What book did Opeth get the name "Opeth" from? Anyone know? If this is a dumb question, flame me... but its not in the FAQ so don't be too harsh.
Place where angels go to die.
- Thread starter King Chaos
- Start date
Jonsii
New Metal Member
Mikael joined a band called Opet, which he learned was taken from a book Sunbird (1972) by author Wilbur Smith. That band fell through, and somewhere along the way an H was added. Opet is the city on the moon in the book, so I guess it means "City of the Moon."
Ermz
¯\(°_o)/¯
Black Session
Heretic Misanthrope
Opet was an Egyptian goddess btw ("Opet was the hippopotamus goddess and the mother of Osiris") .... in the temple of Karnak there is a temple dedicated to her. There also was a big festival of Opet ("The Beautiful Feast of Opet"), and apparantly Opet meant "secret chamber".
I always thought that Opeth came from this, but then I read the FAQ couple of months ago ... I like the Egyptian explanation better though
Perhaps it's worth mentioning this to the members of Opeth
I don't know if they know this themselves.
I always thought that Opeth came from this, but then I read the FAQ couple of months ago ... I like the Egyptian explanation better though
Perhaps it's worth mentioning this to the members of Opeth
I don't know if they know this themselves.
Ermz
¯\(°_o)/¯
Black Session
Heretic Misanthrope
haha ... I don't know if it is mentioned on that show ... it's a bit too complicated and specific to be on a something like that
... I don't know if it is mentioned on that show ... it's a bit too complicated and specific to be on a something like that
Ermz
¯\(°_o)/¯
Moonlapse said:
Maybe you should update the FAQ with the name of the book. You`ve got the power. May the force be with you.
Thanks to those with the helpfulness.
I thought Opeth was a city where angels went to die in some weird gothy sci-fi novel. I remember reading that on the main site a long time ago, but checked again and couldn't find it... I always thought Opeth was a great name because of this, cos you know, it's a cool idea...
about Opet - I never even thought to make the connection. And some how it seems a bit shit that all they did was add an 'H' for no apparent reason... If Wilbur Smith is such a good writer the 'H' would have been there from the start.
I thought Opeth was a city where angels went to die in some weird gothy sci-fi novel. I remember reading that on the main site a long time ago, but checked again and couldn't find it... I always thought Opeth was a great name because of this, cos you know, it's a cool idea...
about Opet - I never even thought to make the connection. And some how it seems a bit shit that all they did was add an 'H' for no apparent reason... If Wilbur Smith is such a good writer the 'H' would have been there from the start.
Place where angels go to die is the topic.....My band is called Where Angels die and that spooked me a bit (someone having our name already....) You can listen to us at myspace.com/whereangelsdie if your interested.
King Chaos said:
ROFL
Ah, but the name now is better. How about Pantera? They used to be Pantego after the suburb/town they were from, but the town wouldn't let or didn't want some metal band (to) use the name, so they changed it to Pantera.
opeth_353
Member
Grr .. In an episode of Metal Hammer where, close to the release of GR, when they could be bothered talking about Opeth .. They said in the '30 second expert' collumn that Opeth's name came from an Ancient lost city in Africa.. There really is no hope for some lol.
