SICK LIAISONS RAISED THIS MONUMENTAL MARK...THE SUN SETS FOREVER OVER BLACKWATER PARK
Alright, this needs a few more words than I normally lose on this blog...
Last night OPETH ("from Stockholm, Sweden") played the ROUNDHOUSE in Camden Town and apparently filmed the show for an upcoming DVD release. The venue itself is as beautiful as it is legendary, homestead to THE DOORS's only ever London show in 1969.
Quote of the Day
Mikael Åkerfeldt: "I'm gonna take the role of Jim Morrison now and say something obscene: COCK!"
Special Guests were PARADISE LOST, that's to begin with.
Dear, that's what I call a blast from the past. Long lost scenes of my past life reoccurred before my eyes when they played songs like Hallowed Land, Embers Fire, Shadowkings, Eternal and of course As I Die. A quick fix of teenage angst.
Shivers? Certainly!
Enter OPETH
Expectations were high, as ever with this quintett.
The big silver screen replacing the usual backdrop looked quite promising.
Eventually someone made OPETH's stage appearance look like what they sound like:
An amalgam of late 60's Psycedelic Prog / flowing colours and shapes like in the Beat Club on one side, and Death Metal with all its skulls, shadows and blurred visions on the other.
The setlist was a bit of a surprise, for the better, since it only featured one song contained on the LAMENTATIONS DVD. Actually it was quite refreshing to hear something different than the everblasting THE DRAPERY FALLS, DELIVERANCE or THE LEPER AFFINITY...
WHEN
Once inside I heard whispers in the parlour.
The gilded faces grin, aware of my final demise
...
When is the new beginning,
the end of this sad madrigal.
GHOST OF PERDITION
If one cut the source of the flow
And everything would change
Would conviction fall
In the shadow of the righteous
The phantasm of your mind
Might be calling you to go
Defying the forgotten morals
Where the victim is the prey
UNDER THE WEEPING MOON
I am the watcher in the skies
Nor the emeralds know my mark
Glisten to mark their presence
Set the enigma ablaze
Searching...
Finding...
Mikael: "The lyrics are typical Black Metal nonsense."
Well...
BLEAK
Devious movements in your eyes
Moved me from relief
Breath comes out white clouds with your lies
And filters through me
You're close to the final word
You're staring right past me in dismay
A liquid seeps from your chest
And drains me away
Mist ripples round your thin white neck
And draws me a line
Cold fingers mark this dying wreck
This moment is mine
FACE OF MELINDA
Words would falter to atone
Failure had passed the stepping stone
She had sworn her vows to another
This is when no-one will bother
And conceded pain in crumbling mirth
A harlot of God upon the earth
Found where she sacrificed her ways
That hollow love in her face
THE NIGHT AND SILENT WATER
And so you left us
Jaded and gaunt, some September
Wilted with the seasons
But hidden inside the delusion
I saw you eyes, somewhere
WINDOWPANE
There is deep prejudice in me
Outshines all reason inside
Given dreams all ridden with pain
And projected unto the last
BLACKWARTER PARK
We have all lost it now
Catching the flakes of dismay
Born the travesty of man
Regular pulse midst pandemonium
You're plucked to the mass
Parched with thirst for the wicked
Sick liaisons raised this monumental mark
The sun sets forever over Blackwater park
_____________________________
Encore/ NO QUARTER
Mikael: "This is porn music, isn't it?! What do you reckon, is this the oral scene or the anal scene?"
DEMON OF THE FALL
And you saw nothing.
False love turned to pure hate.
The wind cried a lamentation
before merging with the grey.
So that was it.
The fabulous end of a Tour lasting more than one and a half years.
To be painfully honest, it's a really good thing they're taking a break now to recharge batteries, avoid some of the recent hype around them and maybe look after Melinda's ear infection...
Just one thing really scares me.
What the fuck are all these nerds, emo kiddies and hoodie-wearing, monkey-dancing indie-weirdoz doing at an OPETH show?!?
Maybe that's the price to pay for the deserved success, methinks.
Last night OPETH ("from Stockholm, Sweden") played the ROUNDHOUSE in Camden Town and apparently filmed the show for an upcoming DVD release. The venue itself is as beautiful as it is legendary, homestead to THE DOORS's only ever London show in 1969.
Quote of the Day
Mikael Åkerfeldt: "I'm gonna take the role of Jim Morrison now and say something obscene: COCK!"
Special Guests were PARADISE LOST, that's to begin with.
Dear, that's what I call a blast from the past. Long lost scenes of my past life reoccurred before my eyes when they played songs like Hallowed Land, Embers Fire, Shadowkings, Eternal and of course As I Die. A quick fix of teenage angst.
Shivers? Certainly!
Enter OPETH
Expectations were high, as ever with this quintett.
The big silver screen replacing the usual backdrop looked quite promising.
Eventually someone made OPETH's stage appearance look like what they sound like:
An amalgam of late 60's Psycedelic Prog / flowing colours and shapes like in the Beat Club on one side, and Death Metal with all its skulls, shadows and blurred visions on the other.
The setlist was a bit of a surprise, for the better, since it only featured one song contained on the LAMENTATIONS DVD. Actually it was quite refreshing to hear something different than the everblasting THE DRAPERY FALLS, DELIVERANCE or THE LEPER AFFINITY...
WHEN
Once inside I heard whispers in the parlour.
The gilded faces grin, aware of my final demise
...
When is the new beginning,
the end of this sad madrigal.
GHOST OF PERDITION
If one cut the source of the flow
And everything would change
Would conviction fall
In the shadow of the righteous
The phantasm of your mind
Might be calling you to go
Defying the forgotten morals
Where the victim is the prey
UNDER THE WEEPING MOON
I am the watcher in the skies
Nor the emeralds know my mark
Glisten to mark their presence
Set the enigma ablaze
Searching...
Finding...
Mikael: "The lyrics are typical Black Metal nonsense."
Well...
BLEAK
Devious movements in your eyes
Moved me from relief
Breath comes out white clouds with your lies
And filters through me
You're close to the final word
You're staring right past me in dismay
A liquid seeps from your chest
And drains me away
Mist ripples round your thin white neck
And draws me a line
Cold fingers mark this dying wreck
This moment is mine
FACE OF MELINDA
Words would falter to atone
Failure had passed the stepping stone
She had sworn her vows to another
This is when no-one will bother
And conceded pain in crumbling mirth
A harlot of God upon the earth
Found where she sacrificed her ways
That hollow love in her face
THE NIGHT AND SILENT WATER
And so you left us
Jaded and gaunt, some September
Wilted with the seasons
But hidden inside the delusion
I saw you eyes, somewhere
WINDOWPANE
There is deep prejudice in me
Outshines all reason inside
Given dreams all ridden with pain
And projected unto the last
BLACKWARTER PARK
We have all lost it now
Catching the flakes of dismay
Born the travesty of man
Regular pulse midst pandemonium
You're plucked to the mass
Parched with thirst for the wicked
Sick liaisons raised this monumental mark
The sun sets forever over Blackwater park
_____________________________
Encore/ NO QUARTER
Mikael: "This is porn music, isn't it?! What do you reckon, is this the oral scene or the anal scene?"
DEMON OF THE FALL
And you saw nothing.
False love turned to pure hate.
The wind cried a lamentation
before merging with the grey.
So that was it.
The fabulous end of a Tour lasting more than one and a half years.
To be painfully honest, it's a really good thing they're taking a break now to recharge batteries, avoid some of the recent hype around them and maybe look after Melinda's ear infection...
Just one thing really scares me.
What the fuck are all these nerds, emo kiddies and hoodie-wearing, monkey-dancing indie-weirdoz doing at an OPETH show?!?
Maybe that's the price to pay for the deserved success, methinks.
electric eye - 10. Nov, 13:32
