Opeth Show Review And Photos

October 26, 2008 by Scott

Friday’s Opeth show at The Lincoln Theater was sold out. I got there about an hour and a half before doors to get an interview with Fredrik Akkeson of Opeth (I’ll transcribe that and get it up in a day or so). There were ticket holders and non-ticket holders waiting to get in so the first hour or so there was not that many people inside yet. After that, when they started letting non-ticket holders in the door it filled up fast.

Baroness went on at 8PM and I wasn’t in to them at all. I wasn’t a fan to begin with so I suppose that would have helped, but sometimes when I catch a band that I’m not really in to at the moment and I see them live it makes me a fan. Not Baroness, sorry. I was expecting a lot more from High On Fire, but I couldn’t get in to them. They were heavy but it just didn’t click for me even though they did pretty well for a three piece. The lighting for both Baroness and High On Fire was terrible so I didn’t get any good shots of them. Matt Pike from High On Fire plays this odd 9 string guitar. Not like a wide fret board type guitar, but this one was made by First Act. Yeah, they sell First Acts at Wal Mart but I’m sure the artists models are much better and you’d be surprised how many artists they have on their roster. Anyway, the treble strings are doubled up like a 12 string and it gives the guitar a thicker, chorused sound.

I only stayed for about half of Opeth’s set. Their set runs about 2 hours and the venue was packed like a sardine can. They sounded great and the lighting for them was good for photos since they don’t let you use unless your using a point and shoot type camera from the crowd. Opeth put on an amazing show. It may not be a balls out, slam-fest, but it’s a great show. There was no moshing that I saw of and I think it was for two reasons. First reason was that Opeth is kind of a tough band to mosh to because of the tempo changes. Second reason, as I stated it was crammed in there. If you ever have the chance, go to an Opeth show. Buy your tickets before the show and save yourself the trouble and the few bucks. T-shirts and other merch is expensive so bring plenty of extra cash for that if you want it. Below is the set-list for the show.