Are Opeth extremely popular in Sweden ...say like U2 or something

[agonija]

From my five favourite bands people usually know about only one: Tool; most of them never heard of Opeth, Katatonia, Porcupine Tree or Madder Mortem, not to speak of Meshuggah... , that´s really sad...

 

[Koi]

i think opeth is so much famous than other bands

hey....i feel you, man! o

 

[FRUGiHOYi]

None of my friend know about Opeth.

Educate them.

 

[Powers]

To be fair even by Scandanavian standards (I get the impression Metal is a lot more popular in Scandanavia than here in Britain, no?) Opeth probably still wouldn't be popular because at the end of the day they're pretty dammed heavy, they aren't pretty and they're music is not really commercially radio playable. They're not the kind of thing my mam could listen to, (newer) Katatonia etc on the other hand is far more accessible, if anything I'd imagine Katantonia and similar bands beeing pretty dammed popular in Sweden. Opeth? Not so much.

Am I right?

 

[FRUGiHOYi]

To be fair even by Scandanavian standards (I get the impression Metal is a lot more popular in Scandanavia than here in Britain, no?) Opeth probably still wouldn't be popular because at the end of the day they're pretty dammed heavy, they aren't pretty and they're music is not really commercially radio playable. They're not the kind of thing my mam could listen to, (newer) Katatonia etc on the other hand is far more accessible, if anything I'd imagine Katantonia and similar bands beeing pretty dammed popular in Sweden. Opeth? Not so much.

Am I right?

Yeah, unless you're talking Damnation.

 

[Powers]

True, good point which I managed to totally neglect.

 

[IamReptar]

Ironic, coming from an American. Even new In Flames still slays pretty much every popular 'metal' band that America has spawned in the last ten years. Save for Mastodon and maybe one or two others.

Thats funny. I LOL'ed a bit.

 

[CAIRATH]

It's not funny. It's sad but true.

I assume you agree since you didn't counter my point with a large list of fantastic popular American metal bands. I can't even see any metal bands in the current American top 40 chart but if there were, chances are it'd be Korn, Slipknot or one of those atrocious emocore bands.

I'll take In Flames over that any day of the week. Even new In Flames. Or most of the other more accessible metal bands that seem to make the charts in Scandinavian countries.

 

[biggsy]

+1 to Cairath... I'd rather skin myself and jump in a sack of salt than listen to most of that 'popular' American metal trash.

 

[Bejmar]

Almost all my friends listen to Opeth, even my father has records with them and he is almost 50 years old.

 

[Deadlift]

This is the top 50+ (metal) on a Swedish big onlinestore. It reflects the general masses taste in music in Sweden.


http://www.cdon.com/shop.phtml?nav_genre=5959&showlist=1356294&display_type=

 

[Larsson]

To be fair even by Scandanavian standards (I get the impression Metal is a lot more popular in Scandanavia than here in Britain, no?) Opeth probably still wouldn't be popular because at the end of the day they're pretty dammed heavy, they aren't pretty and they're music is not really commercially radio playable. They're not the kind of thing my mam could listen to, (newer) Katatonia etc on the other hand is far more accessible, if anything I'd imagine Katantonia and similar bands beeing pretty dammed popular in Sweden. Opeth? Not so much.

Am I right?

Katatonia are actually getting air-time. Along with shit like Slipknot, Stone Sour(Correy Taylors other nu-metal band), Korn, Deathstar and other shit that torment my ears.

 

[Powers]

I thought the home grown talent would be a lot more popular.

 

[Larsson]

This is the top 50+ (metal) on a Swedish big onlinestore. It reflects the general masses taste in music in Sweden.


http://www.cdon.com/shop.phtml?nav_genre=5959&showlist=1356294&display_type=

Terrible.

10-15 good albums maybe.

 

[Thelema60]

None of my friend know about Opeth.

You got the chance to change it!

 

[Thelema60]

This is the top 50+ (metal) on a Swedish big onlinestore. It reflects the general masses taste in music in Sweden.


http://www.cdon.com/shop.phtml?nav_genre=5959&showlist=1356294&display_type=

That's the greatest shit I ever saw (to check for non-swedish-speaking: click "Topplistan" on the left side ...)

 

[myra]

Porcupine Tree is doing a couple shows here and I've read that tickets are selling pretty fast. Those prog fans come out in droves for concerts!

Just because a band isn't on MTV doesn't mean that they're not "popular". I usually judge the popularity of a band on how many tickets they sell at concerts. Dream Theater really doesn't get any air time on video channels (aside from Pull Me Under now and again) and they still sell out venues here.

I went to an Opeth show here and an In Flames show within two months of each other. There were a lot more people there for Opeth than In Flames.

 

[in_absentia]

ever since Opeth signed with Roadrunner everyone seems to know who they are here in Aus. im not saying its a bad thing or anything though

 

[NFU]

Porcupine Tree is doing a couple shows here and I've read that tickets are selling pretty fast. Those prog fans come out in droves for concerts!

Just because a band isn't on MTV doesn't mean that they're not "popular". I usually judge the popularity of a band on how many tickets they sell at concerts. Dream Theater really doesn't get any air time on video channels (aside from Pull Me Under now and again) and they still sell out venues here.

I went to an Opeth show here and an In Flames show within two months of each other. There were a lot more people there for Opeth than In Flames.

yea...in flames in 2001? or in flames in 2005? big difference as far as fan appeal.

 

[SethCohen]

Opeth are HEAVY METAL! YES!