It's so funny the "DIEEEEE" grunt doesn't sound as crazily brutal in the actual mix of the song... I come back to this video to experience the true might of a prime Mikael Akerfeldt grunt, and it's insane!

Wiuuuu wiuuuuu Wiuu wiuu Emmh emmh

The shortest but sweetest video, I would do anything to have a girlfriend like Heather

I still cant fucking growl like Akerfeldt... it makes life not worth living. Hes still one of the the most amazing vocalists of all time.

Its funny that Mikael uses the term "brutal" the same way I do (thanks to Metalocalypse lol)

I love Mikael's voice. 😍😍😍

Two amazing singers here. Also, both Opeth and Mostly Autumn are excellent bands.

two faves of the album, for sure. Wish Mikael had done The Theater Equation, though.

both give me goosebumps and make me shed a few tears

heather (L) she's just perfect. Love

Enjoyed this video! All the best!!

She is the greatest

i love Heather and Mikael is a god

Trauma is on my top 5 favorite Ayreon songs ❤

I really adore Heather ^^

Ahh, i just loooove the song Trauma:) Actually my favourite song, and it's so cool that the singer of Opeth sings on that song!:) Excellent work on The Human Equation album!;)

This album is amazing. Love Mikael and Devin on this album especially.

No other singer can top Mikael's growls or clean singing. End of story.

Åkerfeldt......My.God.

YOU LET HER DIIIIIIIIIE.

Heather is an angel. :)

Mikael's growling in Trauma gives me goosebumps every damn time! It's beyond love to me :O

"but I also let him do a couple of grunts" I LOVE that part. xD Mikael is simply the best.\m/

3:55! I think I just eargasmed!

M.A is such a great person :)

Love Mikael, he is the best!

I dig Heather Findlay!! She is amazing. Beautiful, sexy, talented, personable, warm...she's got it all. And I'm glad she split from Fish, that was just the wrong guy for her!

The grunt was not as brutal!! LOL Gotta love that man!

oh maaan Ayreon has got so many amazing "guest" singers.... Heather Findlay has one of the best voices i have ever heard, so des James LaBrie, Mikael Akerfeldt, Jorn Lande (i know he sings on another album, not Human Equation) and so on.... it is just great

Arjen super^^

that growl man... i cried ! it was deep like fuck

Opeth and ayreon rules!

I'd like to hear this song. And as djeikop said: "Mikeal Akerfeldt=Master of everything" And the woman was really good too.

Heather & Mikael. The sexiest.

Hahahahaaaa LOL! "The grunt was not as brutal!" WTF man...I always scream "COOOLLLDD AND MERCYLEEEEESSSSS...YOU WORTHLESS FOOL..YOU LET HER DIEEEEEE" and I could never get as brutal as he did!

Mikael Arkefeldt.... awsome...

The "merciless" part was amazing. He should do more slow, brutal growls like that in Opeth.

Aker rules! Arjen rules too! :D

lol at "not as brutal". damn, long live metal!

Yeah, damnation. That is for my the best opeth album, his voice is great

That section around 2:35, Akerfeldt looks similar to Hansi, with the microphone blocking his face- same eyes, I guess. Absolutely excellent!

Arjen is like a crazy scientist... "I just HAD to have him for the album" :P

nice video :)

i've only heard the "Pink Floyd Revisited" album and "Storms Over Still Water" i must check those others out

Opeeeeeth yeaaa

Heather Findlay, also with Mostly Autumn is totally awesome, just listen to " Evergreen" and "Porcupine", her voice is great !

This man speeks the truth.

He does on Watershed ;)

nice video, hidden gem

Any representative Mostly Automn albums? Heather sounds so good! Cheers!

Heather and Mikael actually have fairly similar hair.

Mikael Akerfeldt and Peter Tägtgren are Death Metal ,\,,/ Both are GODS

The amount of talent out in the world is incredible. These two people are fantastic. I've been surfing through KZfaq in an attempt to determine the level of competition that my granddaughter is up against with her new music video "Absu Road". I can see the competition is formidable. I would appreciate your opinion if you have the time. I have it as my favorite on my channel.

mikeal is a god

Micke made me rofl in the beginning.

Oh I love Heather's voice. Which song is the one at the very beginning? And yeah Mikael is amazing as well, his clean voice is one of my favourites ever and his harsh vocals are also amazing

@losermonster he can make you feel like you're in hell and heaven at the same time

mikael could rule the planet if he wanted to.

It's Childhood! And the other one is Trauma.

the scar symmetry growl is percussive and easy to listen to, the opeth growl is totally death and frilling

FINNTROLL!!!!!! \m/ \m/ \m/ \m/

@quadrupleplay yea that dog sound is what i was talking about

mikael is the true god of vocal

great idea, im down

akerfeldt is the best singer in the world

Listen Carpe Diem - Mostly Autumn

@soocool78: I don't know what exactly that grunt is. There's something that sounds like a dog barking in between Townsend's "NEVER! NEVER!"...is that what you mean? All the other screams are definitely Townsend - they're too high and scraping to be Akerfeldt. I just listened to The Human Equation again today, so I'm pretty sure this is right...or there are PLENTY of things I still have left to learn about the album - not surprising.

@soocool78: The end of Confrontation. Townsend is at the end of Loser.

Fukin Rad mang! Akerfeldt!!!!

Check out Bloodbath, Akerfeldt does nothing but brutal growls in that band and they are deeper.

@quadrupleplay no i dont mean the actual singing, if you listen to hit there's just an audible grunt during those last lyrics, pretty sure that was akerfeldt

from which song is that mikael's part from 2:35 to 3:03 ?

LOL. I laughed loud..

akerfeldt ist geil

3:33 Vodka!

@LotusNEcTAR They are all amazing, maybe could you listen to them one by one: the last one "01011001" is very very good, "the electric castle" and "the universal migrator" too. Alle are top! This is the perfect mix between softy melodies and powerful heavy with good rythmics!

Every Opeth fan's dream? Growl like Mikael.

The guy talking through most of it is one of those people that piss me off just listening and looking at them.

2:00

"the grunt was not as brutal" LOL ?

"Yeah, the grunt was not as brutal..." =D

"the grunt was not as brutal" lol :P

If we judge on sheer diversity and technical ability, first one that comes to my mind is Christian Älvestam of Scar Symmetry. Delicious growls, and excellent singing. Of course the bands themselves are not really comparable. To my ear, Åkerfeldt's growls are just a tad too generic, and a bit dry sounding - both low growls and high screeches - hence the word dull I used. There are numerous Death Metal vocalists more original and interesting than him.

the grunt wasn't as brutal lol that song is my favorite!

you should look at mikaels other band bloodbath , they are insane live and even better than scar symmerty, they are abit more heavy but excellent live, check out some of the wacken carnage videos

sentí la envidia escuchando la voz de mikel sin nada de arreglos

akerfeldt also grunted at the end of loser....no, he was not the guy singing the lyrics, he did the deep grunt, no lyrics just a grunt ;)

HAhA. Solina jokes.

Yeah, those grunts weren't THAT brutal....

yea the grunt was not as brutal lol

No! ! MY God ..

Vodka will do the trick lol

Lmao! not as brutal...I couldn't even probably come close to what he did there ^_^

truetrue last album SUCKS ... :s :x

yea but bloodbath sucks the only good song is eaten

Åkerfeldt is definetly better singer than growler. His growls were nice on Brave Murder Day, but on Opeth he's quite dull.