Martin Lopez Leaves Opeth

darko. · 05-14-2006, 12:53 AM

from the Opeth Myspace blog

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Saturday, May 13, 2006
Martin Lopez leaves Opeth!
After several months away from his drumming duties in Opeth Martin Lopez has permanently decided to leave the group. After being plagued by illness and anxiety attacks Lopez decided he wanted to concentrate fully on his own project, currently unnamed. His replacement will be Martin "Axe" Axenrot who's been filling in for the last 5 tours and who also recorded with the band during the recent BBC sessions.

Mikael Åkerfeldt: " However sad I and the rest of the band feel in light of Lopez departure I want to thank him for his incredible work with Opeth and immense dedication to the band. We recorded some classic stuff together and he obviously had an enormous impact on our sound. I now feel very excited to hear the material of his own band. In the meantime Opeth fans can rest assured that we'll continue jamming it out with Axe and we all have high expectations about our coming musical ventures "

Poor martin. i liked his accent.

05-14-2006, 07:49 PM

hopefully the departure does not mess up the band overall

darko. · 05-14-2006, 08:15 PM

why would it? they ruled without him, with him, and will rule without him again.

The band is basically Mikael anyway. he writes everything.

SilverSpoon · 05-14-2006, 11:23 PM

Man, that sucks. They can still make it seem like the line-up hasn't changed since this new guy is also named Martin.

By the way, having Axe in place of Lopez didn't make any difference at all to me. We'll have to see what happens with the new material.

darko. · 05-15-2006, 12:23 AM

what are you talking about? as long as he can play the drums well, thats all that matters. mikael writes everything. literally. apoloogize to me!

[sic] · 05-15-2006, 07:02 PM

sucks but from what I hear, the new guy is doing fine. Also, in keeping with RR tradition, they are releasing a deluxe version of Ghost Reveries soon.

SilverSpoon · 05-15-2006, 07:05 PM

What's in the deluxe version?

darko. · 05-15-2006, 08:08 PM

ugh...probably 62 live tracks, and 89 hidden tracks that start 53 minutes after the final official song ends.

roadrunner bugs me.

05-14-2006, 07:49 PM	#2 (permalink)
Fiend Guest Posts: n/a	hopefully the departure does not mess up the band overall

05-14-2006, 08:15 PM	#3 (permalink)
darko. Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: shlums 'o shaolin Posts: 2,126	why would it? they ruled without him, with him, and will rule without him again. The band is basically Mikael anyway. he writes everything.

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SilverSpoon Kamen Rider Kiva Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: www.canofnothing.com Posts: 7,567	Man, that sucks. They can still make it seem like the line-up hasn't changed since this new guy is also named Martin. By the way, having Axe in place of Lopez didn't make any difference at all to me. We'll have to see what happens with the new material.

05-15-2006, 12:23 AM	#5 (permalink)
darko. Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: shlums 'o shaolin Posts: 2,126	what are you talking about? as long as he can play the drums well, thats all that matters. mikael writes everything. literally. apoloogize to me!

05-15-2006, 07:02 PM	#6 (permalink)
[sic] Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 196 My Profile	sucks but from what I hear, the new guy is doing fine. Also, in keeping with RR tradition, they are releasing a deluxe version of Ghost Reveries soon.

05-15-2006, 07:05 PM	#7 (permalink)
SilverSpoon Kamen Rider Kiva Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: www.canofnothing.com Posts: 7,567	What's in the deluxe version?

05-15-2006, 08:08 PM	#8 (permalink)
darko. Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: shlums 'o shaolin Posts: 2,126	ugh...probably 62 live tracks, and 89 hidden tracks that start 53 minutes after the final official song ends. roadrunner bugs me.

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