Drum Teacher Reacts: MARTIN AXENROT | OPETH 'The Devil's Orchard' (LIVE AT RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATRE)
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OPETH DELIVERANCE NEXT. Welcome in opeth world.
Lamentations version!
Yes!
@@martinhansson7928 - Yup, thats the one \m/. Mikael's voice in full strength and the band in full fucking aggression.
Issue him the Ghost Reveries documentary B roll and let him watch the band just BRUTALIZE Martin until he's GLORIOUS. Soen is GREAT.
I didn't see Leprous on the list. Baard did a playthrough for The Sky Is Red that's really great and it's more recent. th-cam.com/video/nj6fM2KpyOA/w-d-xo.html
thousand times yes ! cant wait for watching!!
Hearing your startled reaction to Opeth reminded me of one of my MATES buying one of their albums after hearing me play their stuff in my car one time. He then called me after leaving the store and said, "dude, the album I bought is fucking awful". I told him that is impossible....and after further analysis he realized he accidentally bought an Otep CD... LOL
😂👌💯
LOL
Hahahaha
LMAAAOOOOO POOR DUDE
I told my friend about Opeth and he refused to listen to them for years until I found out he thought I was saying Otep lmao
Opeth is one of those bands that no matter how many time's I listen to one of their songs, it ALWAYS gives me goosebumps. Amazing and unique, one of my favorite bands of all time.
Yup they give me goosebumps also!
Hi Andrew, please please check out some of martin Lopez drumming. He was a huge part in making opeths sound throughout many of their albums that put the band on the map. The lamentations performance has a bunch of good ones with him. Deliverance is a must. Opeth has a bunch of "older" albums that are incredible.
@@POWERGOAT1 Axe is as good as Lopez.
Every time every song I get goosebumps they're one of my top five bands of all time right next to Zeppelin Floyd Katatonia Megadeth and my final entry is none other then the kings of northern darkness Immortal
@@PiranaOutdoors finally someone who recognised it. Everybody are "Lopez was much better". Yes I love Lopez but man, axe is a beast...and the drumming in opeth' songs, I don't know if is because they changed to an old style prog or because of axe, is on an higher level since heritage
Mikael Åkerfeldt is making the music to the new Netflix series Clark.
Oh wow!
I didn't know that holy shit i have to watch it.
Also did not know that. Will watch.
What series????
Thank you
Keep at it. Opeth has more hits then Babe Ruth.
Yeah they're all killer, no filler
Fact.
I was devastated when I learned Axe had left the band a couple months ago. He’s the most underrated drummer of this century IMO. Not only can he blast and hammer out double kick stuff (see Bloodbath) but he plays musically. It’s so rare these days to hear a drummer in a heavy band play with any dynamics or subtlety. He will be sorely missed.
He's unreal Luke. Fantastic player
Chill my man, Waltteri is a FKING BEAST as well, just heard them live on October, amazing drummer and still entire lineups kicking on!
@@KIRA-jk3xl glad to hear it dude! Fingers crossed that he blows my mind in his own way, just like Axe and Lopez before him 🤘
I watched them in Bucharest Romania, the crowd requested Ghost of Perdition which wasn't part of their set list, Mikael consulted with the others, especially the new drummer as it was gonna be his first time ever playing it live, and he just gave him a casual thumbs up like "sure mate I got this go for it". He nailed it to perfection, unprepared, unrehearsed, I was absolutely mind blown. They are in very good hands. (For the anecdote: Mikael swore the crowd to not tell anyone about this "I don't want people thinking we're a pub band taking song requests, this is the only time I'm doing this just for you guys", initially he didn't want to play it funnily enough, he was annoyed almost: "we played the song a million times guys come on! We played it a million times!", sorry Mikael!)
I'm just genuinely happy, that my requests brought you that much joy!
glad you can take credit for opeths great performance
@@behindthen0thing525 Where did I do that?
@@samuelkirschbaum5635 because opeths performance is what brought him Joy. Not you recommending them
@@behindthen0thing525 Wow.. Oviously its the song and the bands amazing performance! Where did I take credit for it?! I even said "my request" and not "me requesting". I'm just happy I could show it to him..
Mate, can you please request him Eternal Rains Will Come as well? I will die peacefully after listening to it.
"These guys should score films" One of the influences of this proggy Opeth is Goblin, the legendary 70s Italian prog band who scored many an Italian movie.
Not just them, Try listen to "museo rosenbach - zarathustra". Mikael had their shirt in an interview. I think he listen to Area too which are the most important one.
Isn't Mikael doing the score for an upcoming Netflix series?
I was about to comment the same thing about Goblin...
@@AlexTheCynic Yep, Mikael, Khurangbin, and a few others really opened my eyes a few years back to the wide wide world of music that we missed before the internet existed. There's a LOT of music in the world.
Suspiria
Martin did the original drums for this track so all this is him! What a fantastic drummer he is indeed!
He's not the one who's playing it here, though... you can't disregard their current drummer's talent just because he "didn't write it"
Mate what are you talking about, Lopez quit in 2006, heritage is 2010. This is axe 100%
@@RTSRAZORBACK just to clarify I meant Martin Axenrot in my original comment. The parts are also written by Axe. Though I admit i should have been clearer about that.
@@nooaparkatti4571 Fair, opeth got too many Martins 🤣
The heritage album came out to a lot of criticism because people were angry they stopped being heavy, it is an underrated album tho. Damnation also kind of got the same hate but then was praised.
It's their best prog album IMO. Terrible mix, but superb writing and performance.
People are so fickle. Yeah, it's not a metal record per se but it is instrumentally heavy.
@@UncleAnaesthesia Expectation is a powerful thing.
Just Axe being Axe. Chop, chop, copping away at his chops just like a good Axe.
Good ol' Legolas
Pretty sure it was Axenrot that wrote the drums for this track. This was from the second album (Heritage) the band did with him as a member.
No, Mikael writes absolutely everything, including drums
@@thecuymr stop saying that, it's not true
@@levinskevich2180 www.google.com.mx/amp/s/www.rockzonemag.com/entrevista-a-martin-mendez-la-otra-cara-de-opeth/amp/ Suit yourself then, you can also watch the making of Heritage, Mikael does write everything
He (axenrot) did write drums on this album and he wrote drums on watershed. He played live on ghost reveries but Martin lopez recorded and wrote the drums.
@@thecuymr he only writes a skeleton. It's up to the drummer to add fills and color it how the choose to. It's also up to the newer drummers or any fill in to be able to replicate the parts like the drummer who recorded them. Axenrot wrote the drums on this song after hearing the rough track of the guitar and programmed skeleton of the drum ideas
Fun fact: there's an episode of Criminal Minds featuring Opeth's song "death whispered a lullaby" (co-written by and featuring a certain Steven Wilson, who produced a bunch of their albums)
Oh wow. Thank you!
Yep. My wife watches that show and I was in the kitchen and I hear, “Whoa, sleep my child...” and I ran into the room like, “WTF?!?!?” 😂
@@Denvercoder I was binge watching with my girl and it came one and I lost my shit 🤣🤣
Oh holy crap!
I think you may like the drum play through of ne obliviscaris's and plague flowers the kelidascope. Kinda same vibe but not the same at all!
I don't know if you're aware, but Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree (Gavin Harrison) had a massive influence as a producer for their shift in sounds.
Steven is absolutely clinical in creating platforms for his favoured artists to leap from.
Martin just left Opeth, i am sad today
Woah! 🤯
yep, that sucks so bad
Oh man, time for an Opeth rabbit-hole! I'm trying to just recommend one or two songs, but honestly I'm struggling to narrow it down. Just listen to it all and enjoy the journey man 🎶
Opeth are so very good!! Their new album is perfection. I’m gonna spam you... between the buried and me- extremophile elite. Please and thanks 😆😆
Axe was an Opeth member when they wrote for this album, im pretty sure he wrote this track.
Most of the drum hooks are written by Akerfeldt still. So that's why you can hear a fair few callouts to previous rhythms from previous albums.
"This is more proggy than I expected". That's basically Opeth. They started in death metal and with each release, you can hear more and more proggy elements. The last recorded growls date from Watershed in 2008.
yeah... what he said
And little by little they lost what made them unique. Now they are just a 70s prog cover band, if you want to be mean. And it's not just the style, but also the quality of songwriting. Damnation was one of their best albums, and is entirely mellow. I think losing Martin Lopez was the key moment, even if Axe is just as good, but very different.
@@VortechBand I can totally see what you mean. Even though Watershed is my personal favourite, I think overall I also prefer Lopez over Axenrot, even though as you say, Axenrot is just as good. In hindsight, I'm wondering if the name "Watershed" was intentional, as the term also means "a big shift or change". Watershed is definitely the transition, losing both Lopez and Lindgren. I still enjoy their new sound though.
@@VortechBand there's nothing like in cauda venenum out there. They are extremely unique with their prog rock.
@@VortechBand Honestly I think they have a unique sound still - but I feel they just got too over ambitious with the prog elements and they just lose my interest more often. It's like they went from black metal to a weird heavy jazz through their discography.
Now that's not to say that they suck or that this change is a bad one. They're clearly at the forefront of musicianship. Jazz just bores me personally - I want something heavy and in my face, not subtle and complex. Either way I'd still commend them on their evolution and creating the art that they want to create rather than giving in to what others want.
This is the track that made me a fan of Axe. He can do the heavy blast beats and massive double pedal stuff required in death metal, while also doing the absolutely tasty stuff here. On the latest album, In Cauda Venenum, he even lays down a nice jazz waltz.
I envy that you're experiencing Opeth for the first time. Absolutely unmatched project.
That 6/8 pattern is is TONS of Opeth material. It's definitely a staple Mikael likes to put into his songs.
Thanks for the info!
This is the first song I heard from Opeth and didn't realize what was coming until I browsed their discography, they immediately became my favourite band so far.
Welcome. In my opinion, ‘Ghost Reveries’ is their best album. Its the perfect balance of what they where and what they would become and also my favorite lineup. They have such a diverse discography. Mikael is one of my favorite composer/writers along Ihsahn. Enjoy the ride and hopefully you get to see them live soon. Mesmerizing, and Mikael is such a great entertainer in between songs.
@@demonshinji i need to say, Morningrise is quickly becoming my favorite despite it being messy.
@@Celatra Morningrise does have a mesmerizing vibe. I enjoy it as well. I also feel like Windowpane captures a hint of that mood with greatly matured composition... one of my favorites.
@@bloodysmurf oh indeed. But morningrise just feels so winterish
@demonshinji gracefully disagree, Blackwater Park my man
I'm just glad "Hide the Pain Harold" showed up.
He’s back!
Its songs like this where you realise how insanely good Axe and co are.
Axe has also played/recorded with BLOODBATH, NIFELHEIM, SATANIC SLAUGHTER, TRIUMPHATOR, NEPHENZY CHAOS ORDER, and WITCHERY.
and 10 other bands,dan swanö syndrom XD
Witchery is awesome
@@victorsupreme214 I prefer all of the other bands listed over Witchery. Although I did see Witchery when they toured the US with Emperor and Borknagar and they were good.
Love this show, got the blu-ray... Only one flaw.
Toooo damn short!
The prog rock elements were always present in Opeth's music. However, since the Heritage album in 2011, they removed the death metal elements.
You’re on mark that they’ve shifted further to Prog starting around 2010.
Yup. The odd heavier song still slips through though (Charlatan or Sorceress, for example).
The 4 last albums are top shelf prog masterpieces.
@@thomasbakke6677 .. couldn’t agree more!
So basically Magnus Boyd is a sixth band member, playing the light effects in sync with the rest of the band. Stunning work! Also - the Opeth guys. Never heard about them before I've encountered their stuff here. I don't even care that it's death metal, or whatever label the critics have slapped on it. For me it's a great music that include growls, which fits their music perfectly fine. That's why I've subscribed to this channel - there are so many great picks and fantastic music yet to be discovered. Some of which is (was) completely outside of my music realm.
If you listen to some of Mikael's banter between songs he literally could have been a stand-up comedian if music didn't work out for him. :D
Great reaction! Next by Opeth for reaction should be 'Harlequin forest' l live at Royal Albert hall. Great song, amazing performance and you'll get stunned by the ending...
THANK YOU
The singer/guitarist has in fact made filmmusic since this was recorded - look up the miniseries "Clark" ...
Thanks Magnus!
Them drums feels like the heartbeat of a loving freshman. Fast, furious, yet full of passion.
SUCH a good concert. The sound is Crystal clear and the music top notch.
I saw them at a small venue with excellent sound in Aarhus, Denmark. That was perfect! Time for stories, jokes, and small talk :^D The singer is a master entertainer!
you want to hear opeth at their best and heaviest imo...check out their live performance of Deliverance at Shepherd's Bush Empire, London
funny cause this is probably one of my least favorite opeth tracks.... but that saying, even a bad opeth song is still better than alot of bands best songs... lol
opeth is one of the best live band around the world. they played in the christuskirche in bochum, germany an whole set of songs in acoustic versions, there were also death metal songs played as acoustic versions, the best was "demon of the fall". the song is normally a total death metal track but they played it like a blues or jazz version...absolutly great band and always funny on stage!
Actually yeah, the lead singer Mikael Akerfeldt is currently scoring a television series that's coming to Netflix
Opeth are phenomenal live, you will definitely not regret it!! Their earlier stuff is a lot heavier but still just as atmospheric. 20 years ago, this band made me realise the depths there is in metal. i envy your journey of discovery \m/
The Red Rock Concert is easily one of their best recorded and produced live concerts. Enjoy the rabbit hole, I prefer their older material, but the Sorceress album is a hard hitter. Axe is an impeccable fit in the band in the direction they’ve gone.
Should see Axe’s work with Bloodbath
Hey! Love seeing you doing all this Opeth stuff. They're one of the best bands we have here in Sweden.
This track is from the album Heritage (2011) which had them sort of shifting from their usual folk inspired prog-death to much more progressive rock oriented music while really keeping that folk inspiration as well. This meant that the album they released before, Watershed (which is absolutely mindblowing and dark by the way), was the last album they recorded where Mikael did any growls at all. All albums past 2011 including Heritage are much more mellow with a 60's/70's progressive rock kind of sound, which I gather may be more of your speed from having watched your other stuff.
All the best mate.
I’ve been fortunate to see Opeth three times live. I saw them for their Heritage album, in which there were no growling vocals at the show...this album was pretty much All-Prog. The second time I saw Opeth Was for their 25th anniversary tour. They performed there long epic masterpieces in this show, one song from each album. The third time I saw them, the first half of the show was all chill and no death vocals, the second part of the show was all heavy.
Enjoy the Masters
And this is live... Fk. Unreal!
Utter madness
They are (Art) in a definition. They bring so many elements together to create one part.
They used to be more death metally back in the day, and progressively (hehe) got more prog with their music and writing. That prog undertone has always been there throughout their entire career however. As others have said on the previous video (and probably this one) there's a lot of good pro-shot live stuff that features original drummer Martin Lopez, and DEFINITELY worth checking out. Another absolute beast drummer.
Also, Axenrot played on more straight up death metal albums before joining Opeth.
For YEARS I never listened to Opeth because in my head Opeth was Otep, and I'd already heard bits and pieces of Otep and ya know....meh. One day they popped into my Pandora at work maybe 10 years ago and I was like, "waaaaaaa?" Definitely in my top 5 favorite bands now. So many wasted years. If only I'd known sooner, and actually READ the damn name of the two bands.
I was so blown away Richard
Well, Axenrot did write the parts for this song. He's been a member since 2008, so everything after and including Watershed is by him. The Pale Communion is one of the best prog-ear Opeth albums, the drumming there is stellar.
I guess it's safe to say, that he is primarily a metal drummer, been in Bloodbath since 2004 and other metal stuff as well. When I heard that the old drummer left and was replaced by Axenrot, I got worried for a while since I loved Lopez' parts and the latin influence that was present. I guess now it's safe to say, that they made the absolutely right decision getting Axenrot to join, such a versatile and professional sounding drummer.
Actually Mikael writes the drums, and then Axe delivers
@@thecuymr That's a bit simplified. I believe Mikael "paints the picture", gives the general idea, maybe has a few parts written for a cool groove he has thought of, but he won't write the fills or go in to specifics that much.
Or do you think Michael brings perfect notation to a coffee table in the morning and Axe just practices off them? I don't think Michael is cocky enough to not take any advice or ideas from the others.
@@janneheikkila3913 exactly, this guy keeps talking out his ass replying to everyone with this nonsense
@@janneheikkila3913 Then read this interview with Mendez, he says clearly that Mikael is really good at programing drums and if the drummers contribute, it’s not much www.google.com.mx/amp/s/www.rockzonemag.com/entrevista-a-martin-mendez-la-otra-cara-de-opeth/amp/
@@thecuymr "....yes, they can put their touch into it, so to speak, but they can't change that much either." Mendez, talking about drummers.
I'll meet you at half way, but truth to be told, I think 80/20 rule applies here. 80% of the drumming performance is done in the last 20%, which are the details. Working within strict guidelines forces even more creativity. I don't know if you're in a band or written songs with a band, but I'd say that's pretty normal. I get feedback from the guys who write the initial song concepts, and work along those guidelines. Sounds exactly what they're doing.
Thanks for this reaction!!! Opeth is maybe the best progressive band in "dark music"!!! Saúdos🤘☠️
Love that you have found Opeth! One of the best bands of all time! I was lucky enough to be at this show and "lightning in a bottle" is the perfect way to describe it. It was a special night, Opeth has been a favorite of mine since My Arms Your Hearse was released back in '98.
You should check out their older live performances and see how much they've grown and evolved as a band. They were amazing to begin with and just keep getting better :)
th-cam.com/video/jOIxbHoZs_g/w-d-xo.html
probably been said before but Opeth has evolved, and yes, their early stuff was pure on death metal (and great).. but always a little prog even back then, this stuff is more like 70/80s arena prog rock.. many fans hated it... I loved/love it... my fave bands are all those who have changed over time. Opeth has balls, they had the balls to release their last album in their native swedish and in english, want to hear something nuts... try the lotus eater.. th-cam.com/video/Yqz2Fw6lI0E/w-d-xo.html and thanks for your channel, I have learned a lot as a non drummer (guitar player)
Thanks for the awesome info David!
Actually Mikael the vocalist did compose the soundtrack for a Netflix series I believe
yeah he did the musical score for a swedish show called clark..... it's excellent and really shows how versatile and talented he is......
SORCERESS LIVE. Brilliant!
Mikael Akerfeldt is the singer and bandleader. He writes 99% of the music and lyrics and I have always considered him more of a composer than a songwriter. Beautiful.....Please check out all of their stuff.
he wrote the songs that you watched.
Mate is a very British thing too mate, maaate mayte moit meet... depending on whereabouts on this Island we live :D
Oh right!
If you enjoyed Martin's sound, check out Opeth's latest masterpiece: Heart in Hand
Axe is off the hook!!
axe did write the parts for this one, no?
They were freezing cold playing that gig, too. If you watch the whole show, poor Mikael spoke about how cold his hands were and yet he and the rest of the band were able to smash out an absolutely stellar performance! I wish I could have been there. 🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪
Listen to their older albums and you will get the style you think of when you think Opeth.
Right on. Thanks Michael
The Chills, everytime.
I'm glad this doesn't have any thumbs down. Because you seem interested in Opeth, and no one else has elaborated yet I think... Orchid (95); Morningrise (96); My Arms, Your Hearse (98); and Still Life (99); are all kind of traditional growly stuff with some lute-like acoustic parts. Mikael's singing isn't as secure.
Blackwater Park (01), Deliverance (02), Damnation (03), Ghost Reveries (05), and Watershed (08), is I think the classic period that all fans adore the most. Blackwater Park and Ghost Reveries are the favorite albums from fans it seems. Steven Wilson from Porcupine Tree had a big hand in Blackwater park. Damnation is an all clean album in contrast to Deliverance, which is always their encore live lol. Watershed was the first to have Axenrot, and before that you'll hear Lopez's work.
Heritage (11), Pale Communion (14), Sorceress (16), In Cauda Venenum (19), is where they lost some metal fans because they went prog-stratocaster, clean singing. Mikael has said in interviews that part of the reason he growled so much was because he was insecure with his voice, and now he feels confident singing. He is also an avid vinyl collector and has an extensive library of crazy stuff that not a lot of people listen to. He used to have a column where he'd essentially have Record Time with Mikael I believe.
Ghost of perdition is the opener from Ghost Reveries, and The devil's Orchard is track 2 from Heritage.
I hope this guides your listening. I see them live everytime they come around, and I hope you are able to as well.
Nice description of the «Opeth timeline» although I just want to point out that Lopez was not the drummer for the first 2 albums, it was Anders Nordin at the time :) !
@@alexandremarchand8815thanks! I realized I left out Nordin lol. I was listening to Orchid again after I typed that comment too. I feel like Andrew wouldn't really listen to early Opeth though.. just tried to give him a big overview because their periods are so different haha.
Funny you should ask that, Andrew. They have a song called Ending Credits on their Damnation album.
I was at this show, it was “Lightning in a Bottle.” Even in their older heavier tracks Opeth has always been good at atmospheric breaks and setting a mood.
Please react to Bruno Valverde - Upper Levels Drum Playthrough it's mindblowing!
I think the frontman of the band, Mikael Akerfeldt, is supposed to score a Swedish movie. But I haven't checked for any updates on it since the coof hit
It’s actually a Netflix series, but I don’t know how long till the premiere
This track is from the second album he recorded with Opeth, anything from 2008 onward is Axenrot!
Also highly recommend checking out his playing in bloodbath :D
This show is the most perfect and flawless mix of a live performance that exists. You can pick out each individual instrument and voice and nothing drowns out anything else.
Opeth seems to have the most critical audience out there and most don’t like Axe or the newer Opeth.
I think he lacks the live feel that Martin had. Hes so rigid and looks like a robot. I love his playing, just Martin looked more relaxed and free if you know what i mean. I love the new Opeth as much as the old sound, its just a different band now. For some people that lost track of them and came back to this, theyre the ones having a hard time understanding the new sound. He has such a powerful growl that we all miss but god damn his cleans are so beautiful.
I prefer Lopez on the tracks he played on the albums. Axe does a bang up job of trying to cover songs that were written when a completely different style of drummer was in the band, and I'm not sure Lopez could play some of Axe's more recent technical tracks, if he ever returned.
As for the music, my favorite era of Opeth was always because of the contrast between heavy and melodic---the new stuff simply doesn't do that a whole lot, and thats why after about Watershed, they kind of lost me.
Harlequin Forest ... Especially the last part is ... mesmerizing. Opeth of course
Windowpane, Deliverence, The Lotus Eater, Harlequin Forest, Sorceress, Chrysalis, Slither, Bleak, Cusp Of Eternity, Heir Apparent.
Mate. You need to step on it, and get going, Mate.
Martin Axenrot 'was' The time Keeper .... AMAZING BAND but - the 'Opeth evolution' strikes again. Checkout 'Soen' for Martin Mendez (Axenrots predecessor)
One of the many great aspects of Opeth: I always discover some new nuances in their music when I come back to their songs after some months or even years. No matter if it's the older albums with the growls or the clean prog-albums. One of my greatest discoveries in music!!
Their latest album is a beautiful masterpiece! ✌️✌️
You have to check out Polyphia G.O.A.T. Unbelievable song. Rediculous drummer and stringed instrument work. Mind blowing, start to finish.
Check out Reflection by Norwegian extreme progressive metal band Enslaved.
Excellent reaction! Regarding the growling, not that you have said yiu dislike it but just a short comment anyway. I wasn’t a big fan erlier but then someone told me that you should look at growling as a rhythm instrument with lyrics. I know you have checked out Meshugga and thats a good example of how the singer follows the base guitar and the drummer.
Rooney, mate, I've mentioned Hellhammer before, here's a link th-cam.com/video/60sr-ttok58/w-d-xo.html (I hope it's for 14:25. Watch till 19-something. Next song is 20:00.) It's difficult finding proper drum cams with Hellhammer, although he's one of the most influential drummers in particularly black metal. He is one of the fastest, but way more importantly, he is very creative and jazzy. He's done some weird shit when recording, playing with extra pedals/snares to emulate more than one kit (playing fast on one half while playing a slow and heavy rhythm on the other) etc. When I watch George Kollias or Gene Hoglan, I'm bored, I much prefer creative drummers. But, as mentioned, it's difficult finding proper drum cam videos, so this will have to suffice. Enjoy! Song is "My Death" by Mayhem. Drums by Jan "Hellhammer" Axel Blomberg.
I think Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree) was the turning point and had an influence/inspiration on Mikael Akerfeldt (among Mikaels favorite bands) after Damnation to make the decision to take Opeth in a different direction with their sound and not be locked to "Death Metal" with their sound. Maybe, maybe not, but after Steven Wilsons music writing style and heavy contribution to their album Damnation, that's when Opeth really took a turn. Plus Steven and Mikael are great friends and friends push and influence each other to grow. Whether its Art/Music or anything else in life. Again, I dont want to say it was just steven wilson. Mikael grew up listening to jazz, prog rock, etc.) and i'm sure he has that itch to grow and take their music to another level.
Do yourself a favor and go check out the previous drummer from Opeth. Martin Lopez. He was a massive contribution to Opeth's feel and rhythmic patterns from 1998 to 2006. Martin Lopez is currently drumming for the Swedish super prog rock band Soen. The band Soen itself, is just godlike. Enjoy
You’re right, in the early days they were purer DM but the whole dual Clean/Throat vocal was a definite part of the sound. They have always been a prog band. It’s why I’ve always loved them. Mikael Åkerfeldt is heavily influenced by Swedish folk music, it’s where a lot of his melodies come from. He is a total legend of a man btw. My favourite quote from him was on the cover of Terrorizer magazine around the time of the release of Heritage..”I am finally free from the shackles of metal.” Since then the throat has played less and less of a part in the Opeth sound.
Ohhh, yeah. Second verse he forgot the words lol. "senses corrupted controlling your poisonous... WILL".
Real quick.. Early years - Songs written mostly as if played on lutes and very heavy sounding, long, progressive metal.
Middle era - Refined sound. Less lute focus. Stills heavy, lengthy and proggy (Ghost of Perdition)
Current era - more focus on sounding like prog rock that's just heavy enough and ditch the screams, clean vocals only. (this song kicked that era off)
And speaking of "Era", look that one up. Also played at this show and I'm so in love with it.
OPETH - Deliverance (Live at Shepherd's Bush Empire, London) - An amazing song. Martin Lopez, the previous drummer performs.
The story goes that after the album Watershed Mikael had enough material for a "Watershed 2" type album but while working on it felt it was just more of the same without really improving what Watershed had done, so the band started going in a different direction i.e. less death metal vocals and more jazzy/progy/synthy parts. I still love the band from Morningrise thru In Cauda Venenum. If you want to hear something that is basically Opeth going FULL BEASTMODE check out and old side project of Mikael's "Bloodbath" he has since stopped working with bloodbath but "Axe" is still drumming for them. th-cam.com/video/6WgkEM0ZorI/w-d-xo.html
I don't know if anyone's told you before, but Åkerfeldt is currently in the process of scoring a Netflix show.
Amazing! Can't wait to see it
@@AndrewRooneyDrums It's about the infamous swedish bank robber, career criminal, and prison escape artist Clark Olofsson. It was his attempt at robbing a major bank in Stockholm that gave rise to the term "Stockholm Syndrome". The show is called "Clark" and will feature Bill Skarsgård and director by Jonas Åkerlund who, among many other things, directed music videos for artists such as Madonna, Metallica, Paul McCartney, and more.
I really would appreciate it if you could react on the band Symphony X... they are just some geniuses with epic compositions throughout thier journey... i would recommend older songs to start of with... one of their MASTERPIECES is called "The Odyssey"
Alex Rudinger covering Opeth from sheet music. This should hit all of your sweet spots, Andy! th-cam.com/video/oM53cobIuy0/w-d-xo.html
Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth writer, vocalist and rhythm guitarist) has signed up to write the score for an upcoming Netflix drama named "Clark" about a notorious Swedish criminal named Clark Olofsson who during a bank robbery gone wrong gives rise to the expression "Stockholm Syndrome" where the hostages sympathize with the criminals.
And Martin "Axe" Axenrot had joined the band as a full time member by the time this album was recorded so Martin Lopez had nothing to do with it (he left in 2006 and started a progressive band named Soen), in other words, all albums from 2008 and forward are all with Axe behind the drums.
I see people in the comments don't know anything about this band. López did not write any of his drums parts when he was in the band, all the music is writing by Mikael Akerfeldt with the exception of the first 2 albums (With Peter lindgren), the watershed record and ghost reveries (With Per wiberg) and watershed, heritage and sorceress (With Fredrik akesson). Also the first drummer of this band was Anders Nordin not Martin López.
I prefer their previous drummer, Martin Lopez. Check out the Lamentations - Live at Shepherd's Bush Empire show with Martin on drums.
Axe is great, a fantastic drummer, super technical and advanced. Martin Lopez (98 - 05), was also great, and unique, he was in Amon Amarth and now in Soen. I really loved his style, a bit less technical than Axe but still creative and interesting. Also shout out to Martin Mendez who plays bass, unheralded but just a great musician.
The Keyboard player of the Devin Townsend Project, Mike St-Jean, did the Light work for Devin on the last tour and toured with Steve Vai. I think you need musically talented people if the whole experiance (Sound&Vision as Bowie said) shall be as wholesome and beautiful as in Opeth or the others mentioned.
Regarding not being original drummer in Opeth, Martin Axenrot replaced another very good drummer - Martin Lopez and Ghost of Perdition was written during Lopez era.
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They both are brilliant drummers, but they have very different playing style which is affected how the band started to sound, a lot of fans didn't like that change in sound initially. But Axenrot proved that he also can fit very well to Opeth, especially new, more proggy Opeth.
Yeah Opeth are my fave band, Axe my fave sticksman! I'll be uploading some Opeth drum vids soon on my channel!
Axe is great, but you really need to see a video of Opeth with their previous drummer, Martin Lopez.
Drummers! I am but a lowly guitar player! Suggest a song! Deliverance from the Lamentations DVD?
Like another commenter said. I envy you for listening and recently discovering Opeth. I'd give anything for that feeling again! its been 20 years! haha.
So... Love Opeth. Seen them a handful of times. Sound is great... hell lights are great. but you know what entirely RUINS this Red Rocks concert for me? The god damn camera switches every 3 seconds. They even have a camera in the nosebleed section that apparently they felt we need to experience every so often. The whole concert is almost unwatchable. They could of saved themselves a tremendous amount of effort by just showing the band from the front with a occasionally a couple different angles. Maybe spotlight a solo, etc. Opeth doesn't need to generate any "action" by switching the camera every 2-3 seconds... literally its epileptic and headache inducing. A stationary guy in the 3rd row with a tripod would be so great. I just want to chill out and watch the band. OK, done with the rant. Sorry if you'll never watch this the same again....
This drummmer sounds like bonzo to me.
Nice!