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I'm talking about from my experience and from the Opeth fans I meet in my area. They came to my city and it was a sold-out show to my surprise. What I was stating is that all I hear from the people here is how genious Deliverance and GR is and for the record, they are mostly teens and posers...

I say GR and Deliverance, when I first moved to a big city and there were more than myself and two people liking opeth there were all these teens saying things like "you don't like gr". They said I don't get it. For the record, I've followed their career EXTREMELY extensively since I began...

But why?

Sorry, my mistake it is on Hours of Wealth. I stopped keeping track of song names years ago.

Man, you guys are touchy. I was pretty discouraged when I got D&D but at least Deliverance has grown on me yet there are a lot of parts I don't like. Overall we all have things that we are going to love and hate about our favorite bands but jeez, think about when Metallica put out St. Anger. I...

I'm going to visit my home country soon (Iran) and I was going to take a detour to Scandinavia to see how the music scene is. I'm getting ready to move and I want to know where the best music scene is for a guitarist who just wants to play in a good death/black metal band kind of like Opeth and...

I've read Mikael say in an interview that Still Life sold around 20,000 copies or was it that Blackwater Park sold 80,000. Anyways, in their album diary they said BWP outsold Still Life by %400, do the math. I don't think I'll have too much trouble finding a job since I am finishing a master's...

Yeah, Opeth was the first band that made me appreciate death metal even though everybody tells me they're not death metal. They're the most professional and interesting band I know, but I wish they would let go of the keyboards and get back to the creativity they had in Morningrise.

It is not about the money in the sense of getting rich, just making enough to have a decent leaving and do what you love. For me that would be writing music, recording great records(soundwise included), and playing as many shows as possible but also being as professional as possible. From what...

I know that it seems like an odd question as well as personal. I'm just wondering how they managed to put out such high qualities recordings without major label backing and factors like large record sales and tours or some way of financing them. As a musician myself striving to create the...

A non-black shirt would be cool. I've always wished bands(especially metal) would put shirts and merchandise that is as unique and original as their music. Daylight Dies is one of those bands. I got the new cd right as it came out and Jesse helped me out with the whole paypal thing...

What about during the first couple of albums? They weren't making enough to get by and also does anyone have any ideas about their recording costs as well as buying all the equipment they use? They didn't use cheap gear. Unless they had money stashed away they had to have some means of income.

How did Opeth make a living till they started making money off of their music? Also, how much did it cost for them to record any or all of their albums including producer costs and such as well as their record sales? I'm just asking because I've been trying to figure out how to make a living...

Peavey JSX and XXX Cabinet. It's a million times better since I hooked a boss bass equilizer through the effects loop. To get the most out of any amp you have to tweak the tone with something. The only amp I've ever played that didn't need anything was a Mesa Dual Rectifier. The eq tightens up...

I've been waiting for another Daylight Dies album ever since I received No Reply. Daylight Dies was the second death metal band I ever liked and I can't wait to get the new album finally. I'm definitely going to have to pick this one up as soon it comes out to support these guys since I usually...