OPETH Frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt - "I Try To Fool Myself A Bit Into Thinking All The Old Stuff Still Is As Good As We Thought Back Then"
February 4, 2008, 16 years ago
Torgeir P. Krokfjord at Metal Express Radio recently caught up with OPETH frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt to discuss The Roundhouse Tapes. The following is an excerpt from the interview:
Åkerfeldt: "The starting point was that we wanted to include two songs from each of our full-length albums, but in the end that just was not possible. The day before the show we were informed that we had much less time onstage than what we first were told. Still, we tried to present our whole career in the best way possible, and we especially wanted to avoid doing songs from our previous DVD. As far as I’m concerned, 'Windowpane' is the only track featured on both releases. Also, I guess I can say that we tried to go for the more 'up to date' tracks from Orchid and Morningrise."
Q: Is this a result of you feeling ashamed, to some extent, of what you did on these two albums?
Åkerfeldt: "I wouldn’t say ashamed ... and actually, I really think the point is doing what you think is right at the time you’re doing it. It’d be wrong for me to go back now and try to correct things I did in the past. Still, you do have a point. I am very critical, overly critical I’d almost say, to what we did in the past. Actually, I try to fool myself a bit, to trick myself into thinking all the old stuff still is as good as we thought back then."
Go to this location for the complete interview.
