#Biography

 

#History

Thobias Wiklund is a Swedish guitarist/musician, music producer and composer. He got his first guitar at the age of three and his big focus on music came when he was about 12 years old. Thobias is primarily recognized as a hardrock guitarist, but has worked in many other different music genres as a freelance musician for many years. Thobias has a broad musical education through several different universities. He holds a degree as a music producer in Dalarna University and a composer education from Umeå University. As a musician, he has a wide range of knowledge with guitar and bass as his main instruments but also plays other instruments such as drums, keyboards and piano. Thobias Wiklund received his musical education through various training courses from experienced musicians at a young age and has since then also been interested in music theory and composition. This inspired him to further his education in musicology at master’s level at Dalarna University. In addition to hard rock, he also composes for classical music, folk music, jazz music and several other genres. Thobias earliest albums were two EP albums with Twilight Illusion, a neoclassical metal band from Stockholm. The first EP ”Miracle of Life” was released in 2003 and the follow-up ”Remember my name” was released in 2004. After leaving the band in 2006, Thobias began to freelance as a musician, playing with a variety of bands/artists at various concerts and tours. 

Thobias first solo album was released in 2014 with the title ”To remember the forgotten”. This album featured singer Peo Pettersson, former singer in Axia and Leviticus. Mauritz Peterson played drums. Guest musician on bass was Thomas Lundqvist who participated on three of the songs. In 2017, Thobias released the album “Peace in our hearts” with his new project  Nozanopra. In addition to participating on guitar and bass, he composed the music and produced the album. Nozanopra is a hard rock project influenced by Greek folk music, and also has influences from the Middle East. Also participating on the album: Chris Lanto on vocals and keyboards, Peo Petersson on vocals, Mauritz Peterson on drums and Mats “Mally” Håxell as a guest drummer on the first track on this album. Thobias second solo album was released in September 2020 and was titled ”Playing Loud”. The album featured Göran Edman (formerly Yngwie Malmsteen, John Norum) as vocalist, as well as drummer Richard ”Raptor” Holmgren (formerly Wolf, Grand Design) on drums, Chris Lanto on keyboards and Peo Pettersson as guest vocalist on two tracks.

In recent years, Thobias has also written some classical music, especially in the Baroque and Viennese Classicism. Everything from fugues, rondo, sonatas and more have been composed by him. This music has been noted in various scores but has not yet been recorded and released, but will be released in a later project. A new solo album is also in the works and will be released in the near future. Thobia’s goal has always been to release new albums with new music and play for his fans during tours and gigs. Future tours and gigs are something that will be scheduled and planned in the near future.