Hi, I joined this parts from the Watershed DVD when Mikael Akerfeldt and Frederik Akesson grabed their guitar and started to play. Hope you enjoyed it! \m/
One thing I like about this band is their capability to transition from the most ruthless and heaviest passage in a song, to an emotional one. Also, Mikael is truly gifted when it comes to songwriting.
It’s even in the Yen/Yang logo for Opeth. From the O itself, to the organic flowing foliage and the spiked harsh lettering. I would only say that they don’t transition from heavy to emotion, since heavy is an emotion itself. They transition from brutal, evil, harsh and sporadic, to pillowy earthen ethereal winding offshoots. I think Dirge For November is one of their finest songs to showcase that transition. It has an almost ambient romantic autumnal section, that is slashed open by one of the most demonic sounding tunes they’ve ever made. Opeth is one of a kind for sure
@@mellowtron214 Good catch, I noticed the Yen/Yang logo when I finally saw them live in CPH for some reason haha. Maybe bcoz I had a huge O in my face :D
Peter Lindgren’s solos were really great too, idk why Mikael says Peter was not creative when he actually wrote some really good solos in Deliverance & Damnation.
Mikael has a very classic prog rock style of soloing. Reminds me of Andy lattimer. His greatest attribute is the notes he chooses to fill his solos with. He seems to pick the notes perfectly for each one. Akesson is a phenomenal soloist. He’s got a very classic metal shred style. You can tell he listened to schenker and metal when he started playing. I’m not a huge fan of his watershed solos but he really has became a phenomenal player with recent prog opeth releases. He adopted this wonderful jazzy fusion style mixed with some metal attitude that really works well. They’re both great. Akesson is a much better guitar player than lingren ever was too.
@@nicolausteslaus If you watch the mini documentary; "The making of Deliverance and Damnation" he says something in the line of: "I write all the songs, the basic stuff, but if they want to change something I want to hear what they have to say." It is also very prominent that he doesn't write all the solos
Holy shit. Listening to some of these riffs being played on acoustic really gives them some definition. Sounds a lot more interesting without all the distortion.
i could listen to that harmony from burden all day, its beautiful. and personally I like it more in this video without the drums and keyboard than on the actual record
Frederick is one of my soloists.He’s super technical, but he actually writes interesting guitar solos that work with the song rather then just shredding as possible all the time. Mikael’s solo’s just have so much soul, and he is honestly the greatest composer in the history of the genre.
the riff at 1:50 from Hex Omega sounds sick doubled up with the acoustic!!! Just learnt that riff then , so sick. It contains so many Devil's Chords in it (Flattened 5th/ sharpened 4th)
Its from the song Heir Apparent from Watershed...just listen from 2:40 to 3:30....the solo is right there...you really do need to listen to the good stuff a bit more closely brah/sister..:)
@Dameolita Sounds like Fredrik just jamming. I have the special edition of the album and have listened to it several times, but I can't seem to recall any guitar solo from it that sounded like that.
Yeah Peter was more like Mikael in terms of style. That's why they were hailed as godlike tandem by the metal press. But the differences between Mikael and Fred help diversify Opeth a bit.
Watershed has some of Opeth's heaviest riffs. You can also tell that, all due respect to Peter, Fredrik's skill level caused Mikael to improve his chops a bit to keep up
@@IvanIvanov-qx5oz Yep, he's talking about getting his songwriting ideas across as easily as possible and not fucking around with tech. It's funny how This guy got 90 upvotes from people and none of them understood what he was saying.
Exactly 10-11 years ago, I accidentally came across this video. This was my first introduction to metal genre and electric guitar in general. I started with Opeth, never turned back, now I'm a metalhead. I've never found a song that's unbearable (most people would find it horrifying), because again, I started with Death Metal 😂🤦🏻♂️
Same way I feel about Ghost. It has me left me knowing I could never make music that's any better. Coincidentally, Fredrik plays guitars on Ghosts new record, Impera. It's amazing work.
Hex Omega has to be one of my favourite Opeth songs of all time... so magestic and enigmatic (reminds me of Porcupine Tree's song "Dark Matter"). I love the new direction Opeth took. It was weirder and so organic. When I finally grew accustomed to it, it was truly rewarding.
I could watch a whole fucking show of this. Mike on acoustic and vocals, and Fred shredding on the electric. It's raw, it's powerful, and it proves that even if you strip down Opeth songs to their core - they are fucking incredible. Great songwriting. Great fucking band.
Because most Lord of the rings characters are from Scandinavian countries. Opeth is a Swedish band which is a Scandinavian country and hence the resemblance.
Dude, these parts from the dvd were my favourate parts just seeing them so chilled out and jamming stuff off their new record. I was praying so badly that they would do the same thing on the making of "Heritage", but they didn´t =( still love the band though, traveled last month from Portugal to Sweden to watch them live xD hehe
This is fucking rock writing. Totally out of the regular shapes and approaches. This is why Opeth and Mickael are the most legit, true songwriters of todays rock music. Not too many bands can even touch this shit in terms of "truth". Let's go with the new album already :))
This album has the best guitar riffs ever!! Mikael's riffing and Åkessons soloing is an unbeatable combination. Will forever be my favourite Opeth album and favourite period!!!!
Thanks to the folks at Sheet Happens for transcribing the riffs for all the songs on this record along with edits and approval by Mike and Fredrik. Can't wait to dive in and learn them all!
if only i could get a chance to talk with these two , damn i got a lot of questions to ask , and i bet i'll forget all of them if i got the chance to talk or meet with them hahaha
Let me fix that comment really quick... Coil at 3:25 Heir Apparent at 0:18, 5:30 Lotus Eater at 2:08 Burden at 5:46 (No Porcelain Heart) Hessian Peel at 4:49 Hex Omega at 1:41, 3:00 (Can't remember where the 0:04 solo is from :/)
