This is fantastic, I've been a fan of Opeth for 20+ years and I've never seen this footage. It is this feeling of nostalgia mixed with the past, where you had to wait patiently for your friends to buy the record and gather around and listening to it for the first time. Thank you.
You're welcome. I'm sorry the rest of the documentary isn't up anymore. The other parts were copyright claimed years ago. Seeing comments like yours is the reason I uploaded this in the first place. Thanks.
"people seem to believe that I'm sitting in a forest with my guitar praying to the moon". that would be awesome if Mike actually did write songs that way.
I know this comment is almost a year late but if you're still wondering what these tom mics are -> sennheiser md421's which are really common on toms (and other percussions) and sound really good on em :)
@Bassbait The part where the distorted guitars come in in Moonchild is very similar to the part of Blackwater Park he's listening to when he says "Moonchild".
Any sound engineers or audio people out there know what mics they're using on the toms? You can see from 1:40 - 2:40. The toms had a great sound on the album.
@Bassbait Well, like Mikael said in an interview, stuff like Iron Maiden and other metal they've listened in their youth will always be on the back of their mind when they're writing music, and then they just add elements from other genres like prog, which is what makes their music so special.
Yes sir, it's on Blackwater Park. It's The Funeral Portrait. Listen from 7:35 onward. Yes, seriously. That actually freaked me out a little bit that the part you're looking for is exactly in the same spot both in the song and this video. Crazy coincidence.
@pantalaemon I have a theory that large heads allow for more resonance and therefore make for richer, deeper voices. If you look at a lot of great singers you'll see they have enormous heads. I have no evidence to back up this theory. It's basically a thing I made up.
@Sodhats mhm... quite interesting :P after having seen mikael speak in interviews and on stage, i can confirm, he does have an enourmous head. i think its also enormous because of the amounts of brilliant musical diarrhea he forces out of there every 2 years. Opinions of Devil's Orchard by the way? I was skeptical, but it hacked my brain after a day...
I personally would gave to agree to a certain level. It's always felt a bit rigid to me, but maybe it's just cause I personally prefer Fredrik Akesson's playing
13yrs later and I do still feel the same. Maybe not as harshly as I wrote in the past. Peter was a great and obvious integral part of Opeth and part of their legacy. But Fredrik has so much technical ability coupled with great melodic sense. Brings a lot of depth to Opeth that Lindgren didn’t
@@n0cturnalsurfer the dual guitar lines in Orchid are so unique, I have absolutely no idea how they came up with them. I'm not going to tell you he's a better player than Frederik but they had something really special that disappeared around the time Peter left
This is fantastic, I've been a fan of Opeth for 20+ years and I've never seen this footage. It is this feeling of nostalgia mixed with the past, where you had to wait patiently for your friends to buy the record and gather around and listening to it for the first time. Thank you.
You're welcome. I'm sorry the rest of the documentary isn't up anymore. The other parts were copyright claimed years ago. Seeing comments like yours is the reason I uploaded this in the first place. Thanks.
Mikael Åkerfeldt: God of Chord Progression
Lmao
7:19 - That's why I love Opeth, and what's missing from their latest three offerings. Genius.
00:32 Blackwater Park
04:47 The Leper Affinity
05:43 Bleak
07:19 Bleak
07:33 The Funeral Portrait
08:46 Harvest
Thank you
Seeing Mikael play those acoustic parts from Bleak and Harvest by himself without the rest of the band is fucking amazing..
"people seem to believe that I'm sitting in a forest with my guitar praying to the moon". that would be awesome if Mike actually did write songs that way.
2001...the year I and Black water park was born 😀
yeah me too
I love Opeth so much....
7:20 - 7:30
One of the best transitions ever!
their best album
maybe not
@@m3lanchol1a60 "ok"
@@MemoryLaneCinema uh-huh
2nd
The best opeth lineup and of course a few years later when Per joined. After Lopez and Lindgren left it hasnt been the same.
Holy cow it's a twenty years younger Steven Wilson. Good thing he worked with them on the album.
He still looks young.
When I first watched that Making Of I started crying when Mikael smiles during Bleak :')
05:42 one of the greatest riffs ever written
Is that Steven Wilson saying "close" at 4:55? =D
yes
That chorus theme to bleak is so awesome. It sounds like the greatest cradle of filth riff dani filth wish he wrote. Very “black metally” and epic.
Mikaels face was a lot rounder than it is now
so opeth is pretty much akerfeldt's musical child?
Exactly
always has been
I know this comment is almost a year late but if you're still wondering what these tom mics are -> sennheiser md421's which are really common on toms (and other percussions) and sound really good on em :)
@Bassbait The part where the distorted guitars come in in Moonchild is very similar to the part of Blackwater Park he's listening to when he says "Moonchild".
where are the other ones? :(
+Thomas Calvi The TH-cam deleted all parts of the videos. Only left this D:
Reddit
Wow. Mike's changed.
bring back chubby mikael
8:47 anyone know the model?
The greatest metal album ever recorded.
Bleak is a masterpiece,
my favourite piece by Opeth
I love that i just started singing moonchild from Iron Maiden 4:29
FUCKKK why are the other parts deleted? :(
@Cysquatching The Legacy Edition also includes 5.1 mixes of all the songs. :)
Any sound engineers or audio people out there know what mics they're using on the toms? You can see from 1:40 - 2:40. The toms had a great sound on the album.
Sennheiser 441
2 minutes- that foot discipline
@Bassbait Well, like Mikael said in an interview, stuff like Iron Maiden and other metal they've listened in their youth will always be on the back of their mind when they're writing music, and then they just add elements from other genres like prog, which is what makes their music so special.
@ciffi It's from the song Bleak, middle acoustic part ;)
Is that the fella from Porcupine Tree right at the end?
Yep it's Steven. Sadly the rest of the documentary is not available anymore, they were copyright claimed years ago.
7:35 is this song on Blackwater Park I haven't heard it?
Yes sir, it's on Blackwater Park. It's The Funeral Portrait. Listen from 7:35 onward. Yes, seriously. That actually freaked me out a little bit that the part you're looking for is exactly in the same spot both in the song and this video. Crazy coincidence.
@@Deathshuck I'm listening to is now and I hear it I must just have been not paying much attention before 😂
@pantalaemon I have a theory that large heads allow for more resonance and therefore make for richer, deeper voices. If you look at a lot of great singers you'll see they have enormous heads.
I have no evidence to back up this theory. It's basically a thing I made up.
@ImAStupidBoy Blackwater park, the title track, and @englundisgod the solo is from the funeral portrait
Mikael looks younger now
He does look younger and healthier nowadays.
7:18 wonderful
What's the song around 6:00?
That would be Bleak my friend.
+Filemon von Numers Bleak. Monster song.
Bleak 🤘
@ciffi It's from the song "Bleak" on BP :)
The middle section ^^
whats the song at 5:49 - sounds sickk
Bleak
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thanks i realised that after a while, a little hard to spot at first with all the multi tracking
@valleisetesdal Is this part at 7:18 from a particular song on 'BP' or is he just fiddling around?
Bleak
Thanks!
@Sodhats mhm... quite interesting :P after having seen mikael speak in interviews and on stage, i can confirm, he does have an enourmous head. i think its also enormous because of the amounts of brilliant musical diarrhea he forces out of there every 2 years. Opinions of Devil's Orchard by the way? I was skeptical, but it hacked my brain after a day...
Guys, search for the full documentary on reddit, I just got it off of someone's google drive!
Does somebody know the name of the song at the last part of the video??
It's Harvest.
Anderson Cano Harvest
I´m surprised Lopez isn´t smoking during recording
7:18 Song?
It's part of the mid-section in Bleak, second track from the album.
@@Deathshuck thanks alot
Damn, when I see Mikael playing at 7:19 I want to give up playing guitar XD
fuck I want to learn that. Know what it is?? Or just a random booble
swedish sounds funny and I am convinced german does as well :D
What happened to all the parts?
They were taken down due to copyright infringement years and years ago. It sucks.
@@Deathshuck that sucks. They have other making of’s for their albums, why haven’t they uploaded the making of blackwater park?
wilson at the end
To an extent but it would be worse without a whole band input
@englundisgod The Funeral Portrait
@Bassbait If you hear Moonchild from Iron Maiden you will see that is similar to that part of Blackwater Park. It´s funny...
It requires genius to come up with music
@mule71 Oh? Thanks for the info. :)
@treaf09 thanks xD
is it me or does mikhael have a pretty huge head?
@2Koranteng Bleak!
Fat Mikael is the best Mikael
Svensk med mumin profilbild coolt
i'll say it: Peter Lindgren's playing wasn't good enough to be in Opeth. He has no feeling
Most ridiculous take I've ever seen, even if it is from 13 years ago
I personally would gave to agree to a certain level. It's always felt a bit rigid to me, but maybe it's just cause I personally prefer Fredrik Akesson's playing
13yrs later and I do still feel the same. Maybe not as harshly as I wrote in the past. Peter was a great and obvious integral part of Opeth and part of their legacy. But Fredrik has so much technical ability coupled with great melodic sense. Brings a lot of depth to Opeth that Lindgren didn’t
@@n0cturnalsurfer I think Peter was just very scale-oriented, but to me Fredrik is the perfect middle ground between Peter and Mikael
@@n0cturnalsurfer the dual guitar lines in Orchid are so unique, I have absolutely no idea how they came up with them. I'm not going to tell you he's a better player than Frederik but they had something really special that disappeared around the time Peter left