Peter was a great guitarist and his solos were awesome, but I've always preferred Mikael's more emotional solo style. Fredrik is an unbeliever player though and in my opinion not only expanded the capabilities of the band but improved Mikael's playing, by his own admission
Improved akerfeldts writing too. In terms of writing material that really builds up and frames the solos well. Songs now have spots where a solo was thought of for a given spot. Sometimes in the older songs it felt like they were fitting solos in. Now it feels like mikael writes parts where he knows Frederick or himself can throw great solos in. Haxprocess, burden, heir apparent, and something like lovelorn crime come to mind.
@@tylerjacobson8012 This is slightly off topic, but I believe as a whole Mikael has worked to make every element of every song more interesting overall. In this interview he talks about how some parts are more boring compared to other parts and he's excited about the solo sections. If you listen to the entire Opeth discography the music gets leaner and leaner on the functionality of each part, and each instrumentation of each part. The most recent release "In Cauda Venenum" is so dense with interesting bits everywhere at every level you can tell they've raised each other to new standards and abilities.
I discovered them in 2000 and the first songs I heard were Benighted and To Bid You Farewell. I was 16 at the time too. Morningrise is still my favorite album but I love them all from Orchid to Watershed. The stuff since the change; not so much heh.
Sometimes I get the feeling that just by looking at the front cover of Opeth's albums somehow sets the tone of how the albums going to feel and sound. And I'm hearing a lot of people not really liking the Watershed album. I could care less. I think it was an awesome album! IMO, the album cover depicts a man all alone in a dark room, and maybe perhaps reading or plotting something. Maybe a lot of things are going in his mind, hence the way sound in the album. You never know what happens next
Ah, Peter, we miss you. Frederik is amazing, but I really loved the "feel" of your solos. Brilliant stuff, and the perfect compliment to Mikael's solo work.
I like Peter and I prefer the Ghost Reveries lineup rather than the current one. But how was Peter's departure a '' HUGE '' blow to Opeth? First of all, Fredrik is one of the best swedish guitarists out there ( definitely better from Peter, probably better from Mikael too). Also, Peter had nothing to do with writing the songs, it was all Mikael. Now, Fredrik on the other hand, has contributed to all of the 3 albums he was in with Opeth (also wrote the song Pyre, of Heritage). He also does backing vocals. Apart from the feelings and the relationship between them, I don't see any blow at all, and definitely not huge.
HarryKnight There's no need to play Peter down as a member of Opeth just to try and demonstrate that they are fine and dandy and better off. Ofcourse it was a huge blow to Opeth and a huge blow to Mikael personally. All of them, Peter, Martin Lopez and even Per. It always is in these things, unless you make absolutely no bonds in a band. But specially Peter because he had been there almost forever. He was very much Mikael's close companion and very much a leader himself and a guide not only to career decisions but to creative paths. This Mikael has said. And Peter was involved in making and editing the songs just as much as the Martins. He was just never the creative or writing source for them, hardly anyone else has ever been but for Mikael. No one is pejoratively comparing Peter to his successor or saying that Opeth is worse now without him or worse BECAUSE he left. So maybe your reply was a tad unrealistic and unfair.
Definitely not. And if you watch Mikael's interview about Peter's departure again, he just says that he is '' a leader type of guy'', that's why he wanted to write songs, not that he DID actually write, because they weren't good enough for Mikael. Again, get your facts straight, Peter leaving may have been a blow to the band members, bond and all , but nevertheless they are still AS GOOD if not better (as I explained in my last reply). Also, they seem to have bonded with Martin as much. As I said before, I prefer the Ghost Reveries lineup, but your opinion doesnt make sense to me.
As much as I love Deliverance I still personally find Still Life to be my favorite, just my opinion, although "By the Pain I See In Others" will still be one of my favorite Opeth songs.
it depends... in early opeth ( orchid and morningrise ) all the songs were composed by mikael and peter as duet, from my arms your hearse forward well yes, opeth is basically mikael, and i agree with you that heritage is an amazing album, its all about opening the mind and the ears!
Like they say. Music and life is changing each and every moment in life. I just hoped Heritage was more inspirational to me but I still dig it and consider Opeth one of my favorite bands of all time. Oh and Mikael is one my favorite song writers along with the infamous Dave Mustaine and of course Chuck Schuldiner, may he rest in peace.
watershed was amazing and brilliant. noone can say that the bassoon wasnt the coolest thing ever for a metal song. As long as its new, fresh, exciting, wonderful, im happy with it full on. Who cares if its not the same as previous albums, they shouldnt be the same, things need to grow and evolve and this was such an interesting step in the right direction. Heir apparent and Hessian peel my all time favourites by far
Fredrik is indeed an awesome guitarist and I'm not going to speculate as to who is better between he and Peter but there is absolutely no denying that Opeth changed dramatically upon Fredrik's arrival either for better or worse and, in my humble opinion, as I haven't enjoyed their last few albums much at all, I'd argue for the worse.
Still Peter was the metalhead of the two. When he left Mike had free road to turn Opeth into a prog rock band as always he wanted to, but the other guys had a bit of opinion and liked the style they were doing.
Travis, how did you not enjoy Watershed? I think that's a masterpiece. But I agree with you, Heritage was a disaster and Sorceress sucked because of the production/mixing. Pale Communion was a good album but it's still not "Opeth". I wish they would go back to the Ghost Reveries days, with clean production, heavy riffs with growling and clean vocals. Hell, I would even be glad if they made a Watershed v2. Oh and by the way, it seems that Mikaels vocals have recovered quite well if you watch them playing at Monsters of Rock in Helsinki 2016.
@celticwarrior222 Not in my opinion. Lopez had a very unique style, and a lot more feeling going on in his playing. Learning how to transmit something nice on a non tonal instrument like drums is something that not everyone can do, SPECIALLY when you talk about the metal scene. He's totally loose, and I even think that Axe would be better for the oldest and most brutal Opeth, and Lopez would fit a lot better in the new stuff, which have a lot more shades and stages.
I'm looking at it from a musicians stand point, I appreciate what goes into a record and like to understand the arrangements and the melodic structures. I collect more than just Opeth.
For a long time I believed that Ghost Reveries could never be beat, but when I seriously listened to Watershed i was mind blown. Every single song is a god damn masterpiece, like in an orchestra. Tied for number 1, if not the best Opeth Album.
@Cheximus Search "Nardwuar vs. Opeth" on TH-cam. The infamous interview is so bizarre that it touches Akerfeldt's dry humor. I hadn't known that he had teeth till then.
I can play that ;D Took a month to learn since I'm not a very good player, but I got it down. I get chills every time I hit the bending 17 on the high E.
It does my head in seeing/hearing people arguing about past members Vs. current members. Peter and Lopez left so now they have Freddy and Ax. It's just one of those things; you can't change it so arguing over it is totally irrelevant. While Mikael remains at the bands core they will always be one of the best bands in the world.
I seem to recall him saying in an interview that the recording process of Deliverance and Damnation was a very bad experience for him. His grandmother also died around this time, so I doubt that helped.
Bro... my first PRS arrived yesterday, is a Paul Allender Signature and i really know now that PRS is amazing on Sustain... AMAZING!!! I tottaly agree with you!!!
I loved Still Life, My Arms Your Hearse, and Blackwater Park, but I've heard them. I don't want Opeth to make another record they've already done, that's not Opeth. I know Heritage isn't very metal like all the other albums except damnation, but that's what Mikael's grooving to right now. Can't say I didn't see it coming either, metal has always been only a small part of their influence, but up to now a big part of their sound. Their sound is more about what the band listens to now
@BenjaminProd Dude, when Opeth first started Mikael didn't have a drum machine to demo songs with, so Axe doesn't have much freedom when Mikael starts doing the drums in a program.
Death probably my favorite bands of all time man. Chuck was the fucking man and God of metal with amazing riffs, great lyrics and bad ass vocals. SoP is my favorite Death album but I have them all.
@celticwarrior222 classical technique perfectly suitable for electric playing, and classical style vibrato is different than regular blues kind of vibrato that Mikael generally uses.
Hey its all good bro! I'm just thankful for youtube in the first place, I never woulda discovered their music otherwise (not like yer ever gonna see them on TV). Rise To Submission!! :)
Mikael is probably still one of my favorite songwriters of all time. Easily top 5 in my book. And he can play the shit out his guitar. I just miss Lindgren so much. Hey what's your favorite album by Opeth? Mine is Still Life. My favorite song off Watershed is Hex Omega with Heir Apparent behind. I almost died listening to Hex Omega in my friend's car literally. Thank god for my friend in the back seat saying tree!
@Daaaniellaaa Did he take part in the making of Magicka? There is a graveyard in that game where on the tombstones are the names of the makers, and on one of them reads "Peter Lindgren"...
@Megadedly I wish I could find musicians to be in a band with that do things like Mikael...his influences are from all over the place and Opeth reflects that...maybe that's why the rest of the lineup is always changing.
@Benteiron I really wouldn't know. It's not like I know him or anything. That he's an IT consultant is just on Wikipedia, lol. In the Magicka credits though, it says someone named "Peter Lindgren" did programming. Now, I wouldn't call someone who does programming an "IT consultant". But that could be just me. To make a long story short: I don't know, but I don't really think so.
@Psychiatric91 I gotta agree there. I've loved Opeth ever since I got Blackwater Park, and if you compare the stuff on that or Still Life, Watershed does sound a bit weak. I don't think it was anything to do with the lineup because Ghost Reveries is still pretty good. Watershed does lack 'something' whatever that is...
@BenjaminProd Dude, I've read read everything to do with Heritage, and watched all interviews. Mikael also STATED HIMSELF that you never know, the next album could have growls, and it might not. He just didn't find it right for what Heritage was. There wont be another Heritage style record, Storm Corrosion is the last in the saga, including Grace For Drowning.
Yeah I've only been in to them for 3 years but I've seriously put in the leg work since then. Deliverance just has a fantastic over-all sound and feel and its so evocative (does anyone find that "Wreath" makes them think of a huge drunken viking staggering violently around a tavern???) I got Morningrise 4 months ago and I'm currently playing it to death, it was such a giant leap forward form Orchid
@TukiOpeth As a long time drummer teacher. I have to say that while Lopez was fucking fantastic, Axe is quite possibly the second best drummer in the world right now (behind Gavin Harrison). Lopez had great groove, and was good in the technical skill department. Where as Axe's groove is beastly and is one of the most technically skilled drummers out there: listen to The Lines in My Hand. There's a reason all the Opeth guys call him the best musician they've ever played with.
I'm not lying to myself. Listen to Atonement, Hessian Peel, there's hints of Heritage everywhere. So what if Mikael decided it doesn't need growls? he doesn't rule them out for the future. It shouldn't be a big deal, it's already been done on Damnation. Watershed and Heritage are totally Opeth, Ghost Reveries as well. Its natural progression.
I love Heritage, but I hope that Opeth goes back to do a few more death metal tracks every now and then. There's not a single song that Opeth has created that is not absolute brilliance, and that definitely includes Heritage.
@topdog2328 he plays with his wrist sticking out which means proper feel and vibrato is hard. Plus he's playing electric guitar most of the time, why would he need to play it classically
Hi. I don't know if you still would like your question answered after seven years, but here goes: The song is called Wreath. It's the first song on the Deliverance album. I agree with you. The solo is truly amazing :). Here's a link to the solo part of the song: th-cam.com/video/S-NSvnolVQo/w-d-xo.html
Where can I get this video from? Also man, you should play your bass in New Zealand so you and me could make an opeth influenced band! cmon over man :)
@purplewalnut89 i have that exact same problem dude!!! like, what the fuck goes on with axe's fills??? he has a touch that i can't match, it's like imitating bonham, you don't
It's Mikael's old primary custom 24 in the "royal blue" finish. It's a little special in that it's from the 80s era of PRS and has a rare color, but other than that it's just a regular custom 24. His particular one was loaded with Duncan Full Shreds I think. He hasn't really played it live in over a decade though.
mikes vibrato is so good
Unreal to this day
Yes ❤
Peter was a great guitarist and his solos were awesome, but I've always preferred Mikael's more emotional solo style. Fredrik is an unbeliever player though and in my opinion not only expanded the capabilities of the band but improved Mikael's playing, by his own admission
Improved akerfeldts writing too. In terms of writing material that really builds up and frames the solos well. Songs now have spots where a solo was thought of for a given spot. Sometimes in the older songs it felt like they were fitting solos in. Now it feels like mikael writes parts where he knows Frederick or himself can throw great solos in. Haxprocess, burden, heir apparent, and something like lovelorn crime come to mind.
@@tylerjacobson8012 This is slightly off topic, but I believe as a whole Mikael has worked to make every element of every song more interesting overall.
In this interview he talks about how some parts are more boring compared to other parts and he's excited about the solo sections. If you listen to the entire Opeth discography the music gets leaner and leaner on the functionality of each part, and each instrumentation of each part.
The most recent release "In Cauda Venenum" is so dense with interesting bits everywhere at every level you can tell they've raised each other to new standards and abilities.
peter's solo on wreath is so amazing
I miss this era of opeth so much. Blew my 16 year old mind and still does 20 years later
I know this was my favorite time with Peter and Martin Lopez in the band. So good 🔥
I discovered them in 2000 and the first songs I heard were Benighted and To Bid You Farewell. I was 16 at the time too. Morningrise is still my favorite album but I love them all from Orchid to Watershed. The stuff since the change; not so much heh.
All of Opeth's solos are amazing...
Beautiful guitar work also shows you don’t have to be crazy fast to be amazing
opeths gold era i love theyre solos
The solo from Master's Apprentice is probably my favorite.
Sometimes I get the feeling that just by looking at the front cover of Opeth's albums somehow sets the tone of how the albums going to feel and sound. And I'm hearing a lot of people not really liking the Watershed album. I could care less. I think it was an awesome album! IMO, the album cover depicts a man all alone in a dark room, and maybe perhaps reading or plotting something. Maybe a lot of things are going in his mind, hence the way sound in the album. You never know what happens next
This aged funnily
Ah, Peter, we miss you. Frederik is amazing, but I really loved the "feel" of your solos. Brilliant stuff, and the perfect compliment to Mikael's solo work.
I think Peter leaving was a HUGE blow to Opeth.
Ofcourse it was. It could ONLY be a huge blow. Imagine Mendez deciding to leave now.
Same with martin Lopez!!!
I like Peter and I prefer the Ghost Reveries lineup rather than the current one. But how was Peter's departure a '' HUGE '' blow to Opeth? First of all, Fredrik is one of the best swedish guitarists out there ( definitely better from Peter, probably better from Mikael too). Also, Peter had nothing to do with writing the songs, it was all Mikael. Now, Fredrik on the other hand, has contributed to all of the 3 albums he was in with Opeth (also wrote the song Pyre, of Heritage). He also does backing vocals. Apart from the feelings and the relationship between them, I don't see any blow at all, and definitely not huge.
HarryKnight There's no need to play Peter down as a member of Opeth just to try and demonstrate that they are fine and dandy and better off. Ofcourse it was a huge blow to Opeth and a huge blow to Mikael personally. All of them, Peter, Martin Lopez and even Per. It always is in these things, unless you make absolutely no bonds in a band. But specially Peter because he had been there almost forever. He was very much Mikael's close companion and very much a leader himself and a guide not only to career decisions but to creative paths. This Mikael has said. And Peter was involved in making and editing the songs just as much as the Martins. He was just never the creative or writing source for them, hardly anyone else has ever been but for Mikael. No one is pejoratively comparing Peter to his successor or saying that Opeth is worse now without him or worse BECAUSE he left. So maybe your reply was a tad unrealistic and unfair.
Definitely not. And if you watch Mikael's interview about Peter's departure again, he just says that he is '' a leader type of guy'', that's why he wanted to write songs, not that he DID actually write, because they weren't good enough for Mikael. Again, get your facts straight, Peter leaving may have been a blow to the band members, bond and all , but nevertheless they are still AS GOOD if not better (as I explained in my last reply). Also, they seem to have bonded with Martin as much. As I said before, I prefer the Ghost Reveries lineup, but your opinion doesnt make sense to me.
Deliverance is by far one of the most epic albums of all time
As much as I love Deliverance I still personally find Still Life to be my favorite, just my opinion, although "By the Pain I See In Others" will still be one of my favorite Opeth songs.
mikael's solo on the song deliverance is really great!
Probably my favorite lineup for Opeth.. they're still amazing though :D
you guys rock ... seriously rocking all the way !
fady michel These guys don't rock, they oxidise
it depends... in early opeth ( orchid and morningrise ) all the songs were composed by mikael and peter as duet, from my arms your hearse forward well yes, opeth is basically mikael, and i agree with you that heritage is an amazing album, its all about opening the mind and the ears!
I was watching this with headphones and when the music started I thought someone was blasting Opeth in the hallway next to me :P
Must be some good weed huh?
Like they say. Music and life is changing each and every moment in life. I just hoped Heritage was more inspirational to me but I still dig it and consider Opeth one of my favorite bands of all time. Oh and Mikael is one my favorite song writers along with the infamous Dave Mustaine and of course Chuck Schuldiner, may he rest in peace.
Bands evolve. Either you evolve with them, you value their records that please you or you just stop listening to them. These are your options.
watershed was amazing and brilliant. noone can say that the bassoon wasnt the coolest thing ever for a metal song. As long as its new, fresh, exciting, wonderful, im happy with it full on. Who cares if its not the same as previous albums, they shouldnt be the same, things need to grow and evolve and this was such an interesting step in the right direction. Heir apparent and Hessian peel my all time favourites by far
MASTERS APPENTICES has the greatest guitar solo ever!
Fredrik is indeed an awesome guitarist and I'm not going to speculate as to who is better between he and Peter but there is absolutely no denying that Opeth changed dramatically upon Fredrik's arrival either for better or worse and, in my humble opinion, as I haven't enjoyed their last few albums much at all, I'd argue for the worse.
+Josh Boyle Not about Fredrik at all. Mikael is for all intents and purposes Opeth, he changes Opeth changes.
Still Peter was the metalhead of the two. When he left Mike had free road to turn Opeth into a prog rock band as always he wanted to, but the other guys had a bit of opinion and liked the style they were doing.
Travis, how did you not enjoy Watershed? I think that's a masterpiece. But I agree with you, Heritage was a disaster and Sorceress sucked because of the production/mixing. Pale Communion was a good album but it's still not "Opeth". I wish they would go back to the Ghost Reveries days, with clean production, heavy riffs with growling and clean vocals. Hell, I would even be glad if they made a Watershed v2. Oh and by the way, it seems that Mikaels vocals have recovered quite well if you watch them playing at Monsters of Rock in Helsinki 2016.
+Travis Friedel Each to their own I guess, I think all songs on Watershed are great.
Travis Friedel
you're gonna argue hex Omega wasn't heavy? what's wrong with your ears man
@celticwarrior222 Not in my opinion. Lopez had a very unique style, and a lot more feeling going on in his playing. Learning how to transmit something nice on a non tonal instrument like drums is something that not everyone can do, SPECIALLY when you talk about the metal scene. He's totally loose, and I even think that Axe would be better for the oldest and most brutal Opeth, and Lopez would fit a lot better in the new stuff, which have a lot more shades and stages.
Refreshing style of lead playing.
slantyrock Mikael definitely has always had a tasteful style
I'm looking at it from a musicians stand point, I appreciate what goes into a record and like to understand the arrangements and the melodic structures. I collect more than just Opeth.
As someone that has probably been one the biggest Opeth fans since first hearing Morningrise, I can honestly say that I agree.
For a long time I believed that Ghost Reveries could never be beat, but when I seriously listened to Watershed i was mind blown. Every single song is a god damn masterpiece, like in an orchestra. Tied for number 1, if not the best Opeth Album.
I personally think Watershed is the best album i have ever listened to.
@Deathshuck He's an IT consultant. YES REALLY.
5:18 Now that's the best air guitar in a long time! :D
Holy shit that's the first time I've ever seen him laugh. 2:30. Didn't know he could.
@Zedrik Allen pete ofc lol
@Cheximus Search "Nardwuar vs. Opeth" on TH-cam. The infamous interview is so bizarre that it touches Akerfeldt's dry humor. I hadn't known that he had teeth till then.
Well he's not russian
I can play that ;D
Took a month to learn since I'm not a very good player, but I got it down. I get chills every time I hit the bending 17 on the high E.
It does my head in seeing/hearing people arguing about past members Vs. current members. Peter and Lopez left so now they have Freddy and Ax. It's just one of those things; you can't change it so arguing over it is totally irrelevant.
While Mikael remains at the bands core they will always be one of the best bands in the world.
I seem to recall him saying in an interview that the recording process of Deliverance and Damnation was a very bad experience for him. His grandmother also died around this time, so I doubt that helped.
I just listened to that solo before Mikael starts talking... I forgot about the atmosphere that they can create. Wow
Bro... my first PRS arrived yesterday, is a Paul Allender Signature and i really know now that PRS is amazing on Sustain... AMAZING!!! I tottaly agree with you!!!
This solo is from the song called "Wreath"
what an absolut master piece of album
@BenjaminProd I'm not disappointed either, but Mikael did state on Opeth's Facebook page that Storm Corrosion is the last of the Heritage direction.
These guys are definetly MASTERS OF THE GUITAR!
1:04 Beastly solo!
I loved Still Life, My Arms Your Hearse, and Blackwater Park, but I've heard them. I don't want Opeth to make another record they've already done, that's not Opeth. I know Heritage isn't very metal like all the other albums except damnation, but that's what Mikael's grooving to right now. Can't say I didn't see it coming either, metal has always been only a small part of their influence, but up to now a big part of their sound. Their sound is more about what the band listens to now
It's a harmonic created by lightly touching the already picked (vibrating) string.
@BenjaminProd Dude, when Opeth first started Mikael didn't have a drum machine to demo songs with, so Axe doesn't have much freedom when Mikael starts doing the drums in a program.
@BenjaminProd No dude, Watershed and Heritage were demo'd completely by Mikael before recording, even the drums, all in Pro Tools.
I miss these days.
Death probably my favorite bands of all time man. Chuck was the fucking man and God of metal with amazing riffs, great lyrics and bad ass vocals. SoP is my favorite Death album but I have them all.
@celticwarrior222 classical technique perfectly suitable for electric playing, and classical style vibrato is different than regular blues kind of vibrato that Mikael generally uses.
Golden era of Opeth
Hey its all good bro! I'm just thankful for youtube in the first place, I never woulda discovered their music otherwise (not like yer ever gonna see them on TV).
Rise To Submission!!
:)
I Miss The Old Opeth *o*
Mikael is probably still one of my favorite songwriters of all time. Easily top 5 in my book. And he can play the shit out his guitar. I just miss Lindgren so much. Hey what's your favorite album by Opeth? Mine is Still Life. My favorite song off Watershed is Hex Omega with Heir Apparent behind. I almost died listening to Hex Omega in my friend's car literally. Thank god for my friend in the back seat saying tree!
I don't really have a favorite, I can enjoy each record respectively.
@Daaaniellaaa Did he take part in the making of Magicka? There is a graveyard in that game where on the tombstones are the names of the makers, and on one of them reads "Peter Lindgren"...
@Megadedly I wish I could find musicians to be in a band with that do things like Mikael...his influences are from all over the place and Opeth reflects that...maybe that's why the rest of the lineup is always changing.
@Benteiron I really wouldn't know. It's not like I know him or anything. That he's an IT consultant is just on Wikipedia, lol. In the Magicka credits though, it says someone named "Peter Lindgren" did programming. Now, I wouldn't call someone who does programming an "IT consultant". But that could be just me.
To make a long story short: I don't know, but I don't really think so.
@Psychiatric91 I gotta agree there. I've loved Opeth ever since I got Blackwater Park, and if you compare the stuff on that or Still Life, Watershed does sound a bit weak. I don't think it was anything to do with the lineup because Ghost Reveries is still pretty good. Watershed does lack 'something' whatever that is...
I thought I was the only one who notices that!
efectivamente carnal
@BenjaminProd Dude, I've read read everything to do with Heritage, and watched all interviews. Mikael also STATED HIMSELF that you never know, the next album could have growls, and it might not. He just didn't find it right for what Heritage was. There wont be another Heritage style record, Storm Corrosion is the last in the saga, including Grace For Drowning.
Nice cover
thank you good sir
Duncans, a great choice...no wonder they have such a great tone :D
Yeah but Mikael also said it was watered down and he didn't quite feel it in his heart.
Yeah I've only been in to them for 3 years but I've seriously put in the leg work since then. Deliverance just has a fantastic over-all sound and feel and its so evocative (does anyone find that "Wreath" makes them think of a huge drunken viking staggering violently around a tavern???)
I got Morningrise 4 months ago and I'm currently playing it to death, it was such a giant leap forward form Orchid
@TukiOpeth Thanks!
God bless!!
@TukiOpeth As a long time drummer teacher. I have to say that while Lopez was fucking fantastic, Axe is quite possibly the second best drummer in the world right now (behind Gavin Harrison).
Lopez had great groove, and was good in the technical skill department.
Where as Axe's groove is beastly and is one of the most technically skilled drummers out there: listen to The Lines in My Hand. There's a reason all the Opeth guys call him the best musician they've ever played with.
Its the first of the three solo's
i love mikes guitar
@Megadedly It's not ignorant to have an opinion on which era of Opeth is the best.
I'm not lying to myself. Listen to Atonement, Hessian Peel, there's hints of Heritage everywhere. So what if Mikael decided it doesn't need growls? he doesn't rule them out for the future. It shouldn't be a big deal, it's already been done on Damnation. Watershed and Heritage are totally Opeth, Ghost Reveries as well. Its natural progression.
This is real Opeth, with Mikael and Peter playing exotic solos on USA PRS's. Rather than playing some 70's shit on gay 'signature' SE models.
@Megadedly you hit the nail on the head: OPETH IS MIKAEL
I love Heritage, but I hope that Opeth goes back to do a few more death metal tracks every now and then. There's not a single song that Opeth has created that is not absolute brilliance, and that definitely includes Heritage.
@topdog2328 he plays with his wrist sticking out which means proper feel and vibrato is hard. Plus he's playing electric guitar most of the time, why would he need to play it classically
peter looked like bradley wiggins with them side burns
damn dude like twins
Those were the times...
What the fuck, Opeth has been doing what Mikael loves, and writing what HE wants to hear, whether or not his fans are arrogant is not up to him.
Yeah I would say Heritage is all about Opeth being Opeth.
1:47
*Mikael plays godly solo while looking bored*
/envy
can anyone tell me what's the song playing at 1:06 ?.......the solo is amazing!!!
Hi. I don't know if you still would like your question answered after seven years, but here goes: The song is called Wreath. It's the first song on the Deliverance album. I agree with you. The solo is truly amazing :). Here's a link to the solo part of the song: th-cam.com/video/S-NSvnolVQo/w-d-xo.html
chuck was the man
Where can I get this video from? Also man, you should play your bass in New Zealand so you and me could make an opeth influenced band! cmon over man :)
Hex Omega and Heir Apparent dope as fuck. Still Life is their best as a whole album just cause of the whole story telling aspect
@timmotjo17 yeah PRS Guitars are hot....and Expensive.
@DzagielAreq Mikael said that himself. I'm not exactly wrong.
The fact that they use standard tuning just makes me happy :D
Hate the extreme down tuning -.-
"and still is a death metal band" not anymore =(
holy crap 0:41
Not to piss the old school opeth fans but I love Peter mikael and the new guys guitar solos equally
thats the power of the PRS's D:!
3:19 "Heveh Metle"
@TukiOpeth Me too....
@purplewalnut89 i have that exact same problem dude!!!
like, what the fuck goes on with axe's fills??? he has a touch that i can't match, it's like imitating bonham, you don't
anybody know the exact name of that beautiful PRS Peter is playing at the start?
7 years later and nobody can answer :(
It's Mikael's old primary custom 24 in the "royal blue" finish. It's a little special in that it's from the 80s era of PRS and has a rare color, but other than that it's just a regular custom 24. His particular one was loaded with Duncan Full Shreds I think. He hasn't really played it live in over a decade though.
The first solo is so fucking hard to play :D
@DennChooch Yeah I know Mikael is the brains...I'm probably one of the biggest progressive nerds in Vancouver.
0:42 sick