The Daily Doug and DJ Dan React to Deliverance (Live) - OPETH | Special Birthday Edition (Ep.563)

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In this special edition of #thedailydoug, I'm bringing in my brother, DJ Dan, for a conversation and CO-REACTION to Deliverance from Opeth. We're taking a look at the live recording from Opeth's 2017 concert at Red Rocks Ampitheatre in Colorado. Dan was at the concert, and it was great to chat about the band and his experience at their concert. And, we're doing this combined and expanded edition to celebrate my birthday! So, I hope you enjoy...and thanks for watching.
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[@Rassalcon]

To the Question at 17:58. I think it's about the difference between intention and action. The POV character believes he is saving the person he is killing, so when describing his thoughts it's calm and soothing, but when describing his actions its harsh and aggressive.

[@commentathor1997]

Deliverance was a great choice. I think a lot of people would had this song in their Top 10 Opeth songs

[@Justin_Anvil]

It may be top 3 for me….but they have so many 😅

[@zackthedrummer87]

Top 10 songs period! Remember hearing this song on 'Sounds of the Underground" sometime around 2005.

[@Refresh5406]

Yeah, it's easily top 3

[@aleadbrick1222]

I have been waiting for another Opeth reaction. Happy birthday Doug!

[@shawngifford]

Opeth is a special band. It’s very fun to relive some first listens through the reaction. “That’s nuts!” definitely went through my mind way back when. 😂 Happy birthday, Doug!

[@yigithenden126]

I don't know how many times i have replayed your Opeth reactions again and again. I am sooooo happy for this. Happy Birthday man and we love DJ Dan too!

[@BusinessEnglishSuccess]

For live shows, the Roundhouse tapes is definitely worth checking out.

[@blppt]

Same. Axe just slays on Roundhouse---here he seems to be struggling at times, maybe because of the high elevation of the venue.

[@yigithenden126]

Actually Mikael is a very humble person about his voice. You are absoulutely right he has a beautiful voice, but when he first started the band he though that he didn't know how to sing so he started to scream when they needed vocals with of coure a very big Death Metal influence. You can clearly see his progress as a clean singer too. You have reacted the songs like To Bid You Farewell and The Drapery Falls from their early works. His voice is almost naive and not confident. But in songs like The Wilde Flowers or Moon Above Sun Below he is more confident and had a long way of clean singing. Him wanting to sing cleanly but also having one of the best harsh vocals out there is what gave Opeth its unique sound.

[@tassos67]

Opeth have added to metal the intellectuality and class that was needed. Seventies prog rock generation meets with extreme metal descendants, in a mix that expand the boundaries of rock music and leaves hope and space for the new things to come.

[@ichsannurfarizki]

Happy birthday Doug! Opeth brought me to your channel and i've been a fan ever since!

[@LuisGarcia-ee2tr]

A masterpiece. For me, this tune is among Opeth's top 5 best songs. It has an incredible development, and the ending is from another planet. Great pick!!!!

[@Bobbias]

Dan, thank you for introducing Doug to Opeth! As soon as I found this channel I knew you'd love Opeth, and had been waiting and hoping for you to get around to them. I was so happy when you finally reacted to them the first time. They've got so many incredible songs in their catalogue that it takes quite a while to get to them all.

[@prggr]

Actually this isn't Doug's first Opeth reaction

[@philengland1278]

Need to have a look at Katatonia now. Good friends with Opeth and Steven Wilson. Anything off the Great Cold Distance!

[@TheErazar]

Happy birthday! Deliverence is the song that made me interested in prog metal. Listened to it on repeat for a month. What an outro it has!

[@tearingoffthemask]

6:20 I met them by a coincidence at a bar in Oslo (called Elm Streets, which sadly is no longer around), when I was together with my bandmates at the time, and they were all over Mikael, about how much I looked like him (according to them). Kind of embarrassing but also cool at the same time. Happy birthday by the way!

[@TH3B0N3C0LL3CT0R]

Great choice, happy birthday! Hope you enjoyed a little face melting beauty as a gift from Opeth to you! Love your videos, glad to see them make an appearance, hope you enjoyed the experience

[@JoriDiculous]

Happy Birthday :D Damnation/Deliverance was recorded (planned) as a double album, record company said no .. how silly. Strange you haven't done Bleak yet. Get too it :) Watching the liveshow "Lamentations Live At Shepherd's Bush Empire 2003" (both albums in one go) is a must do for any Opeth fan. Why the growl? Death/Blackmetal bs . Its the music style. What Opeth do different is the mix.

[@stevencharlton7693]

Happy Birthday Doug!!! Hope you're having a brill day filled with yummy things and loads of cake!!! 😀

[@waffleking6871]

My favorite thing about Opeth is the way they structure their chord voicing to emphasize the dissonant intervals in their harmonies. I almost never play Am anymore without a 9th on it after learning some of their music.

[@WolfHeathen]

Here's what Mikael said about this song in an interview: "[..]this one was actually based on a real event that happened to Peter’s (former member Peter Lindgren) girlfriend. She was having a ladies’ night in with her friends and I think it was the ex-boyfriend of one of these ladies who turned up and he was high on something. He basically locked them in. He wouldn’t let them leave the apartment and started threatening them. He was cutting himself with a knife, he was threatening to kill them all. It was a terrible situation to be involved in, but for me it was good because it gave me this lyric! I wrote it about that crazy kind of obsessive love where you want to own the other person and you can do whatever you want with them. I should add that it all turned out all right and no one was hurt in the end."

[@liesalllies]

Can confirm opeth has been closing with Deliverance more often than not for like 20 years. I saw them the first time in '05 in a crummy little club in Seattle and they were amazing. They and meshuggah are the bands that i will drop everything to see when they are in town. Hevy Devy too.

[@brosephh7130]

Opeth deserves the attention of a classical composer. It’s wonderful to see them getting the respect they deserve and attracting a new generation of fans

[@billparsons9119]

Happy Birthday, Doug.

[@oregonwoodelf]

Their most played live song for good reason🤘

[@pin-upmariposa412]

Happy Birthday Sir. It's great reaction. I like DJ Dan's choice. I'm happy that you not need to "protection" to listen to more heavy music. Take care and stay safe.

[@SalvatoreGiordano-cc1bm]

Please Doug, you must hear woolgatherer by wilderun, i would love your analysis and reaction!!!

[@v4d3rm4n]

My all time fav band, there's no one else like opeth, they are their own music genre and play what they want. So good.

[@MrTonicAmps]

Happy Birthday Doug!!! Great choice for a react.

[@AlfW]

Happy birthday, Doug. Your first Opeth reaction brought me to your channel. Thanks to Dan for introducing Doug to Opeth

[@fireinthesky3379]

Master's Apprentice's next! Happy Birthday!

[@Majom240]

Dan, if you see this, please request some early Opeth from Doug. It would be awesome to see some morningrise or still life on the channel

[@cubbykovu8955]

I see you have been converted to the ways of double kick 😂😂😂

[@Angi-no-e]

Happy birthday! Mine's tomorrow. Yay Aries!

[@GrimSRT8]

My guess is Dan and I have crossed paths as a big Opeth fan in the Bay Area. I had tickets to the 25th Anniversary, but I ended up having to sell them. Unfortunately this live track is when Mikael was losing his voice for the heavy vocals. I’m not really sure what happened, but he seemed to struggle live in those years.

[@tmysty]

Happy Birthday Doug!!!!!

[@FerretFerrari]

Speaking about Dan!! You should react to Bloodywood - Dana Dan. Please bring your brother, he deserves it!

[@martyrofgrenth2136]

Honestly they should've just listened to the live Lamentations version from 2003. It's so much better than this live version. In my opinion Mikael was at his best vocals-wise at that show and they even played most songs faster than the original recording (whereas in this video's performance it's slower than original). Also even though I love Axe, he always butchers the double bass part at the end of Deliverance.

[@bekfasttime7001]

Listen to The Moor from Still Life, it’s my favorite song from Opeth and a great example of their peak sound

[@MrNebauer]

Dan, thanks for showing your brother the way!! Doug, I have thoroughly enjoyed your breakdowns of all of the Opeth songs.

[@facepalmjesus1608]

i dont know why but Opeth's chromaticisms remind me always of James Bond theme

[@billcoonley319]

Happy Deliverance Day, Doug!

[@voodoochile6796]

You need to do The Leper Affinity

[@IgnacioCentu96]

Great reaction as always Doug! Was hoping that this was the Lamentations DVD, which its the best opeth live version of deliverance imo

[@playitloud8112]

As good as newer Opeth is, I think they lost something vital to their sound when they abandoned the heaviest metal. For me, Opeth was always about the contrasts. Happy birthday, Doug!

[@matthewgoodA1206]

I think this song is a total progressive metal masterpiece. Once you listen to it, it’s beyond obvious that these guys are absolute heavy-metal wizards.

[@_dmfd]

Deliverance was the first song that got me into Opeth and I’ve loved them ever since obv anyone who has heard Opeth has loved them ever since 😂

[@spddtube]

Same here!

[@Bthelick]

Lopez was such a fantastic drummer. I really thought they grooved better in the early albums. Everything after that sounded mega quantised.

[@Ennello]

It honestly surprises me how you haven't heard this Opeth classic yet. One of their very best! Just goes to show that you're always only scratching the surface of what artists have to offer!

[@KatjaTgirl]

Happy Birthday Doug! Many happy returns and have a great day! xxx

[@MusicEnjoyer614]

You have to listen to bleak by opeth,its one of the most amazing opeth songs

[@tobykok8788]

Happy birthday, Doug! Glad your brother Dan got you into Opeth! Greetings from the Netherlands 🇳🇱

[@palantir135]

Congratulations. Live long and prosper. May the force be with you.🎉

[@kalsaari4670]

Deliverance is the one song i was introduced to Opeth by a good friend which is a drummer. Played me bits of Lamb of God and and Deliverance on drums and i asked them what that song was. And so, today, Opeth is at the top of the bands i listen to, still.

[@MetalGeek464]

Happy Birthday! Oeth Covers: Robin Trowers' Bridge of Sighs is outstanding, as is Iron Maiden's Remember Tomorrow. For more Opeth originals: Need to get into the Still Life release: The Moor, Moonlaspe Vertigo, White Cluster, Godhead Lament, Serenity Painted Death.

[@chriscoote2690]

Totally jealous of Dj Dan being at that show. He didn’t even mention that Gojira was on the bill as well…

[@FASynergy]

Opeth, Gojira, and Devin Townsend together in a gorgeous venue. Must have been absolutely legendary.

[@Yupppi]

Yesssssss it's the song. Apparently Åkerfeldt's grandma passed away during the recording of the albums. And not only did they have a different drummer, but also a different guitarist. My drummer friend for the longest time criticized the new drummer for not playing the ending bass drum pattern as well as the previous drummer. I think he's just fine, but I gotta say I really liked the previous drummer. What I really love about the last riff is how the drums turn the riff around in time, I think the riff isn't even and the drums play even. The constant cymbal keeping the 4 time and then the drum pattern turning around on the riff. And how there's like a pull and push with the response to the beat depending on where the guitar hits land. I'm a sucker for that type of stuff. And they signal it so well, I think I've never missed the abrupt ending despite there being like a minute of the same riff repeating trance like in a 13 minute song. Love it. The drum patterns in these twin records were just something really exciting, make me think of Gavin Harrison of Porcupine Tree. Same for the guitarist, Lindgren had amazing taste, really soft and jazzy rhythmic patterns and melodies, but Åkesson is a fantastic player too and has found his groove in the band. This song is super fun to play on guitar. All the tritone stacks and odd fingering patterns, really odd chord shapes and often playing open strings in the back of a regular chord making it sound really juicy. Especially in the riff that you really liked where they play B5 type of chord but let the open B and E strings ring, then drop the bass note to A but otherwise the same chord, then some fascinating odd chord forms following, like D5 with the 5 coupled in bass, then like A5 but the 5 replaced by minor 3 (C), B with minor 6 and the octave coupled with open B string and ending with Bb5 with 5 coupled in bass. All the 5 chords with the octave of course. Really unusual forms of chords in a rock song. At least according to their official tab book and they seem to be playing very similarly on stage. This song also plays a lot with 5 chords, bare octave interval "chords" and throwing the occasional tritonus in there as a spice. It's like taking your usual 5 chords in rock and putting all kinds of sweet changes all over the riffs to change it. And the groove of the time signatures and rhythms. Deliverance in general is such a good album with the nice changing between rough and kind. Some of my favourite acoustic patterns and clean vocals, and some of my favourite aggressive parts, some of my favourite solos. Bleak from Blackwater Park is another very Deliverance album like song. It's a good album as well for this colder "blue/grey" feeling music period. But Still Life, man that's a good theme album and the sounds and riffs and everything. They even used ebow, an electronic bow for guitar to create musical landscapes. And they really color coded the albums nicely to the feel of the music. Like Orchid has that purple/pink orchid, Morningrise is green (at least in my head, the picture itself is black and white), My Arms Your Hearse strong purple, Damnation and Deliverance very grey, Blackwater Park blue (in my head at least, another one of those very black and white but I feel like it's a foggy blue forest close to winter), Still Life red. I really feel those colors matching the emotions. It still surprises me how much Åkerfeldt plays solos. Like he always downplays his ability to play leads and solos or shred, but he's all over it in many songs. Regarding the vocals, it often feels to me like the growling or clean is based almost solely on the music behind the vocals. You'd think the softer parts had softer message and the harsher parts had harsher message, but I haven't had any real sense of noticing that with the lyrics ever. Tiny bit you didn't specifically mention was when the clean vocal section came where he sings higher and higher notes, while the lyrics go "soaring higher". Would be fun if you one day reacted to Ihsahn's Unhealer where Åkerfeldt feats in vocals, or Bloodbath where he used to sing. So different performances by him in all contexts. Also one of the "newer" Opeth songs, The Lotus Eater from Watershed (the band changed in my opinion after Ghost Reveries, that's why "new"). It had some of the weirdest hooks and surprises that I've heard, I couldn't believe my ears when that single came out at the advent of the new record that I had been waiting "are people allowed to do this?". I bet people are also waiting for Black Rose Immortal from Morningrise. That's the one song that people would love to hear live but it's so long that they rarely if ever play it. But people love it, it's so beautiful. The cover suggestions are great, I think Remember Tomorrow from Iron Maiden is really good one from Opeth though, better than original. And Bridge of Sighs from Robin Trower is unbelievable. Åkerfeldt and Wilson also made an album together as a duo project called Storm Corrosion back in 2012.

[@blppt]

"It still surprises me how much Åkerfeldt plays solos. Like he always downplays his ability to play leads and solos or shred, but he's all over it in many songs." Not so much since Fred joined. I think previously that Peter was just "at Mikael's level" of lead playing (not notably superior to Mike), but Fred is a technical monster, far superior to any guitarist Mikael has played alongside, so he seems to let Akesson play most of the leads post- Ghost Reveries. He still plays his album solos live though.

[@HerbalistGuybrush]

Found this mnemonic phrase on reddit to remember the outro riddim: GO to the BATH. GO to the BATHroom. GO to the BATH, BATH, GO to the BATHroom, reallyneedtoreallyneedtoPISS poo PISS, poo poo PISS, poo poo PISS, poo poo PISS, poo poo PISS, poo poo PISS poo poo PISS (repeat)

[@neinstein-says]

Now I have even more appreciation for this masterpiece. Happy Birthday.

[@carana01]

I have listened to rock/heavy/prog music for the last 45 years …. Opeth blew me away in 2003 ….. top 5 all time fav

[@timothygrayson]

For Death Metal Opeth are remarkably sophisticated. The chord progressions and subtle lead guitar is wonderful. Very romantic music fused with hard riffs. A pleasure overall been listening to Opeth 20 years now.

[@wesleyb1458]

Great stuff!! But your brother is right, its not the same without Martin Lopez on the drums. You should definitely check out the studio version or the Lamentations show live at Shepherds Bush with the prime lineup

[@dezmilad]

Happy birthday Doug, thank you for your videos brother. I can tell my ear is getting better just by hearing you explain the theory behind what my favorite musicians do. Thank you sir 🙏🙏🙏

[@Lukkern]

Over 20 concerts? People are jealous that i've seen them three times.. First time in Norway during the ICV tour, second time on the tons of rock festival in Norway and third time during the 30th anniversary tour in London. Last mentioned is my absolute favorite concert of all time.

[@gillanarcoleo3192]

Happy birthday Doug. They started in 89 as a death metal band then changed there style over the years. Listen to Ghost of Perdition. That song will make you a bigger fan of there’s. My band has played a few shows with them over the years. Amazing musicians

[@mcrmmarco]

Pls reat to " 2022 Em Uma Música - Inutilismo " ( 2022 in One Song - by Lucas Inutilismo). A perfect video to analyze the video itself, creativity, drums, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass. All in one video.

[@voodoochile6796]

The Moor, Credence, Hex Omega, Godhead's Lament, Minnets Yta, The Lotus Eater

[@patriciapalmagalvez5943]

Happy birthday!!! could you react to ihsahn's arcana imperii theme? excuse my english, greetings from chile!! 🇨🇱

[@chris102681]

Happy Birthday Doug! Let's get some more Ozzy Osbourne on the channel

[@Padfoot1985]

This is also the wrong video to watch, if you are wanting to watch Deliverance. Live at Shepards Bush is what you are looking for. If only for the fact that the people that actually wrote this song are playing on it. I could give a ten minute speech on how the drummer, Axe, didn't include any of parts that make this song so hard to play. Because he can't even do the ending right. It's actually extremely hard to hit a china half time while your feet and left hand are doing a completely different time. You want the Martin Lopez version of this song. Trust me. Live at Shepards Bush is the best live recording of this song.

[@brunogiovannini2180]

Great song. Amazing reaction. Opeth até marvelous. Happy birthday, Doug! 🙌🏼

[@ericnowak9497]

Haven’t started the video yet, but I’m curious whether this will be from Lamentations or Garden of the Titans. Hopefully it’s from Lamentations, if only for peak Akerfelt growls. Not knocking GotT at all, but the performance they did for Lamentations was magnificent. Plus, we get Lopez in all of his glory.

[@guitarandy2406]

This version is still great but only Mikael & Martin Mendez are present from the classic 'Two Martins' era line-up that actually recorded the album, you're missing out of the contributions of Peter Lindgren (guitar) and Martin Lopez, plus for touring they originally had Per Wilberg on keys & backing vocals. I'd recommend the Lamentations performance from '03 if you want the closest version to how they sounded back then around the Deliverance/Damnation release, when Mikael's growls were at their strongest. Peter was a slightly less technical guitarist than Fredrik but he had an awesome feel and killer tone. The two Martins are both Swedish-Uruguayan and together as a rhythm section they brought a slightly swung almost latin jazz feel to a lot of the riffs, in a way that separated them from a lot of their contemporaries. The band also used Laney amps instead of Marshall back then which have a slightly darker low mid-range and different clean tones closer to Vox, it's subtle but it always showed a bit more of a Sabbath influence IMHO.

[@toni.tapola]

Congratulations on your birthday, Doug 🎂!

[@michaelclements5793]

As to the story of the song, I always thought it was about a murderer who kills a victim by drowning them. Idk about this gf hostage thing you're bringing up. He personifies the conflict a murderer may feel with growling vs clean vocals. Growling he's feeling murderous, clean he's feeling normal or remorseful. Def recommend "The Lotus Eater" from Watershed as your next Opeth song, or anything from their first 4 albums which you haven't touched at all.

[@AbsoRuud76]

Master's Apprentices and The Night and the SIlent Water are my two favourite songs by Opeth. Check 'em out.

[@mellertid]

Another curve ball is something from the Clark soundtrack, short songs, so do several! 😊 I don't know which are more musically interesting though, maybe people will chime in. Hm, or just do Era 😂

[@ProspectorAl]

Happy Birthday! You will catch me in 14 years! LOL!

[@thefluxcapacitor1]

Mikael did the soundtrack for the Netflix show Clark. Haven't heard it yet though.

[@andrewkemp2238]

Dan's face around 27:30 is priceless - I know what's coming...

[@dolaudz3285]

My thoughts exactly 😂 those drums.. sheesh

[@duncanparkes3196]

Happy birthday dude! Love your reactions. Your music theory knowledge really adds another level in relation to other reaction vids. I am also in awe of your perfect pitch! Love that! 🙌

[@thedonsz9186]

The clean section at 21:30 is originally done by Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree. Him and Mikael are good friends and have made great music together. Maybe this extra vocal adds to the personas described in the song

[@d1579xyz]

you should check out Storm Corrosion, the collaboration between Mikael and Steven Wilson its interesting and cool

[@Tehownilator]

Why you guys went with the live version rather than the record doesn’t make sense to me. To me you introduce a song by the artists recording; then if you become a fan you’d want to see them do a live version even if it’s not as crisp and smooth. But showing it first and foremost seems like a weird way to do it.

[@svarholtperformance]

Fredrik needs to work on his fingerpicking skills. It’s too staccato. I love Opeth.

[@jayrobitaille2402]

18:14 I don't think I can answer this question even though I have listened to so much melodeath (melodic death metal). My best attempt to answer that it is not really for musical reasons, it is for more technical reasons, to show off that the vocalist is not doing guttural vocals because they cannot sing clean vocals.

[@mikelbentube]

if a song is available from shepherd's bush and you're using a different version, you're doing it wrong

[@grahamnunn8998]

I came to them when the vocals cleaned up. It took a while to get into the early stuff as I was never a fan of growly vocals. This was one of the songs that won me over and now I love their earlier stuff. I saw them in Brixton supported by Pain of Salvation on the Heritage tour. THAT was an intense night, you should check out POS some time.

[@agentorange26]

Definitely. POS has been missing in this channel.

[@blppt]

I used to hate cookie monster vocals too, but then I appreciated what Mikael was doing in "The Drapery Falls". Since then, I think Opeth was at their absolute prime when they had the contrasting clean and growl vocals in the same song. That being said, In Cauda Venenum is very, very good. (no growls of course).

[@iliayasny]

Pain of salvation is an absolutely must here

[@armandoramirez6463]

Sé que no importa en lo absoluto pero, por este video me suscribo a tu canal.... Gracias

[@ProspectorAl]

Try the "Would" cover of Alice In Chains.

[@philtrippet2180]

This is one of the very best bands of our time. I'm glad to see Dan convert his brother into an Opeth fan.

[@mikelenox7999]

I met a dude in Nashville before the Ryman show who claimed to have seen them 68 times. I don't think he had to work.

[@spddtube]

Love the look in Dan's face when he sees Doug really diggin' it!!!

[@underwoodvoice9077]

I probably would not have heard of Opeth, except that Steven Wilson was involved with them , and I bought the Ghost Reveries album based on that association alone. It blew me away, and Opeth has been one of my favorite bands ever since. Mikael's growls made that style palatable to me, so here's a whole new style of metal to explore.

[@blppt]

The funny thing is, you chose the first album since Still Life in which Steven wasn't heavily involved, lol.

[@underwoodvoice9077]

@@blppt Yeah, I know. At the time, Ghost Reveries was the latest album (and only one in stock), so I went with it, trusting Steven's taste in general. I was not disappointed. But I've gotta tell you, for a more or less folk/jazz guy, Ghosts of Perdition was a real eye opener. And ear opener.

[@Mr.Andrich]

Godhead's lament was my introduction and is still my favorite.

[@hilmarkoerner2603]

I recommend "The throat of winter" from the "god of war: blood & metal" after seeing all that snow

[@timothygrayson]

The music is almost schizophrenic in nature or maybe that's my interpretation?

[@vekkis]

i always felt the drowning and struggle happens in the and after she drowns the song winds down and ends..

[@daphenomenalz4100]

Happy Birthday Doug ❤️❤️ have a wonderful day

[@christerfurberg6538]

Happy belated! 46 isn't much (I'm 60)

[@AJ_NL_1963]

Soldier of fortune Catch the rainbow Those are the ones for cover versions

[@rickandgen]

Happy Birthday Doug🍻