Do Akerfeldt and Swano not get along?

Considering they worked together on like 5 projects, I don't see why this would be the case.
 
There's just the fact that Swanö appears to have black eyes after meeting with Akerfeldt: Swanö claims the blackness is caused by insomnia.
 
uhm well they both played at wacken in july for bloodbath. after that, opeth has been on constant touring, and there are rumors of an akerfeldt/wilson/portnoy project, so he doesn't have time :) dan swano probably has his own stuff going on too. on top of that, you're an idiot; do you expect them to be working together all the time? what gave you the idea that they DON'T get along?
 
steel102 said:
there are rumors of an akerfeldt/wilson/portnoy project

That would kick ass.

And everyone knows that Dan kept being a lil' bitch about things so Mikael kept slapping him around when they worked together.

(Don't post that in the Dan Swano forum :Saint: )
 
steel102 said:
uhm well they both played at wacken in july for bloodbath. after that, opeth has been on constant touring, and there are rumors of an akerfeldt/wilson/portnoy project, so he doesn't have time :) dan swano probably has his own stuff going on too. on top of that, you're an idiot; do you expect them to be working together all the time? what gave you the idea that they DON'T get along?

There's also the fact that Dan and Mike's musical interests are just very different. Dan has stated numerous times that he thinks the first two Opeth albums are still the best ones and that he didn't like the albums that came after that as much because they lack memorable hooks and catchy songwriting. I don't think Dan is really into the whole disharmonic stuff and elaborate compositions that Mikael seems to love so much. Overall I just get the impression that Dan likes poppy stuff with catchy and memorable hooks whereas Mikael is more into weird/disharmonic stuff.

They're just different kinds of musicians and I don't really see how just the fact that they haven't worked together in a while would mean that they otherwise don't get along.
 
CAIRATH said:
There's also the fact that Dan and Mike's musical interests are just very different. Dan has stated numerous times that he thinks the first two Opeth albums are still the best ones and that he didn't like the albums that came after that as much because they lack memorable hooks and catchy songwriting. I don't think Dan is really into the whole disharmonic stuff and elaborate compositions that Mikael seems to love so much. Overall I just get the impression that Dan likes poppy stuff with catchy and memorable hooks whereas Mikael is more into weird/disharmonic stuff.

They're just different kinds of musicians and I don't really see how just the fact that they haven't worked together in a while would mean that they otherwise don't get along.

True.
 
CAIRATH said:
There's also the fact that Dan and Mike's musical interests are just very different. Dan has stated numerous times that he thinks the first two Opeth albums are still the best ones and that he didn't like the albums that came after that as much because they lack memorable hooks and catchy songwriting. I don't think Dan is really into the whole disharmonic stuff and elaborate compositions that Mikael seems to love so much. Overall I just get the impression that Dan likes poppy stuff with catchy and memorable hooks whereas Mikael is more into weird/disharmonic stuff.

They're just different kinds of musicians and I don't really see how just the fact that they haven't worked together in a while would mean that they otherwise don't get along.

i agree with this, but the impression i got from the original poster was that they personally hated each other and were in some kind of feud or something.:err:
 
steel102 said:
i agree with this, but the impression i got from the original poster was that they personally hated each other and were in some kind of feud or something.:err:
I like poutines.
 
I spoke to Dan at an Opeth show Dec 4th and he was very positive and enthousiastic about Opeth and Mikael. He also likes Ghost Reveries a lot more then the previous 'newer' Opeth albums. Because Mikael now uses a lot more major-chords in the clean parts (I read that somewhere). He indeed likes the more catchy stuff, but ofcourse they get along. Mikael welcomed him in Swedish during the gig. I didn't understand a word but it didn't sound like swearing.. :)
 
What would give someone the idea they're not friends. If they fucked forming a band together called Mikeal Swano would they be more friends ?
 
People on this board are stupid. Even if they weren't friends, why do you care for one, and two it's none of your business.
 
Blimey: Just becasue they don`t work together doesn`t mean they hate each other. I am honestly very suprised how anyone can come up with such a conclusion becasue of that.

I`m pretty sure they have the biggest respect for each other.
 
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