11-07-04
Two new tabs posted on the site, and you can find them here and here. Thanks to Finnbogi the Icelander. Also, Opeth has posted a new journal in their bio section on the official site. I hope to revamp the site in the coming months to automate a few processes both on the surface and in the inner workings. I haven't actually started yet, but the designs are in the works.
09-21-04
The newest member of opeth has been born: Melinda Åkerfeldt was born on 9-13, and is the first child from the opeth camp. Also, Peter got married. Currently no news on any upcoming record deals, but Opeth.com assures us all that the next album is coming and is still on track.
08-20-04
Reports from Opeth.com say that Music For Nations have officially closed their doors, and "luckily" Opeth was dropped from BMG/Zomba. This means uncertain times for Opeth, with future albums and tours in potential jeopardy. Opeth has survived label changes before, so hopefully this time will be successful as well.
Personally, I think BMG is foolish to drop Opeth. Opeth produces a far greater quantity and quality of music for a far cheaper cost than most bands could even imagine. They are an established name with an established fanbase, which counts for a lot in business. Oh well.
06-29-04
Is Opeth in trouble?!? The Official Opeth.com reports that Opeth's record label, Music For Nations may be closing due to the merger between BMG (ug) and Zomba. At best, Opeth's contractual future is uncertain, and they may find themselves without a label. I don't know what will happen to the band if that does take place.
In better news, Mikael has recorded on the upcoming Porcupine Tree album, providing vocals and some guitar. Porcupine Tree is the band of Steve Wilson, the man who produced the last three Opeth albums, and is noticably vocal on Bleak and a few other Opeth songs.
In even better news, we have a recording time in mind for the new album: Spring 2005. What effect will the aforementioned merger have on this time table? Or on the release timetable?
Lastly, Opeth.com reports that there may be an audio version of Lamentations. I don't know if they mean a CD set or a DVD, but it should be interesting.
06-26-04
Notice the new section on the menu? Go ahead: click it, hate it, and then fix it by writing your own.
06-25-04
The New England Hardcore and Metal Festival DVD has been released (well, back on March 23rd), which features Opeth playing the Drapery Falls, and (presumably) an interview before the set. Reviews online are mixed, from very poor to great, with most of the complaints aimed at the vocal sound mix. The DVD is available on Netflix and Amazon, and presumably other places that sell music DVD's. It may, however, only have a NorthEastern American release, and I don't think it has any sort of European release at all. This DVD is also currently the only place to see former Opeth opener and current Ozzfest opener Lacuna Coil. On a side note, this was recorded at the very same venue that I personally saw Opeth play twice, although I wasn't at this particular show. The venue isn't very good for music, although Opeth is the only band that manages to sound good there. Look for a new section in the coming days (hopefully).
05-29-04
I had some tabs sent to me by Mr. Niel, and those are now updated. They are a mixture of updates, new tabs, and corrections to other tabs, and you can find them for Advent, Wreath, Forests of October, Leper Affinity, Drapery Falls, Masters Apprentices, Godhead's Lament, and Windowpane. Big thanks to Mr. Niel! I also paid a visit to the official forums (Opeth.com), they are pretty active and Mikael posts there occasionally, you should check them out if you haven't. Feel free to inform them that you enjoy my site, but its cool if you don't.
05-02-04
Added our first Song Musing. I also might have added a surprise...if you can find it.
Opeth are now listed on the Download Festival page, and they will be playing on the main stage on June 5th. There are some strong names listed far lower than they are, so congrats to the boys for being big enough to be a main attraction!
04-28-04
Deliverance tabs are online. I've recently begun managing the band Gulgotha, including their website, so combined with the crushing weight that is school finals, my work load is a bit heavy for a little while. Luckily I have someone helping me with the Gulgotha site, and I had enough time to put up these tabs. Damnation tabs are sparse right now... they are up, but I don't have too many at all. I'll probably try to tab them myself if I don't get any good ones soon.
04-18-04
Still Life tabs are online. Blackwater Park tabs are also online.
04-12-04
After too long, My Arms, Your Hearse tabs are online. I found an awesome bootleg video of Opeth playing Demon of the Fall live, I'm considering hosting it here, but it is 30 megs, and I don't actually have a media section yet.
03-31-04
Orchid and Morningrise tabs are live. I also updated the F.A.Q. Also, a while ago I had added album art, in the form of a slideshow put together by my beautiful girlfriend. I put it on the main pages for the Song Musings and Tablature sections.
03-17-04
Forums are live...fill them up!
03-14-04
Reorganized the site just a little bit, mostly inspired by when one of the people who I was showing the site to didn't know what or who the hell an "Opeth" was. I decided not to be elitist, and have the site be useful for people who've never experiance "an Opeth." Oh, and say hello to the new F.A.Q. section.
03-05-04
Got the internal stuff working pretty well. I haven't had the time to toy with the message forum yet, and I don't see a need to rush it right now, but I'll get to it. More importantly, in the song and tab sections, the links into the individual songs work, but on those pages the menus do NOT work, so you will need to use your browser's back button to go back and then use the menu there if you like. I'm going to be fixing the Song Musings first, and probably won't get to the Tablature section until I am actually putting the tabs up (which will be in chronological order, don't worry, you won't need to click on every song hoping to find one I decided to upload). To be honest, I will probably get to the Message Forums first. The downside to the new system is that I cannot test the pages until they are on the server, so if you are browsing the site, and really weird stuff is happening, I'm probably playing with it.
I checked out the traffic to this site this month (all 5 days), and it's a bit higher than I expected, but the responses I'm getting is lower. I hope that when the content goes live I will get more feedback from my fellow Opeth-ites (we have GOT to figure out a good word for it, or tell me if there is already such a word.
P.S. The song section is now live again.
03-02-04
The site has been moved to its permanent home, at www.MoorOpeth.com. Content-wise the site is still a bit thin, so feel free to email me with your thoughts and suggestions for the site. In the meantime, there are still a few things to take care of behind the scenes with the mechanics for the site, but I hope to get those squared away pretty soon. Afterwards, I will actually link to the tabs that I claim to have posted on the tabs page.
02-??-04
Since Opeth's Domain is effectively dead now, I've decided to try and fill the void some. My biggest motivation is that I create a place where people can send in their tabs and even opinions of songs with more stability than a message board. Speaking of which, right now I do not have a message board, but I will probably eventually get one (after getting a more robust server). Until then, the official forums from Opeth.com and the Opeth's Domain forums are perfectly good places to go and hang out.
In the meantime, I need some art, some tabs, and some feedback to start this place off. Feel free to email me at larrik@sbcglobal.net.
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