Opeth Issues New Tour Report

Opeth front man Mikael Akerfeldt has issued the following tour report and announcement about appearing in a documentary:

"Well, just a brief update on what’s happening: Not much!.... That’s a lie to be honest…we play pretty much every weekend, last show was somewhere in Holland (don’t even know which town we’re in) at a festival called….yes, I forgotten that too. Cross something….

"It was an alright, nice ‘in & out’ show. Had a cup of single-malt after the show, courtesy of our TM, Mick. I’m not a connoisseur when it comes to hard liquor (I used to get loaded on ‘Grants’ cheap Scotch years ago) but a nice luxury sip every now and then aint that bad.

"Coolest trek lately was playing in Romania. We played in the middle of Transylvania actually, just an hours drive from the castle belonging to Vlad Tepes. The warlord that was the inspiration behind the legend about Count Dracula. We travelled through the Carpathian mountain passes and it was magical to be honest. Extremely beautiful!

"The show was right in the middle of a small town dating back to the 12th century (Euro centuries) called Sibiu, and it was quite amazing to be there. Fantastic even! We headlined a show right in the town square, dead centre of the city itself. The crowd was amazing and there were a lot of people there which was surprising considering we’ve never ever played in Romania before. Tomorrow we go up north here in Sweden to play a show. It’s some sort of street festival as far as I know. I have no expectations but it’s always nice to not be so far away from home.

"On a side note, myself and Per are featured in a documentary about the Mellotron (legendary late 60’s sampler keyboard) called ‘Mellodrama’. Check out the trailers and whatnot here.

"I’m not sure about screenings of it or releases or whatever but the trailer looked awesome. I need to see it NOW!

"Anyways, all’s fine here…listening to a band called Hackensack here. Not great, not absolute shit either…."