}}
{{BLP sources|date=June 2010}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Thomas Vikström
| image = Therion-37 (53587358948) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Vikström with Therion in 2024
| birth_name = Sven Erik Herman Thomas Vikström
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|1|21|df=y}}
| origin =
| genre = Heavy metal, epic doom metal, power metal, symphonic metal
| occupation = Singer
| years_active = 1988–present
| associated_acts = Therion, Stormwind, Candlemass, Mehida, Enlighted
| website =
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Sven Erik Herman Thomas Vikström (born 21 January 1969) is a Swedish singer best known for working with hard rock and heavy metal bands including doom metal band Candlemass (during their initial final years, from 1991 to 1994){{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=133361|title=Candlemass Chronicles: New Issue Focusing On Chapter VI Album Out Now|date=13 January 2010|publisher=Blabbermouth|access-date=13 June 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100124041330/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=133361|archive-date=24 January 2010}} and power metallers Stormwind. He is the son of opera singer Sven-Erik Vikström. He is also a permanent vocalist for the symphonic metal band Therion.{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=139816|title=Therion: Mexican, South American Dates Announced|date=10 May 2010|publisher=Blabbermouth|access-date=13 June 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100726051327/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=139816|archive-date=26 July 2010}}
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 from late 1997 to December 1998.{{Cite web|url=https://www.metal-archives.com/artists/Thomas_Vikstr%C3%B6m/6982|title=Thomas Vikström|website=Encyclopedia Metallum|access-date=15 April 2020}}
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 (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)
References
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External links
- [http://www.dontpaymusic.com/enlighted Enlighted Project]
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Category:Swedish heavy metal singers
Category:Therion (band) members
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:Candlemass (band) members
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