I love old interviews like this, they are like time capsules that encompass so much history in such short pieces. Just put this whole piece into context of the time: - their breakthrough album had just been released - they played their first overseas show not too long before this, before anybody even thought of Opeth becoming such a prolific live band. - Mikael still firmly calls Opeth a metal band. His ideas about the band's music would change in the next 10 years, for better or worse. - Bloodbath was still a fun side project before becoming a more serious band. It's all so interesting to watch with the hindsight we have now.

@TheJML1975

4 ай бұрын

Did you actually hear what he said, when he said the band were metal?! 🙄

This is how he was when I saw them for the 1st time in LA for the tour. It was an awesome show as they opened for Nevermore on the "Dead Heart in a Dead World Tour" (r.i.p. Warrel). Mikael was very low key, not the stand-up comedian he's become. After every track, they were drowned in applause, and he would just say; "Thank you... Thank you very much" :).

My god, so young.

Still Life is the best album they ever did!

@Deathshuck

6 ай бұрын

it's definitely up there for sure

@Count_Grishnackh

5 ай бұрын

Still Life is the greatest most beautiful piece of art of all time.

@henrywalton5967

29 күн бұрын

Legit masterpiece

What a cool interview ! Thanks for sharing

I can't thank you enough for this. Thank you thank you thank you.

Dude tnahk you very much for this!, This is awesome!! 4:55 "There's people filming every show, every night" , Waiting for some releases

@The_Karst

2 жыл бұрын

I think he was exaggerating a little - but recordings do exist of at least half the shows they played on that tour at the point of this interview. All are here and ready to go - I just need consent!

His Voice kills me every time

I blind-bought Opeth's "Blackwater Park" and Emperor's "Prometheus" at a local Best Buy, based on all the word-of-mouth hype they were receiving around Internet message boards back in 2001, not realizing that the music was going to be so extreme, but I quickly grew to love that style of harsh singing, and those two CDs ended up being my introduction to death metal growls and black metal shrieks.

666 subs! gratz and ty for the awesome content!

He looks kinda cute actually

@Meshuggapeth

2 жыл бұрын

I think he got more Chad with age lol

@standinginmist

7 күн бұрын

wym kinda

As adorable as ever

i love opeth

I feel he was trying to hear the band in the background at certain times lol

whats the most recent performance of Serenity Painted Death? feels like thats a rare song that they play

@The_Karst

2 жыл бұрын

December 2008. It was in their setlist for only six weeks in Feb-March 2003 (MKII lineup), then all throughout 2008. But never since!

did he say that they toured with Amorphis?

@The_Karst

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah! They did something like 8 shows with Amorphis at the start of the tour in early April 2001, then took a couple of days' break and joined Nevermore for the following ~4 weeks.

based TheKarst based Opeth

Who's the mexican?

before recording deliverance & damnation which almost killed him & the band

@difitracks8489

3 ай бұрын

What do you mean?

@perplexedmoth

Ай бұрын

It was meeting the Steven "I'm an artist" Wilson that was the beginning of the end. EDIT: I had written this before he mentioned it in this video around 6:20.

Shy and chubby. Cute :)

He looks young and chubby.😄

Chubpeth

Only #Double_Chin is real