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Time to eat some humble pie. I have most certainly been put in my place. I admit I was wrong. I feel REALLY, REALLY stupid right now. REALLY stupid. And rightly so. I think I really shouldn't be posting at this point. I should shut up and let people post who really know what they're...

Mikael, I hope you check out Phil Keaggy!

Absolutely Bush wanted to spread his ideology through wars, and that's just as wrong as Stalin wanting to spread his ideology through wars. Yet Stalin was an atheist. Thus, it is not religion that is the basis of all wars. I am a Christian but absolutely against Bush's warmongering. So none...

Yes! Tommy Emmanuel! I'm almost 100% sure that the person Mikael said was the best acoustic guitarist in the last 20 years was Tommy Emmanuel! My son thought he remembered Mikael say "Tommy," but we didn't remember the last name. Mikael said he ran into him at Heathrow Airport and was in awe...

Really? What religion was Stalin? What religion are the Marxists/Communists who have and will go to war to spread their ideology?

Thanks. I really hesitate to call myself a "Christian" without explanation on this forum (or any forum, really), since for most people it brings to mind most things that I'm not. Having said that, I am a Christian in the old-old-old-school sense of the word (like Matthew, Mark, Luke, John...

He sure did. And there was this indescribable "mesh" with Akerfeldt and the "Opeth feel" that I miss.

I miss Peter and Lopez already. Peter brought an intellectual side to the band, and Lopez brought latin influences. I'm already wishing for a reunion tour.

I was happy to see that Mike is a Di Meola fan. Al is the best guitarist ever, IMO. I'd love to see Opeth incorporate some flamenco into a song. Speaking of flamenco, John McLaughlin, Paco DeLucia, Vicente Amigo, and Dave Beegle do some outsdanding flamenco guitar.

This is a very interesting thread, as I have a music theory background. I recently talked with Mikael about theory, and, like in many of his interviews, he said that he really doesn't know theory but very much respects those who do, including Per and Fredrik. As I said to him, even though he...

Is there a transcript of this interview anywhere? If not, could someone post a link to the video interview? Thanks.

Every Opeth album is great, but I'd put Watershed in sixth place behind (1) Ghost Reveries, (2) Damnation, (3) Still Life, (4) Blackwater Park, and (5) Deliverance.

I agree.

Ghost Reveries, then Damnation, then Still Life, then Blackwater Park. Although I must say that Opeth turned the corner at Still Life.

Mine too.