"I was kinda worried in a way that I'm going...pussy." Haha, that has to be Åkerfeldt's all-time best quote.

Mikael is so self depreciating when speaking about his singing.... He's got one of the best voices out there!

@pinnacleproductions6275

2 жыл бұрын

Idk why the best singers seem to be that way but they are. My friend is a singer and is constantly shutting on himself thinking he sucks but the guys pretty damn good. He loves Opeth I wouldn’t say he’s in Mikael’s level but he’s got the same feelings to his voice and same self depreciation.

@pinnacleproductions6275

2 жыл бұрын

Actually this is his band here if you’re interested. kzread.info/dash/bejne/pZarxZV_Zs6ncqg.html

@doomcrewoutdoors1613

2 жыл бұрын

He literally said he thought this was his best performance vocal wise of any record 🤷🏼‍♂️

@AnupWee

2 жыл бұрын

The better they are, the less they are satisfied with themselves... It's a musician fact 😀

@PuttinOnTheRiffs

11 ай бұрын

Very Swedish to be self deprecating haha. This record was the peak!

The drum fills in Harlequin Forest are godly!! Soooooo gooood

good songs? good sound? good production? surely you mean legendary songs, legendary sound and legendary production

@amabac9829

3 жыл бұрын

Under you patch everything together it is very difficult to have an accurate notion of what went about.

"I never wanna find myself in the position I write for the purpose of doing a record. I wanna write for the purpose of coming up with something extraordinary." M. Akerfeldt

Damn, Peter makes this riff 10:20 sound so complicated! I miss all 3 of them! Ghost Reveries is my favorite album, and it has their best line-up

"There's not many bands who can continue to put out quality albums the way that we do." Mike is unburdened by things like humility. Never change, you awesome dude you.

Born in 1963, I grew up on ELP, UK, Tull, Yes, Rush, Crimson, Rainbow and Sabbath. Opeth is my favourite band. Thanks for uploading.

4:12 that's my favorite moment. Mikael receiving some dark powers to help him record the song.

@Downpickeverything

4 жыл бұрын

Wich song is that?

@symmetry_disjointed

4 жыл бұрын

@@Downpickeverything The Grand Conjuration

@Edmo

4 жыл бұрын

@@symmetry_disjointed one of the best if not THE best Opeth song

@kunns123

4 жыл бұрын

LMAO i burst out laughing when that part came

@francescovianello262

3 жыл бұрын

@@Edmo hell no mate, go listen to any other song. I mean it's not bad at all, but there are so many other songs by them that are better than that

I miss Peter and Martin... :(

@zakariaemoul-el-ksour744

4 жыл бұрын

Who doesn’t to hear the best music :(

@hugoflores8090

3 жыл бұрын

I miss my father, but he's dead.

@JoseGomez-ys3zs

3 жыл бұрын

I can't believe there's another Martin, but he goes by the name of "Axe". And Lopez, he's part of the band Soen right now. You can check out Soen if you want. Good thing Mendez is the other Martin that still plays for Opeth.

Favorite album of theirs to this day. Some of the melodies are just brilliant... like the opener for example.

fuck I miss Lopez and Lindgren so much. lopez's ghost notes are some of the greatest ever

@HexaneLake

8 жыл бұрын

+MSmart19 I agree. Favorite drummer of all time.

@ChessJournal

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah indeed

@glennielsen

2 жыл бұрын

Well now the door is open for him to return let's see what happens??

@israelthacker8568

2 жыл бұрын

@@glennielsen Lopez's return would be amazing, but Mikael has said they haven't spoken in 15 years 😥

@blppt

2 жыл бұрын

@@israelthacker8568 Beyond the sickness, one of the main reasons Lopez left was because Mike basically doesn't let anybody write the music for Opeth. That hasn't changed, so unless Lopez is feeling nostalgic, there is little motivation for him to leave Soen.

THIS IS THE BEST ALBUM EVER WRITTEN. when i first watched this, after my good friend suggested it to me, right after it was released, it opened my eyes and ears up to a whole new level of musicianship. it made my taste what it is today.

Mikael's solo at 8:35 is probably the most sublime bit of music he ever recorded...

Best Album EVER!!! I have years listening over and over...

My favorite album ever. Easily. The vocals and incredible guitar tone, the songs, drumming, keys..Everything was just too perfect.

@tose5566

Жыл бұрын

For me it’s a tie with this and Blackwater Park. Their both just phenomenal and I can’t get enough

@Cheese-hl5bd

10 күн бұрын

​@@tose5566BWP and you know it 😉 GR still amazing too!

Grande Martín Lopez!!!!

@Likeaforest

2 жыл бұрын

i love himmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Mikael’s beneath the mire solo is one of my favorite guitar solos ever

I agree, Ghost Reveries and Watershed are as close to perfection as you can get

This was their best lineup.

lmaoo look at him pacing around all shot up with testosterone at 04:30 after nailing those amazing gutturals

Just brilliant musicians all round, which is why I love this band so interesting to listen to.

Bought this album randomly at fye and holy shit did ot grow on me.. dont know why but it ended up becoming my all time favorite. Nothing compares to it

Åkerfeldt : "He can play the guitar better than me (not really)" xD

Saw them play this album in its entirety couple of days ago in Norway. Amazing experience, one of their best albums for sure together with My arms Your hearse, Blackwater Park and Still Life!

@mercenarychief8949

8 жыл бұрын

Going to see them this Saturday in LA at the Orpheum! Going to be great!

I remember there was a forum on MySpace where a bunch of music nerds like myself would argue about music. My first post was a question…”who’s better, Metallica or Iron Maiden?”. A very 18 year old question and definitely sparked an argument. “What a stupid question” etc. I digress. This is where I discovered Opeth. I bought this album which came with this DVD. Ahh MySpace…

10:51 ghost of perdition "Darkness by her side..."

@michaeldeel1592

2 жыл бұрын

Any true fan would know

He wanted to always write an album like heritage;when the time was right.

The new Opeth albums without Lopez to me is what I'd describe as Porcupine Tree without Gavin Harrison, I still miss him but to be honest as time went by with multiple lineup changes their new style and sound kinda grew on me and I think the part of the reason is because no matter what people say, to me Mikael is the soul of Opeth and he's been consistently implementing his unique song writing skills and bringing new things to the table with each and every new album, which certain bands and artists of this era really fail to do. Also people should stop mocking about his growls because he's not the Mikael from 20 years ago people change with age and we should all be thankful that we got to enjoy such a wide catalogue of music with different styles, structures and flavours of sounds and songs from a single band which is really some next level shit.

I completely agree. This is the album that got me into the band and it's still my favorite by them.

When I hear a song of this album, I can't be happy if I don't listen the entire album.

One of their best. I love the experimental, gothic sound combined with some of the best death vocals ever recorded in my opinion.

I agree. It combines their two musical halves in a perfect balance that hasn't been seen on any of their other records.

This level of drumming is ...

Now is the time to seize on Mike and let him know that although he abandoned a darker, less prog sound with Heritage we will still welcome the band with some less widdly, self indulgent toss. Axe is gone, I can't help feeling that the momentarily boon in retro prog that the band switched to will subside and all the the metalheads that stuck around all the way to Watershed would be glad of something like an evolution of the 'old' Opeth we love

Favourite album of all time, thanks for posting this :)

10:18 this is such an awesome riff I love it

For some sick drum parts check out 5:07, 9:39, 10:44 and 12:16 on the time bar to this video.

The Baying of the Hounds is their greatest death metal song.

@michaeldeel1592

2 жыл бұрын

I love death metal truly but the baying isn't a death metal song, maybe progressive death

Im deeply in love with this album

I still find it hard to believe mikael can produce such aggressive growls

@blppt

3 жыл бұрын

He can't really, anymore. Years of Opeth, plus doing the full-time death metal growl for Bloodbath for a few years. That, and I believe he's a smoker. Those things + age tend to wreak havoc on your voice.

@LordSummerIsle73

3 жыл бұрын

@@blppt yeh i know. Its really sad actually. He said he can still growl it just hurts and it doesn't sound as good as it used to

Either way... I think this album was Lopez at the top of his game.. The drumming is inhuman! In fact, this was the best line-up of the band.. and in terms of musicianship, this album is out of this world.. Mike's right when he said that they consistently put out quality records.. But Ghost Reveries was Opeth at their peak.. The single most haunting, yet beautiful FLAWLESS masterpiece from one of the most special bands this world is likely to ever see!

Totally agree with what Micheal said at the beginning ! It's true that not a lot of band can make quality albums...especially in the death metal scene

opeth is just so goddamn HAUNTING.

Why did I jus discover this video now!?! Thanks for the upload man.

Epic. Look how thin Lopez is compared to now in Soen

@michaeldeel1592

2 жыл бұрын

Imagine he was just on meth or something

Indeed my friend; a masterpiece!

Thanks for the upload!

Thank you so much!

I don't give a shit about Mike's ego - I love Opeth ❤

beautiful

This album has his most beastly growl tonality.

So great

Great band, the swedes are good at music in general👍

"Overproduced means overproduced" is just a statement that adds to your convoluted argument.

I hope Opeth comes back to these great records

lopez is a God!! now he's good....SOEN, I would love to hear his interpretations of the last 5 album👌,

Hahah this lineup was just fun Opeth! Guess Lopez started doing the ganja for his anxiety and hence Soen

Excelente

It's Beneath The Mire .. The 3rd track on Ghost Reveries .. The part they're playing is in the minute 4:18 on the song :)

Ghost of Perdition. The first song on this album.

What is the studio vocal mic Akerfeldt is using at 3:35 in this? His sound is untouchable and nobody seems to talk about his studio vocal gear.

@aestheticwolf7769

6 жыл бұрын

Andrew Young it's very sad that most bands Don't talk of that topic

@josephjackson2230

3 жыл бұрын

Seriously, does anyone know what mic? Trying to figure that out myself.

@benjaminjoplin4991

3 ай бұрын

VMI Klaus Heyn, possibly?

Lopez looks fit and healthy now. I saw him in his new band Soen,,,he has bulked up, probably gave up smoking and works out...Kool

I never realized they wanted to record at Sonic Ranch in El Paso. I would've been stalking them regularly...

Totalmente de acuerdo, es el punto medio de Opeth

ooh... peter...

Lopez, estando mal hizo grandes álbumes con Opeth, que pedazo de músico porfavor!! 💕💕

Kinda sad that the bend was falling apart at this time...

They keyboards on GR are fantastic and add to the album. They aren't overbearing, scatty or an assault on the ears. That's exactly what the keys have been since PC. Too much front-centre and focus on them. Too many widdly, pointless, meaningless passages that seem to be put in a song just for the sake of it.

@JJJ111JJJ

2 жыл бұрын

Nowadays (or for the past 15 years really), if you listen to live renditions of older Opeth songs, they're drenched in keyboards for no reason other than that the keyboardist is there and has a keyboard in front of him. Just because you can technically add keyboards to a song like Wreath and give it more 'fullness', it doesn't mean you should. See also S&M by Metallica and the mostly pointless addition of strings and horns to songs that weren't written with that stuff in mind. It reminds me of a chef grabbing every bit of seasoning he sees just because it's available. Stick to the recipe please.

@Cheximus

2 жыл бұрын

@@JJJ111JJJ I think live there is a bit more licence to do something different and for some creativity, but yes, it is easily abused.

4:10 Mikael turns evil.

best growls!

That's not what "overproduced" means. Overproduced means that the producer has had too much input on the sound and production of the album. See: Bob Rock. "Ghost Reveries" is not overproduced. It is finely crafted. There's a difference.

Thank god Lopez turned out to be fine, good for him and Soen

"We haven't done a shit album...yet", and directly after came Watershed and Heritage.

@Jordo246

10 жыл бұрын

What's wrong with Watershed?

@kenardwilliams8785

10 жыл бұрын

JoRdOguitarman1 The same thing that's wrong with Heritage; it's a disjointed directionless mess with cheesy vibrato vocals and annoying drumming.

@Jordo246

10 жыл бұрын

How is it anymore directionless than Deliverance or Orchid? And the drums sound no different than on any other of their albums

@kenardwilliams8785

10 жыл бұрын

JoRdOguitarman1 The melodies have nothing to do with each other and the rythms do neither. The drums are all over the place, the new drummer adds ghost notes to the snare drum all the time even though there's no need for it.

@Jordo246

10 жыл бұрын

Kenard Williams Yeah none of the melodies in Burden have nothing to with eachother, what absolute shit.

You did it! You found the Internet! And then you typed things! The bewildered herd is learning!

"EL TEMPLO DEL METAL" \m/ Opeth \m/

Mikael looks just like a viking

@pascalg16

3 жыл бұрын

I mean, he's Swedish

I think they thought so as well.

Beneath The Mire's second solo :).

❤️🤘

that is a valid point, but if he had a certain sound in his head for the album-i don't think he was going to settle for something that sounded 100% bare & sacrifice accomplishing putting his thoughts onto the record.

I particularly don't like modesty as well, while i do think that you need to be humble, modesty is not necessary... But i can agree that opeth has only done f**ng awesome albums, my personal favorite is Blackwater park, but for example, i think heritage (being the most recent one) is an amazing album as well =) They are good, and Akerfeldt is beyond good and apparently he still has tons of creativity, fortunately =D

"yet" Micheal can tell the future.

1:10. Damn, man. I love Mikael, and for everything he's given us over the years. He's a genius. Perhaps he knows this and it comes across as arrogance. To blanketly say all other bands have put out crap, but Opeth haven't. C'mon bro. Hilarious that since PC he's put out three crap albums in a row. I say he because let's be honest, it's 100% his decision, direction, and band.

@holdencowburn6388

2 жыл бұрын

I actually really like In Caudu Veneum. Its one of their best in the prog rock metal era

@blppt

2 жыл бұрын

@@holdencowburn6388 Ditto. It takes quite a few listenings, but then it absolutely grabbed me. Best album since Watershed, really.

@michaeldeel1592

2 жыл бұрын

He also said they haven't put out a band album YET

Right...I'm the defensive one...boy...ohhhhh boy...

that part where Michael says he loves Per...

you're right ! no rubbish album yet... like U

New Opeth Song - "Cusp Of Eternity" (Leak)

It does not let the strings "echo" and keep ringing after they are played open,to my knowledge

Joakim Svalberg replaced Per Wiberg. He actually was, way back then, a session member of Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force band.

04:15 POWERRRRRRr

Man that 3:20 makes me go flying

Thumbs up if you miss Mr Lopez?!

Poor lopez...

8:45, what model is that PRS guitar? There's too many PRS models I saw Michael playing a purple coloured one in a video that looks great. Are they just custom 22 and 24 models?

Watershed. that is all!

Watching this in 2020 is kinda hilarious. Mikael : Fu%$ Keyboard!

Oh that part where Mikael says, "I don't think we have done a shitty record, yet," is so sad :( Heritage :( He knew he was running out of great ideas!

@mrknorke

10 жыл бұрын

I don't know why people say, that Heritage is shit. It's musically amazing. Is it just because it isn't metal anymore?

@dangoldsmith8905

10 жыл бұрын

mrknorke I think that is probably a big part of it. Metal is definitely my preferred genre. But Heritage also seems less cohesive to me than Ghost Reveries or Still Life, which are epic stories as well as musical pieces of Art. Heritage, to me, is more a jazz progressive experiment. What I seek in music is guitar metal newness. Heritage obviously fails to deliver that :(

@miffmaff1

10 жыл бұрын

Dan Goldsmith For me, it's kinda different. I always loved Metal, and i was very sceptical about Heritage at first. I was really disappointed and also a bit angry when i first heard it. But now, as i've listened to it numerous times, i really like it. I would even say, i love it. It's definetly a very very different style of music, and i never was into this, but now i would say Heritage as a whole is the most interresting and amazing album i've heard in the last 5 years. Maybe not my favourite Opeth album, but on it's own it's a masterpiece.

@dangoldsmith8905

10 жыл бұрын

miffmaff I'll give it another listen from start to finish. Even though I don't own a copy of it, it is probably better than some of the crap on my cd rack :)

@Jordo246

10 жыл бұрын

Implying there's no great ideas on heritage, just because it's not filled with death metal vocals and type writer sounding kick drums doesn't mean it's not great.

you answered it...PEOPLE take this as...its people who are to blame not spiritual texts..most of the christians that i know are not out killing or doing anything like what you described...and you know that as well..anger always comes from lack of understanding...people dont like to think for themselves..they like to have everything deciphered for them-this is the problem..not the texts themselves

The baying of the hounds...i think...