Identity of the "crazy eyed killer"...

[Katabasis]

... after receiving the special edition casing and having a better look at this "crazy eyed killer" guy, I think I know who it is.
Opeth.
As in, the band picture. If you look closely, it's quite obviously an amalgamation of several different people. For example, the eyes/eyebrows are from two different people (the guy's right eye seems to be Mikael), the hair Mendez, the 'earringed' ear Axe (he has an earring right?), etc, etc.
Add to the fact that (at least in the special edition) there is no band picture, and it all seems to fit quite nicely.
You could even enter into the murky waters of pretentiousness and say it's a symbol of how 'together' they are as Opeth, how they are all part of the whole; a gestalt; yadda, yadda, yadda, but I'll let you draw your own conclusions.

(PS: I hope someone hasn't already posted this theory, but I couldn't seem to find it anywhere).

Thoughts?

 

[ThepOpeth]

sounds cool just looked into it and i do see some resemblances.

 

[DarkBarrage99]

when i saw the picture in the illidan's thread about his deluxe edition i kind of figured it was a group photo of all of them.

btw mendez is the one with the earring, and thats what gave it away for me

 

[Dante's Inferno]

Actually the guy in the picture is the Zodiac killer. But don't tell anyone.

 

[Simskre]

Someone said it before you

 

[BefriendedUnit]

when i saw the picture in the illidan's thread about his deluxe edition i kind of figured it was a group photo of all of them.

What'd i do?

And also if you cover up half of the face, then the other side, yeah.

 

[Katabasis]

Someone said it before you

Ah yes, I searched around and see you are correct; my apologies.
So has anyone cracked the code in the back of the booklet? I'm busy tonight but I'll give it a go tomorrow; I'm assuming it's a substitution cipher.

 

[Kalabalik]

I am positive that this "crazy eyed killer" is a collage of the members' faces. Just take a look at this picture. I cut out the right eye and if that ain't Mikael, nobody is. So, I definitely agree with Katabasis!




I have not yet received my copy and consequently I have no idea what this code thing looks like, but maybe the 6867 on the cover of the Special Edition has something to do with it? I could be completely wrong, of course.

 

[BefriendedUnit]

Did you know the album also is arranged, atomically, in the fibonacci sequence?

 

[Iki-ilkkuja]

... after receiving the special edition casing and having a better look at this "crazy eyed killer" guy, I think I know who it is.
Opeth.
As in, the band picture. If you look closely, it's quite obviously an amalgamation of several different people. For example, the eyes/eyebrows are from two different people (the guy's right eye seems to be Mikael), the hair Mendez, the 'earringed' ear Axe (he has an earring right?), etc, etc.
Add to the fact that (at least in the special edition) there is no band picture, and it all seems to fit quite nicely.
You could even enter into the murky waters of pretentiousness and say it's a symbol of how 'together' they are as Opeth, how they are all part of the whole; a gestalt; yadda, yadda, yadda, but I'll let you draw your own conclusions.

(PS: I hope someone hasn't already posted this theory, but I couldn't seem to find it anywhere).

Thoughts?

Yes, I belive this has someting to do with the promised "symbolism" on Watershed, because when I first saw the SE cover I wondered what's a photoshoped Mendez doing there.

 

[Pethical]

the band are going to laugh hardcore when they read we thought their amalgamation was a crazy eyed killer hahahah

 

[Schism]

How funny is this!!
I can't believe I didn't pick up on it.

 

[hibernal_dream]

The big fat nose definitely belongs to Mendez

 

[Reelo]

Ok, so far I've come to the conclusion that the Killerface is made from the following parts:

Right eye (left from our POV): Mikael
Hair and nose: Mendez (nose could be Per?)
Mouth: Frederik (definately)
Chin / goatee: probably Axe

Can't find out who the other eye belongs to...

 

[affinityband]

was this not discovered when they first announced the cover about a month ago?

 

[Dante's Inferno]

Don't ruin the fun.

 

[Nailed Reaper]

Right eye - Mikael
Left eye - Axe
Ears, hair and nose - Mendez
Mouth - Per
Chin and beard - Fredrik

 

[Taran]

+1

 

[Lothlorien]

+1

+1 to Travis Smith for his brilliance with Photoshop. come to think of it, the complete design of everything watershed is brilliant as well.

 

[affinityband]

Don't ruin the fun.

i gottaa