I think the new album title should be "Blud Disorter". LOL
This upcoming Opeth album will be telling in terms of the future of Opeth imo. Here are some of my concerns. Peter had some of the most inspiring and emotional guitar solos. Not to mention the great person he is, and he was truly special when it came to the connection he made with fans. The loss of Peter is quite devistating to say the least.
Will Lopez have any involvement with the upcoming album? Axenrot is a great death metal drummer, but, is he the right fit for opeth?
Also, has the grind of nearly constant touring of the world jepordize Opeth's desire?
And on top of all that, a majority of Opeth fans have become really annoying.
Fingers Crossed.
I couldn't disagree with you more.
...the ultimate ultimatum of Opeth's eternal glory...
The simple truth is I liked Opeth a lot more before they became so widly recognized.
And I think this will be a great album, but that's also what I thought about Metallica's St. Anger. We shall have to wait and see.
Mike's solos get old, as most of them use the same formulas and actually a lot of the same part repeated in almost every solo he does... What was special about Peter is that he added that extra dynamic, and his solos were always pretty fresh. I couldn't pin a formula on him for the most part. But seeing as how Mr. A-with-a-circle-over-it was in Arch Enemy, he should be able to pull out some great shredding solos.... but as for the emotion in solos of Opeth, I don't know if we'll see too much of that anymores... At this point if Mike tried doing blues solos again like on Hours of Wealth, they would just sound recycled... Not trying to bash the guy as he's a very competent musician, he just doesn't have the best solo style.
And that's all I've got to say about that...