" Åkerfeldt later said, " I'm still quite impressed.

Åkerfeldt said that " The Twilight Is My Robe " used to be called " Oath " and " is a satanic song.

Although some parts of the material recorded date back to 1991, Mikael Åkerfeldt said, " the material we had been writing felt really fresh and new.

Both Lindgren and Åkerfeldt said that the split was amicable.

Following a few live dates in Europe, Opeth's guitarist and vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt went to an old friend's house in Stockholm, Sweden to record some demos and develop ideas for the new album.

Other members came and went, until the roster was solidified in 1994 with Åkerfeldt on vocals / guitar, Peter Lindgren on guitar, and Johan DeFarfalla on bass.

Åkerfeldt later discovered progressive rock and folk music, both of which had a profound impact on the sound of the band.

" Åkerfeldt commented on the diversity of Opeth's music:

Since his death, many fellow musicians have commented on Gary Moore's talents including Ozzy Osbourne, Kirk Hammett, Eric Singer, Doug Aldrich, Tmi, Bob Geldof, Roger Taylor, Brian May, Brian Downey, Andy DiGelsomina, Ricky Warwick, Glenn Hughes, Bryan Adams, Henry Rollins, Scott Gorham, Ignacio Garay, and Mikael Åkerfeldt.

The Gibson EDS-1275 electric 12-string was used by jazz fusion guitarist John McLaughlin of Mahavishnu Orchestra, Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin, Guns N ' Roses guitarist Slash, Warren Haynes of Gov't Mule and The Allman Brothers Band, Cory Stuteville of Year Of The Dragon, Alex Lifeson of Rush, Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine, Mikael Åkerfeldt of Opeth, Jeff Buckley and System of a Down and Scars on Broadway guitarist Daron Malakian, Taylor Swift.

The band has featured a number of guest musicians on its albums, including Steven Wilson, Mikael Åkerfeldt, Sean Malone, Joey Vera and Gavin Harrison.

Opeth vocalist and guitarist Mikael Åkerfeldt and No-Man vocalist Tim Bowness wrote lyrics and sang on one track each.

* Mikael Åkerfeldt ( Opeth ) – vocals on the track " Stockholm " on Blood

A year after being formed, the band, then consisting of Mikael Åkerfeldt ( Opeth ) on vocals, Dan Swanö ( Edge of Sanity, Nightingale, etc.

That same year, Åkerfeldt rejoined the band for a single live show at Germany's Wacken Open Air on August 5.

Prior to the show, the band commented on the Wacken show: " Not only the first, but also the last gig for Bloodbath ( with Mikael Åkerfeldt on vocals )"; later it also turned out to be the last one with Swanö.

On January 30, 2008, it was announced via the Bloodbath website that Åkerfeldt would be rejoining the line-up on vocals, along with new member Per Eriksson ( ex-21 Lucifers, ex-Genocrush Ferox ) on guitar.

Åkerfeldt wrote that Wilson had an " immense impact on the recording " and after working with him the group entered " a new phase ".

Åkerfeldt explained, " We didn ’ t have any money to spend on things like that.

Despite the downtime, Åkerfeldt and Lindgren wrote an instrumental piece that was meant to appear on the album, but they did not have enough time to finish it.

Later, he sent Åkerfeldt a postcard with the a color version of the same picture that appears on the cover.

In 1996, Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt performed the growling vocals on Brave Murder Day when regular Katatonia singer ( and then-drummer ) Jonas Renkse became unable to perform harsh vocals properly.

However, Mikael Åkerfeldt claims he wanted the track " Isolation Years " on the album despite its irrelevance to the plot.

Along with David Isberg on vocals, Mikael Åkerfeldt and Andreas Dimeo on guitar, and Nick Döring on bass, Nordin became an official member in 1990.

This is another great album that most bands out there would give their right arm to have written and that statement just speaks volumes of the songwriting talent of the Åkerfeldt / Lindgren team.

Åkerfeldt says he doesn't remember what it is about, and that he only remembers that he wrote the lyrics to sound like the music.

Lyrically, the song " The Night and the Silent Water " is about the grandfather of vocalist / guitarist Mikael Åkerfeldt, who had died shortly before the recording of the album.

It is packaged in a large digipak and contains a CD and DVD, along with new cover art and an extended booklet featuring extra album artwork and a letter from Mikael Åkerfeldt.

The recording is generally regarded as having exceptionally clear and beautiful sound and visual quality, although Allmusic reviewer John Serba complained of the ubiquity of shots from what he termed the " Åkerfeldt Orifice Cam ", showing close-ups of the singer's mouth and nose in excruciating detail.

In an interview from the summer of 2008, Åkerfeldt reveals that Anders has returned from Brazil and is living in Sweden.

* Mikael Åkerfeldt of Opeth uses an EBow in the songs " The Drapery Falls ", " Dirge For November " and " Isolation Years ".

Åkerfeldt described the recording of the album as " rather smooth ".

) but all those years ago, Åkerfeldt did set the standard for what the extreme progressive music vocalist should sound like ".

She said without turning her head, `` After that rain beating in atop the dust, there isn't a thing that won't be streaked ''.

`` That's all right '', she said, tossing her head back to get the hair out of her eyes.

His head came up and he said it defiantly.

In recollection he has said: `` Natural or man-made objects kept coming into my head, but I would suppress them sternly ''.

`` That is undoubtedly a hell of a quote '', said the writer, scratching his head.

Arlene was so ashamed that she hung her head when she said, `` Yes, sir ''.

Then, they said General Burnside was going to jump over his horse's head ; ;

`` I'll get a pole '', Jones said finally, `` and I'll poke a noose over her head ''!!

He turned his head and said, `` Alvarez will definitely be in a back room at the Jai Alai Club on South Beach within an hour.

Thomas Rotelli, head of Rhode Island Incinerator Service, Inc., said four of the company's eight trucks were making collections with both newly hired and regular workers.

The Egyptian god Set is said, by some, to have the head of an aardvark or to be part aardvark.

It is said that after Heracles was apotheosised, Hyllus, having pursued and killed Eurystheus, cut off Eurystheus ' head and gave it to Alcmene, who gouged out the eyes with weaving pins.

The Theban army under Pelopidas is said to have been dismayed by an eclipse ( on July 13, 364, see 4th century BC eclipses ), and Pelopidas, leaving the bulk of his army behind, entered Thessaly at the head of three hundred volunteer horsemen and some mercenaries.

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ( who was famously mistaken for a " recent American immigrant " by French President Nicolas Sarkozy ), said " descendants of slaves did not get much of a head start, and I think you continue to see some of the effects of that.

If the sick person wishes to receive the sacrament of penance, it is preferable that the priest make himself available for this during a previous visit ; but if the sick person must confess during the celebration of the sacrament of anointing, this confession replaces the penitential rite A passage of Scripture is read, and the priest may give a brief explanation of the reading, a short litany is said, and the priest lays his hands on the head of the sick person and then says a prayer of thanksgiving over the already blessed oil or, if necessary, blesses the oil himself.

A friend of his once said that if Giacometti decided to sculpt you, " he would make your head look like the blade of a knife.

After killing a police officer and a civilian, Rector shot himself in the head, leading to what his lawyers said was a state where he could still talk but did not understand the idea of death.

* The Halloween special, titled " Bungholio: Lord of the Harvest ( Butt-O-Ween )," involved them attempting to trick-or-treat in ridiculous costumes -- i. e. Beavis dressed up as a giant "' nad " by wearing underpants on his head and Butt-Head becoming nachos by pouring hot cheese-sauce over his head, although at one point he said he was dressed up as a dumb-ass.

in negotiating a peace agreement was signed in Tripoli in February 2007, between President Bozizé and the head of the Front démocratique du people centrafricain ( FDPC ) rebel movement ( who is also said to have close ties to Union of Democratic Forces for Unity ( UFDR ), the rebel group that seized several cities in northern C. A. R.

The partisans of the Blues and the Greens were said to affect untrimmed facial hair, head hair shaved at the front and grown long at the back, and wide-sleeved tunics tight at the wrist ; and to form gangs to engage in night-time muggings and street violence.

If the patient's eyes move in a direction opposite to the direction of the rotation of the head, then the patient is said to have an intact brainstem.

In Australian Aboriginal astronomy, Crux and the Coalsack mark the head of the ' Emu in the Sky ' in several Aboriginal cultures, while Crux itself is said to be a possum sitting in a tree and a representation of the sky deity Mirrabooka.

The journal Pediatrics has reportedly said that the number of cheerleaders suffering from broken bones, concussions, and sprains has increased by over 100 percent between the years of 1990 and 2002, and that in 2001 there were 25, 000 hospital visits reported for cheerleading injuries dealing with the shoulder, ankle, head, and neck.

In Scandinavian folklore, the creature is said to possess a distinctly human form, with the exception that its head is composed entirely of seaweed.