Just a reminder that I am running two contests right now. One for a signed/used guitar picked from Opeth’s Fredrik Akesson, and the other for a copy of All That Remains soon to go gold album, Overcome. Click on the links below and enter the contest.

Win A Signed Guitar PIck From Opeth’s Fredrick Akesson

Enter to Win All That Remains Overcome

Image Sources: (guitar pick Metalmartyr.com) Album image from Amazon.com

Up for giveaway is a guitar pick used and signed by Fredrik Akesson from Opeth. It doesn’t look like much of a signature but it was the best he could do. Contest entry is simple. All you have to do is enter a comment and you are entered. I will pick a winner at random on December 1st. Open to U.S. and Canadian residents only please.

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So before the Opeth show I had a chance to sit down with Fredrik Akesson currently of Opeth and formerly of Arch Enemy. Really cool guy and a great guitar player. My interview was scheduled for 5:30 to 5:45 so I left the hosue about 4:30 because it takes about a half hour to get to the venue. I didn’t take in to account that it was Friday and traffic along the 440 belt-line in central NC was going to be busy. I called Jimmy, the tour manager about 10 minutes before my interview and told him I was on my way and would probably make it right on time. While talking to him I missed my turn but I still made it on time and got to talk to Fredrick in the back lounge of their tour bus.

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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.

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