Opeth interview - Mikael Åkerfeldt (part 1)

[@Karinap1974]

I could listen to Mikael read a dictionary. Never boring, he would still be smart, funny and insightful. With every different interview, every different band shirt he's always teaching us something. :)

[@rhaoth]

I've seen them live 3 times and met them a few years back, he's the greatest musician in Swedish history.

[@SasquatchLegend]

One of my desires is to meet this man within my lifetime. This man's music has changed my perspective of music. Just music, in general. Beatiful songwriter, genuine man, one of the greatest guitarists. There will be an unfufillable hole once this man passes away. To forever with Mikael.

[@pantalaemon]

He looks so relaxed. Like he is, to his core, at ease with how he stands in the world. His words and his music stand for themselves and have expressed exactly what he wanted. this is a man who can look anybody in the eyes.

[@Slayyyer84]

He looks very good in this interview.

[@NathanFazekas]

Opeth has got to be one of the most artistic metal band I've ever seen

[@masterloli666]

look at that face and that smile and the attitude , i love Mikael , what an amazing artist

[@masteropuppetz66]

to experience Heritage fully... you must take some shrooms... honestly... i love that trippy-ness aspect of it and am absolutely intrigued by the direction

[@YouCantDeleteDenzelL]

I just love his voice!!!

[@alyusdickey9561]

Scott Baldwin he sounds so fancy and soothing

[@SensiRootsBoy]

i could listen to mike for days, hes like an intellectual of the metal world

[@ZuGineeris]

Coconut Orchid Morningboogiewoogie My Arms, Your Coconuts Honky Tonk Life Boogie Woogie Park Coconut Deliverance Damnation Boogie Woogie Honky Tonk Reveries Watercoconut Honky Tonk Heritage Coconut Communion 2020 UPDATE!: Boogie Woogie Sorceress In Cocoes Venenum (Venom in the Coconut)

[@iurikon]

***** Coconut Communion fits oddly well

[@Dehangus]

I don't get it

[@TheBloodRite]

I like his Mob Rules shirt. >.>

[@Helghastly]

It's funny that you say that because that was immediately what I was thinking too watching this video. He's just got a very laid back, chill and every man personality just like Grohl, I think.

[@standinginmist]

broo i thought i was the only one

[@thinsulite]

I just respect this man so much!

[@spider62able]

I think what Mikael's trying to say is how much he is a fan of Alice and other 70's albums, not the directly/conscious influence some might expect. It's also obvious that he feels the need to change and evolve as an artist. I like Heritage and expect a great live show to follow.I will be seeing them live this week and look forward to both the new and old songs!

[@Minalovevirtual]

I love Mikael I love Opeth for ever and ever !!!!!!

[@TheMetalhead678]

Mikael is a cool guy. I like his voice and accent too.

[@Darth_Revan25]

I love his voice. I could listen to it for hours. It's awesomely relaxing!

[@Dr.Ew_PhD]

saw them live and he was so chill and funny i love this guy

[@SasquatchLegend]

GOD, that man. At the very beginning of the video. Interviewer: "Hi, Mikael." Mikael: "Hi! :D" *heart flutters*

[@benjaminkinkaidiris]

He looks really happy to be making music he wants. Hey, in the end you gotta make you want to hear, and what interests you, especially since you will be playing it on tour.

[@Thatmetaldude590]

Yes! I'm longing as hell for the fresh smell of a new Opeth album in my mailbox. They're... a term of its own!

[@Fabinesss]

I´m amazed at how on almost every interview something falls at some point and make a clattering noise while Mike speaks...

[@MyChippy00]

You know he has a lot of records when he seems simply taken aback by the question. :D

[@killercreek450]

anyone else feel like you shared a transcendant moment with this man? thumbs up...

[@Snoobroglo30]

I checked out Wooden Horse. They were awesome. I recommend you all to do the same!

[@AnthemOfTheDevils]

Opeth wanted Heritage to be different. If you've watched his interviews and listened to most of their records you'd probably know. They make each album unique and different to what they previously released. Mikael says they never want to go mainstream and this is how they do it.

[@MrMike0113]

Orchid and Morningrise are a little bit black metal. Nothing after that is in any significant way. Mikael said once that the lyrics of Under the Weeping Moon are "black metal nonsense".

[@immortallix]

I find it ironic because, Björn J:son Lindh who played flute on Heritage has an album called "Boogie Woogie".

[@MetaliBlack666]

This guy is a hell of person and a hell of a musician... :)

[@b3h3mith]

how can you dislike this guy? not much into hero worship but he just a cool guy

[@Snoobroglo30]

I'd really like to hear Cornus. I keep looking for them on the internet, but I can never find them!

[@StevenMcPeterbilt]

I was listening to the interview and the ending "faceculture" thing scared the fuck out of me!

[@OSMP27]

Who did the haxprocess album they talk about at 2:17? Sounded like "Skal Hoakland" to me.

[@fjunigapresten]

Kjell Höglund is His name,

[@OSMP27]

Thank you.

[@nhonho23]

@Oneironaut93 He does, but his unibrow used to be HUGE back in the early 2000's. I think nowadays it doesn't really look bad.

[@Khachik2003]

after listening to the new song, I have faith that Heritage will be the best album since Morningrise

[@Peter_Churchill]

It would be so awesome to be his postman.

[@Megadedly]

Awesome.

[@luchadorbig]

@lela5go1 though heritage wasn't exacty the usual metal they released previously... heritage did have some progressive metal in there

[@cutepoison98]

I love his unibrow

[@MrMike0113]

@marilynknotborgir As far as I can see, it's a piece of glass, and what looks like a video is actually the reflection of whatever is outside the window of the room they're in.

[@locosychocrazy1]

Haha sometimes when i'm just walking around at like Best buy or something and just looking at cd's I do the same thing. I look at the artwork and the titles and if theyre good I remember a song title and look it up when I get home. haha thats how I got into In Flames and Soulfly and a bunch of other bands.

[@arklowrockz]

Well impressed to hear Gary Moore was a major influence

[@jacksonesp100]

I can just tell I'm gonna go through a retro phase phase now.....

[@Blightrecords]

dude check out the song demon of the fall its like every black metal fans wet dream. and yes id say its more of a mood that they set.

[@Karhuherraz]

Respect!

[@SuperHarvestMan]

1:25 "How many albums do you have now in your home?" "I don't know..thousands..shitloads." lol

[@Duncan_Idaho_Potato]

@warrenwally Apparently Mikael likes him because there are a lot of interviews on KZbin with these two. And they're usually good ones, despite the interviewers mediocre English.

[@reducetheatoms]

4:41 😔💞

[@GodheadsLament]

@Lbradsteen Heartfeldt, mayhaps? :P

[@pudgywudgy]

I think its a Swedish thing cause as far back as I can remember my Swedish cousin has been saying it.

[@brandonnieves91]

"Shitloads" is always a great way to describe the quantity of something you have

[@bjorn860]

Sörskogen Tattoo for the win at his left arm: Search for Sörskogen - Mordet i Grottan here on youtube.

[@lela5go1]

People gave "Heritage" so much shit for not being metal. I love it so much. I got the honor of seeing them from row in Hartford.

[@jzmmm]

Ive been saying 'shitloads' that since early high school. And i've never met a swede in my life. I'm from australia. when u get drunk and u need to emphasize shitloads even more, u say 'fuckloads'. "Oh, yeah man, i got fuckloads of that shit."

[@Charles3x7]

Haha that's great that he's so into buying vinyl. I can totally relate to being obsessed with that shit. My mailman will see me come out to check the mail and he'll be like "no packages today, sorry".

[@poisoNation]

Like if you look up all the obscure artists Mikael mentions and end up loving them.

[@davethehostage]

"Next question: Have you ever considered losing the unibrow?"

[@Sammyma6]

I've got a random question....did he cut his hair?

[@LIVEtoROCK86]

Too Fast For Love is awesome...c'mon Mike!

[@DillingerEscapeMan]

@JBT24 Thanks - Mike

[@carobo69]

Did anyone else shit themselves at 6:40

[@marilynknotborgir]

wtf is going on with that tv screen on the left?

[@xxMonsterGuitarxx]

why is there a dislike ? wtf

[@Benteiron]

@Metallikakka Aivan varmasti.

[@tumtuss]

I wish I delivered mail to Mike :(

[@Hemull]

@marilynknotborgir it´s a window

[@Zharenn]

That postman must be Fenriz :D

[@Genghis_Sean_]

@JBT24 lol i see that too.. his voice is so low for such a skinny fellow

[@NicNico]

@intotheprog haha. that is funnies.

[@oathwine]

Is it just me or does Mikael have an unibrow? :o

[@darkhero101010]

con ese comentario sonaste como una fan de x banda de pop hahahahaha

[@ozzy358]

Black sabbath Mob Rules t shirt !!! :)

[@Serujio_X]

Hit the 70's button! XD

[@95TurboSol]

@JBT24 Mike looks like he's lost weight IMO. Probably from chasing the new addition to the family around lol.

[@Lew0604]

pause at 2:18 for stoned Mikael

[@SRNF]

@JBT24 mmmmmmkay!

[@santiagodcw91]

0:20

[@7thNoodle]

@intotheprog He's not gonna listen to it... Didnt you see the vinyl store video? >_> tsk tsk...

[@Ghost__Reveries]

Daddy

[@splinadero]

Mike lost weight?

[@MrKorton]

So I guess Mike doesn´t like Harry Nilssons Coconut song aye? ;)

[@MrPundaddy]

best fuckin shirt!!!

[@BadButNotSad]

6:00 lololol

[@MyChippy00]

WHO DISLIKED THIS? I WILL FIND YOU!! HOW DARE YOU SHAME THE GOD THAT IS MIKAEL

[@jellevdvegt]

his jokes don't land on the interviewer :P

[@Aelle2000]

"flower power gone wrong" lol win

[@Flaggius]

Uhm no, what the hell do you know mate? I'm swede, definitely not blonde, I've even got darker hair than Mikael lol.. And I'm swede as far back as it gets! Actually, to be completely honest there are I'd say more brown/black-haired people in Sweden than blondes, really.

[@antonio610]

Mike is so... red.

[@tylerjacobson8012]

Hahaha “what is it called?” “an English band called wooden horse”

[@nachos_in_bed]

Why does this guy kinda remind me of Dave Grohl?

[@ikedaspike77]

UNIBROW

[@NotSober100]

the mob ruuuuuuuuules, so does Opeth

[@jshearsmith]

Fucking Fabio!

[@wrathchild269]

Flower power gone wrong....lol !!!

[@Metallikakka]

he mentioned in a speech between songs, that he has AIDS. hence the weightloss.

[@Holdsworthands]

he´s lying... mikael want to sound like 70s... it´s imposible to sound like "Heritage" without want it... doesn´t "Watershed" have good microphones? and it have a modern sound (like all the Opeth records) complety diferent from the vintage "Heritage"... so he´s lying hahaha but he is a genius hahaha

[@lordvalke]

this man is really got bored from everything :)

[@itlivesin]

best motherfucker ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@EnvyMachinery]

I'm eating lunch to this interview. His unibrow is very distracting.

[@Thirdeye386]

boogie woogie lol