How to Write Like: Opeth

Covering some of the things that made up Opeth's signature sound in the late 90's through the mid 2000's. I've wanted to do this video for a long time and finally got around to it. Hope you enjoy!

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[stathispanayiotopoulos]

This guy's got a master's degree in opeth's discography

[yunyangliu]

0:05 The Drapery Falls
0:47 Patterns In The Ivy II
1:02 Deliverance
1:33 Ghost of Perdition
1:58 The Night and The Silent Water
2:08 Bleak
2:38 Blackwater Park
3:10 Deliverance & Harlequin Forest

[ToastedCigar]

Watched this video and realized how much Opeth has influenced my song-writing

[El_Vuego]

Dude, that was fucking amazing! It sounded just like old Opeth! Riffs were absolutely killer. I would totally add this song in my Spotify list

[doubletn]

the riff starting at 2:38 is just absurdly good dude, sounds straight out of blackwater park

[MakoDvLZ]

sounds exactly like Opeth man, well done

[nicholaskharebava]

The only thing it needs is vocals, and you won't be able to distinguish between the original opeth song and this masterpiece 🤘🤘🖤🔥

[KshitijKumar]

Dude you captured their writing style so perfectly. I'm blown away, thanks so much for this.

[Peppinator]

little off-topic: a good section of opeth making opeth stuff are the drums, if you noticed the fills and a lot of riffs are completely supported by drums on the groove and on the accents, very fascinating band.

[Heliosphan]

Surprised this has less than 10k views. Very well done! Love to hear anything about Opeth.

[JubaDeMetalAlumínio]

Damn, this is great. Sort of “I already feel that just listening, but now it's explained”. Thanks! I don't want to copy them, but is a hell of an influence to have in mind.

[shaylahunter]

I listened to so much Opeth when I started playing guitar and now this is just my natural style. Akerfeldt is a visionary

[komradenikolai]

I just realized you had a separate channel. This is such a Sweet Video dude! Makes me reminisce back to my Days in Highschool listening to Still Life Every Day. Cheers Brother

[spookyxnymph]

Love, love, love this! You emulate them perfectly.

[tappistrt]

Huge Opeth fan here, glad this popped up in my feed. You did some master work, definitely subbed.

[Meshuggapeth]

Make more of these please, and Katatonia would be very helpful

[davidtyler]

great job dude. i spent my early years trying to figure out the formula without learning the actual music, by the time i got good at guitar enough to just play stuff i heard i realized i was already playing all the notes i need to decode my favorite songs just in a different order.

[SlyHikari]

2:49 I love how sinister and "mocking" this riff is, reminds me of Grand Belial's Key a lil bit.

[sinisavuco]

Damn dude this was brilliant! You nailed it perfectly

[astickman]

nice video! i would like to see insomnium or early in flames next