Opeth interview - Mikael Åkerfeldt & Fredrik Åkesson

[@FabioLovaglio]

Don't let Mikael fool you, He's an AMAZING guitar player, not of the "flashy" kind, there aren't many footages of him playing up close but he has an incredible taste and confidence in his playing, every note is played with purpose, his riffs are always solid in timing despite being quite difficult, not to mention that he sings whilst he plays them. Whether he's playing riffs, solos, acoustic parts, there's always an element of surprise in his playing. Time will give him the credit he deserves for his guitar playing.

[@sanbilge]

Skill vs. competence. I can see where he is coming from. Mikael is a competent guitar player but he admires the skill of others. He is humble but fair.

[@fcamiola]

Spot on

[@joshforest304]

"I'm no Jeff Loomis"- Mikael Akerfeldt. 😂 He could do stand up comedy if Opeth ever stops touring.

[@Yupppi]

Love these guys. Åkerfeldt is such a self-whipping guy though, beyond just humble. He plays kickass solos on the albums and you'd not even think it was him until you see him play the solos live. He has the chops no matter what he says. But his sense of harmony is incredible.

[@blppt]

Well he doesn't have Fred's technical chops (who does besides like Broderick or Petrucci?) but he definitely maxes out what he does have.

[@VignetteQ]

Haha I love Fredrik's face at 5:20 in response to Mikael's statement. Mikael's playing is superb.

[@lordgraga]

As someone who has nerded Opeth stuff for a long time… that thing with holding a note and then adding vibrato is such a good habit to have, and it’s indeed all over their records!

[@Cheximus]

I'm glad Mikael suddenly realised he had an absolute behemoth of a guitarist next to him, one of the best around today.

[@stevemuzak8526]

Mikael is always humble because of Law of Jante (Jantelagen). He's one of the best guitarist out there because he's not crazy technical but he has something that other guitarist don't have : Ability to write memorable songs and lyrics. He basically write all Opeth songs in his home studio. That's insane.

[@FerretFerrari]

Don't forget Fredrik recorded the guitars for Ghost's latest album. Fredrik is the one I mention when someone ask me my favorite guitarists. I can't think of anyone else. Except maybe Miyako in Lovebites of course ;D

[@tcelectronic]

That's a cool fact! Didn't know, thanks for sharing 😎

[@dirgeforthymurder]

Mikael is definitely my favorite guitar player, and as brilliant as he is as a guitar player, he is even a better song writer.

[@lunchbucket2494]

Too bad they will never play in Indonesia. I'm a huge fan since Ghost Reveries

[@lolman6916]

Mikael’s riff writing and especially the solo on ghost of perdition definitely convinced me that he is a brilliant guitarist. He is wayy to humble for his skill in my opinion. But i’d rather have him being humble than being some selfabsorbed brat.

[@blackmetalbreadstick]

Mikael is an incredible guitar player and doesn't give himself enough credit lol. His phrasing and his vibrato is out of this world

[@bishalthapa7743]

It's almost always that the most talented person is the most humble one too.

[@sangpenikam7]

When you're so into the band that you recognize immediately that Ghost of perdition in the intro is taken from the Red Rock live version

[@laza2761]

Love the setting… ❤️towels etc. Awesome artists 🖖 Also good questions asked ✌️

[@mikey_dk]

They keep dishing up questions about tone, hoping they'll mention pedals and effects, and all their answers revolve around the notion that gear won't make you good. I love that

[@joshforest304]

Wow, I just checked out Scott Walker and can really hear the heavy influence. ❤

[@CamiloGaetePuga]

I like Mikael's solos more than Fredrik's. They are both amazing, different to each other.

[@LivingWithoutWalls]

Hell yeah lol”Opauth” 😂

[@jake-ir1tc]

fink ployd is better

[@Ebastine]

Now I wanna see Åkerfeldt and Blackmore sit down and have a chat. Have they ever met?

[@HattemAlHajry]

2:39 Now I live Fredrik more now, I agree with him that the greatest live performance ever is Pulse by Pink Floyd.

[@omairsh8]

3:05 classic Mikael humour 🤣🤣

[@GothicXlightning]

the Tone is real hey? as a Doom/Black/Frigid Metaller type of player that i am that is the kind of BlackFire sounding i want for my Black SG

[@MelodyMaker218]

Opeth is so cool!

[@robmurrah3224]

0:21 oh god, i just realized i've been saying this dude's name wrong for 20 years.

[@aliprcdmrn19]

even is the score between us either submit or I'd not leave it be

[@hajihead]

Is it me or the guitarist here reminds me of joey from slipknot

[@svarholtperformance]

Millie Pitrosso? Who is that? 😵‍💫

[@Kapricorn.Musick]

Look up Kreator

[@gojiralives3698]

Bro started yapping so much after he was asked about influences

[@FabrizioCARENA]

by activating ENG SUBS, you can tell the dude who made them progressively lose interest in the job 😂😂