Steven Wilson answers towards Opeth's forthcoming releases

[changso]

Opeth's new albums...
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1. Will you be doing any vocals/guitar/synth?

2. What are you doing different as far as production than Blackwater Park?

3. What's your opinion of their new material?

4. How much would you say they have influenced you to take a more metal oriented approach for Porcupine Tree?

*Cheers* - Orion



Steven's answers:

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(1) Yes. No "synths" though - only organic keyboards - piano, fender rhodes and mellotron.

(2) For the metal album the same but better, but for the mellow album a lot more scope for textures and subtelties. No heavy guitars or death vocals. Loads of mellotron!

(3) !

(4) A little perhaps, but one of the reasons I came across Opeth was because I had already immersed myself in listening to and writing more in the metal style.

SW


Source: www.porcupinetree.com
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[Opethfan1980]

Thanks!

 

[fainéant]

Thanks, dude. I think I'm getting an erection (figuratively speaking only).

 

[Mayh]

"No "synths" though", thats a relief in a way.

"textures and subtelties"

I can´t wait!!!

 

[Manbient]

Mellotron? Opeth has never used that before, have they?

 

[Demonspell]

Mellotron and Fender Rhodes on an Opeth album? Cool...prog all the fucking way!

 

[SentencedToBurn]

 

[transfixed]

Wow this is going to be so damn sweet

 

[Jo]

*drool*

 

[IcemanJ256]

what is fender rhodes?

I thought wilson wasnt producing the heavy one...

 

[clayman666]

This is the most awated 2 albums of my life.....i'm so fuckin excited...........its killin me having to wait 2 months

Lets just hope the other 5 can keep me busy until the "6th coming!"

 

[ricochet]

Originally posted by changso
SW

Indeed.

This makes me want to hear the albums so much more. I also can't wait for PT's new album. I have played "Blackest Eye" non-stop lately.

 

[Blackout]

This is so great.

Steven's vocals on "Bleak" were so awesome...
And mellatron *drools*

I can't wait

 

[Heliologue]

Originally posted by Bumblefoot
Mellotron? Opeth has never used that before, have they?

nope, but opeth has never done a traditional prog album before.

the second CD might as well be released under the Sorskogen name. i imagine that's what it'll be like.

 

[Id]

I don't even know what a mellotron is, I must look that up.

 

[Heliologue]

Originally posted by Id
I don't even know what a mellotron is, I must look that up.

a kind of keyboard used heavily in oldschool prog rock. kind of a spacey sound.

download 'karelia' by anekdoten

 

[Jo]

Id http://www.mellotron.com has a list of albums the mellotron is featured on, and some info on the history here http://eer-music.com/Synth_Electronic.html

Oh so exciting!

 

[Don Corleone]

i drooled all over the keybort end sau i , kanbtt tipe poparli.