"The Mullet of 1986!", new Åkerfeldt MySpace Blog

[Blind Guardian]

The special edition will be out the same day?!

 

[DarkGift]

I'm pretty sure one of them is Wreath! Didn't Mike say something earlier about the practising the riffs and everyone went "yeees, yeees!" or something

 

[[KOTNO]Narrot]

it was pretty obvious he wasnt serious about 49 .. jeez ppl.

also they played black rose immortal before...

i really really hope it is by the pain i see in others. one of opeth's best songs. and the keyboard would be great with it i guess ...

 

[gr1m and tr00]

I really hope it's April Ethereal. (old,evil,never been played or not regularly anyway..) or possibly..

April Ethereal was played throughout a full US tour a few years ago..

*pushes glasses onto face*

 

[affinityband]

twilight is my robe and nectar eod

 

[Contra dk]

Awesome Mike! Really looking forward to the special edition. It can't come fast enough!

 

[Alteredmindeath]

I was joking with the whole 49 years old! He's 35.
Mike

Dude I was like WOAH, I never knew...

 

[Depth Perception]

We actually talked about playing this one sometime.
We have never ever played this as a band (not even before we recorded the album), but I agree it is a good song, very dark. Just don't like the recorded version that much.

We went through a few "Wreath" riffs in the rehearsal room and everyone's faces was like "yes, yes"!

We'll see....

Mike

Mike said that in the Wreath thread about a month ago..

As for the other song.. what about Dirge for November, have they played that before? That has keyboard sections near the end over the clean guitar and it's surely an evil song. About suicide I think.

 

[Whisper and Weep]

^ Dirge is really sad.. especially the outro.. its very sad. Wreath and Twilight Is My Robe are ideal for me

 

[Contra dk]

I would love to hear Dirge for November live. Really underrated song.

 

[winters epilogue]

My money is on Wreath, Karma, By the Pain I See in Others, and/or Dirge for November. Mike said they had never played the songs before, and if I remember correctly they have played all songs off of Orchid and Morningrise at one point or another, and those are the only "evil" songs I can think of that they have yet to play.

 

[Depth Perception]

Yes, Dirge is a really underrated song, melancholic in the acoustic passages and demonic in the heavy sections. I believe it would be one of the songs Per would of suggested because the clean parts have ambient, free-stlye vibe that he would be interested in. The thing I'm curious about is how they'd would perform the distorted part while the growling vocals are taking places. If I'm hearing correctly it sounds like three different guitars playing octave chords.. maybe? I wonder how they would duplicate it live. Perhaps Per could fill in the extra intervals, heh.

 

[jrsh92]

Wreath would be amazing.

@Depth Perception: Pedals exist to replicate an input signal at one octave above, one octave below. They could do that, although it might not sound exactly the same.

 

[Alteredmindeath]

can Per play Silhouette that would be great.

 

[IamReptar]

My jaw dropped at that "joke". I'm thinking "there is no way Peter looks 49".

Also, I would absolutely DIE if they played Wreath or Beneath the Mire. I'd have to kill myself after the show. There would be nothing left to fulfill in life having heard those songs live.

May 3rd will be such a holy day notworthy

From the sound of things I'll be notworthy all night.

 

[Holocaust on the Moon]

How about sharing some pics of you with your mullet Mikael? XD

 

[Maggai]

Bring back the mullet!

 

[Vivören]

Dirge For November... God I hope that's it.

Mendez is a fool for disliking it.

 

[[KOTNO]Narrot]

dirge for november is opeth's most boring song. Period.

 

[Brave.Archangel]

no it's not