a little introduction for those who haven't had the pleasure: "Opeth is a progressive death metal band from Sweden that is influenced by many diverse musical styles ranging from jazz, 70s progressive rock, death metal, and blues. Their recent releases have deviated from their traditional death metal influenced style, with more emphasis on progressive elements. Vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt is also noted for utilizing both clean singing and death growls, often in the same track. Due to their unique blend of melodic and progressive elements, Opeth are often classified separately from more typical death metal acts. The name Opeth was taken from Wilbur Smith’s novel Sunbird and derived from Opet, a city of the moon named in the novel." -Last.fm
For me this band has been a stepping stone into genres and music scenes I've never even dreamed of existing. 'Canterbury' & 'progg' were things I didn't know off and not even taking in consideration that this also resulted in rediscovering my love for vinyl records. Anyways, during their European Tour 2008 Opeth played in my favourite venue, Amon Tobin recently called it "arguably the best sound system in Europe", the Ancienne Belgique in Brussels, BE. Below, the video's of their set (almost complete).
Line-up:
DJ Mental (FM Brussel)
The Ocean
Cynic
Opeth
only footage of Opeth, italic titles are captured:
Heir Apparent
The Grand Conjuration
Godhead's Lament
The Lotus Eater
Hope Leaves
Deliverance
Demon Of The Fall (partial)
Encore: The Drapery Falls
youtube playlist
Down here is a clip I found, a little prog-rock-quiz, Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree, Bass Communion, etc) vs Mikael Åkerfeldt... it's a massacre...
Opeth website
Opeth MySpace
Roadrunner Records
Cynic website
Cynic MySpace
The Ocean MySpace
The Ocean website
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Only a few months after seeing them live the first time at the 21st Anniversary Schizoid Boat, Anekdoten toured around Europe. Making their second stop on May 10th at the unmatched JH Sojo, Leuven BE, for another brilliant show.
Anunnaki, the support act was the perfect opener for the night, psychedelic ebow & other soundwaves injected along with some old-skool, liquid retro psychedelic slideshow while puffing away... it was a great first encounter with this band...
Anekdoten proved themselves to be one hell of a tight live act once again. I could go on about how good they were, but why should I if you can see it for yourself hu...? I was there at the frontline, and so was the handheld video capturing device.
go to the youtube playlist
Tracklisting (captured only):
The Great Unknown
From Within
30 Pieces
Hole
Harvest
The Old Man and the Sea
In For A Ride
sw4
Anekdoten myspace
Anekdoten homepage
Anunnaki, the support act was the perfect opener for the night, psychedelic ebow & other soundwaves injected along with some old-skool, liquid retro psychedelic slideshow while puffing away... it was a great first encounter with this band...
Anekdoten proved themselves to be one hell of a tight live act once again. I could go on about how good they were, but why should I if you can see it for yourself hu...? I was there at the frontline, and so was the handheld video capturing device.
go to the youtube playlist
Tracklisting (captured only):
The Great Unknown
From Within
30 Pieces
Hole
Harvest
The Old Man and the Sea
In For A Ride
sw4
Anekdoten myspace
Anekdoten homepage
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