Opeth's lyrical themes are kind of unique in metal. Metal is usually about socio-political ills. This is more about some Victorian guy in a forest brooding about his unrequited love.
To me, the most impressive thing about this version of the song is Mike using his SE guitar, makes you think that you don't need thousands of dollars to have a great sound out of an instrument, just be skilled at playing it
@@ogulcanyolcu8714 Not true at all. I've seen live performers get fantastic sound with gear that cost less than £1,000. Of course you can also be dependent on the venue's PA system (if it has one) and the sound engineer doing a good job. But it is perfectly possible to get good sound without spending huge amounts of money.
I’ve only been lucky enough to see Opeth once (Hunter/Heritage w/ Mastodon) and I can admit I was almost insulted they didn’t play “Bleak” that night. It speaks to the power of this song.
One of my favourite tracks ever, but if you compare the growls here to the version on the roundhouse tapes, there's no comparison, hes either deteriorated or is doing it differently, to me anyway.
Not that much. He still plays the heavy songs slow as hell and he still lacks subtlety on the less intense moments. He has NEVER really nailed Deliverance, for instance.
@@ItsNotaTuhmah He plays it just as the studio version is and doesn't ruin it like Lopez did in Lamentations with Deliverance and the second half of The Drapery Falls.
Прекрасное исполнение. Исполнение двух музыкантов, в сопровождении ударника. К сожалению в этом произведении не нашлось место партии клавишника, именно этим отличались классические группы, такие как Deep Purple, или Uriah Heep и им подобные...
Wilson is a great song writer ..but....Mike's clean vocals in this are far stronger, powerful than Wilson's in BWP's rendition. This song, a few by BOC, DT and PT really stands out...so powerful, dark but in a illuminated way, stark, in your face like Digital Bath by death tones...love it
I agree opeth lyrics deal with lost lovers dwelling in forest spectral lovers severed from each other forever to wander the sickening realm of Blackwater park 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
Not a fan of Axe's drumkit sound. Sounds kinda muffled in every single live show.. He also lacks some subtlety on the quieter moments, he plays too hard and even kinda slow.
I find flagging at concerts generally inappropriate. Being Norwegian, I find flagging norwegian at a concert in Britain with a Swedish band to be quite frankly embarassing. It's like some nationalist selfie. Awesome show though.
Take it as they're just Norwegian fans who came all the way from Norway to attend this glorified Opeth' concert letting the members know how much they love their music 😂
Funny, I find it quite opposite. The first 3 minutes include awesome verses and one of Opeth's best riffs (the main riffs before the verses). The final 6 minutes has the most boring chorus with a completely redundant guitar solo and some generic chord-progression bridges in between. It sounds MUCH better with Åkerfeldt on vox instead of Wilson though, this version is vocally much better than the studio version!
Well it's an Opeth concert, what do you expect? The fans are just completely amazed by this perfect performance. Listening and headbanging without having time to think about moshing or whatever, i've seen em four times and i've seen a moshpit there like once or twice. Although i do my fair share of thrashing in the pit, i've never missed one at an Opeth show. Not the moshpit type of music
Can we please kick this lord of the rings poser and get lopez back. This guy has no soul. Meshugah's drum machine in Catch 33 had more emotion. I don't know why Michael thinks so highly of him. He's probably one of the worst drummers in prog.
Fucking hell that is one ignorant comment. Have you even listened to Heritage & Pale Communion? His drumming is one of the highlights of modern Opeth. He brings the groove hard & has really memorable fills. Listen to the drumming on Nepenthe and tell me he sounds like a drum machine. He's improved A LOT from Watershed
Compare his drumming to the quieter parts of Deliverance or Ghost Reveries., hell, even Damnation. He still hits the drums too hard and lacks real finesse. He's very tight, but that's it.
The vocals are mediocre, the drumming was off, the ending solo was tame and the mixing was poor. Bleak is easily my favorite song, facing competition only from Harvest and Godhead's Lament. It could've been so much, but it was so little.
Where were the vocals mediocre, and in what way? Where were the drums off, and in what way? In what way was the ending solo tame? As far as the mixing goes you cannot get good sound quality on RUclips, so you ought to use the DVD or CD instead.
jaketaz Compare the vocals to The Leper Afinity on Lamentations. That's what good live vox should sound like. This just sounds like someone jamming a pool noodle into a garbage disposal. The drumming was off tempo and incorrect- if you can't hear it you have no musical ear and I won't take the time to give the exact time stamp, and the ending solo was just the skeleton of the actual solo. Recording quality has nothing to do with it; I own this recording on MP4 anyway. Don't bother me with more stupid questions because I'm right and you're wrong.
UsernameUser If you had any brains you would understand that the "solo" is multiple lines played by multiple guitars on the original, with more than one rhythm guitar behind it. There's 2 guitarists in the live band, do the math. The vocals aren't mediocre, that means average, they are better than average. You didn't provide a time stamp about the drums being off because it doesn't happen. If you own this on MP4 you know damn well the recording quality is fine, but MP4 only goes up to kbps which is a garbage resolution for babies anyway. You are a whiny cunt. I will never see your reply because I am muting this now. Luv u
The vocals are mediocre? Are you kidding me? The sound is better than lamentations, i have the lamentations concert too..tienes un severo problema de oído mi amigo! La voz natural está impecable, la gutural eso si está más consistente.. Pero este concierto es absolutamente el mejor que han dado, instrumentalmente incomparable con los anteriores
Ale Cavanagh This concert is by far the _worst_. The vocals aren't flawless, and the instrumentation is just plain lame. They couldn't even play the ending solo so they just played a few notes from it and gave up. I'd complain about the horrible vocals, but they are the least of the problems on this track. And since you bring up Lamentations, _The Leper Afinity Live on Lamentations_ was a million times better than this garbage. I don't have a problem with hate, I just hate being disappointed by bad music.
![09. Demon of the Fall [Opeth - The Roundhouse Tapes (2007)]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/sL-l-UgydXA/mqdefault.jpg)
One of the greatest songs ever written
Their best song imo
Opeth's lyrical themes are kind of unique in metal. Metal is usually about socio-political ills. This is more about some Victorian guy in a forest brooding about his unrequited love.
Garegin Asatryan or murdering his ex girlfriend lol but I agree opeth is one of the only bands whose lyrics I actually always read
it is called prog metal my friend. ProgSnob present
In fact, metal has a lot of different lyrical themes lol
In fact, you only did reference to Thrash Metal.
honestly I thought it was about a werewolf turning to a human and turning back
6:30 initiate sick bass groove🖤
yeah no kidding... I like that melody so much
I love those brief moments when the Martin Mendez bass track comes to the forefront of the mix and you remember how fucking good he is.
ShaolinDragon93 he's pretty restrained
yeeeessssss
He's a God! I just discovered that thanks to this mix of Live gig
To me, the most impressive thing about this version of the song is Mike using his SE guitar, makes you think that you don't need thousands of dollars to have a great sound out of an instrument, just be skilled at playing it
You need thousand dollars of equipment on the back. That's the case.
@@ogulcanyolcu8714 Not true at all. I've seen live performers get fantastic sound with gear that cost less than £1,000. Of course you can also be dependent on the venue's PA system (if it has one) and the sound engineer doing a good job. But it is perfectly possible to get good sound without spending huge amounts of money.
He's skilled enough but his tone immensely suffers from it at times, these guitars sound tiny
4:29 dude looks like fukkin God. "He saw the music he had made, and it was very good".
+Michael Kanis
Lol, great, you made my day!!!
ah ah ah that was epic bro
Also looks like Gandalf a little bit :D
It saddened me to hear that Mike doesn't believe in God. His self esteem is so low... he doesn't believe in himself :(
but he did not though.
I've probably listened to this thousands of times ❤❤❤
the growl here is diabolic. MORE PLEASE!
His growls in this are mediocre at best compared to his growls in the Roundhouse Tapes version. Now THAT really is diabolic.
The chills this gives me is real.
It's awesome how they sounds perfectly accurate on a stage.
5:55 riff to the bond movie that never came out
Lepper Affinity and Bleak are my favorites of Blackwater Park
Åkerfeldt is honestly one of the most interesting and unique songwriters I've ever seen
Per Wiberg was an awesome fit for Opeth, wish he never left
I’ve only been lucky enough to see Opeth once (Hunter/Heritage w/ Mastodon) and I can admit I was almost insulted they didn’t play “Bleak” that night. It speaks to the power of this song.
Perfect song
My dream in life is to listen to this live.
Per is magnificent in this show.
Everytime I see this, I feel something deep inside, I think it might be love.
😳
i love the bass!!!!!!
this song is absolute bliss. i love it so much
0:45 For the causeee uh
..I like Porcupine Tree but woah, Mikael sings that chorus so much better than Steve Wilson.
Steven Wilson sing the chorus in the original versión?? D:
+Ale Cavanagh Actually yes! :D
:O You're right, is steven :) +BibiCookiecat
+BibiCookiecat I was gonna argue about it, but then I heard it again. Mikaels tortured high pitched vocals add even more depth to this mastepiece.
Mikael sings it good too, but that part was MADE for Steven. His restrained delivery just kills me every time.
bass ...masterpiece
Goddamn that vocal....😵
We miss you, Per! Amazing performance.
Saw them on Artmania. Best experience ever!!!!!
One of my favourite tracks ever, but if you compare the growls here to the version on the roundhouse tapes, there's no comparison, hes either deteriorated or is doing it differently, to me anyway.
Roundhouse tapes was epic .
I agree. It's different for sure and in my opinion far worse.
Who ever says bad shit about Axe should take into consideration the fact that he only got better from here.
Not that much. He still plays the heavy songs slow as hell and he still lacks subtlety on the less intense moments. He has NEVER really nailed Deliverance, for instance.
And you're the one who decides that, lmao.
@@ItsNotaTuhmah He plays it just as the studio version is and doesn't ruin it like Lopez did in Lamentations with Deliverance and the second half of The Drapery Falls.
@@abscessedcadaver8221 yes, I think lopez is rushing sometimes
Fredrik has outstanding vibrato.
Прекрасное исполнение. Исполнение двух музыкантов, в сопровождении ударника. К сожалению в этом произведении не нашлось место партии клавишника, именно этим отличались классические группы, такие как Deep Purple, или Uriah Heep и им подобные...
Awesome!
Enjoyed this video! All the best!!
put this song on when driving through the wilderness and it caused a thunderstorm
Wilson is a great song writer ..but....Mike's clean vocals in this are far stronger, powerful than Wilson's in BWP's rendition. This song, a few by BOC, DT and PT really stands out...so powerful, dark but in a illuminated way, stark, in your face like Digital Bath by death tones...love it
Wow
Incrível
The backup vocalist is fckin great.
mikael should have sang the chorus for bleak on record
not a bad idea
❤
I agree opeth lyrics deal with lost lovers dwelling in forest spectral lovers severed from each other forever to wander the sickening realm of Blackwater park 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
fucking epic Mikael
@Katona Marcell: 480p is NOT High Quality. Other than that - decent video.
0:50 The Face Of Mikael Åkerfeldt
where can i find HD 720 ?
anyone knows what tunning are they using in this song?
E standard
@@f1nnw284 wow these . Chords sound heavy
Per at 4:28
Not a fan of Axe's drumkit sound. Sounds kinda muffled in every single live show.. He also lacks some subtlety on the quieter moments, he plays too hard and even kinda slow.
Lopez was kinda undeniable...
I love axe playing
Too aggressive. You are right.
sounds like a funk bassline to me ...
I find flagging at concerts generally inappropriate. Being Norwegian, I find flagging norwegian at a concert in Britain with a Swedish band to be quite frankly embarassing. It's like some nationalist selfie. Awesome show though.
Carl Olav håkå get over it ppl are just having fun. You need to lighten up.
Take it as they're just Norwegian fans who came all the way from Norway to attend this glorified Opeth' concert letting the members know how much they love their music 😂
虚無の世界の。
Gentlemen's death metal
X"copied"x
Too low.
Up to 3:10 the song is kinda boring, but after that it's just amazing! One of my favourite songs ever :D
first 3 minutes are best u dio
Funny, I find it quite opposite. The first 3 minutes include awesome verses and one of Opeth's best riffs (the main riffs before the verses). The final 6 minutes has the most boring chorus with a completely redundant guitar solo and some generic chord-progression bridges in between. It sounds MUCH better with Åkerfeldt on vox instead of Wilson though, this version is vocally much better than the studio version!
What a boring crowd!
Well it's an Opeth concert, what do you expect? The fans are just completely amazed by this perfect performance. Listening and headbanging without having time to think about moshing or whatever, i've seen em four times and i've seen a moshpit there like once or twice. Although i do my fair share of thrashing in the pit, i've never missed one at an Opeth show. Not the moshpit type of music
I always go to concerts to watch the crowd
I think they're just stunned. This performance would blow anyone's mind. lol
respectable crowd cheering at appropriate times.
Even I would just go there and stand with my jaw on the floor and pick it up when the show ends and go home delirious
Can we please kick this lord of the rings poser and get lopez back. This guy has no soul. Meshugah's drum machine in Catch 33 had more emotion.
I don't know why Michael thinks so highly of him. He's probably one of the worst drummers in prog.
That's retarded.
Fucking hell that is one ignorant comment. Have you even listened to Heritage & Pale Communion? His drumming is one of the highlights of modern Opeth. He brings the groove hard & has really memorable fills. Listen to the drumming on Nepenthe and tell me he sounds like a drum machine. He's improved A LOT from Watershed
Seriously, not too much.
Compare his drumming to the quieter parts of Deliverance or Ghost Reveries., hell, even Damnation. He still hits the drums too hard and lacks real finesse. He's very tight, but that's it.
I bet you're so good aren't you? Sad that no matter what you say, you're still just some guy on the internet to us
The vocals are mediocre, the drumming was off, the ending solo was tame and the mixing was poor.
Bleak is easily my favorite song, facing competition only from Harvest and Godhead's Lament. It could've been so much, but it was so little.
Where were the vocals mediocre, and in what way? Where were the drums off, and in what way? In what way was the ending solo tame? As far as the mixing goes you cannot get good sound quality on RUclips, so you ought to use the DVD or CD instead.
jaketaz Compare the vocals to The Leper Afinity on Lamentations. That's what good live vox should sound like. This just sounds like someone jamming a pool noodle into a garbage disposal. The drumming was off tempo and incorrect- if you can't hear it you have no musical ear and I won't take the time to give the exact time stamp, and the ending solo was just the skeleton of the actual solo. Recording quality has nothing to do with it; I own this recording on MP4 anyway.
Don't bother me with more stupid questions because I'm right and you're wrong.
UsernameUser If you had any brains you would understand that the "solo" is multiple lines played by multiple guitars on the original, with more than one rhythm guitar behind it. There's 2 guitarists in the live band, do the math. The vocals aren't mediocre, that means average, they are better than average. You didn't provide a time stamp about the drums being off because it doesn't happen. If you own this on MP4 you know damn well the recording quality is fine, but MP4 only goes up to kbps which is a garbage resolution for babies anyway. You are a whiny cunt. I will never see your reply because I am muting this now. Luv u
The vocals are mediocre? Are you kidding me? The sound is better than lamentations, i have the lamentations concert too..tienes un severo problema de oído mi amigo! La voz natural está impecable, la gutural eso si está más consistente.. Pero este concierto es absolutamente el mejor que han dado, instrumentalmente incomparable con los anteriores
Ale Cavanagh This concert is by far the _worst_. The vocals aren't flawless, and the instrumentation is just plain lame. They couldn't even play the ending solo so they just played a few notes from it and gave up.
I'd complain about the horrible vocals, but they are the least of the problems on this track.
And since you bring up Lamentations, _The Leper Afinity Live on Lamentations_ was a million times better than this garbage.
I don't have a problem with hate, I just hate being disappointed by bad music.