Peter Lindgren leaves Opeth

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this sucks
damn it damn it damn it... this sucks... well, I know Mickale wont just replace Peter with just some metal guy, surely he know this... whatever he´s called is capable of keeping up with them... and change might be good... still it sucks, Peter and Mickael where sooooooo good together, talk about chemenstry

I wish the best of luck to Peter and whatever he may do. 

I will wait until I hear more from this new guy to come to conclusions, but I am sure it is for the better, although I will miss Peter (and Martin).

lightbulb_son wrote: I know that Akesson is a better technical guitarist than Peter, that's obvious, but his style simply does not fit Opeth. Peter still focused primarily on melody, Akesson focuses on speed.   I am just not going to be convinced he is a good fit until I hear some new material.

     This almost makes me want to cry...  that guy was sooo good!!!

Edited by it was impulse - May 18 2007 at 21:11

Walker wrote: lightbulb_son wrote: I know that Akesson is a better technical guitarist than Peter, that's obvious, but his style simply does not fit Opeth. Peter still focused primarily on melody, Akesson focuses on speed.     How arrogant.... don't you think that the rest of Opeth would have auditioned this new guitarist first? Of course they did! Obviously Mikael and the others feel he is right for the slot, so who are you to second guess them?   Let's see... YOU say his style doesn't fit Opeth, Mikael and the band says it does..hmm... who am I going to believe........

I'll miss him in the band, and it comes at a particularly bad time due to them having little time to adapt to Lopez leaving. But I agree with Mike that this could certainly act as an impetus to usher in something fresh from them.

I am saddened by this news, but I don't think that this will affect the band's music much, either positively or negatively.

It really seems as though Akerfeldt is 99% responsible for writing what you hear on their albums. While Lindgren has played some nice solos, I really wonder, how many of them did he actually write? I think it's possible that Akerfeldt wrote some of them.

Maybe I'm wrong, but in any case Akerfeldt is by far the most important reason why Opeth is such a strong band, so I'm not concerned about the new album, I think it will deliver.

I know that Akesson is a better technical guitarist than Peter, that's obvious, but his style simply does not fit Opeth. Peter still focused primarily on melody, Akesson focuses on speed.

Well keep in mind that most of the writing is done by Mike. Now if Akesson comes up with a ripping shreddy solo I don't think Mike would just open his arms in acceptance. Per and Mendez will probably concur too. And as for the person who said something about  Peter's bluesy solos, they were not bluesy at all. The bluesy solos are all done by Mike himself. Peter's solos are more ragged and sweeping. I don't think we have to worry. If anything, this guitarist is probably much more technical than Peter.

MikeEnRegalia wrote: In fact I think that a change will do them good ... fresh new influences are what they need. I liked Ghost Reveries, but apart from the added keyboards it wasn't exactly innovative ...

Exactly my thoughts. I always feel happy when band members leave, because I get more exited when their next album will come out. That can be said for The Mars Volta, Pain of Salvation and now Opeth. On the other hand, he was a great guitarist and I enjoyed his work with the band. I wish him the best in the future.