![]() When they were recording Forest of October, Peter, their guitarist at the time, wanted to do a practice run of the solo, with backing track, before he recorded the actual solo that went on the album.After three more attempts to record the drum roll correctly, Dan Swanö didn’t want to waste more time on the section, so he told Anders “We don’t have time for this. Anders Nordin recorded almost half of the song in one take but messed up in a drum roll.The lyrics don’t revolve around anything specific but were written to match the instruments.The name was changed to “Forest of October” in Q1 of 1994, not long before they went into the studio. This song was written around Q1 1993 when it also had its live debut. This song is 99% the same as Forest of October, the only difference being a few lyrics. Before the song was called Forest of October, it was called “The Forsaken Lands of Spirits”.You can hear a section from Forest of October on a clip of Requiem of Lost Souls from their 3rd gig ever. Both these songs contain sections that would, later on, end up on “Forest of October”. Mystique of the Baphomet would, later on, be changed to “Mark of the Damned”. Mikael wrote a song called “Requiem of Lost Souls” and David wrote a song called “Mystique of the Baphomet”. ![]() In late 1990, Mikael and David were sitting in Mikael’s room writing songs.The only song where Mikael didn't help write the track (added by u/Cantforgetthosetits).Johan DeFarfalla, their bassist at the time, suggested that they had the track recorded on a big organ in a church, with prober microphones and the right atmosphere to the track.He himself was a pianist and was completely awestruck when Anders started playing. Dan Swanö, who was the producer of the record, didn’t believe the band when they said that their drummer could play the piano.When the album was released, many fans thought that it was one of the members' parents that had played the piece, since no one would have expected a death metal drummer to be able to play piano so well. It’s Anders Nordin playing the piece, who was their drummer at the time.This song was recorded just hours before they left the studio.The middle section was heavily inspired by Jethro Tull, Wishbone Ash’s, and other prog rock bands' ambiance/improv sections.This song wasn’t recorded to a click-track, and Mikael thinks it goes out of tempo and occasionally speeds up.I really like it and the middle section is awesome” It’s our attempt at black metal, I guess. Mikael has also stated “It’s my favorite song.Even before here joined Opeth, he had made some songs referring to hell or other occult and dark places (e.g., “Condemned to Hell”, “Dimensions of Devastated”)You can hear Mikael calling the lyrics “pure black metal nonsense” on the Roundhouse Tapes. David didn’t help write the lyrics for “Under The Weeping Moon”, all the satanic chanting was done purely by Mikael himself. That logo was one of the main reasons why Mikael decided to join the band since he liked the dark and occult imagery in metal.So, when Mikael and David started writing lyrics for their songs, they tried to get that dark and twisted feeling to them. The first logo from Opeth included an inverted cross and was very satanic looking. The band was originally created by David Isberg in 1990 with the intention of starting “the world’s most evil band”.Sections from this song were later reused and added to “In Mist She Was Standing” and “Advent”. In Q1 of 1992, Mikael and David wrote a song called “Soul Torture” which would, later on, be changed to “Eternal Soul Torture”.He ended up rewriting the lyrics anyways – so much for nothing! One time in the studio when they were recording In Mist She Was Standing, Mikael had forgotten his book with the lyrics for the song, so they had to drive back so he could get it.This track has never been played live, and only exists on very few rehearsal tapes from the early 1990s. This was supposed to be the second song on the album, and the song is practically a continuation/extended version of In Mist She Was Standing’s outro. Before going to the studio to record Orchid, Mikael and the other guys had written a song called “Once Shadows Ablaze”.After her arrival, she discovers that the town is haunted by ghosts. The book is about a lawyer who is sent to an English village to settle the estate of a withdrawn widow. The song is about a nightmare and the lyrical theme of the song is inspired by the book “The Woman in Black” by Susan Hill, from 1983.The reason it’s the first song on the album is that Peter thought it would be a great opening live track.The last song to be written before going into the studio and is one of the only full songs on the album that doesn’t have any early versions.
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