Mikael Akerfeldt (Opeth) talking about Dream Theater
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 เม.ย. 2023
- The legendary metal swede talks about how he discovered Dream Theater and the impact they had in progressive music
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Despite being the two greatest names in prog of all times, the guys are just no competition to each other. I mean, it's rare for two prog bands to offer so vastly different repertoires - if I want badass and bombastic I pick DT, if I feel gloomy and ethereal I take Opeth for a spin.
Exactly! I'm a massive fan of both bands, they offer two different kinds of textures and soundscapes to their music
100 percent
Tool is better
@@nicok509lol
Opeth is my favorite, but Dream Theater... I prefer Tool or Devin Townsend
Mikael Akerfeldt is the real most interesting man in the world. He's a very humble, down to earth and funny guy. When I met him he was extremely polite and nice. Could listen to him talk about music for hours.
im more interesting sry
I could listen to him talk for hours about anything, his voice is velvet.
Same
And in that interview at the end, Portnoy reveals that Labrie had never even heard of Napalm Death, and that the shirt was Mike's 😂
Exactly!😂😂
Yep, a poser.
@@fleatactical7390 LOL
Mike & Mikael are two of my musical heros. Demigods of Prog Metal never to be equaled.
_"Very often fans and critic credit Dream Theater for creating a whole new genre of progressive metal music in_
_the late '90s/early '90s, But the truth is Fates Warning were doing it years before us."_
- *Mike Portnoy* / taken from liner notes of the 2005 expanded edition of the Awaken the Guardian album.
HUGE fan of Opeth (since "Still Life") & Dream Theater (since "When Day and Dream Unite" debuted).
Fates Warning, Queensrÿche, Watchtower to name a few.
Fates Warning never gets the credit they deserve for establishing melodic Progressive Metal. Imho, 'Perfect Symmetry' was innovative and paved the road for albums like 'I&W' albeit DT could get a bit heavier at times. Whereas Watchtower (and later on, Spastic Ink) truly defined technical Progressive Metal. Lastly, I think a band like Spiral Architect re-innovated the genre by combining the technical and melodic elements and they, like FW, never get any credit.
@@Guppusmaximus You hit ALL the points! All the bands you mentioned are some of my all time favorites. But Fates Warning is my all time fave Prog Metal band, and have followed them since "No Exit", and then discovered the "John Arch" era of the band . . . then much later, became a "Arch/Matheos" fan as well.
I guess Watchtower, Mekong Delta, Sieges Even, Cacophony, Atheist and Cynic started the more technical side of Prog Metal (before the Title was used) and then Spiral Architect and Zero Hour for the 2000's (and various very obscure bands in-between).
@@icipher6730 Btw - for you and Guppus . . .
Here is Portnoy with Akerfeldt reminding him about your points :)
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Mike knows his stuff (which Mike? 🤔).
Yeah, I was going to say "Uhhh, ever heard of Fates Warning?" A number of other bands were active in that period as well.
A scarf and a coffee, nothing more prog than this
Thought he was gonna do the Plelleelpleleleplelel thing
Long live Opeth 🖤
Yes yes yes, my favourite bands Dream Theater and Opeth. Best progresive metal :-), love theese guys. ❤️🍀
Mikael loves one of my favourite DT albums!
Haha, that closing comment from Mike :D
Whenever I hear Mikael Akerfeldt's voice...it seems that's how God sounds like
This video make me interested on checking out Opeth.🤘
I'm happy to hear that! They are an awesome band, one of my favourites.
Harlequin Forest, Face of Melinda and The Drapery Falls are great songs to start with if you're interested on getting into Opeth.
@@giorgio_matraxia Thanks for the recommendations!
Also, I would appreciate it even more if you can recommend me what full album of theirs you would like me to listen to, or full live performance videos on youtube worth checking out.
@@jamespendon_official For full albums I'd recommend Ghost Reveries, a solid album front to back.
Then after this one you can also check out Damnation and Blackwater Park, which are also two great albums from start to finish.
For live albums, the Lamentations DVD and the Roundhouse Tapes are two of their best concerts
@@giorgio_matraxia thanks for taking your time to reply, I really appreciate it!
DT created the prog metal genre!
Queensryche and Fate's Warning were already doing a version of this but nowhere near as experimental.
Love this little interview. It made my morning!
I'm happy to hear that!😁
But they're so bad at it these days...
@@zogloft7735 who is
Let's not forget Crimson Glory too
@@educostanzo yeah but that's prog rock and we're talking about prog metal here
Just realized Mikael sounds like Tyrion Lannister
"It was meant to be...because I love Napalm Death too!"
I wonder if he ever found out that James didn't actually listen to Napalm Death.
He did, in that very interview with Portnoy that's featured in the end of this video
@@poisongodmachine3 Are you saying James listened to Napalm Death or that Mikael found out he didn't?
@@poisongodmachine3 Mikael found out he didn't.
But I think Portnoy liked Napalm Death, and Dream Theater actually collaborated with the Napalm Death singer when they did that Metallica cover - Barney Greenway was actually a fan of the band so he did vocals for "Damage, Inc." live with DT.
Napalm always has a spot in grind-core Metal 🎸 history & Death ☠ influences from a great band 👍 Dream Theatre 🎭 got better with age.. 💀 🚬
Of comment, how I love the British accent !!!
I remember seeing this lady a lot back in the day and thinking she was a GREAT interviewer unless Im mixing her up with someone else with a similar accent which is possible
#MOLA = Make Opeth Long Again
#MAGA = Make Akerfeldt Growl Again
Make Opeth metal again
What are the 2 albums next to Foxtrot in the picture at 24 sec?
The fact that the only performance of Regression live, which happened to feature Michael, wasn't pro shot is a crime against humanity.
wat? you mean Repentance?
@@erakattack My mistake, yes I do mean Repentance.
@@C.Fecteau-AU-MJ13 I was trying to imagine Akerfeldt singing "safe in the light that surrounds me..."
"That's awesome 'cause most people hate us" 😂
I never could get into Dream Theater. The main difference betw them and an Opeth, beyond obvious differences in style and aesthetics, is that DT always felt demonstrative, like their music is more about showmanship and making music theory into songs, whereas Opeth felt much more organic and natural.
Haha I love dream theater
G e n t l e. G i a n t.
Good. So Opeth's still around then
They certainly are.
Saw them live on February.
Amazing.
They are. They lean more prog than metal now because I think they feel like they maxed out their potential there. I still love their music!
unfortunately Martin Axenrot has left them
Lol @ portnoy's comment at the end 😅
thats is not in that way, the ones do that was fates warning....
He didn't mention Porcupine Tree ???....probably because Steven got a wife.
The problem with a lot of modern prog rock/metal bands is that they are stuck mimicking bands from the 70s. Not very progressive if you ask me.
Let's be honest guys, Rush Dream Theater and Opeth did everything that there was to do in progressive music. There is nothing left to do in this genre
It's true I hate dream theatre but I'm glad they can joke about peoples feelings/opinions towards them
Love DT without LaBrie.
i cant stand la brie
lol who cares?
Dream theatre is kind of terrible tho lol
Dream Theater better than 99% metal bands, lol
@@chegevara8896 exactly
no mike people just hate you dont worry dt is fine
Who hates Mikael? Well obviously you… 😂
@@TheJML1975 Portnoy not Akerfeldt
@@TheJML1975 he's referring to Mike Portnoy but wrong all the same, DT has nothing to offer ever since his departure
@@TheJML1975 mikael is my god. Mike portnoy is a clown 🤡 (jk love him too)
@@moma026able ahh yes! My mistake haha I got into DT after portnoy left, but it seemed he needed a break and at least he’s on good terms with most of DT.
A boring metal band talking about an even more boring metal band, priceless.
Boring comment
Couldn't disagree more. I love progressive metal but I definitely dislike DT and I never liked Opeth that much TBH
I can understand disliking DT, but "not liking Opeth that much" is just preposterous. If you tell me you think Pain of Salvation sucks you just have no right saying you "love" progressive metal.
@@bertberw8653 What can I tell you man. You like what you like. DT and PoS sounds like pop to me and I never understood how metalheads can like that kind of music, but it never bothered me. That's what I love about metal, there's something for everyone.
By far my favourite extreme prog metal band is Black Crown Initiate. I also like Ne Obliviscaris quite a bit. An Abstract Illusion and Disillusion are fucking great, too.
From the soft end of the spectre, I love old Leprous and old Soen stuff, and of course Earthside - A Dream in Static must be one of the best albums ever recorded.
I've only name a few here but check them out if you don't already know them. And stop judging people, it makes you come across as a typical elitist metalhead douchebag.
@@theodorev666 you just said DT, Opeth and PoS sound like pop and you don't understand how metalheads can like that. that's classic elitist metalhead douchebag lol
How can a normal functioning brain dislike "Scenes From A Memory" though? Their new work is uninspired sure but that album is one of the best prog metal albums of all time. If you have any sort of palette and understanding of dynamics, melody, originality etc you can't listen to that and go: "Yeah this isn't good", subjectivity doesn't excuse a bad ear.