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expressnightout.com - 5/27/2009

Arts & Events | Progressing Past the Metalocalypse: Opeth

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2009-05-27-opeth-1.jpg AFTER BEING AROUND for nearly 20 years, Opeth can still claim to have never heard a statement like this: "Uh, guys, mmmmmm yeaaaah, I don't know if that funky chromatic keyboard solo in the middle of the otherwise death-a-licious 'Lotus Eater' tune really fits." "Never ...

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