Recent content by ELPsteel

I think it's funny that so many Opeth fans will live and die with the first two releases...the tracks on the albums, while I still enjoy them, don't display a hint of actual SONGWRITING. There are NO recurring thematic elements in the music, the sections transition jarringly with little thought...

Thanks all to those who showed up to see us and the other bands last night! There was a lot of energy in the room, and I think all four bands played at their best. I can't wait to see the video, hehe.

I concur, hehe. Its awesome to be playing with OC, the songs are killer. We're definitely going to tear up at the Seven Witches gig. See you all there!

Dirge for November is the perfect musical expression of suicide. The gentle, depressing introduction as the character prepares for his own demise, the heavy, raging riffing as he actually commits the act, and then the most tear jerking emotional soft guitar part as he lays there dead...it gives...

Add their first two to that list also, they fucking rock. PoS>Opeth but only by a SMALL margin. Both are in my top 5 (DT being at #1) TPE1 and Rl are fucking amazing. But I dont know if a lot of people on this board would get into it that much. Maybe, who knows. Everyone should give...

I'm seeing DT on the 23 AND the 29...I'll see you each there heheh And of course I'm going to opeth on the 15th. It will be the culmination of my life

Let me just say that I have more respect for Mikael Akerfeldt as a person and as a professional than any other musician ever. When I saw Opeth with Ptree at the 9:30 club in Washington, the people in there were real assholes, always yelling and complaining about how they needed to play "heavy...

Profundo Rosso is indeed the name of an Italian killer flick. The reason its on the Opeth shirt however, is because a great 70s Italian progrock band, Goblin, did the entire soundtrack of teh film, and its music influenced Mikael greatly. In fact, when I played my dad some of Damnation he was...

A few questions.... First of all, is this setlist going to remain the same throughout the tour? Because if so much as 1 song was deleted or replaced, I would miss it dearly, hehe. And second, was there any fierce moshing? Cause I'm a very scrawny, weak kid, who would most likely get a...

No problem man! I heard that the tour's setlist will be like this: The Moor April Ethereal Nectar By the Pain I see in Others Windowpane Blackwater Park Encore: Black Rose Immortal

Hmm, lets take a look at what I actually said. "Calling opeth predictable only because all their songs shift styles somewhere is quite ignorant." I don't see anything about comparisons in there...

The comparisons also come from Symphony X "borrowing" so to speak, certain musical ideas from Dream Theater on numerous occasions. Theres always the inevitable comparison in The Death of Balance to The Mirror...exact same riff and feel. The rhythm is the same. One that I discovered...

Thats because Mikael isn't into power metal. This whole discussion is ridiculous. Calling opeth predictable only because all their songs shift styles somewhere is quite ignorant. Thats like saying all Symphony X sounds are predictable because they feature blazing riffage. Come on. The...

Yes, he is the main songwriter, but the poster was putting him down as a guitarist, when in reality that is not his main function. Yes, I have seen Opeth live, and yes, he does do the solos, but thats mostly it. Peter does the majority of the riffing. @Manga-san: What the hell? Perhaps...

A better guitarist yes, but a better songwriter? Debatable. A lot of Symphony X songs sound very similar due to the way in which Romeo writes his riffs. And don't flame me either, I'm a huge SymX fan, I have all of their cds except the self titled (I'm waiting for the remake of that one)...