the old logo

[musicnerd]

On the old Opeth logo, there is a horizontal line that crossed the "p". Is the meant to be an upside down cross?

 

[Necropeth]

Hmmmmmmm it sure seems like it! :O
haha gotta love the old school "black metalish" look its got (although of course the most recent logo is the best)

 

[schism09]

hahaha and yea man for sure its an upside down cross

 

[Necropeth]

funny thing.....Death did the same thing with their logo. The original death logo had an upside down cross, and then Chuck Schuldiner revamped it without the cross.

 

[BefriendedUnit]

He didn't take out the cross, the horizontal line moved up steadily through the albums until it was a regular crucifix.

 

[Necropeth]

ahhh sry i didnt mean to say "take out" he just turned it around haha i wasnt thinking when i was typin

 

[BefriendedUnit]

No worries, it's all love and metal

 

[Necropeth]

haha right on man

 

[hibernal_dream]

I think they should bring back the old logo for the new album, especially since it will be their heaviest yet.

 

[Necropeth]

hehe a very interesting idea....but ahhh the new logo IS Opeth.....and its most likely here to stay.

 

[hibernal_dream]

Yeah, but you could have said the same thing with the old logo back in 1998 or whenever they changed it.

 

[musicnerd]

if opeth is not a satanic band, why would they have an inverted cross as part of their logo?

 

[Arjen W.]

From the Opeth biography:

As you might understand I was more or less influenced by the occult back then, although in no serious manner. Music wise I was really into the twisted, dark, and evil-sounding riffs. The lyrics written by both me and David were pure Satanic chantings!

They were just influenced a lot by the death metal scene I guess.

 

[Necropeth]

haha nice find arjen

 

[Stormwatch]

if opeth is not a satanic band, why would they have an inverted cross as part of their logo?

Money, "coolness", etc. If they're not into Christianity it's a way to say "Fuck all this stupid organised religion crap".

But mostly it was to look cool to the people buying records. Deicide have made a fortune out of it you know, and Benton really doesn't worship Satan. Hey, Satanists really don't.

 

[Necropeth]

Indeed their is a "coolness" factor, but imo Opeth does not need in any shape or form a "coolness" factor to sell records....they are truly an amazing band.

 

[hibernal_dream]

So satanist bands write music for money and coolness, while bands writing love songs do it for artistic credibility? I find it hard to believe Opeth was trying to be cool and make money back in 1993.

 

[biggsy]

I'm pretty sure they were just some young guys with ambitions who were having a bit of fun but still having a tilt at a decent life made out of music.

 

[Korlich]

That logo was actually the reason mike joined Opeth. They wanted to be the most evil sounding band in the world back then. I agree it would be great if they used the old logo once just for variation...

 

[Razzor7]

Where abouts would I find this old logo?