Within the rays of the solar, Opeth seems to be ahead to the Darkness
Picture: Øystein Bagle-Tennebø
What can one say? Tons of Rock peaked early this 12 months. Opeth by no means disappoints. Though singer Mikael Åkerfeldt was slightly gloomy from taking part in within the solar, they gave the band a ten/10! The followers set the set checklist for the night. After which it turns into, as Mikael himself says: simply previous shit! However it’s not contempt… He got here right here after this, like pearls on a string.
I completely agree with the telephone; they need to have extra time. For much longer. I might be standing there within the solar and new banger after banger for hours. And so they may simply change locations with any of the headlines, it was as much as me. I hope that the administration of the pageant obtained the proposal from the band and that they know when the time can be.
As at all times, it is a mixture of heavy demise metallic and rise up when Åkerfeldt is on stage. He has his personal skill to talk between songs, which provides an additional dimension to the live performance. He claims, for instance, that Stockholm (the place the band is from) is the capital of Scandinavia, to wild boos from the viewers, in fact. Wild growth and good ambiance! And I do not know if he is nonetheless upset that one among his favourite bands, Coronary heart, will not come in spite of everything, however he joked a number of occasions in regards to the alternative band, WASP The title got here “We Are Devil’s Folks” superior usually.
What actually bothers me is how tight the band is. There is not a word that does not belong the place it ought to, and each bar change, tempo change and different musical idiom is finished so naturally that I’ve goosebumps all through the entire live performance. It seems to be really easy too. From the opening with Nice Convergence till they finish with Supply I used to be as shut as I can get to euphoria. And naturally this euphoria is expressed primarily in rhythmic notation. And that was high quality, Mikael stated. So long as we expressed pleasure, all types of emotional projection had been fully inside.
Briefly: you missed this in the event you weren’t there:
Nice Convergence
Garments of the Fall
Satan of the Fall
Inheritor obvious and
Supply.
Marvel if they’ll play longer… Fanboy fairly proud of the brief hour we bought, at the least!
Gallery: Opeth at Tons of Rock 2024
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