How do you pronounce the name Opeth?

[Ruun]

Powned

 

[noura]

^ ?

Carta, that was me amused..i thought you were referring to Mike (Å) being the band.

 

[Carta's]

^ ?

Carta, that was me amused..i thought you were referring to Mike (Å) being the band.

It was both things

 

[noura]

 

[isolation_years]

It depends on the mood, for instance, if I'm feeling dyslexic, I say it like Oteph, if I'm feeling hungry, I say it like pth and if I'm feeling depressed, I say it like Katatopeth. It really depends.

brilliant, i thought it was an ok joke, then the ending hit, hilarious man, kudos haha

i had a girl look at my blackwater park shirt, look me straight in the eye and go, whos opeeth, its pronounced how its spelled haha

 

[David Hesser]

In the book where the name came from it was written Opet so i think it's the right way

 

[Iki-ilkkuja]

Opet here in Finland. Opet = plural form standing for "teachers".

 

[sundance]

opeth
with the English th.
I can't think of it any other way.

 

[HoursOfDebt]

Oh' peth

thats how i say it.

 

[skuller]

Åpeth

that's probably the correct pronunciation.

most people mispronounce Åkerfeldt, giving the 'Å' an 'A' sound.

to pronounce 'Å', you shape your mouth like you would say an 'A', and then say an 'O' through it.

so it is more like 'Aw', but not so much.

 

[isolation_years]

so lets get this straight now haha, just for the record, its aw ker feld t

 

[Tepheron]

so lets get this straight now haha, just for the record, its aw ker feld t

The "Å" is pronounced like a british person would pronounce "awkward", "saw" or "also". May vary between dialects, but it's the best I can come up with.

I think most people, including the guys in Opeth, or at least Mikael, pronounce Opeth like "own" and "death.

I guess though, considering the circumstances in which the name was come up with, you can pronounce is as you wish.

 

[HoursOfDebt]

i yell it when i orgazm like... OOOOOOOOOHHHHOOOOOHHHHHHPPPetpf! cuz im a fan boi.

 

[SerenityNow!]

 

[BefriendedUnit]

I pronounce it "EIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIYYYYYYHH", like the guy on Lamentations!

I'm their biggest fan!

 

[Necropeth]

LOL.

 

[di ablopeth]

Ive always said "Opith" ...likie "O-PITH".......kind of like someone with a REALLY baf lisp saying "piss"..."opiss"..

 

[Iki-ilkkuja]

This is a good thread after all. Nice to have something like this for a change.

 

[isolation_years]

+1

this is a pretty great thread

 

[Lachybob]

Its been a big shock to see how many different ways people can say opeth, i had no idea, quite interesting.