Is this Opeth's future... ?

[dcat]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/avdb/news_web/video/9012da680038f00/bb/09012da680038fe2_16x9_bb.asx

Discuss ?

dcat.

 

[daz436]

no m8, thats the Rolling Stones.

 

[dcat]

Noooo, I'm talking about mega live gigs...

One Million + in the audience.

 

[CAIRATH]

Keith Richards is Peter in 30 years. And Mikael will have conceived children with super models all over the world as well as rumours of a gay fling between him and Jonas from Katatonia but they both remain ambiguous about it.

 

[dcat]

^ HAHAHAHA

Nice Reply Man...

LMFAO.

I'm listening to "White Cluster" as I type...

Imagine a million ppl headbanging to that one on Rio's beach

 

[Kenneth R.]

I don't think Opeth will get THAT big. Maybe at a festival, but not as their own headlining gig.

 

[dcat]

^ Cam on Kenneth... pessimism will get you nowhere.

 

[Kenneth R.]

^ Cam on Kenneth... pessimism will get you nowhere.

realism will

 

[JoeVice]

it will be great the day when opeth is the superbowl halftime event.

 

[daz436]

Noooo, I'm talking about mega live gigs...

One Million + in the audience.

I was joking :Smug:

 

[Black Paragon]

I don't think that will ever happen. They don't play big shows, though they definatly can book some bigger halls, but choose not to.

And there never gonna be mainstream like the Rolling Stones so yeah, no.

 

[affinityband]

What about festivals? they play some pretty big festivals. And personally i would never say never to the idea.

 

[Kenneth R.]

don't think it's realistic but i would be stoked if it happened.

 

[MetalManCPA]

As much as I love Opeth, I just don't envision them ever being mainstream enough to attract ridiculously large crowds. As long as I've been foloowing metal, only Metallica crossed the line from "underground" to "mainstream", and having the large concerts like most of the wonderful and talented pop stars do.

 

[RiffBoy]

In my little mind they're already the greatest band ever!
(So the feeling of the video clip is quite accurate, I think.)

 

[martyrs_price]

I think festivals are as big as they will go. But who knows? Can you picture Bleak or something being played at the Super Bowl?

 

[Don Corleone]

metal, as a genre, can never be that big. especially, if we're talking about death metal...with all the heaviness and the growls and that.

 

[dcat]

In my little mind they're already the greatest band ever!
(So the feeling of the video clip is quite accurate, I think.)

+1

My thoughts exactly...

At my age, I have seen and heard many many bands, I passed by Earls Court last Wednesday night 15/02/06 as the 2006 Brit Awards ppl were leaving, at about 23:45pm.

I saw the programme well part of it, sooooo boring, I switched off and watched Lamentations again, Wonderful !!

Cheers, and thanks for responding to my thread Guys

 

[russiaonice]

people don't have enopugh patients to understand and listen to opeth

 

[PeeWee1473]

Depends on what we're talking about. In America, they'll never be that big, but I wouldn't say that in some of the European countries that they couldn't pull it off. I think a lot of people are posting from an American point of view. In countries like Greece the fans are absolutely insane and metal bands are treated just like pop stars in America. I've read more than a few times about European metal fans trying to reach out and touch their favorite bands on stage.