Whenever I listen to Still Life, it absolutely baffles me that Mikael went into the studio without having written any of the songs on the album and basically came up with this masterpiece at the studio. That's like not studying or preparing for an exam and getting 100% for the paper. Genius is almost an understatement, it's pure talent.
@@fcamiola yes I think I read for Still Life he had actually written the songs but hadn't had much time to rehearse them, so they were finished but not refined, and then for Blackwater Park they actually had almost nothing written, Mikael had a few crappy demoes he made at a friend's house, but most of the album came together in the studio
I've been trying for years to play that riff and sing. It's truly baffling. I enjoy playing a lot of Opeth songs but that particular riff always gets me stuck. Even the riff before it is a rather simple riff comparatively, but it's also surprisingly difficult to play and sing.
@@henrywalton5967nothing against this band, that was an awesome song. But what Michael is doing at that particular section is definitely more difficult to play and sing simultaneously, even though the riffs Vektor are playing are more technical. That guy is singing pretty much on the beat and one word or a small phrase at a time. The line Michael sings is much more complex syllable wise, and the rhythm of the riff is absolutely nuts. It doesn't line up with the vocals at all. I didn't even realize it until I tried to learn it. It's surprisingly and shockingly difficult
I don't listen to much metal these days...Alice in Chains, Ashbury, Witherscape, early Entombed, and Hamferđ are on rotation at the moment. It's mostly wider genres. But I can never get tired of Opeth. Somehow their music has remained part of my playlists for almost 25 years.
I like other metal bands but Opeth sit on the kings throne unchallenged. THE BEST. The difference is in the writing...MA is a natural musical genius and he has the golden touch.
@@fcamiola Hi Frank - regarding Witherscape, I'm a big Dan Swanö fan generally, so love pretty much all of his metal stuff. His solo album (Moontower), Edge of Sanity (Crimson I & II), and Witherscape (both full length albums) are among his best!
i saw this tour 2 months after this show and was right in front of fredrik. he was awesome! but he did mess up on the slide part of the drapery falls. but like the true professional he is, he worked through it and got it fixed fairly quickly.
I'm convinced that Frederik could play anything in any band...including playing with Zappa if that was even a possibility. The guy is a virtuoso, period. Unreal talent. However, Mikael is the "brains, heart, and soul" behind the operation! :)
@@hoopsmccann639man that's so crazy, I saw them in the 2008-10 era and Frederick messed up that line in Drapery too! One of the easiest leads in the catalogue perhaps, and at that point he had years to practice it. I wonder what it is about that particular part...
I was listening to ICV rn then this appeared. My god how far they have come . Seriously this band sets the bar so high in music that i dont see no musician reaching/crossing that in recent times
Jesus Christ I can see why they rarely play this song live. Just look at mikaels left hand during the "white faced, haggard grin" part. That cant be easy to pull off.
When i was a young teen, one of my older freinds played me benighted- i think he was doing it for a GCSE music exam. I remember getting this CD and listening to it whilst playing with lego. Happy memories.
If u want complexity check out the band Neobliviscaris. They are crazy proficient musicans. They have 2 vocalists, one does clean singing and the other growls. The clean singer also plays violin
It’s not just playing, it’s playing and singing at the same time. The timing of the riffs and the vocals make it so difficult. Just try it! Mikael is too good!
Mendez is painfully good. That he composes entirely for the song only, without ego getting involved, is pretty difficult to do when you’re an extremely talented musician.
Several sections are missing accents, or just modified. Better to take this your own way-- no one can pull of Lopez's feel. For example, Section at 4:21 is supposed to have a 16 note triplet splash flourish that is missing on the 4th round. It leaves this sense of an and-a, rather then the straighter feel axe gives.
Thank you for this. I love this song and for a video playing it exactly how I image they would live still blows my mind. I’ll love this band till my last breath.
That's right - growls started to deteriorate shortly thereafter. Edit: That said, I have a great recording from 2009 where (if I remember right) his growls sound great. The last time he "fully" used his high register was Sonisphere 2011 - their last show before Heritage was released. Oddly enough, I think he sounded much better at that show vs. Royal Albert Hall.
I think he could pull it off now tbh. When I saw them in February this year he seemed to be a lot more comfortable with his screams. I can’t imagine what he was feeling when his voice was changing, lot of people seem to think it was intentional.
you can actually start to hear them deteriorate after deliverance. just compare a live show from the blackwater park era to the roundhouse tapes. something happened in 2002 that started to change them shorty after. even the vocals on deliverance sounded weird compared to anything we'd ever heard before, especially his highs. unfortunate
I saw this tour in Pittsburgh, right before Watershed was released. I hadnt really listened to Still Life much at that point. Seeing this song live blew me away.
I respect opeths current direction but man do i miss the old days. You can't really see opeth these days and expect to see anything like this anymore. I was ready to die if they played the complete still life album for the 20 anniversary last year but unfortunately mikael no longer wants to play death metal
@@The_Karst thanks man! Thinking about it i'm not sure if it was that or Godhead's Lament. Either ways it was awesome. Montreal 2008-2009 two times and smoked a cigarette with Mikael and Martin i can die in peace! Thanks man!
Yeah, it's pretty irritating, isn't it? I guess it's because this was a festival on a cruise boat, so quite a few folks were there to see other bands. Most crowds at an Opeth concert are typically hypnotised (rightly so). At least it's only distracting during the quieter sections!
Surely do miss Lopez. He has a groove and swing to his playing that they just haven’t been able to replace. (Not to mention the behemoth team “The Martins” were together)🫡
Hey man! I'm _-Opeth-_ from the opeth's subreddit. I was wondering if you had any serenity painted death live version with Peter, I would be so happy if you can upload one of these
Ehilá! I have an audio version with Peter and Lopez that I uploaded a couple of years ago (London, March 2003). They only played it for a month or so as the Still Life lineup - I can check if I have any video, but I'm not optimistic!
Hey man! I had big big plans for Blackwater Park's 20th and Morningrise's 25th anniversary this year, but the band have asked me to hold on sharing anything else for the time being. Hopefully we can get things worked out in time to celebrate.
I do! The band have still not given me permission to share anything else, though. Mikael is still deciding how they want to treat their live catalogue.
@@TheFbiFilesRepeat No news, I'm afraid. But I always have stuff in the pipeline. I'm thinking of celebrations for the upcoming 20th anniversaries for Deliverance and (separately) Damnation - lots of options for both :).
Who the fuck is talking throughout this? Like noise at a metal show is normal, but a full ass conversation for (at least) 8 minutes of Opeth? Wtf? Sound quality is solid, but that was driving me about as mad as Melinda’s dude.
@Dethsquirrel *shows up at Opeth's first show in a year, which is on a fucking boat* "Oh hey, they're playing Serenity Painted Death! Isn't that one of their best ever songs, yet one that they never play live?" "Yeah dude! It is! Let's make the most of this miracle by talking total shite for the next 8+ minutes!"
@@jeromed2 No disagreement here. To be fair, though, this was Axe's first ever performance of this track - it got a bit better over the following months.
@@The_Karst I'm regularly playing this song, along with Moonlapse Vertigo, Godhead's Lament and White Cluster on drums. Me likey...Me likey a lot, pal. 🙂 Martin Lopez is a drummer I admired for a long time.
Whenever I listen to Still Life, it absolutely baffles me that Mikael went into the studio without having written any of the songs on the album and basically came up with this masterpiece at the studio. That's like not studying or preparing for an exam and getting 100% for the paper. Genius is almost an understatement, it's pure talent.
Whcih studio? Candlelight right?
He had rough sketches written down though , yes?
@@avelinopereira9773 i think my arms your hearse was their last album with candlelight
@@avelinopereira9773 this is their only album with peaceville
@@fcamiola yes I think I read for Still Life he had actually written the songs but hadn't had much time to rehearse them, so they were finished but not refined, and then for Blackwater Park they actually had almost nothing written, Mikael had a few crappy demoes he made at a friend's house, but most of the album came together in the studio
2:22 that is EXTREMELY HARD to play and sing at the same time. You gotta respect that!
And the fact they play it faster than the original is insane
If you think that's hard check out Vektor, tapping and singing at the same time... th-cam.com/video/4sL9yWzesWE/w-d-xo.html
@@henrywalton5967 Well, if you think tapping and singing at the same time is hard you should check Necrophagist live :D
I've been trying for years to play that riff and sing. It's truly baffling. I enjoy playing a lot of Opeth songs but that particular riff always gets me stuck. Even the riff before it is a rather simple riff comparatively, but it's also surprisingly difficult to play and sing.
@@henrywalton5967nothing against this band, that was an awesome song. But what Michael is doing at that particular section is definitely more difficult to play and sing simultaneously, even though the riffs Vektor are playing are more technical. That guy is singing pretty much on the beat and one word or a small phrase at a time. The line Michael sings is much more complex syllable wise, and the rhythm of the riff is absolutely nuts. It doesn't line up with the vocals at all. I didn't even realize it until I tried to learn it. It's surprisingly and shockingly difficult
Mendez loves this song, that's for sure
I love this band so much its indescribable
I don't listen to much metal these days...Alice in Chains, Ashbury, Witherscape, early Entombed, and Hamferđ are on rotation at the moment. It's mostly wider genres. But I can never get tired of Opeth. Somehow their music has remained part of my playlists for almost 25 years.
I like other metal bands but Opeth sit on the kings throne unchallenged. THE BEST. The difference is in the writing...MA is a natural musical genius and he has the golden touch.
@@The_Karst What are your fav Witherscape and Entombed albums? Cheers
@@fcamiola Hi Frank - regarding Witherscape, I'm a big Dan Swanö fan generally, so love pretty much all of his metal stuff. His solo album (Moontower), Edge of Sanity (Crimson I & II), and Witherscape (both full length albums) are among his best!
Same
Axe on the drums, amazing.
Frederic Akesson is Fairly New here, Yet he Pulls off the Lead Guitars Perfectly. Just shows how good of a Guitarist he is. Respect!
zero1692 all practice, he is such a professional
It helps a lot that he's way more technically proficient than Peter or Mike.
i saw this tour 2 months after this show and was right in front of fredrik. he was awesome! but he did mess up on the slide part of the drapery falls. but like the true professional he is, he worked through it and got it fixed fairly quickly.
I'm convinced that Frederik could play anything in any band...including playing with Zappa if that was even a possibility. The guy is a virtuoso, period. Unreal talent. However, Mikael is the "brains, heart, and soul" behind the operation! :)
@@hoopsmccann639man that's so crazy, I saw them in the 2008-10 era and Frederick messed up that line in Drapery too! One of the easiest leads in the catalogue perhaps, and at that point he had years to practice it. I wonder what it is about that particular part...
Such raw energy !! Super tight performance too
I was listening to ICV rn then this appeared. My god how far they have come . Seriously this band sets the bar so high in music that i dont see no musician reaching/crossing that in recent times
*YES FINALLY, I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR A GOOD LIVE VERSION OF THIS, AND THIS IS THE BEST ONE YET*
Jesus Christ I can see why they rarely play this song live. Just look at mikaels left hand during the "white faced, haggard grin" part. That cant be easy to pull off.
Damn, how the hell can he coordinate singing while playing such a convoluted riff, that’s mad talent!
ONE OF THEIR BEST SONGS, HEAVY YET MELODIC.
When i was a young teen, one of my older freinds played me benighted- i think he was doing it for a GCSE music exam.
I remember getting this CD and listening to it whilst playing with lego.
Happy memories.
Death metal while playing with lego is a vibe
Mendez is a beast!!
This is not Mendez playing here, it is Axe.
@@13superdude2 you mixed up the Martins my friend. OP said that Martin Mendez on bass is a beast, you're thinking about Martin Lopez, the ex-drummer.
@@antevunic7461 Yes you are right thanks for the correction
“The Martins” was an outlandishly great team!🤘🏻
Old Opeth is INSANELY complicated. Look at Mikael's playing, there are more tritone chords than power chords lol
And he even manages to squeeze in some headbanging too. 🖤
My hero!
If u want complexity check out the band Neobliviscaris. They are crazy proficient musicans. They have 2 vocalists, one does clean singing and the other growls. The clean singer also plays violin
@@colinclark1981 yeah I know them, they're good. But a little bit 'too much of a good thing' situation for me tbh
It’s not just playing, it’s playing and singing at the same time. The timing of the riffs and the vocals make it so difficult. Just try it! Mikael is too good!
Wish they had played more stuff from Still Life on their live DVD’s when Peter and Lopez were still in the band.
Why would you hurt me like this
1:28 - That snare hits, we know the most disgusting drop is coming up shortly
P.S. Martin Mendez is so legendary and groovy
Not the snare or Martin
sorry i meant the Cymbal lol. And i did mean the bassist martin mendez
@@anatolio8689 damn you really came back after a year and that was not the Martin I though of, it get confusing with the different martins
@@saturn5087 Haha all good. Yea Martin Lopez was awesome when he played for them. Now Soen
Mendez is painfully good. That he composes entirely for the song only, without ego getting involved, is pretty difficult to do when you’re an extremely talented musician.
Best song, best album, best band.
AXE SIMPLY NAILED AND KILLED THIS SONG RIGHT HERE!
Canzone ❤pazzesca !.. difficilissimo riprodurla dal vivo
This has to be the opeth song that would be most amazing to hear live. It's so freaking heavy!
I think this is their heaviest song!
Such an amazing song and the beautiful intricate intertwining of each instrument with Mikael’s voice it is musical genius 🖤🖤🖤🖤
The drum fill on "the beautiful pain" was missed at 3:50, it's such an essential part!
Du-du-bu-KAH!
I love Axe's drumming but agree, that was a miss.
Several sections are missing accents, or just modified. Better to take this your own way-- no one can pull of Lopez's feel.
For example, Section at 4:21 is supposed to have a 16 note triplet splash flourish that is missing on the 4th round. It leaves this sense of an and-a, rather then the straighter feel axe gives.
Ohh man, once again thank you.
This is just priceless !
Thank you for this. I love this song and for a video playing it exactly how I image they would live still blows my mind. I’ll love this band till my last breath.
This was probably around the last time Mikael's voice could do a song like this justice.
That's right - growls started to deteriorate shortly thereafter.
Edit: That said, I have a great recording from 2009 where (if I remember right) his growls sound great.
The last time he "fully" used his high register was Sonisphere 2011 - their last show before Heritage was released. Oddly enough, I think he sounded much better at that show vs. Royal Albert Hall.
He still got it. I love his growls in Red Rocks Ampitheatre
I think he could pull it off now tbh. When I saw them in February this year he seemed to be a lot more comfortable with his screams. I can’t imagine what he was feeling when his voice was changing, lot of people seem to think it was intentional.
you can actually start to hear them deteriorate after deliverance. just compare a live show from the blackwater park era to the roundhouse tapes. something happened in 2002 that started to change them shorty after. even the vocals on deliverance sounded weird compared to anything we'd ever heard before, especially his highs. unfortunate
@@williamreynolds3487 I thought his highs sounded great on Deliverance. Especially on Masters Apprentices.
Serenity painted death live WHERE HAS THIS BEEN ALL MY LIFE AND NOW I WISH I COULD HAVE BEEN THERE
Vocals and growls sound great here.
I saw this tour in Pittsburgh, right before Watershed was released. I hadnt really listened to Still Life much at that point. Seeing this song live blew me away.
Awesome video.
00:46 that angry face and after the cute face
That ending is so tight!!
1:30 what a riff
thanks for sharing this with us! tomorrow opeth in Nürnberg, germany!! !!!
I respect opeths current direction but man do i miss the old days. You can't really see opeth these days and expect to see anything like this anymore. I was ready to die if they played the complete still life album for the 20 anniversary last year but unfortunately mikael no longer wants to play death metal
живу с такими же мыслями :/
Yup, I wish I got to see them years ago.
at last
weak and torn
I went down
drained from strength
flickering breath
Still Life is the best complete album from any genre every recorded 🤘
🤘
This shit is like in tenacious D when jables day dreams about having the pick of destiny lol. If i was there my head would explode
I'd love to be there...
The solo was fucking great
A death metal classic!
Imagine if this was the opening act and you were going on next 😳
6:09 EPIC SOLO
I remember seeing that tour and I absolutly lost it when they played this track. Do you know in wich city is that recording?
It's great, isn't it? This was filmed on the Melloboat on a cruise outside Stockholm.
@@The_Karst thanks man! Thinking about it i'm not sure if it was that or Godhead's Lament. Either ways it was awesome. Montreal 2008-2009 two times and smoked a cigarette with Mikael and Martin i can die in peace! Thanks man!
SERENITY PAINTED DEATH
🤘🔥🔝
"amazing" is such a terrible understatement for this
The bass player is fantastic
1:39 OOF
How can people talk through the whole thing? I'd just be standing there mesmorized
Yeah, it's pretty irritating, isn't it? I guess it's because this was a festival on a cruise boat, so quite a few folks were there to see other bands. Most crowds at an Opeth concert are typically hypnotised (rightly so).
At least it's only distracting during the quieter sections!
1:30 HEADBANG!!!!! YEAAAH!!!
This only song has some of the best riffs ever.
the beautiful days when his growls still sounded good
They still sound good
Surely do miss Lopez.
He has a groove and swing to his playing that they just haven’t been able to replace.
(Not to mention the behemoth team “The Martins” were together)🫡
Listen it in the 0,85 speed and it will be almost perfect
Hey man! I'm _-Opeth-_ from the opeth's subreddit. I was wondering if you had any serenity painted death live version with Peter, I would be so happy if you can upload one of these
Ehilá! I have an audio version with Peter and Lopez that I uploaded a couple of years ago (London, March 2003). They only played it for a month or so as the Still Life lineup - I can check if I have any video, but I'm not optimistic!
@@The_Karst peccato, grazie mille lo stesso :)
6:09 🥴🤤
Best solo ever
what a charming performance
oh man, great footage and performance. Got anything goodies in the pipeline?
Hey man! I had big big plans for Blackwater Park's 20th and Morningrise's 25th anniversary this year, but the band have asked me to hold on sharing anything else for the time being. Hopefully we can get things worked out in time to celebrate.
@@The_Karst This is existing! Can't wait for what's to come, bell icon check! Cool that you are in contact with the best band ever
I hope they re-record Morningrise album, epic album but sound quality is weak imo
Bass adds so much..
Is that Charlie from Its always sunny on Bass?
I eat stickers all the time, dude!
DIOCANE
PORCODIO
MADONNA TROIA
Is this actually the gig where Mikael does THE FACE during Harlequin Forest? YOU HAVE TO SHARE IT
Yup, this was the gig!
6:15
th-cam.com/video/Z8aCfhwpBkw/w-d-xo.html
axe's hair is so shiny
Got the whole concert on video?
I do! The band have still not given me permission to share anything else, though. Mikael is still deciding how they want to treat their live catalogue.
@@The_Karst thats a shame tbh. Wish they didnt so picky with bootleg material, if it was proshot id understand
@@TheFbiFilesRepeat Yeah, I don't know what the hell is going on at this point. It's been 7 months.
@@The_Karst nothing new?
@@TheFbiFilesRepeat No news, I'm afraid. But I always have stuff in the pipeline. I'm thinking of celebrations for the upcoming 20th anniversaries for Deliverance and (separately) Damnation - lots of options for both :).
ko
Who the fuck is talking throughout this? Like noise at a metal show is normal, but a full ass conversation for (at least) 8 minutes of Opeth? Wtf? Sound quality is solid, but that was driving me about as mad as Melinda’s dude.
@Dethsquirrel *shows up at Opeth's first show in a year, which is on a fucking boat*
"Oh hey, they're playing Serenity Painted Death! Isn't that one of their best ever songs, yet one that they never play live?"
"Yeah dude! It is! Let's make the most of this miracle by talking total shite for the next 8+ minutes!"
Martin Lopez's album version is way better.
@@jeromed2 No disagreement here. To be fair, though, this was Axe's first ever performance of this track - it got a bit better over the following months.
@@The_Karst I'm regularly playing this song, along with Moonlapse Vertigo, Godhead's Lament and White Cluster on drums. Me likey...Me likey a lot, pal. 🙂 Martin Lopez is a drummer I admired for a long time.
WTF I dont listen secular songa no more please dont sendo this thanks
🤘