The U.K. branch of
Roadrunner Records conducted an interview with guitarist
Fredrik Åkesson and
Per Wiberg of Swedish progressive metallers
OPETH when the band played London, England with
DREAM THEATER on October 10, 2009. The chat can be viewed below.
OPETH's tour bus was involved in a road crash last month after the driver of the other car made a U-turn in the middle of the highway. According to guitarist/vocalist
Mikael Åkerfeldt, who was not travelling on the bus at the time of the incident, "it seems as if [the incident] was a deliberate death stunt [on the part of the other car's driver] as the police had found a suicide letter in the car wreck."
OPETH's tour bus was travelling from Dublin, Ireland to Brussels, Belgium when the incident occurred.
Bassist
Martin Mendez and
Per Wiberg were the only two members of
OPETH that were present on the bus at the time of the crash.
Åkerfeldt, drummer
Martin "Axe" Axenrot and
Fredrik Åkesson had opted to fly home to their families for a few days while the band had three days off before its next concert (October 17 in Brussels as part of the
Progressive Nation 2009 tour with
DREAM THEATER,
BIGELF and
UNEXPECT).
None of the
OPETH musicians or members of their road crew were injured in the incident.
