website associated_acts years_active birth_place label name background birth_date instrument genre image article_title birth_name occupation
-lsb- http://www.thomaszwijsen.com www.thomaszwijsen.com -rsb- blaze wilson bayley derek sherinian kee marcello david readman damian 2007 -- present antwerpen , belgium blacklake , yellowdog , king records thomas zwijsen non_vocal_instrumentalist 25 april 1988 classical guitar , acoustic guitar , electric guitar classical , progressive rock , jazz fusion , flamenco , heavy metal , instrumental rock thomas_zwijsen . jpg thomas zwijsen
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thomas zwijsen

thomas zwijsen is a dutch/belgian classical acoustic and heavy metal guitarist .
he is known for his arrangements of iron maiden -lrb- and a selection of other artists ' -rrb- songs for classical guitar both on youtube since 2007 and with his 2013 and 2014 albums `` nylon maiden '' , `` nylonized '' and `` nylon maiden ii '' .
since 2011 , he has worked closely with ex iron maiden & wolfsbane frontman blaze bayley , co-composing bayley 's 2012 album the king of metal and 2013 released russian holiday e.p. .
he has toured extensively both with blaze , as a solo performer and since 2013 with the master guitar tour , bringing him across europe , south america and to dubai .
thomas is particularly popular on youtube , having reached over 6.5 million views and more than 29.000 subscribers as of mid 2015 .
this is a significant amount of traffic , considering his genre -lrb- by comparison , the official iron maiden youtube channel had drawn almost 3.8 million views as of 2015 -rrb- .
