Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth) - P4 / Sweden Radio interview. April 2nd, 2024.

Aired on P4 earlier today. Enjoy.

[@leilahamaoui3564]

Great to hear a more recent interview with this music mastermind!

[@TheLivirus]

Pretty dull questions, but Mikael spiced up the interview with his trademark humor.

[@rubenr5544]

Great interview but those subtitles 😂

[@RickyMyGoat34]

Happy to hear a recent interview from one of my favorite metal musicians!

[@Nando_2]

Super excited for this new album!

[@Jin.Yoon..]

Thank you for sharing! So good to see Mikael talking!

[@user-gz6mz9oh1q]

damn he is so well spoken

[@bustedhammer1212]

Man I love the ward so much

[@heenymeety406]

I wonder if he’s sick and tired of people calling them death metal haha

[@aegon1807]

he is probably tired for 20 years about that lol

[@username113]

Yeah they are obviously goregrind smh

[@PeaceDweller]

Actually, according to some people Mikael is actually starting to get the "itch" to put out an Opeth Death Metal album again. A lot of old school fans want a "My Arms, Your Hearse" part 2.

[@aegon1807]

@@PeaceDweller who are those people??

[@urielseptim9860]

@@PeaceDweller I would be sooooo happy

[@cecefil]

Hope they play The Ward live in Dallas TX this October!

[@reducetheatoms]

Might be a dumbass question but what's the point in categorizing music ? Like, unless you wanna sell it, and find it more easily in the music stores, what's the actual point of giving it a genre ? Please someone enlighten me because I am honestly tired of people asking Mikael " WHAT GENRE IS YOUR BAND :33333333333333333333333333333 ????? " cuz I feel like the more people will ask this question the more versatile music Opeth will create (which is gud lol) and it's like, Mikael himself is trying to pull himself away from all those categories. Also, feel free to roast me if the question is stupid, I love a good roast.

[@micheldroguett]

According to the subtitle he said that Black Rose Immortal is not good song, only a long song. He did not mentioned but they were talking about 20 minutes song

[@micheldroguett]

When I heard that, I started to cry.

[@kalas-kurt]

@@micheldroguett The subtitles are 90% correct, and that statement was unfortunately for you within those 90%. Feel better friend 🙌

[@eighteen-naked-cowboys]

It's well known he doesn't like their first two records very much.

[@micheldroguett]

​@@eighteen-naked-cowboys I love Mornigrise album a lot, but my first time I heard about Opeth was through My Arms and your heart and Still Life albums

[@filipdzero8739]

It does feel elongated, though, and the transitions are one of the worst, even from the early era. It's no secret Mikael likes Orchid & Morningrise the least of their early stuff. To Bid You Farewell & The Night and The Silent Water have better transitions. If Black Rose Immortal was released as an EP, I'd appreciate it more.

[@Divig]

Oh my god, the translations! "What did you set the grain on" is nonsense! "Vad har du kornet inställt på" would rather be something like "what have you set sight on". And there are many many like that. "Kneg" translated to "knight" not "job"...

[@FernandaPereira-ow3jo]

🙏🏻☺️🤘🏻

[@marcusbengtson8570]

Fasen vad skön han e, Micke. Å Titti gjorde ett underbart jobb.

[@notan23]

The guy who got a meal for his record should've gotten a soup and saved the meal for another time.

[@Lukkern]

Too bad she didn't grab the chance to ask anything about the new album :/

[@The_Karst]

I'm still fascinated that she picked The Ward! Great track, but that's a pretty deep cut.

[@reducetheatoms]

@@The_Karst :3 Nah, she picked the one she liked, I think it gives more authenticity to the interview. After all, it's the communication between two human beings, who have a soul and taste. :P would be amazing if people stopped always sucking the pp of BWP lol.

[@The_Karst]

@@reducetheatoms 100%! That's the reason I dedicate this channel as much to the deep cuts as I do the more popular stuff.

[@evol1901]

opeth 🤘

[@drkndlght019]

if you dare, if you insist, you'll see

[@Hierophant11]

Parents, please don’t call your daughters “Titti”.

[@mikaelsnare]

Satanists don't worship - or even believe in - Satan 🙈 They're basically more organized atheist humanists. It's a stupid name, because they get mixed up with devil worshipers all the time. Like in this interview.

[@TheLivirus]

Well, "Satanists" may refer to many different things. Church of Satan is repackaged Ayn Rand and Satanic Temple are pretty much humanists. But there is also the Christian conception of Satanists, involving ritual human sacrifice etc. which some have tried to live up to.

[@haimo14228]

The text is very bad and misleading, just an fyi. But it's very likely AI translated

[@prawtism]

Titti Schutts LUL

[@aliprcdmrn19]

I suspend If you are alright with me I'm alright with you If you have a problem with me I have a problem with I keep the distance as I have to

[@MazenMohsen-qz8pk]

Oh fuck he is aged

[@friendlyenemy2314]

Damm, he’s starting to look old with wrinkles and grey facial hair

[@jo3l188]

16:05 who wrote these subtitles LOL

[@VTX666]

These subtitles are horrible. Every second sentence is senseless. Can you please upload one with correct subtitles?

[@The_Karst]

That'll be tough, unless I can find a bi-lingual Swedish / English speaker willing to manually script! AI / auto-translate still has a lot of limitations.

[@duartelucas5746]

Can you please do it?

[@CikisHelyzet]

How about you do it, if it’s so important to you?

[@reducetheatoms]

Respectfully, I think Karst is aware of it. He did try his best, for free, for us to be able to watch it. And nowdays having someone pull out videos and without being paid for it, it's pretty rare. You can make the effort to pay a translator if you want though :3 VTX666DepressedDemonGuyFromDaStreets

[@duartelucas5746]

I was actually replying to @VTX666,@@CikisHelyzet .

[@daario4278]

Terrible translation

[@drkndlght019]

Don't think you can trespass for any reason, if you unfairly try at us you're going to get it back Just- Clear- and reasonable I respect your position, but don't think it gives you rights to transgress