The Roundhouse Tapes
OPETH'S LEGENDARY CONCERT FROM LONDON'S ROUNDHOUSE 2006 Includes live performances of classic tracks "Face of Melinda", "Ghost of Perdition" and "Demon of the Fall" "This serves as a reminder of just how brilliant a band Opeth truly are." KKKK Kerrang! ‘The Roundhouse Tapes’ contains a captivating Opeth performance from the Camden Roundhouse, London, UK, on November 9th, 2006 (a gig which also featured Goth metal legends Paradise Lost), and sees the band in scintillating form churning out a selection of classics from their illustrious career. Since their formation in 1990 in Sweden, Opeth have risen to the forefront of the metal world over the years; bringing many aspects of progressive rock/metal to a whole new audience by combining soft acoustic ambience with complex, melodic & heavy guitar often familiar to forms of death/black metal, perfectly concocted into a completely peerless sound. A constant factor of their success is that the band have never been afraid to experiment with their song-writing ever since their debut album, ‘Orchid’, in 1994, while taking us through some truly magical & hypnotic soundscapes.
Though Opeth have officially signed with Roadrunner, this double-live disc was released by former label Peaceville.
Long album, short review. OPETH can still do no wrong, and you should buy anything with their name on it. That said, this massive-sounding two-disc live document really doesn't have much reason to exist, given the band's note-perfect renditions of their studio creations. There's nothing wrong at all...