Lukas asks… Why are you all so good-looking?
Mikael: “Good genes. And good denims.”
Fredrik: “No stains on the denims.”
Mikael: “We take into consideration this rather a lot as a result of he is received a girlfriend, I’ve received a girlfriend, and it’s like, ‘How the fuck can they suppose that we’re not disgusting pigs? What do they see in our ugly fucking asses?’”
Fredrik: “It’s a thriller. I would not say I contemplate myself good-looking, however that is simply me.”
Ted asks… Mikael, are you continue to enthusiastic about doing a solo album?
Mikael: “No. I used to be virtually gonna give a Ritchie Blackmore reply, like, ‘This is my solo album’, however we’re very a lot a band state of affairs, even when I write a lot of the materials. However as a result of I’m on this place, I haven’t got the necessity, virtually. Opeth is the automobile for all the pieces that that we need to do. There’s not likely any boundaries. And I haven’t got a super-odd fetish for reggaeton which means I will do reggaeton solo report. Every little thing that I need to do I really feel I can do on this band. Fredrik is doing one, although…”
Fredrik: “Yeah, I am engaged on it. Opeth is, in fact, 100 per cent precedence primary. However I’ve two songs already mastered and completed, I simply want to complete the remainder of the seven songs. It’s going to have 9 songs on it.”
Mikael: “Why 9?”
Fredrik: “Dante’s Inferno. It is an occult quantity. I’ve a 3rd track virtually completed. Biff Byford from Saxon has mentioned he will sing on it. That’ll be a steel track, however the different two ones are instrumental, tons of guitar solos. It is an overdose of guitar.”
Deathtormentor asks… What’s your favorite online game?
Mikael: “The Final Of Us Half II. It is a masterpiece. It goes past video video games. I received emotionally connected to that recreation and to the characters, which by no means occurred earlier than. That’s the finest recreation that was ever put out. In case you in search of one thing apart from simply taking pictures folks within the head, which is enjoyable, that is my favorite, intently adopted by Grand Theft Auto and Crimson Lifeless Redemption.”
Fredrik: “I’m into Murderer’s Creed, the Viking one. That’s enjoyable, as a result of the unique video games are little restricted, however now you’ve got a whole world and you’ll simply wander round it. You’ve missions, however there’s additionally loads of freedom to plunder monasteries and stuff like that village. And it’s a fairly cool story. You begin off in Norway, you then go to England, and you ultimately go into London. So it has a little bit of a storyline to it. I additionally a samurai recreation referred to as Ghost Of The… one thing.”
Mikael: “That sounds cool. Are you able to commit hari-kari?”
Fredrik: “You’ll be able to. It is fairly gory. It is loads of blood.”
Mikael: “I used to be born within the ’70s, so rising up me and my buddies performed Commodore 64, which I used to be transfixed by. We performed and performed and performed. However in these days, your mother and father would come down after an hour and go, ‘That’s sufficient for as we speak, one hour.’ Now, being 50, it is a bit like, ‘Is it nonetheless cool? Can I sit and play video games?’ Yeah. In fact I can!”
