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horza

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Posted: October 20 2005 at 18:01

DT_bast wrote:

I'm also going to see Opeth in Montreal next Saturday!!!!!!
It's going to be so awesome!!!!!!!!!
On top of it all, NEVERMORE will be there!!!!!!!!

i'm seeing opeth in nov. - i'd love to see nevermore with them

Originally posted by darkshade:

Calling Mike Portnoy a bad drummer is like calling Stephen Hawking an idiot.

billyshears'67 View Drop Down

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Posted: October 20 2005 at 18:04

I just saw them in Seattle on Saturday and they were great. My friends and I were the first people in line, so we got to meet the band and I got Akerfeldt to sign my pack of smokes.

The set-list was in this order:

1. The Baying of the Hounds
2. When
3. In My Time of Need
4. Bleak
5. The Grand Conjuration
6. The Moor
7. Deliverancee
8. Blackwater Park
Encore
9. Demon of the Fall

Pelican, one of the support acts was pretty good. Much better than Opeth's supporting acts on their Lamentations tour.

Peace

DeadGhost

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Posted: October 20 2005 at 18:13

^ great set list!!!

horza

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Posted: October 20 2005 at 18:41

[QUOTE=billyshears'67] I just saw them in Seattle on Saturday and they were great. My friends
and I were the first people in line, so we got to meet the band
and I got Akerfeldt to sign my pack of smokes.

The set-list was in this order:

1. The Baying of the Hounds
2. When
3. In My Time of Need
4. Bleak
5. The Grand Conjuration
6. The Moor
7. Deliverancee
8. Blackwater Park
Encore
9. Demon of the Fall

Pelican, one of the support acts was pretty good. Much better than Opeth's supporting acts on their Lamentations tour.

I'm going to make up that as a playlist and get familiar with them all - and let my wife hear them

Originally posted by darkshade:

Calling Mike Portnoy a bad drummer is like calling Stephen Hawking an idiot.

AtLossForWords View Drop Down

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Posted: October 20 2005 at 19:47

I just saw them in Denver on tuesday, and it was the best show i've ever attended. Mikael really interacts with the crowd well. I was screaming more keyboards and he said "you want more keyboards, well i suggest you say that to the man backstage that's actually playing them." Later he was like "we signed to roadrunner, is it cool if we get a DJ?" i said "Go back to Candlelight." He retorts "you know Candlelight is run by a 60 year old lawyer, but when we were on the label he was a sixty year old punk." Great interaction, i never felt so connected to a show before. Yes, i really did say all of that.

My venue saw a slightly different setlist.

Ghost of Perdition
When
Bleak
In My Time of Need
Grand Conjuration
Face of Melinda
Deliverence
Blackwater Park
Encore
Stoner Music
Demon of the Fall

"Mastodon sucks giant monkey balls."

Wizard/TRueStar View Drop Down

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Posted: November 07 2005 at 20:40

AtLossForWords wrote:

My venue saw a slightly different setlist.

Ghost of Perdition
When
Bleak
In My Time of Need
Grand Conjuration
Face of Melinda
Deliverence
Blackwater Park
Encore
Stoner Music
Demon of the Fall

Saw them last night!!! My show was a similiar experience except minus Ghost of Perdition & Stoner music(?) Add: Baying of the Hounds

Show was amazing. They said they are coming back in a few months. I will definately be there. I just hope to hear The Moor. I couldn't help but laugh when people were yelling Camel & King Crimson (Clevelanders are also a drunk bunch at concerts, people were yelling penis & vagina & hokey pokey & Dick Dale, it was pretty rediculous)

They had a diff drummer, whats up w/this?

ProgConro

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Posted: November 07 2005 at 21:12

I saw Opeth on Saturday Nov. 5 at the Jaxx Center. Un- F*%ken-Believeable

The night was amazing. Two opening bands I had never heard their stuff before but they won me over.

Into Eternity was great. Their lead vocalist could hit high notes like no other and he was hilarious. He kept on talking to the crowd and made these wierd wild expressions on his face. The gutarist hands were just blurs running up and down the strings. They were great

Nevermore was defenitly all metal. They had some great songs you just wanted to head bang to. The lead vocalist also did a good job wih talking to the crowd. While he was talking to the crowd, the drummer kept on interupting him with drum solos. He got kinda pissed but the crowd laughed.

Opeth- The crowd went nuts. People were singing along and head banging. When their prog songs came on, so did people's lighters. Swaying back and forth with all the people was great. Sweat flying when heavier stuff happened and mosh pits. It was great. Mikael Åkerfeldt had the men and women shouting their best death metal voices against each other. And since the crowd kept on cheering "OPETH! OPETH!" they had an encore with Demon of the Fall (or the Baying of the Hounds, it skips my mind right now, I was pretty tired and confused by then.)

Go see Opeth. You will not regret it.

Come to us, Lazarus, it's time for you to go

S.H.Kingston View Drop Down

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Posted: November 07 2005 at 21:23

from http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com.au/artists/Opeth/

According to a report at MTV.com, SYL drummer Gene Hoglan is filling in for Opeth.

Currently out on the Sounds Of The Underground tour, Opeth drummer Martin Lopez has returned to Sweden for medical attention of a rare blood disorder and in the interim, Strapping Young Lad drummer Gene Hoglan is taking his place.

thanks!
s.h. kingston