Mike's new blog...

'Rotting all over the world...


Hello....yes.....hello there!

Just a quick note to fill you (if you care) in on what's cooking and stuff....like that.....

Roundhouse/UK gig DVD: Well, the music is mixed and it sounds nothing less than awesome I must say. The film material is also edited and it looks great too! We went through a lot of fan interviews as well which was hilarious. Most of the interview material that was shot is going to be used, although there were severe audio problems with some and those can't be used for that reason. I was struck by how drunk all of you fuckers were....great!! I felt like partying myself watching it! All I can say is, it will be pretty good all in all....pretty fucking good indeed. Release date? Don't know right now, I guess late Spring. Title? I have it but will announce it later on opeth.com.

Next Opeth Lp: I'm writing and it's going quite well. I have around a dozen of song ideas. Some are downright evil sounding....a few Bathory (evil era 83-87) parts, some tech-death ones, some overblown prog ballad ones, one Nick Drake thing, one complete prog thing with triple harmony vocals, one evocative middle eastern psychedelic metal arrangement with falsetto vocals (not as wimpy sounding as you might think), one 70´s Scorpions sounding bit (like "Living and dying" type of stuff), one's totally murky forest-ish sounding dark prog-rock with loud vocals that shifts between major and minor, one tedious ugly/pretty little hobbit sounding symf part with moogs over a classical guitar, some soundtrack-ish sounding ones etc...
Yes, it's business as usual....

I don't know when or where we'll record but I guess late this year. I want to make sure it....rocks....somewhat! No titles, lyrics or anything like that so don't ask.

Wilson/Portnoy thingie: I don't know...maybe it's off, maybe it's on...I've no idea really....don't hold your breath.

Overall I feel good but my brain is making me sick as I feel (maybe too) inspired.

Listening to: A-ha, "Hunting high and low"...what a song! Tony Macalpine (some 80´s shred...I don't know why but I had to listen to him), Camel - Snow goose (got stuck in an endless airport que and needed to "calm down"), Jan Johansson - Jazz på Svenska (endless fave but listened to it as well for the above reason, same que), Judas Priest - Sad wings of destiny (If you ask why, you're a geek!).

Sorry, this message is fucked up and disjointed but that's where I'm at right now.

Hope all of you are well!
Best regards

Lars Mikael Åkerfeldt'

Awesome lil update
 
i wonder how much of this will take place when the songs start forming.

Still good it shows Mike is writing away!
 
Next Opeth Lp: I'm writing and it's going quite well. I have around a dozen of song ideas. Some are downright evil sounding....a few Bathory (evil era 83-87) parts, some tech-death ones, some overblown prog ballad ones, one Nick Drake thing, one complete prog thing with triple harmony vocals, one evocative middle eastern psychedelic metal arrangement with falsetto vocals (not as wimpy sounding as you might think), one 70´s Scorpions sounding bit (like "Living and dying" type of stuff), one's totally murky forest-ish sounding dark prog-rock with loud vocals that shifts between major and minor, one tedious ugly/pretty little hobbit sounding symf part with moogs over a classical guitar, some soundtrack-ish sounding ones etc...
Yes, it's business as usual....


fucking amazing :)
 
Wow, sounds fucking awesome! Those song descriptions are making me horny :lol:


I hope we get to hear all those ideas in songs, wasn't there like 2 songs written for Damnation that got left off or something?
 
well the new album will annihilate from the sounds of things so far. nick drake song = patterns in the ivy iii, period.