Illidan said:Martin > Martin
To me, Axe seems like more of a technical drummer than Lopez. I didn't feel much of a difference between when I saw them with Lopez and when I saw them with Axe, except for maybe the transitions.
Opethian666 said:When is Blüd Disörder coming out?
Camille Regnault said:I can't remember if I this is just the effect of my fevered imagination but didn't Lopez do some drumming for Amon Amarth?
Epilogue said:I listen to Opeth since 10 years and when I saw Opeth last time with Axe I was very dissapointed. Maybe he is a nice and charismatic guy (I never talked to him, so I don't know) but the living energy was gone. Axe is a good drummer and plays his parts well and tight, but for me fact is, that he doesn't fit into Opeth. He is more the "evil kind of energy drummer" who beats the shit out of his drums but Lopez had this cosmic energy which made the band complete. It's not only about the technical skills of a drummer but more important is the unseen magic and breath one puts into the music. Opeth lived from that magic which is now incomplete in my eyes. There is a part that is missed and the energy can't flow at all. I miss the spirituality the band had before. Now for me it feels like they will have a session drummer for the next years.
Epilogue said:I listen to Opeth since 10 years and when I saw Opeth last time with Axe I was very dissapointed. Maybe he is a nice and charismatic guy (I never talked to him, so I don't know) but the living energy was gone. Axe is a good drummer and plays his parts well and tight, but for me fact is, that he doesn't fit into Opeth. He is more the "evil kind of energy drummer" who beats the shit out of his drums but Lopez had this cosmic energy which made the band complete. It's not only about the technical skills of a drummer but more important is the unseen magic and breath one puts into the music. Opeth lived from that magic which is now incomplete in my eyes. There is a part that is missed and the energy can't flow at all. I miss the spirituality the band had before. Now for me it feels like they will have a session drummer for the next years.