{"id":2173,"date":"2009-05-15T12:22:19","date_gmt":"2009-05-15T19:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/?p=2173"},"modified":"2009-05-15T12:22:19","modified_gmt":"2009-05-15T19:22:19","slug":"opeth-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/2009\/05\/opeth-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Opeth, part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Opeth played at the Senator Theatre in Chico, California on May 13, 2009 on the Watershed tour. This was actually the second time I saw Opeth on this tour as I saw them at the Paramount Theater a year before in Oakland (about a month before Watershed officially came out). They opened for Dream Theater on that night and didn’t have a very long setlist so it was good to see them again, as the headliner this time.<\/p>\n

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That moment before a band hits the stage when the house lights go down, the laser lights kick on, and the intro begins is always a special one.<\/p>\n

Opeth appear to have invested in a bunch of new laser lighting. It was almost too much at times for the size of the stage, but cool anyway. I think they had more of such lighting than even Rush.<\/p>\n

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I have dozens of decent photos from the show. I suppose I could turn Opeth into a week or two worth of daily blog entries, but I will try to control that urge and cram everything into five or fewer entries.<\/p>\n

\"Mikael<\/a><\/p>\n

Mikael \u00c5kerfeldt is the driving force behind Opeth. He is the only member still around from the outset of the band, has written most of the music, does the lead vocals, and plays lead guitar. He is also fun to listen to between songs. I would pay to see him do nothing but a stand-up comedy routine.<\/p>\n

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On the right of the above picture is Fredrik \u00c5kesson, Opeth’s newest addition. This was about the only moment of the entire evening that he was on this side of the stage.<\/p>\n

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Usually this spot on the stage was manned by bassist Martin Mendez as shown in the above photograph.<\/p>\n

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I’ll have much more for you in the next few days including a couple of videos.<\/p>\n

The setlist went something like this:
\nHeir Apparent
\nGhost Of Perdition
\nGodhead’s Lament
\nWreath
\nCredence
\nHessian Peel
\nClosure
\nThe Night and the Silent Water
\nThe Lotus Eater
\nDemon of the Fall<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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