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Here's the artwork, leaked exclusively from Mike's PC. :heh:

I've read on other boards that the packaging/artwork has a shitload of errors on it (spelling mistakes, incorrect tracklistings etc) - sounds like they hired the same folk who put together the documentary on the Gigantour DVD. :P So yeah, a major label half-assing something and throwing it...

A few observations... 1) I think the cats are Mike's - I seem to remember that Mike has two cats, and the place the interview shots with Peter are filmed looks like Mike's digs, if I remember the Kerrang bit about Mike's flat right. Either that or Mike and Peter have very similar taste in...

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Tonight's Glasgow set was pretty similar to the Notts set, minus Baying and with Demon of the Fall as the set closer. No real encore because of the curfew to turn the venue over into nightclub mode. Still, pretty fucking good, even though Mike was ill apparently. They really need a better...

Hammer of the Gods, actually. Yellow Matter Custard was Portnoy, Neal Morse, Matt Bissonnette and Paul Gilbert.

It's not down to the band, I'm sure they'd love to play Belgium, but if the promoters don't have open slots in the time frame the band are touring in, or they aren't offering enough money to make it worthwhile, then they probably won't do it. I'm guessing it's probably more due to scheduling...

http://www.mikeportnoy.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=1011958 Portnoy's post on the second page of this thread is where the real meaty stuff happens...I'll quote the post here for all you lazy fuckers. :loco: Discuss.

Mike Portnoy suggested Opeth to Dave Mustaine to get them on Gigantour, but I guess Opeth's booking agents knocked it back 'cause they were already doing a package tour in Sounds of the Underground. Shame, they probably would've got the slot too - Two of MP's other suggestions, Symphony X and...

I'm not a big fan of the drum sound on the first two albums myself. Definite use of either triggers or at least heavy amounts of limiting/compression/EQ to take all the life out of the drum sound and make it kinda bland, which is kind of a running theme through the production of the first two...

Need...Glasgow...concert....

Here's hoping they get up to Glasgow again.

Lee B has definitely hit the nail on the head (for any n00bs who don't know: Lee_B is Lee Barrett, the guy who used to run Candlelight Records and the guy who signed Opeth in the first place). I'm going to take a pop at a few points in this thread that I feel the need to respond to :P Yup, I...

Magic 8-ball of Tour Prediction says prospects of headlining legs in the future are good.

*bing bong!* Attention all passengers, this is your captain speaking. We would like to thank you all for flying Opeth Board Airways. Additionally, we would like to take this time to remind passengers to set their Sarcasm Detectors to the 'on' position. The in-flight movie today will be the...