Opeth & Katatonia on tour, played 2 nights @ Webster Hall (pics, setlist, more dates)

photos by Greg Cristman

Opeth @ Webster Hall

“Swedish metal act Opeth played to a packed Webster Hall, debuting new songs from just-released record Heritage and putting new spins on old favorites.

Opeth may have started as a full-on death metal band, but recent years and albums have shown that both the band and its fans’ affinity lies with the beautiful, progressive tracks that seem to pour out of frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt, and the death growls have slowly but surely been fading out of the picture, and are nowhere to be found on the new album.

The band opened with two new songs off of Heritage, The Devil’s Orchard and I Feel The Dark, and the enthusiastic fans cheered wildly for the new music. Webster Hall’s relatively small capacity meant that fans were crammed shoulder to shoulder, but even in the very front of the crowd, everyone was abnormally pleasant when compared to a typical rock show, and that positive energy was reflected on stage as well, the musicians all clearly vibing with one another. Åkerfeldt is an outgoing frontman, and took a break every few songs to joke with the crowd about everything from masturbation to Swedish royalty. [Examiner]

Opeth & Katatonia played their second of two shows at Webster Hall last night (9/22). Pictures from the first night, including one of their setlist, are in this post.

Their tour continues at the Trocadero in Philly tonight. Updated tour dates and more pictures below….

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Katatonia

Opeth

Opeth — 2011 Tour Dates
Sep 23 Trocadero Philadelphia, PA Sold Out
Sep 26 Newport Music Hall Columbus, OH
Sep 27 Expo Five Louisville, KY
Sep 28 Cannery Ballroom Nashville, TN
Sep 29 Amos’ Southend Charlotte, NC
Sep 30 Center Stage Theatre Atlanta, GA
Oct 01 House of Blues Orlando Orlando, FL
Oct 03 Warehouse Live Houston, TX
Oct 04 Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheatre Austin, TX
Oct 05 Granada Theater Dallas, TX
Oct 06 Beaumont Club Kansas City, MO
Oct 07 First Avenue Minneapolis, MN
Oct 08 Burton Cummings Winnipeg, Canada
Oct 10 Edmonton Events Centre Edmonton, Canada
Oct 11 MacEwan Hall Ballroom Calgary, Canada
Oct 13 Commodore Ballroom Vancouver, Canada Sold Out
Oct 14 Knitting Factory Concert House Spokane, WA
Oct 15 Showbox SODO Seattle, WA
Oct 16 Roseland Theater Portland, OR
Oct 18 The Warfield San Francisco, CA
Oct 19 Mayan Theatre Los Angeles, CA
Oct 20 House of Blues San Diego, CA
Oct 21 The Fox Theater Pomona, CA
Oct 22 Marquee Theatre Tempe, AZ
Oct 24 The Complex Salt Lake City, UT
Oct 25 Ogden Theatre Denver, CO
Oct 27 Eagles Club/The Rave/Eagles Ballroom Milwaukee, WI
Oct 28 Vic Theatre Chicago, IL
Oct 29 Saint Andrews Hall Detroit, MI
Oct 30 Guelph Concert Theater Guelph, Canada
Oct 31 Mr. Smalls Theatre Millvale, PA
Nov 01 Rams Head Live! Baltimore, MD
Nov 08 Academy Bristol, United Kingdom
Nov 09 Academy Newcastle, United Kingdom
Nov 10 Picture House Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Nov 11 Academy Manchester, United Kingdom
Nov 12 Academy Birmingham, United Kingdom
Nov 13 Brixton Academy London, United Kingdom
Nov 15 013 Tilburg, Netherlands Sold Out
Nov 16 Le Bataclan Paris, France
Nov 17 Krakatoa MéRignac, France
Nov 18 Santana Bilbao, Spain
Nov 19 Penélope Madrid, Spain
Nov 20 Incrivel Almadense Lisbon, Portugal
Nov 22 Apolo Barcelona, Spain
Nov 23 le Rockstore Montpellier, France
Nov 24 Alcatraz Milan, Italy
Nov 25 Le Docks Lausanne, Switzerland
Nov 26 Komplex Zurich, Switzerland
Nov 27 Theater Fabrik Munich, Germany
Nov 29 Gasometer Vienna, Austria
Nov 30 Longhorn LKA Stuttgart, Germany
Dec 01 Essigfabrik Cologne, Germany
Dec 02 Huxleys Berlin, Germany
Dec 03 Grose Freiheit Hamburg, Germany
Dec 04 Trägårn Gothenburg, Sweden
Dec 06 Ice Hall Helsinki, Finland
Dec 08 Arena Stockholm, Sweden
Dec 09 Scentrum Scene Oslo, Norway
Dec 15 The Tivoli Brisbane Qld, Australia
Dec 16 The Enmore Sydney Nsw, Australia
Dec 18 The Palace Melbourne, Australia
Dec 20 Fremantle Metropolis Perth, Australia