Opeth
Principal Club Theatre, Thessaloniki, Greece
04/12/09.
Opeth are a great example of a successful and hard working Metal band. This can be assumed not only from their releases, but also from the days they spend on the road performing the last seven years. On April 11th 2009, Opeth performed here in Greece offering a weird show, in terms of performance and attitude etc. Leaving a bittersweet promise for a better show next time. None knew that the next date with their Greek fans would be just few months later. So, on Friday 4th of December , Opeth are back in Thessaloniki, to surprise us once more.
The intro track is on the speakers, the five gentlemen take their places on stage and a big show starts off, with acoustic masterpiece “Windowpane” from the highly anticipated “Damnation”. Weird beginning, although the audience seems to be quite satisfied. “Ghost Of Perdition” follows and next comes “Lotus Eaters” ,the first one from their latest release “Watershed”, and everyone in the crowd sings along every melodic part. A small black humor break from Mikael and the first past release stop of the evening, is called “Leper Affinity” from “Blackwater Park”. The audience is driven mad and a pit circle is formed, creating a beautiful atmosphere of a nice Death Metal live. Great performance and “April ethereal” that follows reminds us of the strong black metal elements this band once had. A well hidden treasure of their past releases this one, I should say. After this trip into the past, “Hessian Peel” from “Watershed “ brings us back to the band’s present sound.
A small break and keyboard master, Mr. Per Wiberg, introduces us to another old song. The absolutely beautiful “Face Of Melinda” from “Still Life” in a great live version where the crowd sings along every lyric- placing this track to the highlight of this evening. Next comes “Harlequin Forest” a great and complex track from their 2005 release “Ghost Reveries” performed as beautifully as the original recording.
Another break and Mikael, as usual, takes the chance to have a chat with the crowd for one last time this evening, introducing us to what he called “a future classic” . “Hex Omega” from “Watershed” closes the main playlist of the show and Opeth get off stage, although everyone waited for another “classic” encore song…
The five gentlemen are back on stage, after a few minutes and Mikael introduces every member of the band, giving Fredrik Akesson the chance to unveil his guitar abilities, with a fast lead guitar solo that eventually led us to ”Deliverance” that gave a violent death metal ending to this great show.
Opeth really played a great show, performing as tight as a fist every second of their music. I should say, this line up is really the best they ever had. A mastermind frontman, with a weird sense of humor, a great lead guitarist, a monumental figure on the keys and there’s nothing to comment on Axe’s and Martin Mendez’s perfect music cooperation on drums and bass duties. Don’t ever miss them, if they happen to be near your town…
Andrew Koran.
You must be logged in to post a comment.
Behemoth: Nergal Charged For Bible Destruction
According to Interia.pl and GazetaPrawna.pl, vocalist/guitarist Adam “Nergal Darski of Polish extreme metallers BEHEMOTH was formally charged on Monday ( March 8 ) for insulting Roman Catholics.
Darski made headlines in his native country in September 2007 when he reportedly called the Catholic Church “the most murderous cult on the planet” during a BEHEMOTH performance in [...]
Destruction: Part Ways With Drummer
Now it’s official, the DVD “a Savage Symphony”, is the farewell gift from drummer MARC REIGN for the DESTRUCTION fans.
Tour-stress caused personal & musical differences, so both parties decided to go separate ways in the future.
MARC will concentrate on his rock-project “Volcano” and wants to keep himself open for other musical styles. He wants to [...]
Nevermore: New Album Release Date Announced
Century Media Records has set a June 8 North American release date for “The Obsidian Conspiracy”, the long-awaited new album from Seattle metallers NEVERMORE.
The drum tracks for “The Obsidian Conspiracy” were completed in the group’s hometown of Seattle with SOILWORK guitarist Peter Wichers, who previously worked with Dane on the singer’s solo debut, “Praises to [...]
Dragonforce: Part Ways With Singer
It is with great regret that DragonForce announce a parting of the ways with singer ZP Theart. This is due to insurmountable differences of musical opinion but the rest of the band sincerely wish ZP great success with his future projects.
While the creative core members have begun writing the fifth album, they have also started [...]
Sonic Syndicate: New Album Title, Artwork Unveiled
Swedish/British SONIC SYNDICATE have set “We Rule The Night” as the title of their new album, due in Europe on May 28 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was recorded at Bohus Sound studios in Kungälv, Sweden with producer Toby Wright, who has previously worked with KORN, SLAYER, MÖTLEY CRÜE, KISS, FEAR FACTORY, IN FLAMES, [...]
© MetalPaths 2009. All rights reserved.
7:27 pm on December 7th, 2009
You forgot to write that they played Bleak, Master’s Apprentice, Harvest, Demon of the fall for 3 seconds! xD