Neatless I saw Opeth live last year at Download Festival. After the first song he said to the crowd: “Well, hello you limey fucks.” 😂

@@alexfilma16 Haha 😁

Several years ago, at a concert in Buenos Aires, Mikael was doing his usual speech and suddenly one guy from the crowd interrupted him only to say "I love you, Mikael!", he smiled and serenely replied "I love you too, son". Massive laughs came after that.

He had a conversation in Swedish with some guy in the crowd for a few minutes the first time I saw them.

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@@BradAlenaMetalReactions Very interesting interpretations, and good reaction guys. Okay... So, the album is somewhat of a concept album; the songs about the 'main story' revolves around this unfortunate soul, an outcast -or so he deems himself- delving into the matters of the occult and (I believe) kills his mother as an offering to some dark lord. He is chased by people and hounds (there is a song called Baying of the Hounds in the same album), escapes into the forest but his already growing insanity and darkening soul makes him feel the evilness and deceptiveness of the forest... Of course at this point he is not entirely a reliable source, so... It's not clear if he actually burns some part of the forest to escape or maybe he is feeling the fire of the Devil but he is able to get out. He submits to this dark lord in the next song (Hours of Wealth ... wealth is being in the service of his master) to get rid of the pain (of his conscience) of the murder. The album culminates in the grand finale, the Grand Conjuration, where he completely goes insane, loses his humanity, becomes one with the Devil or perhaps called to Hell for 'eternal wealth'. Amazing album overall. Just like Opeth's other albums... And yes, the price of admission to their shows is not for the music, it's for the comedy., Some songs from Opeth you cannot go wrong with: The Moor, Ghost of Perdition, Blackwater Park, Deliverance, A Fair Judgement, The Drapery Falls, Serenity Painted Death, To Bid You Farewell, Faith In Others, Folklore, Hessian Peel, The Twilight Is My Robe, and from their newest album All Things Will Pass. So many more amazing songs not in this list. Enjoy!

Face of Melinda & The Moor are masterpieces 👌🏽

Another good mixed song is Serenity Painted Death. I don't think that song gets enough love at all and yet it's one of their best as far as riffage, brutality, beauty and it has a seriously melodic guitar solo.

How you gonna leave Deliverance out of the heavy mentions?

Definitely one of these. Studio versions are better. Also preferably the first two since everyone does Ghost.

Yes! All of those are masterpieces.

This and Burden, Windowpane, Closure, The Moor, Moonlapse Vertigo, The Drapery Falls (and a new one) Universal Truth and All Things Will Pass

“Hessian Peel” is one Epic Adventure!

Yeah, agreed.

Thanks RikMan, appreciate the kind words and support! :)

We'll definitely be doing many reactions to both of those great bands! :)

Awesome - thanks for the suggestions :)

Thanks Trent, appreciate the kind words :)

Bradley Abraham thanks, I appreciate your response! You know what to do next ;)

Thanks daduka :)

Just follow the drummer's right hand.

Interesting take, thanks for sharing :)

Lol that took me back! I can barely remember anything other than Scrooge McDuck.

Thanks for useful breakdown Solly! :)

Haha you caught me - South Africa. Yourself?

Dankie man! :)

@@BradAlenaMetalReactions I love Opeth! One of the best bands of the last many many years

Opeth has always been one of those bands that I was meaning to listen to but just never did. Doing the channel is so much fun because now I actually get around to listening to these bands... and Opeth didn't disappoint! :)

@@BradAlenaMetalReactions just subbed, always happy to support fellow saffers.

Thanks man! Where in SA are you from?

Thanks Joe - glad to have you on board!

Listen to Blackwater park, super low growls but you can make out what hes saying, might change your mind

He's way more intimidating than cookie monster

Thanks for the info Peter :)

Haha yes that's correct. Where are you from?

@@BradAlenaMetalReactions Greetings from Pretoria.

Haha lekker bru! :D

Oh don't many reactors use Sennheiser?

@@BradAlenaMetalReactions Not many unfortunately. Good music gets amazing if you have really good headphones.

Listen to the oldest albums, no clean vocals there. He used it more and more and since a few years, no growls at all :(

lol thats a new one..... Try April ethereal

@@abrocksification Hehe. Well, for 20 years ago I didnt like growling, but now I think it fits good to some songs. I really like clean vocals of course, but there is something with his clean vocal I struggle a bit to like. That is not his fault, but mine. :D But I can get used to it.

@@BradAlenaMetalReactions Naah he just got bored and disinterested.. :)

@@BradAlenaMetalReactions Never heard that but I had to verify and he was still growling live in april of this year. I guess he could hire another singer if it was for this reason but he just doesn't like growls anymore on his music. This is his choice but I'm not found of it. It was better to have both styles.

Thanks for the suggestion Oiv :)

...or Ukrainian/Belarusian? :) She looks more Ukrainian to me.

Lol, imagine that😉 I am russian