Opeth interview - Mikael (part 1)

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Mikael about shifting priorities, Heritage, missing his Children, saying no, supporting Black Sabbath, Sorceress, writing fantastic songs, masterpieces.
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Video interview with guitarist and songwriter Mikael Åkerfeldt from the Swedish progressive metal band Opeth. FaceCulture spoke with Mikael about shifting priorities, Heritage, missing his children, saying no, supporting Black Sabbath, Sorceress, writing fantastic songs, masterpieces, listening to their own stuff for work morale, his vocals, jumping between genres, The Ward, spontaneous songwriting, personal lyrics, Jethro Tull, and a lot more! (18/11/2016)

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@neithem3399 7 жыл бұрын

"As far as I'm concerned we haven't done a masterpiece record" - Mikael Åkerfeldt, 2016. WTF!!!

@brunocavara3157 7 жыл бұрын

MAYH!!!!!

@schumisenna 7 жыл бұрын

Bruno Čavara I absolutely agree

@davidaaronartist 6 жыл бұрын

yes i was like what?? but i get the perfeccionism and high expectation that he has for himself

@josueignaciomm 6 жыл бұрын

I hope this guy never stops making music. I love him, I love his music, and I would completely understand if he ends Opeth tomorrow.

@Meshuggapeth 6 жыл бұрын

Ghost Reveries and Pale Communion are both masterpieces

@jwfraga 7 жыл бұрын

Great interview. I love the new direction, I love the past stuff too. Yep, as long as he keeps making music......

@Egalitarianism-qx8mf 5 жыл бұрын

I don't care what anyone says, as far as I am concerned the Blackwater Park record is an absolute MASTER PIECE!!!!

@hadivafaei9656 7 жыл бұрын

Still life, blackwater park, ghost reveries, damnation. If these are not masterpieces then do you mind defining a masterpiece?

@mkinne3121 4 жыл бұрын

Yes exactly! Pick any one of those you mentioned. They're masterpieces to us

@ArchieXIV 4 жыл бұрын

Watershed for me too. Alas, that's the album that got me into them. Lotus Eater to be precise is the song that got me. Gotten more obsessed ever since.

@Aakheperura 4 жыл бұрын

@@ArchieXIV You described my relationship with Opeth perfectly, exactly the same

@ArchieXIV 4 жыл бұрын

@@Aakheperura yes!

@markogaletic3991 4 жыл бұрын

This Heat - Deceit

@TheStavrin 7 жыл бұрын

Faceculture - asking the real questions :)

@nick8841 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah man, I'm impressed by the quality of questions and depth of Faceculture interviews.

@reducetheatoms 3 жыл бұрын

I love watching Mikael's interview , he seems so peaceful and badass at the same time, love it

@johngalloway478 7 жыл бұрын

Very insightful interview and I think Sorceress is a step in the right direction for them

@omairsh8 4 жыл бұрын

The best kind of ASMR

@biorythmicshifter 4 жыл бұрын

My Arms Your Hearse and Blackwater Park are their masterpieces to me....Still Life is close but not on the same level.

@ToothlessWizard 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you FaceCulture for asking questions that are actually interesting. This is why I will subscribe right now. :)

@FaceCulture 4 жыл бұрын

Great to hear ToothlessWizard! Check out our archive, i'm sure we have some more interesting talks with some of your favorite artists. We've done a lot over the years ;)

@keithberns5 7 жыл бұрын

I can sense a little burn out.

@chinamorena3723 Жыл бұрын

the pain in his face when he says his children don't recognize him after returning from tour :c I hope he feels better now

@Joanmaofficial Жыл бұрын

I really do love your interviews! Such a good ones!

@FaceCulture Жыл бұрын

Thank you, for those kind words :)

@gteagle2004 3 жыл бұрын

I know Opeth has so many great albums and songs but Morningrise deserves some love too like cmon ppl, I mean Black Rose Immortal is one of the greatest songs ever written

@Psicosferico 5 жыл бұрын

The Wilde Flowers is beyond great and Strange Brew is basically one of the 3 best tracks from Mikael since the "new style began".

@cavemancyproductions 2 жыл бұрын

No one has ever written/created a masterpiece record. It's almost impossible to create a whole album that's perfectly perfect and in all ways a masterpiece. There are only individual masterpieces, songs, not whole albums.

@Khepramancer 7 жыл бұрын

I'd say Ghost Reveries was pretty damn close to a masterpiece. Next is Still Life.

@lifeinpanniers 6 жыл бұрын

Good questions!

@humphreyaugustus2932 7 жыл бұрын

Blackwater Park ist der masterpiece

@allofthemmilkingwithgreenf7493 7 жыл бұрын

Vergess mir ja nicht Ghost Reveries.

@kai326 Жыл бұрын

“I’m one of those guys who listens to Signals” yeah that’s a good one, but I’m more of a Moving Pictures guy myself, Mikael

@LuredDecoy 4 жыл бұрын

if Orchid , Morningrise, My Arms, Your Hearse or Still Life isn't a masterpiece THEN there is no such thing as masterpiece - by any band.

@Corpsegrinder184 7 жыл бұрын

He's starting to get tired of it all

@RohannvanRensburg 7 жыл бұрын

I'm not surprised, frankly. All the normal pressures and sacrifices of having a band along with horribly vitriolic ex fans endlessly criticising their creative decisions. So brutal. I hope he does some side project stuff with Swanö or Wilson again. As long as he keeps making music, I'm happy.

@Vegan_Kebab_In_My_Hand 6 жыл бұрын

It's not an easy lifestyle and especially when your music taste matures as a musician and composer with a noticeable portion of your fanbase not being able see the new material for what it's worth... not that people have to like the new material, rather just get over themselves.

@ilyasantonov212 5 жыл бұрын

Maybe Mikael should retire from touring and doing Opeth full time and just focus on producing. I think he'd be a pretty in demand producer.

@ToothlessWizard 4 жыл бұрын

I actually think that is a good idea. He always explains how he loves writing music but sees Touring as his 'Job'.

@jasmeg2844 3 жыл бұрын

I'm not in the music industry but I think record contracts demand a certain amount of records and shows in a certain time period. It's not like Opeth are financially independent like Metallica.

@flippyflopper2360 7 жыл бұрын

I BET MIKAEL WILL READ THIS BECAUSE HE IS VAIN AF! I will also add that i am a big fan. lol

@maro6041 7 жыл бұрын

your new music diresction is not good. you were much better and respected as a metal band. there are so many bands that do prog rock better. the way You playd prog metal was masterful. stick to it!

@michaelhudson2912 5 жыл бұрын

you Opeth fans are weird. You act like they were Cannibal Corpse or something before. There's not this huge difference between their growl-era stuff and their later stuff. If anything, they're playing the style they should have been playing for awhile now.

@ToothlessWizard 4 жыл бұрын

@@michaelhudson2912 As a huge Opeth fan I would like to back you up on this. :)

@srs2802 4 жыл бұрын

Mikael is a musician, not an antertainer. He doesn´t owe anything to his fans

@mohamadibrahim3799 4 жыл бұрын

Mikael may have said this directly or indirectly before: he doesn't give a shit about what fans think of Opeth's albums or musical directions. He's doing music because that's what he enjoys. He writes music that he enjoys listening to. He doesn't follow what's trending or what brings more cash into his pocket. Just a simple musician from Sweden doing what he loves to do. So if you enjoy Opeth, stick to it. If you don't anymore, so long....