opeth would sound stupid if....

[Neurotomania]

akerfeldt sounded like bruce dickinson

*your go*

 

[ollebull]

indeed.... and if he sounded like ozzy aswell

 

[changso]

...like Tarja from Nightwish

 

[AceRoccola]

or..if they had keyboards like Dream Theater or Children of Bodom
uke:

 

[stefan86]

if they took in Anders Friden as special "emotional vocalist"

 

[Dev]

If they don't release their Black-Metal album i expect so much , lol

 

[Celestial-Voyage]

what if he sounded like Araya, K. Diamond, Mustaine, vocal-synth Masvidal?

who gives a shit

 

[Mosh Kosh]

If Akerfeldt used a bagpipe instead of a guitar.

 

[Funeral Portrait]

if mikael rapped.....oh god

 

[ollebull]

if they took in Anders Friden as special "emotional vocalist"

hehe.... Anders "emotional" vocals really sucks.. he has been doing that for a long time (all of the albums he's on perhaps??), and it sounds the same evvvverytime

 

[no country for old wainds]

If Lopez bought Ulrich's new drumkit, and if Mikael started shredding and doing an impression of Axl Rose.

 

[AceRoccola]

are you saying this in general

or just as far as opeth goes???

Both?

Personally i think the keyboards are annoying most of the time and ruin the otherwise good music...sorry to offend you

 

[Episode 666]

If Akerfeldt used a bagpipe instead of a guitar.

This would be the coolest album EVER!

i would sooo wanna see this, if just for one song

 

[svenske kocken]

if they took in Anders Friden as special "emotional vocalist"

*ROFLMAO*

That would truly be a killer!

 

[Disturbed4ntics]

...If Martin Lopez decided to pound away at the drums with stupid blastbeats like the talentless Nick Barker from Dimmu Borgir.

 

[AndICried]

... Akerfeldt played all instruments simultaneously.

 

[illbeleavinnow]

I think keyboards shouldn't be used in extreme metal. It's about being raw dammit, keys aren't raw. (I'm not counting black metal btw)

 

[Ivanhoe]

...If Martin Lopez decided to pound away at the drums with stupid blastbeats like the talentless Nick Barker from Dimmu Borgir.

Nick Barker is talanted. It's just that his drums sound(ed) horrible due to "over-triggering"...

And if he would play with Opeth, I don't think he would use blastbeats at all. Just because he plays in a blackmetal band doesn't mean that it's the only music he is capable of playing.

 

[illbeleavinnow]

Dude, I'm pretty sure bands don't use keyboards just because it's not raw. That's jsut my opinion. Don't get so worked up over it.

But while we're at it name me a couple of GOOD metal bands that use keyboards.

 

[Disturbed4ntics]

Nick Barker is talanted. It's just that his drums sound(ed) horrible due to "over-triggering"...

And if he would play with Opeth, I don't think he would use blastbeats at all. Just because he plays in a blackmetal band doesn't mean that it's the only music he is capable of playing.

Well, you do have a point. I suppose I shouldn't have said Barker was talentless. It takes talent to learn a skill(playing the drums). I don't understand where the talent is in blastbeating though. Nearly every Death Metal and Black Metal band I hear incorpates ridiculous drumming into every song, usually the entire length of it. I don't play an instrument, but I don't see the talent in pounding away at the drums like a child who is just having his/her first orgasm. I haven't really heard much else from Barker but his absurd drumming tendencies. No amount of riffs or melodies could make a song sound even remotely good with a bunch of smashing in the background. Opeth just wouldn't be Opeth. They would be leveled off to a mediocre band with a trendwhore passion of trying to be as agressive as possible. I seriously think there is a race out there---"How many hits per second can you accomplish?"

Well, that's my ignorant take and my 2 cents.