Martin Lopez leaves Opeth![views:16511][posts:6]______________________________________ [May 13,2006 2:18am - the_reverend ""] After several months away from his drumming duties in Opeth Martin Lopez has permanently decided to leave the group. After being plagued by illness and anxiety attacks Lopez decided he wanted to concentrate fully on his own project, currently unnamed. His replacement will be Martin "Axe" Axenrot who's been filling in for the last 5 tours and who also recorded with the band during the recent BBC sessions. Mikael Åkerfeldt: " However sad I and the rest of the band feel in light of Lopez departure I want to thank him for his incredible work with Opeth and immense dedication to the band. We recorded some classic stuff together and he obviously had an enormous impact on our sound. I now feel very excited to hear the material of his own band. In the meantime Opeth fans can rest assured that we'll continue jamming it out with Axe and we all have high expectations about our coming musical ventures " Watch this spot for updates on Martin Lopez. |
| __________________________________ [May 13,2006 2:20am - brian_dc ""] so many Martin's...that sucks though. |
| _____________________________________________ [May 13,2006 8:26am - DrinkHardThrashHard ""] Oh noes!!! |
| ____________________________________ [May 13,2006 12:56pm - dreadkill ""] this has been a long time coming. |
| _____________________________________ [May 13,2006 1:05pm - Sacreligion ""] yeah i was fairly certain this was gonna happen when he first had to go on his hiatus at least they found another martin |
| ___________________________________ [May 13,2006 1:08pm - dreadkill ""] it's very important that they maintain two martins in the band at all times. |
| _____________________________________ [May 13,2006 1:11pm - Sacreligion ""] yes...tis a shame that new martin isn't paraguayan or whatever |