What if: Opeth got a shredder

[veil the sky]

[noob comment] what's a shredder? I know absolutely nothing about guitar [/noob comment]

fast picked guitar soloing basically

 

[veil the sky]

they should replace peter lindgren with the master of rhythm guitar, kirk hammett

i think his guitar playing could even make opeth sound shit!

 

[veil the sky]

alexi

does

shred

 

[Reanna]

its sad. i saw this thread, and thought Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? What the hell?>

 

[veil the sky]

well i was asking what he ment by shred....if by shred he means he owns that fret board and can hit a kazillion notes per second then yes alexi is, but hes not a thrash guitar player. he knows how to play great melodies and has the greatest bends. well thought out melodies not just shredding mindlessly. ok? got it?

ah ok!

well i think there is a lot of thrash in CoB, but what i understand of shred isn't limited to a genre, it's simply the fast soloing without the use of legato. i'd have to say that alexi is definitely one to shred

 

[wankerness]

Now we all do not want to interupt the harmonious balance that is Opeth.
But hey what if the guy from COB joined Opeth would that be a good thing. Well, maybe and then again not. Or Alan Holdsworth for that matter. But seriously if there was a gun guitarist would lead breaks detract or add to Opeth's vision.

I think you're a bad person for thinking that could even possibly be cool.

 

[The Shape]

they should replace peter lindgren with the master of rhythm guitar, kirk hammett

Kitk Hammett plays lead guitar DOOPHUS!!!

 

[BiatchGuy]

didn't mike a. mention wanting to work with jeff loomis on a side project

if that ever happened, that would RULE.


but as for the question at hand, no, Opeth doesn't need a "5hr33duR omg wtf!1!!!"

 

[the alumnus]

if that ever happened, that would RULE.


but as for the question at hand, no, Opeth doesn't need a "5hr33duR omg wtf!1!!!"

what does 5hr33duR omg wtf!1 mean? did you spill something on your keyboard? yes, if that happened that would rule. probably won't happen now due to logistics. oh well. opeth would benefit from another guitarist, but only really depending on the guitarist. certainly yngwie wouldn't fit into opeth's style, but surely alex skolnick circa 1992 would.

 

[Kate Bush Rules!]

Robert Fripp should be guest guitarist on the next Opeth album. Now that would rule.

 

[Immortal Death]

...That would make Opeth... not Opeth!

And yes, Alexi Laiho fucking shreds!

 

[bleed for me]

i think it would be pretty cool if they had a guest solo by someone like marty freidman or someone like that

 

[Eno_Mun]

lol
shredding by itself is rather pointless...
its just like "look how much weight I can curl!"
Pretty useless by itself..

 

[Cows on million man march]

i dont hink opeth should have a shredder. their music calls for more melodic and rather beautiful solos than shredding.
[amott fan]...but speaking of shredders...AMOTTS![/amoot fan]

 

[Scourge of Malice]

it would take away the feeling of opeth's solos

 

[Sorrowful Night V]

No, it wouldn't fit Opeth's style of music. Their solos are fine as they are, which is soaring and emotionally powerful.

 

[Demilich]

<sarcasm>You guys... I know who would be great guitarists for the next Opeth album?

MIKAEL AKERFELDT AND PETER LINDGREN!
</sarcasm>

... seriously, these guys are great. they never need anyone else.

 

[umdebaba]

what does 5hr33duR omg wtf!1 mean? did you spill something on your keyboard? yes, if that happened that would rule. probably won't happen now due to logistics. oh well. opeth would benefit from another guitarist, but only really depending on the guitarist. certainly yngwie wouldn't fit into opeth's style, but surely alex skolnick circa 1992 would.

shredder oh my god what the f.u.c-k!!

 

[no country for old wainds]

No.

 

[Demonspell]

Agreed, can you imagine a faster than light solo in the midst of something like April Ethereal or Deliverance? It would be entirely inappropriate and kill the momentum.