What are Mikael Akerfeldt's influences ???

[Death_To_False_Metal]

I think there are 3 categories here :

Metal :

Morbid Angel ( Duh !)
and a thousand more


Progressive Rock :

Camel
Yes
Tool
Gentel Giant
and countless bands since it seems that Mikael is a progressive rock collector !

and the most obscure is the acoustic pop mellow clean voice stuff :

I read an article in Classic Rock where Mikael said that Nick Drake Five Leaves Left was one of his all time favourite records !

He is a Joni Mitchell Fan and a David Coverdale (Deep Purple Whitesake) nut !

My main question is from which bands and guitarists the Opeth acoustic guitar playing (those arpeggios !!!) is derived from ? Led Zep acoustic songs, Irish folk, ??
I would really like to know this.

So what do you know about Mikael's influences ???

 

[Don Corleone]

i think you pretty much said it all.

 

[Powers]

Nail, head, *bang*

 

[in limbow]

and The Beatles

 

[Slayer101]

Bathory

 

[Rocky Raccoon]

Maiden, Celtic Frost (obvious ones)

 

[NFU]

gracious
landberk
bill fay
linda perhacs
comus
mefisto
scott walker
candlemass
premiata forneria marconi

are some more obscure, but big time influences on him. all of which i highly praise and recommend. linda perhacs is in my top 5 albums of all time. scott walker is also an extremely overlooked vocalist, fantastic songs. and comus...to those who are already privied to it, of course is also still a big influence on him at least lyrically. but it definitely shows through in the songwriting on ghost reveries.

 

[melancio]

I think there are 3 categories here :
My main question is from which bands and guitarists the Opeth acoustic guitar playing (those arpeggios !!!) is derived from ?

Probably Kurt Cobain.

 

[fränzi]

And Burt Reynolds.

 

[Rocky Raccoon]

And Burt Reynolds.

 

[melvintillius]

I would have to say from the soloing on "Windowpane", that he must be a fan of Santana.

 

[Crysiss]

I wonder what it would sound like if Avril Lavigne tried covering an Opeth song...

 

[MegaMoose]

Shit?

 

[fränzi]

Probably no worse than Dani Filth and William Hung singing simultaenously.

 

[Crysiss]

Of course it would sound like shit but it would be something to laugh at for a few minutes lol.

She was bad enough trying to sing a System Of A Down song. God that was horrible.


Back to topic, Masters Apprentices perhaps?

 

[biggsy]

wait, she covered a system song? which one?

please proceed to on topic posts now

 

[headbanger1547]

omg u guyz forgot linkin p4rk

 

[FRUGiHOYi]

wait, she covered a system song? which one?

please proceed to on topic posts now

yea which one? i wanna hear this. remember when she did metallica at metallica icon?

 

[Donnie Darko]

Iron Maiden
Yes
Camel

 

[Nomansvally]

KING CRIMSON!