YES! HUGE fan of Lopez's Opeth stuff. Still prefer Axenrot's but Lopez's drumming is damn phenomenal. His stuff on the Damnation album is relatively simple, but it's spectacular, my favorite material of his.
Drummer: Martin Lopez
Main Style: Progressive rock/metal
Main Band: Soen, ex-Opeth
Summary: A Swedish musician of Uruguayan heritage, Lopez was the drummer in the highly successful melodic death metal band Amon Amarth for a few years before he joined Opeth. He played with Opeth from 1997 to 2006, leaving due to having a rare blood disease. His current supergroup Soen played their first gig in 2012. Their sound has been said to be almost identical to Tool's.
- Zack
YES! HUGE fan of Lopez's Opeth stuff. Still prefer Axenrot's but Lopez's drumming is damn phenomenal. His stuff on the Damnation album is relatively simple, but it's spectacular, my favorite material of his.
Thanks for posting Zack! Seen Martin Lopez a few times live with Opeth, he's never played a bum note in my opinion.
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The last time Opeth was in New Zealand was 2005, but I was 11 then and there's no way my parents would have let me go to a death metal show... Now they've stopped playing death metal and they have a different drummer
I'm definitely still going to see them if they ever come to NZ again.
- Zack
Lopez is phenomenal, but Axe is a better fit for Opeth. Martin's work with Soen is absolutely killer. The Cognitive album is great front to back.
Still life , Blackwater Park and Deliverance are among my favorite Albums. The drumming is amazing.
If you don't want to listen to the entire song at least check out the ending section that starts at the 9:39 mark. It's excellent as is the rest of the song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-PaT0Bgj-Y
Last edited by NPYYZ; 03-09-2013 at 07:12 AM.
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