Just got back from the show. 5th Opeth show i've been to, and i'd probably rank it second. I was right on the rail, in between Mike and Mendez (just where I wanted to be, i've been on Fredricks side for the last 3 shows), I gave Mendez the devil horns and he always acknowledged me which was awesome. To be honest, at parts I would just sit and stare at Mendez's playing and just be in awe, he's pretty much my bass idol and I picked up a bass partly because of him. I was pretty surprised to see he swapped out the Marcus Miller J-bass for a plain old white J-bass, and of course he rocked the 5-string for the watershed songs.
The setlist was kind of a disappointment. I was really looking forward to Harlequin Forest, Blackwater Park, or Burden to be played, but instead a lot of the stuff that got played last tour was repeated. Other than that though, Leper Affinity was awesome, probably my favorite song of the night. Godhead Lament was sick as well. I think they should definitely swap out Credence with Burden and Closure with something else. Hessian Peel was nice to see live, oh and he did not sing the backwards lyrics by the way (I know babymilk was asking about that in another thread).
The crowd was nice too, no assholes screaming during soft parts, everyone seemed to be really into the music. Enslaved was a great opener, I couldn't have asked for anyone better to open for Opeth. The bass was incredibly loud though, but then again I was right under the speaker stack so maybe it was just me. Mikes vocals were kind of low during the end few songs too, not sure what happened there. They definitely were playing tighter than ever, and they improved a little in certain parts. The end of TNATSW was a little more jazzy instead of heavy like it was last tour, which sounded really cool, the Lotus Eater interlude was a tad bit different too.
I took a bunch of pics that you guys can check out if you want, most of them were taken with my iphone, but theres a few good ones in there.
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