Joakim Svalberg

Joakim Svalberg
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Background information
Birth name	Peter Joakim Svalberg
Born	(1969-02-22) 22 February 1969 Stockholm, Sweden
Genres	Progressive rock, jazz fusion, progressive metal, progressive death metal, folk rock, neo-classical metal, heavy metal, hard rock, AOR, funk, southern rock, rock and roll, psychedelic rock, space rock, jam rock, stoner rock
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instruments	Keyboards, backing vocals, mellotron, bongos, clarinette
Years active	1997–present
Labels	Roadrunner
Associated acts	Opeth, Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force, HTP – Hughes & Turner project, Qoph, elGamo
Website	www.opeth.com, www.elgamo.se

Joakim Svalberg is a Swedish musician best known as the current keyboard player for the Swedish Progressive metal band Opeth, which he joined in late 2011 just after the recording of the album Heritage. Svalberg is also involved in a band named elGamo with which he is currently working on their first record.

Influences

Svalberg according to opeth.com names his primary influences are: Gentle Giant, Edgar Winter, Buddy Miles, Yes, King's X, Pink Floyd, Genesis (with Peter Gabriel), The Beatles, Be-Bop Deluxe, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Deep Purple, Faces, National Health, UK, David Bowie, Black Sabbath, Rainbow, Robert Fripp, Wool, Manfred Mann's Earth Band and Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares.

Discography

with Qoph

• Kalejdoskopiska Aktiviteter (1998)
• Pyrola (2004)

with Yngwie J. Malmsteen

• G3: Rockin' in the Free World (2004)
• Unleash the Fury (2005)

with Opeth

• Heritage (2011) – (Track 1)
• Pale Communion (2014)

with elGamo

• TBA (2012)

with Berggren/Kerslake Band

• The Sun Has Gone Hazy (2014)