Thomas Zwijsen
Thomas Zwijsen is a Dutch/Belgian (Flemish) guitarist. He is known for his arrangements of Iron Maiden (and a selection of other artists') 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 and Wolfsbane frontman Blaze Bayley, co-composing Bayley's 2012 album The King of Metal and 2013 released Russian Holiday EP. In 2015, he released an album in Flamenco/fusion style consisting entirely of his own compositions, entitled "Divide & Unite".
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 more than 28.7 million views and 132.000+ subscribers as of 2020. This is a significant amount of traffic, considering his genre.
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