MIKE's New Blog post....TEH FLOATING CASINO

[Amonoperth]

he floating casino...Melloboat March 8!

Yes, as some of you might now Opeth is doing a pretty rare gig on the 8th of March. A big fucking boat will be crossing the Nordic sea in the middle of the night and onboard you'll hear....some Swedish fucking prog whatever bollocks death type...music! The Mellotronen store has now closed down but you can reach them through their website at http://www.mellotronen.com/ and read the blog about this event at: http://www.mellotronen.blogspot.com/
You can also see the concert poster artwork here, done by Roger Wooton and Glen Goring from Comus. For me, this is insanely awesome that they've created this one especially for this event.

This gig will be our warm up for the coming UK and US tour and we are most likely to premier a new song on there + a few ol' tunes. On top of that Comus are playing (for the first time since 1972), Katatonia, Leafhound, Anekdoten, the legendary Bo Hansson and many more. There are some planned secret appearances that I can't really speak of but they will become legendary, no question about it!

It will be a nice trip I'm sure, lots of talk about obscure bands, lots of drinking, gambling (not me...) and stuff like that. Maybe some of you will get lucky?! I'll be nervous but it'll be awesome. Hope to see some of you there. I don't know how big the capacity of this boat is but I certainly advice you guys to check out the availability of the tickets well in advance as this is a one-time only happening.

Anything else....hmmmm....let's see.....Oh....of course....the album is done, mixed and all. I'm listening to it right now....! I want to boast, but I'll keep it together and do it later instead.

More info on this soon!
Take care, you my fave peeps in the wholewidaworldaaaah! After my daughters, wife, friends and family of course....

Mike

from his myspace PAge....PEAC EOUT

 

[Amonoperth]

So the abum is done guys.....mixed/astered everythign.....wow.......PEAC EOUT

 

[Hybrid_Child]

Omg I would like to be on that boat... And I can't wait to hear the new album. I sure hope it'll be out sooner than I expect it to.

Cool poster for the boat show btw. ugly dude playing air guitar in water. Nice!

 

[rifle13]

Finished already? Goddamn that was fast

 

[chrisdoig24k]

Very cool sounding.

 

[FUBAR]

I love the way Mike is such a goofball. Cool news about the album!

 

[Mr. Bland]

I wish I could be on the Melloboat!!!

Can't wait for the album!

 

[Tash]

Need to add a slight clarification though:...the Mellotronen shop isn't down for good. It's just shut down while finding another location.

 

[nizzon]

"This gig will be our warm up for the coming UK and US tour"

This got me a bit worried... what about europe?!
They havent played in Stockholm in 2 years! Im not going on that boat so does that mean im not going to get to see them? I thought they would play some gigs here in scandinavia/eurpoe before they headed back to US again.
I'l be pissed as hell if they dont.

 

[i aint play this]

holy shit, awwwesome can't wait

 

[MixGrafix]

I wonder how many it would take from Detroit to get there.....hmmm.

 

[Alteredmindeath]

I need to be somewhere, I need to be on the floating Casino, a magic trip of dreams indeed. The New album is done hmmm, Ive been waiting a long time for a new Opeth record. Mike is getting quick at recording these days, gaining much experiance points... I would say he's an 8th level wizard by now.

 

[i aint play this]

if you like casinos you are either a disgusting pimp or just an asshole.

 

[Slynt]

Dear Mikael Åkerfeldt, will you guys be playing Scandinavia (Oslo, to be more specific ) any time soon?

 

[all_sins_undone]

lol, mike is crazy.

 

[Blind Guardian]

I´m just disturbed that the festival takes place on a boat,i hate boats

 

[Jester-Race]

I WANT THAT FUCKING CD

 

[pyr0rrzzz]

So we won't get the album before this gig but however most likely before the tour starts...

 

[Ruun]

GIEF AYN INFOS BOUT TEH NEW ALBM!!!!1111

 

[Mikael Åkerfeldt]

Many are asking about further gigs, Europe, Sweden etc...
Of course...we'll do as much as we can. This is just what has been finalized to announce at this point. You'll probably be sick of seeing us all the time once we're wrapping up promoting this record.

Cheers
Mike