Second time seeing Opeth in the same venue. I got there at 5:30 for absolutely no reason apart from me and a friend are cunts and don’t have any time management skills, therefore we got their way too early.
Looking around in the queue, I saw some familiar faces from last year, but lots of weird looking fans who didnt look like they should like Opeth, but who am i to judge?
Madder Mortem came on stage around 8:00. Singer wearing a short skirt and kept bending down
Would have been better if Arch Enemy had been supporting again...(Angela ) Music was quite boring. Song structure was awful, vocals were good and so were the harmonies. They need work though, the whole thing sounded much to 'stop-start-top' (if you know what I mean).
By the end of Madder Mortem's set the venue had filled up, more so then last May. I was at the front, which I quite enjoyed as I was trying to see what Opeth were playing. Anyhow, at 9:20 Opeth came onstage, and performed a rippppppppping rendition of The Leper Affinity. Much heavier then on the album, I think the drums had been re-worked and the song had a faster beat to it. Performed flawlessly, A+.
Next was Advent. Love this song; Morningrise is my favourite album along with Still life. Again, performed well with new drumbeats in places to 'bulk' the song up. Opeth were on fire.
They also played (not in the right order) Deliverance, Serenity Painted Death, Harvest, The Drapery Falls, A Fair Judgement and Godheads Lament.
Godheads Lament and Serenity Painted Death were my personal favourites. I’m not too keen on the new album, its good, but with songs like Deliverance it sounds too much like Meshuggah in places, but not as good as Meshuggah (if you haven’t heard this band, go get Chaospehere!!!) Godheads Lament was amazing, as usual, with most of the audience singing along. Serenity Painted Death, was, well, just I had waited 4 years to hear this song live and it was well worth it. Fucking Amazing
Opeth seemed much more energetic onstage a BIG improvement on last year were it seemed someone had super glued them onstage. My only disappointment was the masses of moronic blatant 'newbie' fans. These bastards were constantly screaming through every song, and it really was pissing me off, and they way most of the audience shouted out for songs off Deliverance when you have a whole back catalogue of great Opeth material was just plain annoying.
Therefore - Opeth get the usual 10/10
The new fans - Fuck You for ruining the show Scumfucks
Looking around in the queue, I saw some familiar faces from last year, but lots of weird looking fans who didnt look like they should like Opeth, but who am i to judge?
Madder Mortem came on stage around 8:00. Singer wearing a short skirt and kept bending down
Would have been better if Arch Enemy had been supporting again...(Angela ) Music was quite boring. Song structure was awful, vocals were good and so were the harmonies. They need work though, the whole thing sounded much to 'stop-start-top' (if you know what I mean).By the end of Madder Mortem's set the venue had filled up, more so then last May. I was at the front, which I quite enjoyed as I was trying to see what Opeth were playing. Anyhow, at 9:20 Opeth came onstage, and performed a rippppppppping rendition of The Leper Affinity. Much heavier then on the album, I think the drums had been re-worked and the song had a faster beat to it. Performed flawlessly, A+.
Next was Advent. Love this song; Morningrise is my favourite album along with Still life. Again, performed well with new drumbeats in places to 'bulk' the song up. Opeth were on fire.
They also played (not in the right order) Deliverance, Serenity Painted Death, Harvest, The Drapery Falls, A Fair Judgement and Godheads Lament.
Godheads Lament and Serenity Painted Death were my personal favourites. I’m not too keen on the new album, its good, but with songs like Deliverance it sounds too much like Meshuggah in places, but not as good as Meshuggah (if you haven’t heard this band, go get Chaospehere!!!) Godheads Lament was amazing, as usual, with most of the audience singing along. Serenity Painted Death, was, well, just
I had waited 4 years to hear this song live and it was well worth it. Fucking Amazing Opeth seemed much more energetic onstage a BIG improvement on last year were it seemed someone had super glued them onstage. My only disappointment was the masses of moronic blatant 'newbie' fans. These bastards were constantly screaming through every song, and it really was pissing me off, and they way most of the audience shouted out for songs off Deliverance when you have a whole back catalogue of great Opeth material was just plain annoying.
Therefore - Opeth get the usual 10/10
The new fans - Fuck You for ruining the show
Scumfucks
