I only saw Opeth once, but it was the show of my life, here's my review:
[writen May 17th, 2001]
Mason Jar: May 17th in AZ
God Forbid, Opeth, and Nevermore ALL were bad ass. God Forbid was 1st(Good stage pressence and kick ass music). Angel Dust was 2nd and I didnt care much for them, the music is almost comparable to Nevermore's but lacking that extra EDGE. 3rd was the band I paid to see..Opeth!! They truely now how to play. They sounded excellent, very much like on their studio releases. Mikael's death growl was in place and the drummer has some amazing double bass. The guitar work is also very impressive.
Setlist:
White Cluster
Drapery Falls
Advent
Under The Weeping Moon
April Ethereal
Demon Of The Fall
They did play the whole song, instead of cutting them in half which I previously thought they would do. I think there were a few other riffs from some other songs, but those were the noticable "complete" songs..Truely an awesome experience. Opeth truely ruled the stage!
Next was NEVERMORE!
This was my very first Nevermore experience. They are VERY talented, I usually don't care for the Halford-esque power vocals, but they did put on a great show, the singer ranted a bit about how their new video will never be seen on TV because he doesn't rap like a whiney little bitch. I thought that was hillarious and it got the crowd going. Only a few pits broke during the faster songs, I was always in the middle of them getting my excercise.. The guitarists are brilliant and their drummer was also dead on. I cant name too many of the songs because of my lack of Nevermore knowledge but they did play Evolution 169, Dead Heart in a Dead World, No More Will, Believe in Nothing, Inside Four Walls, and I think The Learning, they also played the intro to South Of Heaven(SLAYER!!!!!) GOOD FN SHOW!! HAIL METAL!!!!!
[writen May 17th, 2001]
Mason Jar: May 17th in AZ
God Forbid, Opeth, and Nevermore ALL were bad ass. God Forbid was 1st(Good stage pressence and kick ass music). Angel Dust was 2nd and I didnt care much for them, the music is almost comparable to Nevermore's but lacking that extra EDGE. 3rd was the band I paid to see..Opeth!! They truely now how to play. They sounded excellent, very much like on their studio releases. Mikael's death growl was in place and the drummer has some amazing double bass. The guitar work is also very impressive.
Setlist:
White Cluster
Drapery Falls
Advent
Under The Weeping Moon
April Ethereal
Demon Of The Fall
They did play the whole song, instead of cutting them in half which I previously thought they would do. I think there were a few other riffs from some other songs, but those were the noticable "complete" songs..Truely an awesome experience. Opeth truely ruled the stage!
Next was NEVERMORE!
This was my very first Nevermore experience. They are VERY talented, I usually don't care for the Halford-esque power vocals, but they did put on a great show, the singer ranted a bit about how their new video will never be seen on TV because he doesn't rap like a whiney little bitch. I thought that was hillarious and it got the crowd going. Only a few pits broke during the faster songs, I was always in the middle of them getting my excercise.. The guitarists are brilliant and their drummer was also dead on. I cant name too many of the songs because of my lack of Nevermore knowledge but they did play Evolution 169, Dead Heart in a Dead World, No More Will, Believe in Nothing, Inside Four Walls, and I think The Learning, they also played the intro to South Of Heaven(SLAYER!!!!!) GOOD FN SHOW!! HAIL METAL!!!!!
