Recent content by Mikael Åkerfeldt

The feedback on us closing down this forum has been pretty big. People have asked us to reconsider, but we'll stick to our guns. We expect the forum to be shut down soon. Actually today, Friday 28th August was my idea of the last day. Maybe the time difference plays a little part here. Anyways...

As I said, I don't want us to have an "official" forum as that more or less require my interference. To be honest, if it's about Opeth, my finger's in the pie. I can't help myself. If there's some unofficial forum popping up, I'm sure I might read what's going on there every now and then. I...

The amount of shit, rude posts and stuff I've seen here has escalated so much lately. We can't put our stamp of "approval" on this anymore. It's become a playground for immature kids trying to get a rise out of insulting people. We thought it'd be interesting to have a forum where Opeth fans...

I think Jens has used sampled hits from Axe to back up some stuff, like if there's a weaker hit on say the snare in a otherwise perfect segment, but I'm not sure. All I know is that the takes we got on Watershed from Axe was simply amazing. Best drummer I've ever worked with and recorded. No...

Haha, true! "Moonlapse" never sounded right, not even on album. OK, that's the one exception. It should have been scrapped. Best time we've played it was the last time we played it, in Melbourne OZ with Axe I think. I don't like the sound of triggered drums the way they're used in most death...

Basically we do 4-5 takes of every part and then pick the best one. The way we work with Jens has always been very musical, and that's the way I write too. If we can't play it we won't use it. To be honest I've never ever given up on a riff or a part because I or we haven't been able to perform...

Oh, and I've met Daniel and we ended up talking for hours. I think he's a very nice guy and a talented musician without a doubt. I've no idea where he stands politically but my guess he's a bit more opinionated than myself. I just like to rock, that't it. Mike

With the risk of sounding like a dick or an idiot. I don't think this is exclusive to musicians. Most people are idots and/or dicks. Am I right or am I right? Cheers Mike

I think Opeth are doing quite well in comparison to some other bands. At least we do make a living from the music, even though it's quite poor sometimes. I wouldn't trade it for anything else either way. I just wanted to set an example on how it really is to be a metal, or even extreme metal...

And no, it's £1200 each which equals around 15000 SEK, minus taxes which is almost 35% I think. Generally renting a 3 room flat in the suburbs here costs between 4 and 6000 SEK a month. So as you can tell, some months it's porrage all the way baby. For me, I have a mortgage and pay ridicilous...

To be honest, I've realized the Cd will go away, and I am not really all that upset about it. I never liked Cd's as a format. Chances of vinyl coming back to dominate are slim to say the least, unfortinately. But it has made somewhat of a return. I always spend time taking to record store owner...

I can't really lecture anyone on the subject of illegal downloading as I'm simply from the wrong generation. People download music because it's for free, that must be the main reason. Generally I don't think anyone spend any time thinking about how it effect the bands, the record labels with its...

I think Steven and I share the opinion on Ipods somewhat. I have 4 different Ipods, 2 have broken down for no apparent reason, because ultimately the quality is shit. In them I store the records of my home collection, records I’ve bought. The Ipod is good when you travel as much as I...

And I am indeed really grateful! Thanks again. Usually when I post on a thread like this, the "backlash" is a lot of "Hello Mike" and compliments, which I love of course. But I was actually slightly concerned that some people here seemed to be a bit absorbed with the idea that their opinion is...

Thanks man, but I'm not fishing for compliments. It just worries me that some people live their lives and believe that just because a webpage has a certain amount of angled opinions about something, that in itself becomes "fact". Wake up, it's the fucking web! Open the door, that's reality...