Opeth-kitaristi Fredrik Åkesson kertoo kuinka Waltteri Väyrynen sai paikkansa yhtyeen rumpalina

Ruotsalaisen proge metal -yhtye Opethin kitaristi Fredrik Åkesson kertoo Guitar Summit 2024 -tapahtumassa tehdyssä haastattelussa kuinka Waltteri Väyrynen sai paikkansa Opethin rumpalina. Väyrynen korvasi yhtyeen jättäneen rumpali Martin Axenrotin ja häntä hetken kiertueilla tuuranneen Sami Karppisen.

”Yeah, we had a guy that helped us out in between, a guy called Sami, who actually was Axe’s drum tech. So he did the two American tours we signed up for, and also the festival summer season. And then we had Waltteri in mind because we saw him play the track ’The Devil’s Orchard’, which is… He’s more of, I would say, an extreme metal drummer, but in Opeth, you need to have a bigger spectra, you need to know the prog, the more calm stuff and tasteful stuff, and he played that track, which is not a death metal track, but he just nailed everything. He really had the entire spectra as a drummer, all the different elements that are required within Opeth, because we kind of switch in between ’70s prog rock, hard rock, metal, death metal, progressive metal, blah, blah, blah, etc. Some slightly jazzy stuff as well. But we did three tours with Waltteri before we recorded the album with him. So he just nailed everything directly. When we went into the studio, the first track we recorded was one that we’ve released so far, ’Paragraph Three’, and he just nailed it on the first take. So we went, ’That’s it.’ But he was, of course, as I would be, ’No. Another one.'” Fredrik Åkesson

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