OUR FIRST REACTION to Opeth - Burden | COUPLE REACTION (BMC Request)

See how Nick (🇩🇪) and Lex (🇺🇸/🇲🇽) continue down their Opeth journey by listening to this song request (WATCH UNTIL THE END FOR NICK ON GUITAR)! After only having heard two other Opeth songs, this was a great one to add to their repertoire. Thank you!
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[@thibeauclaes2526]

Love this song its so melancholy and then at the end it gets straight up haunting. Please more Opeth, thanks guys!

[@xsomeNOOBx]

This song feels like slipping into a warm blanket on a crisp fall day. I love it.

[@bernhardkrickl3567]

Burden is goosebump material.

[@bharadwajmr5928]

This is the best ballad written by Mikael Akerfedt, period! You guys would love Damnation record!

[@proteusblack8913]

"Lovelorn Crime" has entered the chat...

[@scyphe]

@@proteusblack8913 Indeed it has.

[@Zitronenparty]

"Faith in others" is also such a beautiful song :)

[@RiffisKing]

@@proteusblack8913 I was out walking in the rainy darkness of Oslo alone the day they released that album. First time I heard Lovelorn Crime , or the Swedish version that is my favourite , I cried my eyes out! Such a beautiful song , and the solo at the end is so perfect! Here's me playing that solo if interested :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/q3XLh4usnNV0o7s

[@Phantom-kc9ly]

I gotta say I like Faith in Others better lol

[@markrichardson8378]

The whole watershed album is epic,react to it all.

[@markd9130]

Akerfeldt has such a likable voice. Even when growling he is very deliberate and controlled. His voice is a contrast to the metal instrumentation around him. Great band and they try so hard to be creative.

[@julianortiz4151]

One of the most beautiful songs from Opeth. Always loved this one. I couldn’t imagine you guys not loving this song. I knew as soon as the vocals started the looks on your faces said it all. It’s such a lovely yet sorrowful song. I knew you were feeling it. Great reaction as always! 🔥🤘🏼

[@markblaauw4961]

Watershed is one masterpiece. A rollercoaster of different types of awesomeness. What the heck, their whole discography is insane good Try Heir Apparent from the same album 🤭😎🤘

[@bernhardkrickl3567]

You can hear that the other guitarist in this song - Fredrik Akesson - has more of the shredding chops then Mikael. His licks are faster and his touch is lighter. But for Opeth, Mikael doesn't want shred, he always prefers emotional, expressive soloing and that is what he is really good at. And Fredrik is fine with that and adapted his playing. Sometimes Mikael still makes use of Fredrik's abilities and lets him deliver some fast soloing, but even then it is always tasteful and never for showing off alone. They do it if it fits the song.

[@Johnytomm]

The chemistry in their writing is just perfect

[@ronalddijkers6286]

Melancholy and humor in one song; genius

[@sllk4104]

I listened to opeth my whole life .. such a great band; thank you for your reaction ❤️🇲🇦

[@alanbrown7412]

Hi guys.Hope you are both ok..I really enjoy your reactions to all the vids from different bands. I'm so glad you exploring more Opeth... really loved your reaction to Burden ..a brilliant song ..the whole album Watershed is superb. The track that follows this is Porcelain Heart....I'm sure you will dig it. This is the first album to feature Fredrik Åkesson..on guitar and Martin Axenrot on drums. Keep on smiling..you brighten up my day. Take care. Peace and love👍✌️

[@HCXWinchester]

Opeth is amazing you guys are amazing!

[@progperljungman8218]

YES! In full pleeease! Such a tremendous and versatile album!😍

[@orphydianmusic9529]

I couldnt get too much into Opeth but it's impossible not too dig these kind of stuff from them.

[@floridabelle]

Great choice! I listen to this one a lot. ❤️ 2 other beautiful ones are Faith in Others, and Isolation Years.

[@floridabelle]

@Paul Kaoru Beautiful🎶

[@BassGoBomb]

And listening to the previous track 'Voice of Treason' as it does meld into 'Faith In Others' .. makes for 15 mins of beautiful Prog ... LOVE IT.. :-)

[@gregcormier2379]

You can really hear and feel the sadness and yearning in Mikael's vocal delivery. As always the music is just superb and sets the proper mood to accompany the lyrics. I know you guys don't like to start off with the big hits but I would love to hear your reaction to Blackwater Park.

[@Bobbias]

Actually, I would say you're both partly right about his accent.nwhen he speaks, he quite clearly has an accent, but when singing he switches to a more American accent. Many singers find singing in an American accent easier (many Brits and Aussies adopt American accents when singing). However, there are still some elements of his accent in his singing, which gives him a less readily placed sounding accent when singing. If you're used to American singers, or singers who have a perfect American singing accent, will notice the subtle differences from a perfect American accent.

[@jasonallen5318]

I think Opeth might be my favorite band right now, please react to more Opeth guys!!! Their entire discography is excellent, you can pretty much react to any Opeth song and it will be great, no joke.

[@davidgale7384]

Thanks for the "new" artist to stick in my ears!

[@tortillasarenotbiceps7622]

Got this one in my iPod. GREAT tune.

[@hliborobful]

Потрясающая композизия Великой Группы Opeth. Спасибо, ребят, за реакцию! Очень понравились. You are so true & musical. Thank you!

[@blamhof]

Great reaction again. The guitar solos were Mikael Åkerfeldt and new band member Fredrik Åkesson who is still with the band today. Both amazing guitarists. Video here of them playing their parts in an interview, good watch kzbin.info/www/bejne/onKqnqqhe894isk This track blends nicely into the next and a full album reaction would be brilliant. Loved the de-tuning demonstration at the end

[@mvunit3]

Glad you added that; Nick N Lex can witness the actual guys interacting and how funny they are. And Mikael, how well spoken he is in English (as they made the comment of his voice).

[@blamhof]

@@mvunit3 My favourite is when they get Martín Méndez on the kids rollercoaster kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGq3eoaJZ9B3m7c

[@jonkwape3097]

Great, Opeth once more, love your channel. Raising a request for Pain of Salvation again:)

[@mvunit3]

Hey Nick N Lex ("Welcome Baaack") :D People are not mentioning a very important factor in this track as well . . . the "Hammond B3 Solo"! Its so full of soul and intense feeling, he's making it wail in pain. That's their 1st Keyboardist "Per Wiberg", and its up there with Jon Lord of Deep Purple, and Ken Hensley of Uriah Heep (and people should checkout the band he was in before and currently; "Spiritual Beggars"). That right there is in my Top 10 Keyboard solos. And Nick, the other guitarist made his debut on this album replacing Peter Lindgren (of 16 years with the band) prior to the making of Watershed; "Fredrik Åkesson" who is also the Lead/Rhythm Guitarist along with Singer/Guitarist Mikael Åkerfeldt. This track is on my Top 5 songs from Opeth. Its one of his most soulful songs, that is even different than all the tracks on "Damnation". Its got a 70's retro feel, but with MUCH better modern production. But they have always mic'd their instruments meticulously to hear them clear and up-front. Also, because you've said it before; The "bleed-ins" or transitions (a track that comes in while the previous track ends) don't necessarily mean that its a Concept. It happens on a lot of albums, its just a creative way for tracks to "flow" together, much like a track with an abrupt ending, and the next song starts either like POW in your face, or more subtly, both for "impact". But this from Akerfeldt himself: - Washington Post Express: I've heard you say "Watershed" isn't a concept record, but I never heard you say that I would be convinced it is one. - Åkerfeldt: It has the flow of a concept record - and in a way it's not a concept record but in another way it is. The lyrics are about my own experiences this time around and how I've changed since I became a dad. It just changed me completely, like I got a new set of eyes. But it's not a fictional story like a generic concept record; it's not about a character. Before you become a dad, you never figure how it's going to change you, but it does; it's the same with everyone I talk to who has kids. This new chamber of emotions opens up that you didn't really know existed before - and all of the sudden you're sitting in front of the television crying because of the things going on in the world. [Laughs] - Washington Post Express: Some of the songs that mention children are quite dark. Is this you expressing fear for them? - Åkerfeldt: In a way they are, but some of those songs you're referring to - like "Hessian Peel" [and] "Hex Omega" - they were inspired by a [former] girlfriend who committed suicide while I was in the studio. ... She had a son who was the same age as my oldest daughter, so it was a pretty big source of inspiration to me to write about that; I ended up writing three songs. - Washington Post Express: Does her family know you wrote these songs about her? - Åkerfeldt: I never really talked about it, to be honest. I haven't mentioned it at all in interviews. We weren't in touch anymore. We were together for a couple of months, and I always kept track of what she was doing and that she became a mother. But when we were together, she always had really deep problems. I think she was on Lithium and she was very depressed; she was always like that. I always heard what was happening with her because my mother and her mother were friends - they worked at the same place. ... And there was never any good news, but when I heard she had her kid I was really happy about that and hoping that she'd pull together, if not for herself then for her kid. Next thing you know she was dead. She was a very complex person". Very tragic story :(. About the detuning (from a different interview): "I didn't have an ending for the song; there was a few options to end a nice song like that. Either you end on a high note with a nice chord or a fade out or something. But I just came up with the idea that we should end it in a freaky way and I'm just basically playing this ending lick on the nylon string guitar and I told Fredrik to de-tune the guitar in real time as I was playing. So obviously it sounds very ugly but that was the whole purpose. We didn't know if it would work or not but it did." - Åkerfeldt This makes sense as the next song; "Porcelain Heart", is very foreboding with a melody that gives a more "creepy" feeling. I'll put my Opeth request in the hat: "Dirge for November" off of Blackwater Park. Because of the ending part, its soo gorgeous after the "darker" beginning, its almost like you never want it to end that its soo dreamy and atmospheric. Also, I vote that, especially with certain bands like Opeth; after you hear 10 tracks from a particular band, you also (along with other studio tracks), react to a "Live" video of said band ;). What do you guys think? :) \m/

[@sputhoor96]

Hey guys just discovered your channel yesterday! Love you guys! Pease react to voice of the soul by death. It's a beautiful instrumental

[@Denvercoder]

The bass player and their old drummer were both from Uruguay.

[@Denvercoder]

Martin Lopez (Old Drummer) and Martin Mendez (Bass). Funny enough, their new, old drummer was also named Martin. :)

[@oregonwoodelf]

The most "accessible" sounding Opeth song I think he's done. Very radio and ballad sounding, but still SO good. I gotta throw a suggestion to you - Strange Brew (by Opeth). It's a 70s sounding prog rock gem that goes a lot of places and is a really fun listen.

[@Salomon_G]

I'd say Harvest and WIll o the Wisp are even more accessible.

[@MrTelorix]

@@Salomon_G The River is also worth a mention. Although from the solo and out it gets a little bit crazy (in a good way)

[@iluvpepi]

The mellotron ❤️

[@maximilianoortiz1857]

Temazo de opeth, hermosa banda ❤️

[@rudolfbecker4313]

Toller Song, tolles Album, tolle Reaktion ! Leider das letzte Album, wo Mikael growlt, ich habe diese Gegensätze immer geliebt, ohne ihn ich würde ich vielleicht gar keine Musik mit Growls hören. Watershed kommt bei mir an 2. Stelle direkt hinter Ghost Reveries, die hat ein bisschen mehr Härte. Habe Opeth 2009 auf der Progressive Nation Tour als Vorband von DT zum ersten Mal gesehen und war hin und weg, nicht nur im Studio sondern auch live echt der Wahnsinn. Mikael Akerfeldt ist ein Genie, Mikael Akerfeldt ist Opeth, mit Ausnahme von Martin Mendez am Bass kamen im Laufe der Zeit immer neue Musiker dazu, aber Opeth blieb immer gleich gut … und der Gesang ist einfach einmalig auf seine Art. Auch euer kleines "Home-Konzert" am Ende hat mir gut gefallen, könnt ihr öfters machen. Nick, hier die Herausforderung: Genesis- Blood on the rooftops hat ein Super-Gitarren-Intro auf der akkustischen, gespielt von Steve Hackett … wie wärs, ihr macht ein Reaction-Video und du zeigst uns mal, wie man das spielt.. ich kann zwar nicht Gitarre spielen, bin aber umso beeindruckter, weil es kompliziert klingt … :-)

[@BassGoBomb]

Mikel in right speaker and Frederick in the left speaker ... as they usually do. Mikael takes the more bluesy solos

[@isaacgonzalez2930]

One of opeths best songs

[@tobiasfischer5538]

Wonderful reaction to one of my favorite Opeth songs. I think Marley didn't quite agree with your interpretation of the weird outro :D

[@wiz601]

You must check out a perfect example of Progressive Technical Metal: ANIMALS AS LEADERS - Ectogenesis (Live in Anaheim 2020)

[@wjl2601]

Strange, but some guitar moments reminded me of Wintertime from the Steve Miller Band.

[@BassGoBomb]

The Mighty Opeth, say no more ... :-)

[@scyphe]

Moooore Opeth... :D Suggestions/recommendations/requests for three post-"grrrwl" songs: Opeth - Next of Kin (2019 album In Cauda Venenum.. awesome vocals, awesome playing, awesome prog rock, awesome song!!!) Opeth - Lovelorn Crime (2019 - same as above. an absolutely hearth wrenchingly beautiful song with some of his best vocals ever.. and it always gives me goosebumps when I listen to it) Opeth - Death Whispered a Lullaby (2003 album Damnation, lyrics and backing vocals by Steven Wilson, another great song) This album, Watershed (2008), features the new members Martin "Axe" Axenrot on drums and the virtuosic guitarist Fredrik Åkesson on lead guitar. The previous drummer, Martin Lopez, had to quit due to health issues while the second guitarist and the band separated because he couldn't put enough into the band, wanting to focus more on his family and thus "Axe" and Fredrik joined. Fredrik as a guitar player is just ridiculous. He can play the most soulful melodies, solos etc. as well as go into Satriani/Vai/Petrucci territory. He's a full guitarist and not a one-trick pony. Mikael is a really good player as well but he can't play the really fast and technical stuff (string skipping, fast legato runs etc.) that Fredrik is a master of. Since Fredrik joined Mikael focused more on rhythm and acoustic playing. Most solos from before Watershed were played by Mikael and he played great melodies that fit his composition but he wasn't a master at playing like Fredrik, at least not when it comes to more advanced techniques. As for singing vs talking in english, most European vocalists can sing with a pretty convincing accent while they talk with a very strong accent. It's like the part of the brain that singing use turns language into musical elements and being a musician using his/her voice can sing in smooth english while sounding ultra-european when talking. Pretty much every European vocalist I've seen in interviews that sings good/great english, sounds very different when talking - pronouncing the words completely different with strong accents. It's a curious thing really.

[@mvunit3]

Opeth "The Moor"? ;)

[@TwoandaHater]

Leprous Castaway Angels

[@user-po9sd8nq8v]

time to try Heir Apparent from Watershed, the best Opeth`s ballad

[@progperljungman8218]

Amazing song! But "ballad"...seriously?

[@user-po9sd8nq8v]

@@progperljungman8218okay, “love song” fits better I guess

[@_BLACKSTAR_]

OPETH "Heir Apparent"

[@UjjayaEthnoambient]

All the Damnation album have a Camel feeling you should love .

[@johnwhittle8302]

Hessian Peel or Heir Apparant off of this album! 🙏🤘

[@FBI_Overlord]

Please react to Eternal Rains WIll Come by Opeth as well. It would really mean the world to me!

[@markd9130]

Lex is correct that he sings with a forward "American" accent. It cuts though the music and is easier to hear/understand. Watch some KZbin videos from "Charismatic Voice"; she explains better than me.

[@Celatra]

You dont sing with accents. You only sing with vocal placement and vowel modifications.

[@mvunit3]

@@Celatra Tell that to the vocalist of the Scorpions, Pendragon and Everon, just to name a few ;).

[@jorgefigueroa6644]

reaccionen a opeth en español!!!!!!!!!! Saludos desde CDMX!

[@reverendjim9891]

Naked from the waste down, I like how you roll!!

[@NicknLex]

😂 That made me laugh out loud!!!

[@taluckderriam5929]

Porcelain heart by opeth next time A pure masterpiece

[@orphydianmusic9529]

Dream Theater - Tenement funster, Beatles cover next pls. The most fun DT song Tobe honest

[@MattKrogmeier]

Isn’t Tenement Funster a Queen song?🤔

[@markclaypool5414]

Queen

[@AbhijeetSingh-ed3lw]

No one is invited to Opeth to play..... its just not possible... :)

[@patrikkarlsson9463]

I don't know where you're catching that european accent, he's definitely singing with an american accent

[@NicknLex]

Trust me I speak German and I know when I hear someone with a Scandinavian accent. Yes he sounds American but so do I. I still don't sound like I was born here. Same with him.

[@feanturidur6422]

What the hell is an european accent? I dont understand xD