What do you think the future holds for Opeth?

[Undertom]

What I really want to see is if Mendez can be as great as Defarfalla was. In other words, having the bass play as a lead instrument once again would be rather nice

Defarfalla was replaced BECAUSE of the lead bass which Mike didn't want, so I don't think it'll happen =\

 

[anita_job]

What I really want to see is if Mendez can be as great as Defarfalla was. In other words, having the bass play as a lead instrument once again would be rather nice

I miss that too but Mendez can't replace/recreate Defarfalla, who is into jazz and fusion and NOT metal (see the thread on this site asking "what happened to Defarfalla?" which has a nice interview with him). I miss a lot of elements from the old Opeth (see my earlier post in this thread) - the youthful, fresh, energetic riffing and dual guitar harmonies, for exmaple - but it must be admitted that they've matured a lot as musicians after the first couple albums.

I just think they haven't changed/experimented much since Still Life.