Has anyone else noticed this? There is a nice little rhythm pattern that appears on every Opeth record with Lopez on drums. It goes like this:
||:d_d_dd|Sd_d_d|d_d_dd|Sd_d_d:||
where d is for bass drum, S for snare and _ for a pause, all eighth notes. I noticed this first on GR. It's in Baying of the Hounds starting at 3:15 where the first heavy section is over and the song cools down for the first time.
On Deliverance I found it in Master's Apprentice starting at 8:38. It goes on for about half a minute and then the bass drum beat is moved to a cymbal. That variation is kept till the end of the song.
But, as I said, it appears at least once on every record since MAYH.
I like that rhythm very much. And though it is actually quite simple I have never conciously noticed it in any other music. Also, I wonder whether this is a genuine Lopez contribution or if Mikael came up with it himself.
||:d_d_dd|Sd_d_d|d_d_dd|Sd_d_d:||
where d is for bass drum, S for snare and _ for a pause, all eighth notes. I noticed this first on GR. It's in Baying of the Hounds starting at 3:15 where the first heavy section is over and the song cools down for the first time.
On Deliverance I found it in Master's Apprentice starting at 8:38. It goes on for about half a minute and then the bass drum beat is moved to a cymbal. That variation is kept till the end of the song.
But, as I said, it appears at least once on every record since MAYH.
I like that rhythm very much. And though it is actually quite simple I have never conciously noticed it in any other music. Also, I wonder whether this is a genuine Lopez contribution or if Mikael came up with it himself.