Last concert I saw them he walked in on stage and first thing he said was: "Hi, we're Slipknot"

@barfymann362

4 жыл бұрын

The Mars Volta used to do that every time, they'd say "Hi, we're Mudwayne".

@ToveriJuri

4 жыл бұрын

When did Slipknot become this good?

@xedasxedas

4 жыл бұрын

@@barfymann362 what are you doing here? Old opeth or new Opeth? Or both?

@barfymann362

4 жыл бұрын

@@xedasxedas I like Blackwater Park Opeth, the new album does have some gothic vibes to it though - I dig it. Still miss the growling. Mikael definitely looks like he owns a doghouse.

@xedasxedas

4 жыл бұрын

@@barfymann362 That's acctually the first album that i purchased from them. A real meeting of the minds we got going on in here...

"Do you have any plans? Cancel them, because the next song is three weeks long" - Oslo 2019, before Deliverance.

@gene6794

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@phyrestorm999

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha, Christ, the fucking outro alone...

"Do you want to hear one more song?" *crowd cheers* "Actually, it's written in our contract that we have to play one more song, so it doesn't matter what you want." Wacken 2019

@guillaumelagueyte1019

Жыл бұрын

Hahahahaha

In Buffalo, NY Mikael - "Are there any Red Hot Chili Peppers fans here?" Crowd - "Cheers and applauds" Mikael - "...Please leave"

@jarovanduren5641

4 жыл бұрын

I like both RHCP and Opeth. Is that a problem?

@The0Raven0Effect

4 жыл бұрын

@@jarovanduren5641 yupp

@FBHI

4 жыл бұрын

@@jarovanduren5641 Nah is just a joke, your money is always welcome!

@dariohc6898

4 жыл бұрын

RHCP and their drug show... They suck

@benhemsworth8555

4 жыл бұрын

Wow.

sydney, australia at the opera house. some guy: "love you slipknot!" "love you too austria"

@theyescapedtheweightofdarkness

2 жыл бұрын

Fuck I would have loved to see them at the Opera house

@jonasthemovie

2 жыл бұрын

Are they able to play there? Considering all the Mendeath horses. And sex.

When I saw them open for Dream Theater he told the crowd that Opeth used to cover the Scorpions and Whitesnake. The crowd cheered and he said "Unfortunately for you we only play Opeth songs now."

@sorin_ea6

Жыл бұрын

LOL

First time i saw them he came out with "We are Opeth, we are from Switzerland, i am just a poor clock maker"

@rockaddict3744

4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha😂😂 which tour was this??

@ClaudioSanchezCC

4 жыл бұрын

@@rockaddict3744 /watch?v=utj5ZD9GMJc it was at this gig in 2011. If you go to around 0:45 seconds in this clip you will see when he said it . I was hooked from that moment :D

@rockaddict3744

4 жыл бұрын

@@ClaudioSanchezCC that was awesome!! I haven't actually listened to much Opeth, but I think I will!! Thank you for getting me into another band!!

@ClaudioSanchezCC

4 жыл бұрын

@@rockaddict3744 You discovered them yourself my man! But enjoy your journey, I kind of envy getting to listen to their songs for the first time again like you!

@rockaddict3744

4 жыл бұрын

@@ClaudioSanchezCC But it took that spark, and you planted the seeds, my friend. Once again, thank you so much!! Rock on \m/

If Mikael ever retires from music, he should consider becoming a comedian.

@loblit05

4 жыл бұрын

Heavy metal needs better comedy and Mikael's the guy for it

In Moncton, NB when they last came he said he wanted burger from McDonald's. Some guy left the show and got him a burger combo meal and threw it on stage. He took the time to sit down and eat the burger while the band played elevator music. That will be one of the funniest moments I will ever see with my own eyes live.

@x666xIronMaiden

6 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/nKqHxJilXarJepM.html

@idilyaktubay4048

6 жыл бұрын

They came to moncton?? I literally live in fredericton how tf didnt I know about this

@guuspalmero

5 жыл бұрын

@@x666xIronMaiden you the real mvp

@ironturkey

4 жыл бұрын

I was there for that! One of the best shows of my life

@gizmo12055

4 жыл бұрын

when i found out they came to moncton i was upset because it was when i wasnt really into opeth(heard a song or two back then) and i think it was a year or two later i really got into them

I met him a year ago in Mexico's City concert. I looked for him after the gig for a photo and autograph. So I was super excited chatting with him and I said: "I really, really love your music so much" so he replyes: "Really? , me too".

@moiseshernandez1084

3 жыл бұрын

¿En verdad? Eso es genial jajaja

@victormontielpiano

3 жыл бұрын

Yo moría de ganas de verlos por primera vez en vivo en el Domination y el pinche coronavirus arruinó todo :(

"Those guys in Dream Theater, they practice a lot. They just sit in their rooms and dununu dununu dununu"

Once when I saw Opeth, Mikael said that they were going to play a new song. He said "we consider this new one to be more of a Swedish folk song....because we're Swedish and we're folks." and then they went into this super heavy song

@guillaumelagueyte1019

Жыл бұрын

Haha that's so random

@janosephlit8326

9 ай бұрын

What heavy song? Harl forest?

He stopped mid show to eat a big mac in moncton new brunswick. Funniest thing I've seen at a show.

@morbid1983

6 жыл бұрын

Just to give more details to the story. During the show, he mentioned that he was hungry and could really go for some McDonalds. Someone in the crowd left the show, went to McDonalds, bought a Big Mac, came back to the show and threw the McDonalds bag on stage. Mikael then sat down on the drum riser for 5 min and ate it. Amazing.

@acidrain812

6 жыл бұрын

Julien LeBlanc fucking incredible lmfao

@stiliyo37

6 жыл бұрын

hey hey hey ... don't forget the elevator music

@vaidas_ma

5 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/nKqHxJilXarJepM.html for those too lazy to search. Pretty funny

@elmerjarpegard4222

4 жыл бұрын

@@morbid1983 Actually there is even more backstory behind this. He got a sudden fall in blood pressure since he hadn't eaten and got really dizzy and started to shake, then he jokingly asked if anyone had some food and the rest is history.

The first time I ever saw them, Mikael introduced Martin Mendez at least 6 times throughout the show.

@OyvindBjorgo

4 жыл бұрын

A lot of the times I've seen them in Norway, he's made some sort of comment about Martin Mendez' "nej nej-headbanging" ("no no headbanging"). Stuff like "Martin has stopped doing the nej nej thing. Cut his hair. No more nej nej."

@gabifromhell

3 жыл бұрын

First time i saw Opeth he did the same thing with Fredrik because it was his birthday

@blppt

3 жыл бұрын

@@OyvindBjorgo I could never figure out how Mendez managed to keep his hair from getting horribly tangled up in the bass.

My favorite moment. At Roskilde Festival, Opeth and Bob Dylan is playing the same day. Mikael meets Bob at a backstage area and starts talking. Wich at one point, Bob asks Mikael "are you gonna come watch my show?" And Mikael calmly replies "No Bob, fuck off" 😂😂 the crowd was in tears

@averagemetalhead9962

6 жыл бұрын

there's recordings of that?, I neeeed to watch it to believe it!

@holler4life

6 жыл бұрын

That was so fucking funny! wasn't it at Roskilde 05 at the arena ?

@Dreguhl

6 жыл бұрын

Sounds about right. Arena for sure!

@Dreguhl

6 жыл бұрын

average metalhead .. I bet there is, somewhere, someone is sitting on all the rights to it and is a cunt and wont share

@blackbarret13

6 жыл бұрын

Perhaps I’m just slow or I’m reading wrong but how did he speak to bob backstage and the crowd hearing without being on stage ?

I saw Opeth at a festival about 11 years ago. Mikael was talking between songs when somebody hit him with a full cup of beer. Mikael stayed chill the whole time, not raising his voice a bit: "Oh. Oh my. Why have you done this? What a waste of good beer." And moved on with the show.

I fucking love Mikael Akerfeldt

I saw them live in San Antonio & some guy yelled "we love you Michael". Mikael akerfeldt says my name is Mi-ka-el asshole, he made everyone chant Mi-ka-el for five minutes.

@miguel213

6 жыл бұрын

I might have been there. Was that the show they played with Enslaved?

@joshvela8510

6 жыл бұрын

Ye sir. Awesome show!

@Taurus1337

5 жыл бұрын

As a Swede I can confirm that it's pronounced rather differently but spelled almost exactly the same.

Saw them in Worchester MA and he kept saying in between songs. "This is a song I wrote a long time ago" and he started plucking the opening chords of Sabbath's Paranoid. He slowed the riff and stopped and looked around at his bandmates. Then admited, "Alright, you got me. That was a different band" Later he set up a stool. Carefully tuned and acoustic. Cleared his throat, then announced "This next song is called Paranoid"

@sushantrathore3230

3 жыл бұрын

And? They played Paranoid?

@TheFlyingHoodlum

3 жыл бұрын

Nope. Same gag. They got to the last song and he asked. "What would you like to hear?" And everyone started yelling Paranoid. And he just said, "You must be confusing us for a different band" and went into demon of the fall.

my favorite is Bloodbath Over Bloodstock when he said "They're not gonna film you guys so much. They're not going to film the guys in the band so much.They're going to film me a lot. I think." -Mikael Åkerfeldt

My favorite moment: At Roskilde Festival they were told that they had to leave the stage in 3 minutes and might have enough time to play one more song(yeah right) so the next band could come and play. They fucking played Deliverance (a 13 minute song and they somehow made it longer) and once they were done Mikael went "Okay I think we have to leave now, there's a guy standing over there to my left doing this" **pretends to cut throat with finger** And then everyone in the band just ran off.

@paynexkiller

6 жыл бұрын

Shiba I had to catch a train and they did this. Only saw 3 songs of theirs that night. Tedious.

@Pietruss

5 жыл бұрын

It might be funny seem from outside, but from an organisational pointview it's moronic and disrespectuf for the bands that have to play after you. Imagine having your set cut short because the previous band wouldn't stop playing just because they want to mess with you

@tristan8823

4 жыл бұрын

lame, should've done black rose immortal

@randomchannel5686

4 жыл бұрын

😂

@metalguru1138

2 жыл бұрын

So the concert goes on later thr next band still plays their full set haha what makes you immidiately assume that rock festibals have a strict adherence to punctuality haha its a laid back industry, eberyonrs having a good time but you man lol

I don't know much about metal but I saw Opeth with my metalhead friend once and they came out and Mikael said "Do you know who we are?" and someone yelled out "SLIPKNOT" and Mikael said "No we are not Slipknot... and we are not Disturbed... well, we are not the band"

I saw them Play at Loud Park. He said, "I've been told by the stage manager that we have only eight minutes left to play. Unfortunately, our last song is over ten minutes long. So, I guess we'll play it a little faster than normal"

@Darkpathofficialig

2 жыл бұрын

Did they play it faster?

They were warming up for Iron Maiden in Gothenburg: "As some of you know, we get credited for the creation of Gothenburg Metal. We are from Stockholm..."

I met him and the guys in 2015 for their PC tour in Sydney. I stayed behind after the meet and greet while they were getting ready to go and get ready (what a sentence lol) for the show, and just had a nice little chat with Mikael and complimented Frederik on his Candlemass shirt. I actually asked Mikael, "what's the weirdest thing you've ever signed?" out of pure curiosity. He said, "there was one lady who got me to sign her dog. Oh, and I've signed a car too." On stage he actually gave me a shout-out as well! Because I've been brought up on metal and have listened to Opeth since I was a literal toddler. And I told him that; on stage he was like, "and today I met a girl who has been listening to us since she was three years old!" AND I HAD JUST STOPPED RECORDING No real point to my comment. Mikael is just an awesome, funny guy. Totally friendly and down-to-earth. I loved meeting him and the guys and hope to have another opportunity one day.

@sanbilge

5 жыл бұрын

That's such a lovely feeling for a young metal fan.

@CEPHALOMOSH

2 жыл бұрын

I know I’m quite late but that is so cool my dude. My dad exposed me to Opeth when I was a toddler and I couldn’t be more thankful. I love your story and ugh 😍 it’d be a dream to meet Mikael

I saw Opeth at Wacken 2015. The band goes on stage and plays "Eternal Rains Will Come" and "Cusp of Eternity" without Mikael saying one word in between. So after +12 minutes, he finally addresses the audience...: "Mein Hund ist dunkelblau".

@mukund5453

2 жыл бұрын

What does that mean 😂

@neenlancaster

Жыл бұрын

@@mukund5453 it means "my dog is dark blue"

That was actually funny

'Steven, shut the f... up.' - Åkerfeldt classic. :D

Here is an "Å" for you.

@Dreguhl

6 жыл бұрын

ÅÅÅÅÅÅÅÅÅÅÅÅÅÅÅÅ

@jensharald9091

5 жыл бұрын

So annoyed

@ashrampandey2506

5 жыл бұрын

I'm thinking about giving a to Mikael to be honest

@plazmotron2000

5 жыл бұрын

I'll take it, thÅnks

I remember before he played The Grand Conjuration he said something like: “This next song is not about a chick. It’s actually about a man. A big, muscly man.” *crowd laughs* “No, no, not like that. This song is about... SATAN!” *crowd goes wild*

Mikael Åkerfeldt is my man crush.

@bigol9223

5 жыл бұрын

Gaybo

@Count_Grishnackh

5 жыл бұрын

Tobias TK he is my God

@xedasxedas

4 жыл бұрын

I guess the term platonic has been forgotten. It sounds more g*y....but at the same time it's more accurate.

Mikael Akerfeldt is the gift that never stops giving.

In Dallas they were at a club called The Trees. I remember Mikael saying they always felt at home there because, when they started, they considered themselves forest metal. Cracked me up at the time.

When he played in Brazil last year he kept joking about how hot it was, and how the last show they made in São Paulo was in a really bad place (it was actuallly the same house). They were also playing Master's Apprentice, which was not on setlist, so he missplayed it, the whole band stopped playing and started laughing as he tried to explain his mistake.

Mikael Akerfeldt is one of the coolest frontmen

Every album is just amazing

From a show in my city, Ankara TR, someone from the crowd yelled as "I love you Mikael" couple times and, eventually, Mikael answered him back with a fatherly, growl voice "I Love you too son!". That was hilarious.

@arapbosh1590

5 ай бұрын

gençlerbirliği atkısını unutamıyorum

In Stockholm on the sorceress tour he presented each member of the band and their instrument. Only when it came to Axe he said each fucking part of the drumkit, and Axe responded by playing the named part. Hilarious.. "Floor tom one" *boom* "Floor tom two" *bOOm* Etc

I was impressed because when I saw Opeth, Mike went the entire night without saying "beer"

Got only respect for this man, such a humble and good-natured, not to mention extremely talented musical genius :)

His stage personality is like a stoic, deadpan stand-up comedian pulling jokes and satirical references here and there with a straight face (😐). He also sounds a bit stuck-up and patronizing, but hopefully always that's all in the performance 😁👍🏾

@johnbotelho3453

6 жыл бұрын

Machabe Leloka its call dry humor lol

@919748420

4 жыл бұрын

@Andy Salter He's sweedish

@Irudium

4 жыл бұрын

As you pointed out, that's part of the show he puts on. On a personal level, he's rather shy and modest, quite calm person.

This summer I saw them at the Artmania festival. The night before Dream Theater was the headline and when Opeth came to the stage the second night dude was like: So..how was DT last night? Audience: *cheering* "Yea, those guys practice A LOT. Some time ago I met John Petrucci and he said hey let's jam together. And I said: let's not"🤣🤣🤣🤣 We laughed about it for days

Looks like loudwire knows my internet history. They always seem to put videos of the band that I just start listening to.

@jesterheadzaki4013

6 жыл бұрын

you got Zucked man

@quiltface83

5 жыл бұрын

oh yeah.... welcome to the fun

@AngeloGuardia

5 жыл бұрын

welcome to Analytics

Jesus he seems so serious and all in his music. Didn't know he's a prank dude.

@dead0404

5 жыл бұрын

dry sarcasm is as serious as prankster can get

@sanbilge

5 жыл бұрын

Dry humor may can also stem from the numbness of existential dread...and that's serious business. Germans and Scandinavians are very realistic and sarcastic at the same time. It is a prank, ironically speaking.

Mikael: "We're gonna play a song from the latest record" Crowd: *screaming Eaten* Mikael: "No not that one, we're gonna play it later*

GHOST OF MOTHER LINGERING DEATH

@sushantrathore3230

3 жыл бұрын

BLACK STRANDS ON THE PILLOW

@busski

3 жыл бұрын

@@sushantrathore3230 CONTOUR OF HER HEALTH

@sushantrathore3230

3 жыл бұрын

@@busski TWISTED FACE UPON THE HEAD

Now do it with the willy wonka of heavy metal... Devin Townsend!!!!

@rayne1897

6 жыл бұрын

RERDITI RÉRTHZ omfg, PLEASE!

@randyhalfway

6 жыл бұрын

Willy Wanker😎

"Hello. We are Otep."

He can sing, he can growl, he can play guitar, he's hilarious, is there anything Åkerfeldt can't do?

@Guitar994

2 жыл бұрын

disappoint

@frozenvirus9499

2 жыл бұрын

Steven Wilson xD

@gabifromhell

Жыл бұрын

Make a good metal album again

@devilsorchard1449

Жыл бұрын

Opeth isn't a metal band anymore, though. They've expanded their sound further into Prog Rock, which has been there since the beginning. They still play their Death Metal stuff at live shows, it's just not the material they want to produce anymore. Hearts change.

@Iveraxi

10 ай бұрын

​@@Guitar994this is correct

Loudwire -- why do you censor these videos? It's fucking metal

@LoudwireMusic

6 жыл бұрын

KZread doesn't care if it's metal :(

@herzogsbuick

6 жыл бұрын

So if you don't cut out f-bombs, does youtube put an adult rating on it or something? Thanks for the response, I've been watching for years!

@busski

6 жыл бұрын

Jay Straw they demometise the video, so loudwire doesn't make any money from their content.

I like how calm this guy is throughout this whole thing, man

1:19 I adore how the god of music plays insane metal and yet sports a semi-hollow PRS on stage. That is off-the-charts badass.

They forgot the one where he says he's Swiss, not Swedish XD

@gabifromhell

6 жыл бұрын

therainman and he is a clockmaker! Ha! Classic Mikael

@lordmorgoth7

5 жыл бұрын

In looking for that one for years

2:31 You missed the first part where he says he talked on the phone with Diego Maradona in 1986. That was the funniest bit.

I saw Opeth on the Deliverance tour back in like 2003 or so, at the House of Blues in New Orleans. Mikael made some comment apologizing for being sloppy because of a trip down Bourbon Street and the generous servings of alcohol that can be found there, but the band were in reality not at all sloppy.

Anyone who is new to Opeth, I highly recommend the songs “Moonlapse Vertigo” and “The Baying of the Hounds”

@IndigoSolace

6 жыл бұрын

They're the only band I can comfortably say that they've never made a bad song. That being said, their glory years were from My Arms Your Hearse to Watershed.

@sangrails8746

6 жыл бұрын

I recommend To Bid You Farwell as a start

@gabifromhell

6 жыл бұрын

Iiiiiiiiii turneddd awaaaayyyy myyyy eyeeessss

@jordantalks77

6 жыл бұрын

Anything with LOPEZ! 🥁

@richardxavier5442

6 жыл бұрын

YES! "The Baying Of The Hounds"! Finally someone else than me who has that song as a favourite Opeth tune! I thought I was the only one.

This man's music cured my depression and so does his banter

He'd be a great comedy pairing with Devin Townsend.

@CTeves97

4 жыл бұрын

darren kenna there would be no music it would be stand up comedy lmao

@DanLabute

Жыл бұрын

They have toured together before! I saw them back in the day, and the lineup was Devin Townsend Band, Dark Tranquillity, and Opeth.

for a deathmetal singer he seems like a wholesome and chill guy.

that headbanging to nothing killed me lmao

Liked this video before it even started

His voice is so soothing

If Netflix makes a live action Castlevania, I want Mikael to play Dracula.

Just the other night in Montreal, in between songs, Mikael says, "I love Canada, the second bast hockey nation in the world." (the Crowd playfully boos him). Then he says, "Who fooking cares about hockey? Hockey sucks. My favourite sport is badminton!" Later on he mentions it was his birthday a couple days prior. He says he only got socks for his birthday. Socks. Then he launches into a vicious rendition of Ghost of Perdition. Priceless.

Omg he is funny AF!!! The headbanging, I was so thinking that very thing; that looks stupid without music!! lol I could watch video's of him doing all day he's great!! Thanks Loudwire!!! \m/

When I saw them in Phoenix, he made comments about the green room having bo toilet paper, played the YMCA, and introduced the drummer with every individual piece of his kit.

You missed the "I am Miguelito" at Costa Rica's concert

One of the best videos on this channel.

Dani Filth reference from Mikael, nice. I'm as happy as when I heard him say "hey guys, we like solos too... but we're no Jeff Loomis.

So pissed off, I smoked a joint when I saw Opeth and I forgot all the shit this man said. He’s hilarious

You know, in a way and on the right microphone, he sounds like a Swedish Darth Vader.

I remember , when he was once introducing the band at the end he said : "and my name is Mikael...and I don''t play guitar.. actually it is all a big scam..."

Best Metal frontman.

He's simply one of the coolest frontman actually

A couple of days ago, in Romania, he made fun of Dream Theater. You gotta search it on YT, it's hilarious.

check out them covering You Suffer by Napalm Death. not often do you see a band play a cover of another band twice in a row

@HenriqueVergili

Жыл бұрын

they did it 3 times in a row last month in são paulo xD

At Download 2019 in the UK, he mentioned how he "danced with the blonde chick from ABBA" and that she "felt good". Class ahaha

Harvest and Isolation Years are my favorite Opeth songs because they are the calmest Opeth songs

I want to meet him. He seems like an awesome guy.

I love him so much!

hes both the most sophisticated artistic person ever and also just some funny guy

I love this band and Mikael Akerfeldt,(he's awesome) and my favorite Opeth album is Morningrise and I just got a shirt of it \m/

Wow he’s funny

He's _so_ pleased at the sea of discontentment before him as he gets them to do the hand gesture thing.

I saw them in a little place in Santa Cruz, Ca on the Sorceress tour. About mid show Martin Mendez whispers something in Mikael's ear and walks off stage. Mikael walks up to the mic and says " he just told me he has to pee, so now I guess I have to talk to you fu**ers for a couple of minutes". When Martin returned Mikael looked at him and asked " do you feel better" with that Martin gave a visible sigh of relief and the show continued.

I LOVE THIS MAN SO MUCH!

Great stuff! My favourite band (and frontman) since 2008. I really like listening to Forest of October live at the Royal Albert Hall and the speach at the end. They fucking kick ass performing a classic Opeth song and then Mikael is starting this whole speach on being the first death metal band performing in the RAH. "We are actually bringing death metal in the halls of fine culture" Love it :) My overall favourite live performance (that was professionally recorded) of them, is the one at the Roundhouse, though. The freaking Demon of the Fall closer, God damn!

Can't wait to watch them in Singapore next month!

Amazing

I have been lucky to speak to him on two different occasions. The shows I have been to included some amazing banter.

"Porcupine Tree wouldn't be around if it wasn't for Opeth". Awesome.

I'm getting the distinct impression that I need to see Opeth live - if only to see what Akerfeldt says during the show.

@StuTheMoose

5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely.. i never miss them when they are in town.. One of the best live acts going and lots of laughs with his banter.

Last night in Denver: "We are going to try to keep this short, which is hard because I love to talk shit."

I've seen too many of these, I feel like I need to stop

Gig in Swedens second biggest town Gothenburg (translated) "We are Opeth and we are from Stockholm" * *crowd boos because of rivaly* * "But now we are here in Gothenburg. Its like I always say. Its a lovley town. Too bad about the people"

He is the best

Amazing!

Love Mikael. We talked him into playing the start of Wanted Dead Or Alive in Columbus Ohio.

The thumbnail makes this video even better

Dude's hilarious!