Mikael Akerfeldt -=vs=- Andy Latimer

[Overlord Purple Rainbow]

Two angelic guitars...

Obviously Andy is the influence, but who is the greater?

I'm just doing this for fun, I don't really like putting these two in a poll, they're both hard to pick...

I wanna know what YOU think!

 

[illbeleavinnow]

Who's Andy Latimer? =/

 

[Stormwatch]

Who?

 

[Dev]

Rofl . Who is Andy?

 

[Alex78]

I can't say who is better. Mikael's solos are better, though.

 

[Useful Idiot]

He is from Camel, you losers.

I really don't know...the styles are pretty different, and I think they are both great at creating the moods that they go for. I do agree that Mikael tends to have better solos though.

 

[Overlord Purple Rainbow]

Well, awhile ago, I asked who did the solos on "Epilogue," and no one could decide if it was Akerfeldt or Lingren. If I knew for a fact that it was Akerfeldt, I would probably pick him in a heartbeat.

 

[Demonspell]

Difficult question, but I'd have to go with Andy because so many of his solos are beautiful...

 

[Static]

Latimer!! Andy rocks!

 

[Children of Flames]

Åkerfeldt of course. Mike did the solos on Epilogue since he has written everything from MAYH.

 

[IanDork107]

fuck. that's tough. i can't pick.

 

[Dev]

He is from Camel, you losers.

I really don't know...the styles are pretty different, and I think they are both great at creating the moods that they go for. I do agree that Mikael tends to have better solos though.

I am a looser

 

[valgalder]

Andrew..although the styles are completely different. Of course Mikael barrows A LOT of Camel riffs and parts here and there. Both are excellent songwriters, but Andrew is probably a more proficient guitar player all around ,plus he can play flutes very well and keyboards.

 

[shivering corpse]

as a songwriter, i like akerfeldt's stuff a little more
but latimer has some really beautiful stuff

camel is great, and andy latimer's guitar stuff is great, but there are times where the keyboards are just a little too super nintendo-ish, but they still kick a whole lot o' ass

 

[Overlord Purple Rainbow]

Mikael did the solos for "Epilogue?!?!"

Oh crap...now the decision is DEFINATELY leaning towards Mikael...

But yes...Andy still rules!

 

[Don Corleone]

well i cant choose between the two but im pretty sure mikael is a better lyricist and a vocalist.

 

[L0bster]

Åkerfeldt of course. Mike did the solos on Epilogue since he has written everything from MAYH.

Well, he wrote everything, but Lindgren can still solo on top of it.

Åkerfeldt has written everything quite for quite a while and lindgren is still playing some solos, especially faster ones.

I´'m pretty sure Peter contributed with soloing in Epilouge, because in the guitar.com video (dissecting the drapery falls) Peter sais : "we recorded like 4 minutes of music and then freaked out with solos"