fränzi said:
And while I'm at it: What is that awesome opening music they use? I love that.
The band is Popol Vuh. They usually play songs from their "Nosferatu" album. I'm not entirely sure, but I think the song was Der Ruf der Rohrflöte. Either that or Zwiespräche der Rohrflöte mit der Sängerin. Both songs sound sort of similar.
We (my fiancee and I) bumped into Mikael on Friday evening at Real Groovy. He was browsing through vinyls there, and nobody seemed to notice him. So we went up and had a quick chat to him, but we didn't talk too long, as we felt bad for taking up his private time.
We were the couple screaming at the fucking bouncers, if anyone witnessed that. Bloody wankers wouldn't let us in even though I am CLEARLY over 18, and my fiancee had her ID. So we had to sit up with the wee children. But it worked out better that way, I didn't want her to be crushed by people. (My apologies for holding anyone up, but you can imagine our situation -- we thought we weren't going to get in at all, so we were pretty fucking irate!)
We met the guys again after the show too - Mikael remembered us, and we took photos with Peter, Mikael and Martin. I'll post a couple of them for you to see.
Mikael and I.
My fiancee and Martin.
I'll post the rest as links;
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c236/CodySquiggles/Opeth039.jpg
(Martin and I)
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c236/CodySquiggles/Opeth038.jpg
(Peter and I)
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c236/CodySquiggles/Opeth037.jpg
(Peter and my fiancee)
There's one of my fiancee and Mikael, but she won't let me post it. She was talking to him when I took the photo, so she looks like she's making a face.
Anyhow, the show itself was fucking amazing, despite the sound problems they were having. The guys were tremendously patient with the fans, and we appreciate them for it.
With that said, my neck hurts from headbanging so hard. I'm sure I'm not alone?