OPETH AND PETER LINDGREN PART WAYS

[Axel]

BREAKING NEWS! OPETH AND PETER LINDGREN PART WAYS

Peter Lindgren has stepped down from his guitar wielding duties after 16 years in Opeth. Below is an open letter from Peter addressing the issue:

"It is with sadness I announce that Opeth and I are going separate ways after almost 16 years. The decision has been the toughest I've ever made but it is the right one to make at this point in my life.

The reason behind this is that I feel that I simply have lost some of the enthusiasm and inspiration needed to participate in a band that has grown from a few guys playing the music we love to a world-wide industry. The love of music has always been, and still is, our motive, but I personally have lost something along the way. The massive amount of touring has taken its toll. Opeth has worked extremely hard to get where we are right now and in order to persist and maintain the quality of the music, it is necessary that we continue to work hard and always stay focused. But in doing so, it means that we nowadays spend 18 or 19 months on the road and I don't feel the same enthusiasm for the upcoming world tour that I have felt earlier. I have come to a point where I realize I won't be able to give the band 100%, and from both sides this will not be good enough for what Opeth stands for. I will always love playing, listening to, and living music, but I will do it differently from now on.

These years has easily been the best of my life and I will always cherish the memory of what we have experienced together. I would like to thank the band, our management, record label people, all the bands I've made friends with for everything. Most of all, I would like to thank the fans from the depth of my heart for the support throughout the years.

I wish Mikael, Martin, Per and Axe all the best and I am confident they will continue doing the greatest music in the world!! /Peter"



Quelle: http://www.opeth.com/

[MusicFreak]

Sehr schade .
Wer wird jetzt bloß ihr neuer zweiter Gitarrist !?

[LoyK]

Frederik Akkeson (oder so) der ne zeitlang bei Arch Enemy war; sehr guter Gitarrist!

[Atrox]

ja der kann was, is nur von arch enemy weg, weil der eine bruder wieder zurück wollte (ka wie der heißt)

[LoyK]

Christopher Amott ist nach seiner Pause wieder zu AE zurückgekehrt;)

[Msoada]

Naja, interessiert mich nicht so.

Irgendwie wirkt Opeth auf mich immer sehr durchwachsen.

[Atrox]

Christopher Amott ist nach seiner Pause wieder zu AE zurückgekehrt;)

ja genau so heißt der
naja auch wenns mein bruder wär, wenn er aus der band aussteigt und dann draufkommt, dass er doch wieder rein will, dann würd ich ihn sitzen lassen. is imo dem anderen gegenüber nicht fair.

[Msoada]

Naja, kann das schon verstehen.

Die beiden Amott Brüder waren ja quasi das Aushängeschild für Arch Enemy, zusammen mit der Frontfrau (Angelica?).

Deshalb ist es nicht "nur" ein Bruder und irgendwie war es klar, dass er auf kurz über lang irgendwann wieder zu AE will.

[guitarrero]

oh Mann, was is nur los mit den ganzen Schweden zur Zeit?! Bei Pain of Salvation dauernd Line-Eup-Änderungen, bei Opeth genauso... zwei meiner absoluten Lieblingsbands... hmpf, sehr schade das, bin echt traurig.