OPETH - Wreath (live at the Royal Albert Hall)

[@TheAskald]

The technical incident with the guitar was metal as fuck to be honest. Mikael just growls like a demon like if nothing happened, it's quickly fixed, and the comeback of the guitar is badass (4:57). It's part of the song for me now.

[@ShantanuDeshmukh88]

And not to mention that pause reveals badass bass of Mendez!

[@Barqu3ntine]

Super professional!

[@haitham_dannoun]

​@@Barqu3ntine am urging you to watching the lotus eater in the same event to check out seamless problem fixation (listen to the song without watch then see it again)! They are soooo god damn professionals

[@randyhalfway]

I can't imagine having the energy to do blast beats at the end of this 11-minute song, Axenrot is a machine.

[@yonaikergalanlopez6991]

The real machine is Martin López

[@williamreynolds3487]

Yonaiker Galan Lopez no

[@blppt]

If you notice right before the end, he looks like he's huffing and puffing and saying to himself "how long is this damned song anyways?". Still keeps right on the beat though. Props.

[@fernandapereira4623]

@@yonaikergalanlopez6991 Lopez is a Groover 😉

[@yonaikergalanlopez6991]

@@fernandapereira4623 i think he is both, i like much his drumming style, you not?

[@ThePeppesBodega]

There should be a blast beat here. Yes man, it should.

[@conchosewing]

totally agree!:) but maybe they made it without it,on purpose

[@DcEsp1000]

Whoa...blast beat in the end. Very nice addition. Axenrot is an amazing drummer.

[@emotionlesshills6633]

God,this band is so original.. I missed old Opeth songs.

[@keyboardcarrot]

wow that guitar change was professional as fuck

[@LegendaryGoetz]

This is possibly Opeth’s best concert in my opinion. His growls were consistently strong, and his clean vocals were chiming. The vocals towards the end give me goosebumps nearly every time

[@ivansalvatore9631]

His growls were a lot better on Roundhouse Tapes, but his cleans weren't as good as on here

[@BP-or2iu]

His cleans have only gotten better with age. This era of his growls were not good in my opinion. He has even addressed this fact.

[@Diakonov29]

Under the weeping moon on roundhouse is amazing.

[@saschamarr495]

Roundhouse and Lamentations are so much better. I dont get why people think he is good here?! Everything is off and its clearly leading into his "I dont care about gutturals phase". Its not terrible here, but its not good either.

[@saschamarr495]

Like he is straining so hard at times, just trying to keep the growl locked in. His highs are ok, but that is much easier to do

[@notchjohnson2540]

That guitar switch was so fucking smooth. Imagine pulling off an incident like that, so well that it almost enhances the performance. Impressive :>

[@sarps]

Wow. This song is EPIC. Great parts followed by great parts followed by great parts followed by great parts.

[@Brokenscam]

Is it true that that this song was inspired by an incident where Mikeal Alkerfieldt split his glass of milk, which made him become outraged that he had nothing to dunk his cookies in, he started writing this song?

[@mubashirtaimoor7612]

Can You Provide Me Any Link Where You Read this? Seems Interesting Tho :D

[@Brokenscam]

Mubashir Adeel I apologise if I got your hopes up, but this was my attempt of being funny.

[@mubashirtaimoor7612]

Haha :p Apology Accepted Lol :D You Got Me..!

[@philliprupe3079]

Brokenscam I laughed my ass off! Hahaha thanks

[@GhANeC]

spill*

[@fabiodewitt9140]

Love the addition of the blast beat.

[@yigithenden126]

I cant believe that mikael could go through this whole concert. The entire BWP plus their most brutal songs ever like wreath the moor. the hardest marathon he had done probably

[@eduardomelo6046]

10:56 BLAST BEEEEAT

[@blatandharald]

Awesome setlist, Dirge for November, Forest of October, The Moor, and Wreath, have been songs i always wanted on a good video with great quality. Really my favorites. i just hate the way they jump 100000 times the camera images. not even 5 seconds in a row, whish we could´ve watched some solos.

[@FormerlyMrBean667]

Axe rocked in Roundhouse and RAH. I like him probably almost as much as I like Lopez.

[@abhishekchaubey903]

both are great in their own ways

[@Farrahtinsley218]

This song is a goddamn masterpiece Edit: I love how much fun Mikael ostensibly has just rocking the fuck out. The part at 1:53 is one of my top five Opeth riffs of all time and he looks so happy playing it

[@jasonjenkins6373]

As a proggie, i skip to 4 minutes and enjoy.

[@biorythmicshifter]

Those octave melodies haunt my dreams...

[@manueltorres-fq9hh]

*Axnrot at the end with blastbeat* ""oh wait... This is Opeth no Bloodbath.... 😅👌""

[@sadiaali8682]

Falling inside again This nightmare always the same Still never enough Halting at the brink of discovery Moving into the darkness Leaking inside to cover up Dragging me down and under Entangled and undone at once Old memories I'm not in need but wish to know What are the tragedies The history behind the walls Pacing further down Familiar children's laughter Dissonant and out of time And their eyes are dead Watching myself in a pool of water Wearing the mask of a ghost Smeared all across my skin Rotten earth and insects Endless night Always preserving the calm Movement behind Bleeding animals in a field of fire There is no absolution Death is but a fairytale They are mere visions They are afraid of me Clear insight A smoke is rising nearby Dust covering my coat Blend together to spell my name Pale, covered me with sweat There are no words left Sole provider of death Distorted faith in myself Human harvest burning Blackest pages turning Twisted perception come true Captured in dreams connected Staring right back Spiritual decay - Still seeking Frozen in time Mourn this departure - All watching Calling me back Closure to bleak matters - I'm leaving End of a search Coming of morning Calling me back Closure to bleak matters - I'm leaving End of a search Coming of morning - Returning

[@valeriehitzert8188]

OH MY GODDD this sounds AMAZING LIVE

[@janinetollot209]

Best opeth song ever. Period

[@neilomac]

I fucking LOVE the blast at the end of this. Axe is a goddamned beast. Lopez was great, but Axe is next level, and he's so consistent.

[@GhANeC]

Careful... Lopez was borderline unique.

[@ItsNotaTuhmah]

Axe plays everything slower and that truly sucks. He also can't replicate all the drum details of those songs.

[@jpbass5913]

Lopez was extremely hit and miss -- he was far less technical than Axe. When Lopez hit his groove he was hard to beat I agree but he also has a super hard time keeping tempo and some of his live double bass work on the earlier stuff like white cluster and god head lament is fucking awful.

[@jpbass5913]

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[@lukesabin691]

Couldn’t agree more. Axe is a better musician than Lopez in every way. The Lopez lovers must not be drummers or have any musical training to disagree with that.

[@ZaThrint]

Blast beats were such a good touch at the end

[@StealerAG]

I've always been in love with the part that starts at 1:52 .

[@felima999]

Except for Mikael's problem with the guitar and except for the blast beat at the end I would think they used the album version as playback. INCREDIBLY done!

[@colorblindvids]

Such a great live show, perfect live band!

[@VoltronCorpse]

Haha love it how he just keeps singing while he changes guitar.

[@akindlysoul]

The Court Of The Crimson King

[@T-mert]

i just watched this whole video while brushing my teeth. my doctor will be impressed if i go this way.

[@mushfiquemahi9429]

9:53 Love this part!

[@ahutt59]

I remember when they played Wreath on the Prog Nation tour in 08 at Gibson Amphitheater in LA...just amazing. No other way to describe Opeth live.

[@cegs93]

I've always loved the solo at 8:00, but now that I know it was played by Mikael I love it even more!

[@Seek1Destroy1]

Axe can play anything off Deliverance to a tee! He's no Lopez, who (for me) symbolises the zenith of creativity and technicality in a drummer, but he [Axe] is a superb death metal drummer in his own right ... And his drumming on 'Harvest' from the same Albert Hall concert is a jazzy sensation, to say the least! \m/

[@TroutLizard.]

perfection. Brutifull, really no other words to explain this phenomenal performance... They are some lucky motherfuckers to be in there for that...

[@Kbambi74]

that's how it's done, right there! amazing

[@asprosgeminis6163]

Magnífico, personificación de la desolación, desarrollos de los requintos de guitarra tan evolutivos, ambiente sublime y oscuro, this song is cold, cool and called Wreath from Deliverance!

[@temme528]

i didn't knew

[@Barqu3ntine]

All hail the power of Wreath!

[@Fr3etd4nc3r]

a true masterpiece

[@spectriaofficial]

This REALLY... REALLY makes me question their decision to have literally NO blast beats on studio except for Lotus Eater.

[@apetrenko_ai]

The solo starting at 5:12 just kills me

[@matteopriotto5131]

8:00 is much better for me

[@Maggbba]

@@matteopriotto5131 Right, 8:00 is one of the most badass things i've ever heard in my life.

[@nikhilmahale786]

Yes. There is a cry of pain in it.

[@nikhilmahale786]

​@@matteopriotto51318:00 is just feels like accomplishment 🎉

[@blppt]

I'm a Lopez guy myself, but damn, does Axe really fucking nail this one.

[@nepalm13death]

i was there one of the best gigs of my musical life

[@opeth72]

his clean vocals got even better....

[@T-mert]

4:44 OMG that growl

[@OfficialArthusamakh]

I think studiowise the classic lineup (Mikael, Peter, Martin and Martin (& Per)) hit their musical peak with Deliverance/Damnation. I'd say Blackwater park is still the best of their 6 records though, but I think musically D&D are just a notch above the rest, if not in songwriting. The new Opeth (Mikael, Martin, Axe, Fredrik and Joakim (& Per)) hit that point in their lineup with In cauda venenum, both musically and songwriting wise. Of course it's not as mindblowing as what they used to do up to 10 years ago, because what they're doing now kinda existed in the 70s already and what they did in the first 15 years was never seen before. I'd go as far as saying that if they did some good old prog death record it might be nearly as good as Blackwater park or Deliverance. But that is a question for the future and right now I'd love it very much if they just went further into the ICV direction, just more of what makes it special. Talking live I thinke there is not much to discuss. Perfect. I think Axe is way more stable on the heavy stuff than Martin was.

[@dtonpbac]

u must buy this DVD... quality is just awesome

[@ratosangrento3870]

Headbanging is not allowed? 9:35

[@SnuSnu91]

I think if I were at this epic performance I also would just stand there and sobber

[@OfficialArthusamakh]

They definitely need to play this more often. For the love I bear Deliverance the 4 other tracks on the album are gold as well. Axe is such a fucking beast live (studio as well) on all of their catalogue and he wasn't in the band on the 8 albums pretty much everyone considers the best. He's definitely not having any live struggles like I feel Lopez had on the 4 heavy songs on Lamentations.

[@bastout]

Next time, I hope we will have possibility to have it in Blu Ray. ; )

[@sanbilge]

Normal people talking about crazy beats: *random rap music drums and bass* Crazy beats in real life:

[@kishankanaiya7394]

4:44 dude is prodigious!

[@mubashirtaimoor7612]

May That Guitar Rest in Peace Lol ..

[@uometako]

@MarianOctavarium Puedes conseguirlo a través de Mercado Libre, o si no, en su página en la sección O-merch puedes ordenarlo!

[@mada_2]

4:30 and kids that's why you always need to have 2 guitarists to form a decent metal band :p

[@TheAskald]

Yeah, Pantera wasn't a decent metal band, I forgot about that thx.

[@philliprupe3079]

TheAskald .... there are always exceptions to every rule. Dimebag was 3 guitarists in 1.

[@branlopgar]

TheAskald Dimebag is the exception that confirms the rule. And if you won't have a second guitarist, make sure that, or you're a fucking guitar God, or that you have an ungodly awesome keyboardist...

[@shponjoel]

I guess Randy Rhoads era Ozzy sucked ass too

[@jessbian3385]

John Petrucci Stares in Shame.

[@ketarolexpress2498]

Лучшее выступление Игоря николаева 10 валериев леонтивых из 10

[@matthewconway1603]

How am i the only thathasntmentuoned that basss

[@Flaggius]

omfg i came!

[@iluvpepi]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@Grueldoom]

lIKE TEN SONGS IN ONE IN ELEVEN MINUTES

[@naviwing]

4:32 This motion is so cool

[@AliothSenator]

Horizontal headbanging FTW

[@kaChalloner]

@sKeLeT0n Different tuning, strings, or overall just a different sound, many reasons to change a guitar

[@Killensuen]

Beasts of prog))

[@Cluless02]

Dig the part at around 7:25 and then at disturbed part at 7:38 -

[@LuisEspadas]

la voz de mike no es tan grave cuando la cancion es dificil , es mas dificil controlar asi los guturales

[@podrihc]

hey dude do u have this entire DVD? i can't get it in my country, Argentina, and i want to download it, do u know somewhere can i do that ?

[@bigthene5er6ish]

BLAST BEET!!!

[@podrihc]

@Paralysedmind that's the problem, i don't use credit cards, i want to buy but i can't find it... thanks anyway!!! :)

[@TolgaAkmaner]

4:30 guitar died

[@gebaly91]

Not dead... but it's tuned in a different way to perform more rough riffs... you can hear it clearly using a headphone.

[@branlopgar]

Moustafa Elgebaly Nope. It died. If it wasn't the case, why Mikael would change the guitar? Even John Petrucci has experienced that (a dead guitar in the middle of a song, Under A Glass Moon at Score. He just changed the guitar and dubbed the missing parts in studio). Mikael's guitar died, and luckily Akesson kept playing.

[@Salomon_G]

It didn't die, he muted the strings. I'm assuming he broke a string or it shifted too much out of tune

[@yannickkerriou7446]

lol the comments. He just broke a string

[@shantaku]

@@gebaly91 get a load of this guy

[@standinginmist]

sometimes live versions are just better

[@Lobometal]

1.003!!!!!!!

[@kenitehunter316]

4:30....guitar goes out of tune.

[@fadetoblackdude7]

Kenitehunter that was the string breaking

[@DamienRev]

@podrihc: Sorry but I wont be able to help you with that - you could order it online?

[@trexpeliahelvetios2302]

CLOSURE TO BLAAAACK METAAAAL

[@yaseen_elolemy]

closure to bleak matters*

[@abscessedcadaver8221]

@@yaseen_elolemy r/woooosh

[@yaseen_elolemy]

@@abscessedcadaver8221 fml

[@anthonycoleman4917]

Is the other guy's guitar even plugged in? 4:30

[@tuncelcel]

aklımı yitirdim

[@notswhiteley]

@sKeLeT0n he broke a string

[@kaChalloner]

@kaChalloner Also probably a string though

[@sKeLeT0n]

why did he change his guitar in the middle?

[@matthewconway1603]

Jesus Christ the fucking bass......

[@SecretdwarfRS]

@0nl1n3n00b Yes I agree ..

[@BorisBr1tva]

Incredibly doomed riffs \m/

[@sacrament48]

the fucking rule!!

[@dsavkay]

after 4:30 akerfeldt's react lmao

[@canalesenzanomellnome1893]

8:30

[@ridwanrhohadiutomo404]

My name cat is ricardo d opeth

[@Jackehehe]

00:02-00:07

[@Killensuen]

maybe because of a string

[@pedrobermond316]

I think Lopez was more of a metal drummer, and a highly creative one, but as far as my taste for drumming goes Axenrot is the superior one. He has evolved a lot lately, can pull of mindblowing jazz styled beats and is overall more interesting to hear than Lopez. just check out Pale Communion if you doubt me, absolutely divine drumming

[@kutayguler6218]

Lopez could bear the jazz drumming if you ask me. As he already did in Deliverance's live performance

[@adamdam]

They usually play live a little faster than usually...I love this performance but it is way too slow compared to the original track.

[@metalheadwrestling5928]

Mikael's growls just aren't what they used to be. It's truly sad. 😢

[@miahnowdie2072]

I want to hit like, but it's at 666! \m/

[@yash9410503314]

This song could kill a drummer ?

[@tho4life611]

he really cant growl anymore it sucks

[@ogulcanyolcu8714]

I hate the intro and the outro. Kills the darkness of the song.