opeth drummer quits band

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Fri May 12th, 2006, 10:30 pm

maybe they will break up?? hopefully!!!

Official press release:

After several months away from his drumming duties in Opeth, Martin Lopez has permanently decided to leave the group. After being plagued by illness and anxiety attacks Lopez decided he wanted to concentrate fully on his own project, currently unnamed. His replacement will be Martin "Axe" Axenrot who's been filling in for the last five tours and who also recorded with the band during the recent BBC sessions.

Mikael Akerfeldt: "However sad I and the rest of the band feel in light of Lopez's departure I want to thank him for his incredible work with Opeth and immense dedication to the band. We recorded some classic stuff together and he obviously had an enormous impact on our sound. I now feel very excited to hear the material of his own band. In the meantime Opeth fans can rest assured that we'll continue jamming it out with Axe and we all have high expectations about our coming musical ventures."

holly · Post by **holly** » Fri May 12th, 2006, 10:50 pm

necroodin · Post by **necroodin** » Fri May 12th, 2006, 10:58 pm

Slowpeth

Asrynth · Post by **Asrynth** » Fri May 12th, 2006, 11:05 pm

Unfortunate, Martin Lopez is a very talented Drummer.

AmoebicDysentery · Post by **AmoebicDysentery** » Sat May 13th, 2006, 12:58 am

Maybe Kevin Talley can fill in for them, too!

yeah, that was a bad joke.

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Sat May 13th, 2006, 3:29 am

AmoebicDysentery wrote:Maybe Kevin Talley can fill in for them, too!

yeah, that was a bad joke.

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Sat May 13th, 2006, 3:29 am

necroodin wrote:Slowpeth

fuck Slowpeth

Mike · Post by **Mike** » Sat May 13th, 2006, 4:56 am

Matt wrote:
necroodin wrote:Slowpeth
fuck Slowpeth

Behold! Matt, all that is Kvlt and BR00TAL!>!>!>

Mike · Post by **Mike** » Sat May 13th, 2006, 5:07 am

Who knows if the new guy will be able to write as well as Lopez. I mean, he can play everything, but he may not be able to write great drum parts.
Hopefully he will.

ratanda · Post by **ratanda** » Sat May 13th, 2006, 12:06 pm

They just need to get the bassist from the first two albums back.

Asrynth · Post by **Asrynth** » Sun May 14th, 2006, 8:55 am

Matt wrote:
necroodin wrote:Slowpeth
fuck Slowpeth

I think the earlier Opeth sounds alot like Iron Maiden, You should listen and see what you think. Im mainly talking about The Orchid and Morningrise Albums.

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Tue May 16th, 2006, 7:21 pm

everything up to my arms your hearse is tolerable, but for some reason it just bores me, i dont know what all the hype is about, but all of you opeth lovers could say the same thing about most of the shit i like, so it all boils down to taste and opinion.

i hate black water park

Greg · Post by **Greg** » Tue May 16th, 2006, 10:52 pm

Matt wrote: all of you opeth lovers could say the same thing about most of the shit i like, so it all boils down to taste and opinion.

The internet would cease to be if everyone thought like this all of a sudden.

doom zombi chick · Post by **doom zombi chick** » Thu May 18th, 2006, 5:35 pm

Asrynth wrote:
Matt wrote:
necroodin wrote:Slowpeth
fuck Slowpeth
I think the earlier Opeth sounds alot like Iron Maiden, You should listen and see what you think. Im mainly talking about The Orchid and Morningrise Albums.

Yeah, those are my favorite two. What sucks though, is that Opeth never freakin plays anything off those two live. Grrr...

Greg · Post by **Greg** » Thu May 18th, 2006, 5:41 pm

On the last tour, for the shows in new york and LA they did "An Evening With Opeth" shows, which had no openers, just them. They played stuff from Orchid all the way up to Ghost Reveries for those shows.

They're also rumored to be on the Gigantour this year, which would make sense given that they're label mates with Megadeth now.

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