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    Posted: June 10 2011 at 19:34
Opeth has become a revolving door soap opera of late. I loved their work on Watershed, and I am sad to see Per leave, but at the same time, I am excited to see what they do next.

It has been a Mikael Akerfeldt Experience (feat. guests) for a while now, though, so I am not entirely surprised at this latest personnel change. 
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Points: 782 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 17 2011 at 22:18
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Points: 4373 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 17 2011 at 21:55
Excellent news. Hopefully the rest of these farcical jokers will give up the charade and leave music to the pre-89 pros.
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Points: 45 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 17 2011 at 21:46
Originally posted by progkidjoel progkidjoel wrote:

Per's work on Watershed was awesome.
 
+1. His solo on "Burden" was awesome.


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Points: 245 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 14 2011 at 22:46
While I am a touch sad to see Per go, I am not at all surprised that he left, given the fact that the band is Akerfeldt's project in reality. 
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Points: 166183 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 11 2011 at 00:21
Originally posted by Polo Polo wrote:

At least he recorded his parts before leaving.
 
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Points: 19643 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 09 2011 at 06:06
Per's work on Watershed was awesome. Sad to see him go.

Edit: fixed derp spelling error.


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Originally posted by paamlogs paamlogs wrote:

Sad news. I'm hoping the new keyboardist can sing harmonies live, Per had a good voice with good control. Opeth NEED their harmonies live.

Fredrik sings backing vocals live as well, so there's still going to be harmonies. 

But this is very meh. I loved Wiberg's contributions especially on Watershed. But perhaps something good will eventually come out of this.
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Points: 1882 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 07 2011 at 17:19
Hmm... Usually I hate new line ups, I didn't think Watershed lived up to their previous material but who knows, my favorite Yes album is Relayer
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Originally posted by Mellotron Storm Mellotron Storm wrote:

Maybe Per will join Anekdoten,he did a great job on that new track they did on the "Chapters" compilation.

Why not, he played on Vemod as well.
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Points: 26 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 07 2011 at 16:45
Sad news. I'm hoping the new keyboardist can sing harmonies live, Per had a good voice with good control. Opeth NEED their harmonies live.
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Originally posted by harmonium.ro harmonium.ro wrote:

Originally posted by Prog Geo Prog Geo wrote:

Another leaving for Opeth.UnhappyLet's see who will be the next.

Mikael. He will go solo and the band will continue without him. Tongue


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Points: 10185 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 06 2011 at 16:05
At least he recorded his parts before leaving.
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Points: 12294 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 06 2011 at 15:51
Per was pretty much my idol, all that hair, headbanging to keyboard riffs. This saddens me, but, the show must go on! (Unless you are the Rolling Stones... then stop).
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Points: 22989 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 06 2011 at 15:42
Originally posted by Prog Geo Prog Geo wrote:

Another leaving for Opeth.UnhappyLet's see who will be the next.

Mikael. He will go solo and the band will continue without him. Tongue
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Points: 13896 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 06 2011 at 15:37
Maybe Per will join Anekdoten,he did a great job on that new track they did on the "Chapters" compilation.
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Points: 10964 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 06 2011 at 15:31
Originally posted by sleeper sleeper wrote:

Originally posted by darkshade darkshade wrote:

i saw this coming years ago. Opeth is turning into a one-man band (or has already)

Always has been to be honest, which is why a revolving door on members is hardly a surprise.


I know. Its been Mikael's thing for a long time, but for a while it was the classic lineup of Lindgren, Lopez, Mendez, with Wiberg added later. Once that lineup started falling apart, I knew it would just be "The Mikael Akerfeldt Show"
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Points: 4489 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 06 2011 at 15:29
Originally posted by PabstRibbon PabstRibbon wrote:

Too bad for Per, he is a great keyboard player but I'm still confident that Mikael will do amazing music.

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Points: 925 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 06 2011 at 15:23
Too bad for Per, he is a great keyboard player but I'm still confident that Mikael will do amazing music.
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Points: 1833 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 06 2011 at 14:10
Another step in Mikael Åkerfeldts genius masterplan of getting rid of everyone in his way of complete dominance. LOL

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