If you'd like to have this album in HQ in your digital collection and support this project, send me a message at my e-mail listed in the description of the video. Thank you all for such wonderful feedback!
I just love the heck out of all of your albums. Is there any chance to ever get any sheet music from you, e.g. assuming many people asked for it and/or were willing to pay for it? I would *really* love to play a few of these (also the ones from the In Retrospect album!), but figuring out the arrangement by ear is just way beyond my skill level. On the same note, I would also greatly appreciate some kind of tutorial for fellow pianists where you explain your approach / working process for figuring out these arrangements. Are there any specific tools you use for repeatedly listening to the same sections of the songs again and again while working on the arrangements? I'm classically trained and just don't know how to start figuring out something like that...
I just "dig" deep into the analysis of the song structure, try to decipher and isolate every single instrument, and find its place on the keys.. as for the tutorial, I might do something in the future for my fellow pianists, but that is yet to be decided how/when.. Thank you Niko
@@cvekler What if there was a kickstarter or something to make it worth your while? And if not for sheet music just having an overhead view of you playing would help a lot in figuring these out. I would transcribe them to sheet music if I had the time/abilities...
Maybe you didn't know, Opeth is an autumn band ;) For me September-October are the best months to listen to them. "Orchid", "Morningrise", "My Arms Your Hearse", "Still Life", "Blackwater Park", "Deliverance", "Damnation", "Heritage" are absolutely autumn's albums. But "Ghost Reveries" and "Watershed" are for May-June
it's when you get stripped down versions like these that you notice how genius Opeth's music (and your playing & arrangements) is. I couldn't thank you enough, kind sir, for bringing these versions to life!
Your ability to arrange these complex compositions for a single instrument so well never ceases to amaze me. Opeth is one of my favourite bands, and I listen to your piano compilations just as often nowadays. You are a great genius and deserve more recognition for your work!
I actually realized right now that I've also listened to another Opeth cover from him about ten years ago... didn't make the connection until I read your comment! :D
Such skill! Such talent! Such attention to detail. Such perfection. This is in all honesty a masterpiece that deserves to be exposed on every museum together with the originals as a study on how to transcribe. It's creative, yet unbelievably accurate and just towards the originals. It's a transcriptional piece of art. The ear you have for de- and recomposing this complex stuff is proof of some very impressive and almost surreal analytic skills. It's breathtaking the way that you succeed in making the piano sound like an orchestra retaining the melancholy, beauty, elegance, rhythm and intensity of these songs. Simply can't praise this enough. Thanks for sharing your talent with the world! You're absolutely world-class awesome, Niko!
This is yet another moment in my life, that confirms that no matter what will happen further in my life further, I have felt, seen, heard, experienced enaugh to never doubt worth of my birth on Earth, and it were enaugh just for it. Thank you kindly good sir. As a musician myself I send you a great respect for the job you have completed, for sweat and headaches, for willpower to finish what you have started. Thank you.
Would love a physical copy of both Opeth and Katatonia Suites! Your work amazes me. Would honestly like to hear your renditions of Porcupine Tree as well.
*Nikola uploads a new Opeth album* : "BEST DAY EVER". *Album doesn’t include To Bid You Farwell* : "My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined". JK, i really loved it.
I actually did record almost half of the song, but it eventually went to the trash bin. I simply didn't feel it, and wasn't working out. Also, for some reason, not a big fan of that particular song. I love some of its moments, but not in its entirety.. Thanks anyway! Cheers
@@cvekler Not even a problem man it's just i was kinda waiting for it. It's a long and hard song with heavy parts and that fretless bass would be a pain in the ass to arrange.
@@Sonic_sorceress Yes, it has such an atmosphere. Mikael's side project with Steven Wilson had a song called Drag Ropes and the video they did told a very similar story to Still Life
What I really like here is how precise the emotion is brought with a high subtility. I wanted to listen a part then another once in a while, it actually is but for the whole arrangement.
You just got the key to the metal heaven man, the god of metal is please with your work! Those two Opeth set are magnificent. Honestly my only sadness is that this one isn’t starting with The Moor, which is the best metal album intro of all time. A perfect rise of intensity to start a progressive album. But anyway! Good job!!!
Amazing. But... still nothing at all from Opeth's first two albums? Please attempt Advent, To Bid You Farewell or Black Rose Immortal. They're sublimely beautiful.
What a fucking masterpiece! My god you're all blessed my G!! Can't believe the rendition of Bleak its so precise! I'd like to have the music sheet please it looks so fun to play! WELL DONE
You're doing every band that I love. And I didn't see anyone else doing this. You're the only one dude. Please keep going and don't give up. Your music makes my mind peaceful.. 💕
Dear, oh dear. I am only near the end of Eternal rains and some of he grace notes in there ... brilliant .. and as with the previous stuff .. you get the message of the original across so well .. superb job .. AGAIN .. :-)
As I already mentioned in some previous comment, my audience is too small, it would cost me a whole lot to put all of these on Spotify since they are not originals, but if my following grows over time, then I might do something about it. I hope so. Thank you
Gracias por este trabajo Nikola, es un tremendo agrado poder escuchar esta calidad de interpretación en canciones de Opeth. maravilloso trabajo. Especial mención para "when" una de mis favoritas de opeth. Muchas gracias por compartir este hermoso trabajo.
Incredible work! Your rhythm and feel is awesome and you capture the emotion of the original compositions wonderfully. As a lover of both classical music and Opeth, this was a delight. I was transported for the duration. Great track selection. Thank you for sharing!
First video I've favorited. Good work mate! Solid re-interpretation and a great breath of fresh air into works that each have probably been listened to 100s of times.
If you'd like to have this album in HQ in your digital collection and support this project, send me a message at my e-mail listed in the description of the video.
Thank you all for such wonderful feedback!
I just love the heck out of all of your albums. Is there any chance to ever get any sheet music from you, e.g. assuming many people asked for it and/or were willing to pay for it? I would *really* love to play a few of these (also the ones from the In Retrospect album!), but figuring out the arrangement by ear is just way beyond my skill level. On the same note, I would also greatly appreciate some kind of tutorial for fellow pianists where you explain your approach / working process for figuring out these arrangements. Are there any specific tools you use for repeatedly listening to the same sections of the songs again and again while working on the arrangements? I'm classically trained and just don't know how to start figuring out something like that...
I just "dig" deep into the analysis of the song structure, try to decipher and isolate every single instrument, and find its place on the keys.. as for the tutorial, I might do something in the future for my fellow pianists, but that is yet to be decided how/when..
Thank you
Niko
@@cvekler What if there was a kickstarter or something to make it worth your while? And if not for sheet music just having an overhead view of you playing would help a lot in figuring these out. I would transcribe them to sheet music if I had the time/abilities...
@@cvekler vinyl pleaseeee .ill support
I guess there's no chance of a CD-version of this...?
Proud of you, son.
Is that you really, God?
@@danielpines4229 It's not, unfortunately. ;)
@@danielpines4229 LULZ
@@GonIke1 He's beyond deity
@@danielpines4229 It's not him, since god is dead, and Mikael is very much alive
And now you realize the Opeth chords progression is amazing
Now for the first time? 😅
You didn’t before????
Nah this just confirms it again, but what made me fall in love with opeth are the creative ass chord progressions Mikael crafts, pure perfection.
.... However I have always knew that 😉
Opeth is literally the most important band in my life, your work is so beautiful I am crying. Thank you for this!
best band in the world
reason i got into Vinyl
É a banda mais importante da minha vida, cresci ouvindo ela até hoje. Quando vi esse esse novo álbum do Nikola fiquei muito feliz.
My fav prog band used to be Dream Theater. I like Opeth since hearing them first in 2005. They are my fav prog metal band now.
@@bobeialexandru6011 mine used to be SYMPHONY X
now im more of an Opeth guy
@@Utubesuxmycock hah. symphony x is still in my TOP 3 bands. Just gave them another listen yesterday
That Heir Apparent outro... I'm blown away. My wife doesn't even know the song and almost started crying hearing this
Akerfelt needs to hear this immediately
Its good
Haha. Best troll ever :')
I like how you don't just "cover", you actually try to put your small interpretation on it. Perfect.
Bleak, Hope Leaves, The Moor? Damn I didn't know christmas came in October
I like your porcupine tree image. Opeth and Porcupine Tree are up on a pedestal for me.
@@Taunic Oh yeah for sure. Porcupine Tree is probably my favorite band, and Fear Of A Blank Planet is probably my favorite album of all time.
Plus Windowpane.
Maybe you didn't know, Opeth is an autumn band ;)
For me September-October are the best months to listen to them. "Orchid", "Morningrise", "My Arms Your Hearse", "Still Life", "Blackwater Park", "Deliverance", "Damnation", "Heritage" are absolutely autumn's albums. But "Ghost Reveries" and "Watershed" are for May-June
@@ronaldnonik8664 And what do you during Winter?
When a genius covers a genius
Windowpane was absolute perfection. I could listen to 10 hours straight of this rendition.
it's when you get stripped down versions like these that you notice how genius Opeth's music (and your playing & arrangements) is. I couldn't thank you enough, kind sir, for bringing these versions to life!
I wouldn’t say it’s stripped down at all, all the parts are there
I wouldn’t say it’s stripped down at all, all the parts are there
It took youtube 3 years to send me this video onto my feed... Holy shit this is amazing
Your ability to arrange these complex compositions for a single instrument so well never ceases to amaze me. Opeth is one of my favourite bands, and I listen to your piano compilations just as often nowadays. You are a great genius and deserve more recognition for your work!
Eternal rains was my first foray into Opeth and holds a special place in my heart and this arrangement it simply superb
Have been listening to you for 10 years, thank you.
I actually realized right now that I've also listened to another Opeth cover from him about ten years ago... didn't make the connection until I read your comment! :D
You should definitely post Lovelorn Crime as a video by itself as well, it's a standout in an already incredible collection. Great work
Hours of wealth has always hit me hard in the feels. Your rendition does not disappoint. Awesome job
I don't know how or why, but I'll never know WHEN you do the whole Opeth discography!
Waiting for that day!
Maybe in Spring MMXXI perhaps?
Still holding out for those sweet Orchid and Morningrise covers :)
Such skill! Such talent! Such attention to detail. Such perfection.
This is in all honesty a masterpiece that deserves to be exposed on every museum together with the originals as a study on how to transcribe. It's creative, yet unbelievably accurate and just towards the originals. It's a transcriptional piece of art. The ear you have for de- and recomposing this complex stuff is proof of some very impressive and almost surreal analytic skills.
It's breathtaking the way that you succeed in making the piano sound like an orchestra retaining the melancholy, beauty, elegance, rhythm and intensity of these songs. Simply can't praise this enough. Thanks for sharing your talent with the world! You're absolutely world-class awesome, Niko!
Indeed,agree, great comment and neat analysis mate 🤌
This is yet another moment in my life, that confirms that no matter what will happen further in my life further, I have felt, seen, heard, experienced enaugh to never doubt worth of my birth on Earth, and it were enaugh just for it.
Thank you kindly good sir. As a musician myself I send you a great respect for the job you have completed, for sweat and headaches, for willpower to finish what you have started. Thank you.
С обзиром да је у питању бенд, који се код нас ретко слуша, а мени је један од најомиљенијих, ово је савршено. Свака част дечко, само грувај.
Would love a physical copy of both Opeth and Katatonia Suites! Your work amazes me. Would honestly like to hear your renditions of Porcupine Tree as well.
Thanks for making the world a better place where you can hear this. Katatonia 3?!
*Nikola uploads a new Opeth album* : "BEST DAY EVER".
*Album doesn’t include To Bid You Farwell* : "My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined".
JK, i really loved it.
I actually did record almost half of the song, but it eventually went to the trash bin. I simply didn't feel it, and wasn't working out. Also, for some reason, not a big fan of that particular song. I love some of its moments, but not in its entirety.. Thanks anyway! Cheers
@@cvekler Not even a problem man it's just i was kinda waiting for it.
It's a long and hard song with heavy parts and that fretless bass would be a pain in the ass to arrange.
Where can i here you live man, this is sublime!
Where someone invites me, haha. Cheers
This is amazing, your skills with this instrument is godlike. You sir deserve more recognition from everyone !!!!
My favorite was Bleak ;)
Hours of Wealth sounds amazing on piano!
its my favorite slow/clean opeth song
The moor is incredible!!
Thank you for doing Lovelorn Crime, I didn’t knew it was going to be that beautiful
oh wow i was just listening to vol 1 yesterday, nice surprise today!
You re a genius
Really great - The Moor is my favourite, especially from 01:03:24
Same!!! I was obssesed with Still Life and its haunting story and the Moor always will be my favorite, the lyrics, the story, intense and hauting.
@@Sonic_sorceress Yes, it has such an atmosphere. Mikael's side project with Steven Wilson had a song called Drag Ropes and the video they did told a very similar story to Still Life
Holy sh*t on a stick, I am lost for words!
wtf dude this is mindblowing, what an outstanding work
Revocation profile picture, nice!
ти си изнад талентованог Никола🙀❤ ово је невероватан посао човече, хвала што си поделио са нама 🙏❤🤞
This is unbelievable I can’t believe I’m just discovering this, thank you!
Lovelorn Crime is simply beautiful.
What I really like here is how precise the emotion is brought with a high subtility.
I wanted to listen a part then another once in a while, it actually is but for the whole arrangement.
A few seconds in and this already sounds awesome!!
Ovo je fantastično i genijalno! Svaka čast majstore, kapa dole!
Koji si kraaalj - kraljuuuuuu. Hajmo osnovati bend? Hahah. Svaka ti cast!
Opeth !!! awesome !!!
I knew nothing of your work 10 minutes ago, but i'm a fan now
THANK YOU FOR THIS MASTERPIECES
It's incredible. What you make of works. Each time a new level is higher.
From the drag of life this was missing, thank you and Mad Respect🍻
You just got the key to the metal heaven man, the god of metal is please with your work! Those two Opeth set are magnificent. Honestly my only sadness is that this one isn’t starting with The Moor, which is the best metal album intro of all time. A perfect rise of intensity to start a progressive album. But anyway! Good job!!!
Amazing. But... still nothing at all from Opeth's first two albums? Please attempt Advent, To Bid You Farewell or Black Rose Immortal. They're sublimely beautiful.
so GOOD
Please play Black Rose Immortal
love the blues/jazz that comes through on Hours of Wealth
What a fucking masterpiece! My god you're all blessed my G!! Can't believe the rendition of Bleak its so precise! I'd like to have the music sheet please it looks so fun to play!
WELL DONE
Bleak
You're doing every band that I love. And I didn't see anyone else doing this. You're the only one dude. Please keep going and don't give up. Your music makes my mind peaceful.. 💕
................ perfect work
Nikola, ovo je vrhunsko, pozdrav iz Hrvatske!
Thanks for doing time stamps and thanks for Lovelorn Crime. Exquisite.
that's really impressive! nice!
Your playing is phenomenal. It really compliments the already very haunting arrangements. Great work.
Dude this is amazing keep releasing this piano versions.
Great !.. ❤
Impressive. I am ignorant to the original OPETH songs but i love what you are putting together brother. You will have my views. Guaranteed
Dear, oh dear. I am only near the end of Eternal rains and some of he grace notes in there ... brilliant .. and as with the previous stuff .. you get the message of the original across so well .. superb job .. AGAIN .. :-)
Hours of wealth is incredible!
So, so good! As a super Opeth fan im so glad and surprised of this! Thought i would not like, I DO! A LOT! Thank you :)
SPOTIFY PLEASE !!!
just beautiful covers
As I already mentioned in some previous comment, my audience is too small, it would cost me a whole lot to put all of these on Spotify since they are not originals, but if my following grows over time, then I might do something about it. I hope so.
Thank you
Svaka čast! Nisam očekivao drugi deo još si izabrao većinu mojih omiljenih pesama.
I have just found this. Beautiful.
Absolutely beautiful!
Nikola keep on working ! You are special , amazing talent. All the best to you 🙂
*hammering on keys while squinting at my PC speaker intensifies*
**nod of appreciation**
Gracias por este trabajo Nikola, es un tremendo agrado poder escuchar esta calidad de interpretación en canciones de Opeth. maravilloso trabajo. Especial mención para "when" una de mis favoritas de opeth. Muchas gracias por compartir este hermoso trabajo.
Svaka čast!!!
Incredible
This makes my day THANK YOU
This is just beautiful
Fantastic work, this reminds me how haunting and beautiful, at the same time, their music use to be, something i miss in their latest records
What a joy listen those masterpieces again in this piano version!!! 👏👏👏👏👏
Thank you for reminding me how perfect piano is as an instrument. Keep up the good work.
Breathtaking. Bravo !
WTF just 10k SUBS :) . Support this guy
This is absolutely beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
huge job.
Where are u been????
I benn searching long time for something like this. Thank u so much!!! :')
Excellent dude !.. great piano cover
No words, this is pure beauty. You made my day
Oh boy, Bleak, the one i missed on volume one. Love it! Great work man.
Brilliant! Your arrangement of When is beyond flawless
This is absolutely amazing! Please, somehow, get this on music streaming platforms. I want to listen to this at work.
great work, brate
Incredible work! Your rhythm and feel is awesome and you capture the emotion of the original compositions wonderfully. As a lover of both classical music and Opeth, this was a delight. I was transported for the duration. Great track selection. Thank you for sharing!
oh its here
yesss im so excited for thiss
Incredible brings a whole new dimension to the music!
This was a very pleasant surprise. Fantastic work as usual. I was hoping you would do more Opeth and here it is. :)
your work is just priceless. absolute gem.
This is... Amazing. You are doing great job! You focused on every important detail. Keep going! This songs have a soul.
First video I've favorited. Good work mate! Solid re-interpretation and a great breath of fresh air into works that each have probably been listened to 100s of times.
Amazing work. Windowpane is my favourite.
2020 is not a bad year after all. Thanks Nikola!