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I swear the guy never plays anything other than the root notes and he NEVER plays above the 12th fret. I know for LC's kind of music that you can't play Mendez-like bass lines, but come on! A junior-high band student could play those parts....

Went to the Columbus show last night with my buddy Erik and we parked behind the Newport (next to Opeth's bus). I guess it's actually a parking lot for a music store called The String Shoppe. Anyways, The String Shoppe closed at 7pm, so we figured we could park there and not have to worry about...

Between songs during Opeth's set, some guy in the audience at Harpo's in Detroit yelled out "Hotel California"! Mikael looked at him and said, "Hey, that's a great song. Don't make fun of that song." And, although he was smiling, you could tell that he was sincere. I thought it was pretty cool...

Truthfully, I think all Opeth albums are great. But Still Life does have the only Opeth song that I do not really care for. "Serenity Painted Death." I don't know why, but I never really got into that song like every other Opeth tune.

My top 3 bands of all-time are (in this order): 1. Van der Graaf Generator 2. Opeth 3. Jethro Tull Other favorite metal bands: Angra Borknagar Iron Maiden Dark Tranquillity Dream Theater

I'll definitely go to see DT, but none of the other bands' music gets to me so I'll most likely leave after DT's setlist. I better buy tickets soon so that I'm not shut out.

I went to both the Pittsburgh and Cleveland shows and I thought the musical performance/sound at the Pittsburgh show was much better, while the band's energy and the vibes were better at the Cleveland show. If you stood back by the soundboard at the Pittsburgh show, the sound was amazingly...

Thanks for the opinions! I think I'll definitely be buying some stuff of theirs this week.

Anybody have any opinions on the band In The Woods? I'ver read some reviews and they sound pretty interesting. I'm not that big of a black/death metal fan unless it has something progressive to it (like Opeth and Borknagar) and they definitely seem to have something like that going on in their...

Anybody know what band was being played over the sound system between Paradise Lost's set and Opeth last night in Pittsburgh? It sounded great. Gothic/black metal. I asked two guys at the soundboard and they both said they didn't know what it was either! Any help is appreciated.

I have two tickets for the January 23rd Opeth show in Pittsburgh up for sale on eBay. I cover the cost of Priority Shipping. Low minimum bid of $5 for both! Work commitments came up and I can't make it to the show. I will be at the Agora show in Cleveland though! Here's the link if you are...

I have The Mind's I CD up for auction on eBay. Good chance to pick up this out-of-print CD. Low minimum bid of $6. Here's the link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=905988022