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« on: September 07, 2010, 06:50:42 AM »
https://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=145629

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PORCUPINE TREE's Steven Wilson and Mikael Åkerfeldt from OPETH have set "Storm Corrosion" have set as the working album title of their much-anticipated collaboration project.

In a brand new interview with U.K.'s Classic Rock, Åkerfeldt revealed that the writing process for the CD is now well under way.

"I got together recently with Steven at his house, and we wrote a new tune straight away," says Åkerfeldt. "Of course, with the two of us involved, it was 10 minutes long. And it came out so well that we started working on a second one as well."

Although DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy was initially supposed to be part of the project, it now appears that he will no longer be involved.

"To be honest, there's just no room for drums on what we've done so far. I called Mike up, and he was cool about it. He's got so much going on anyway, and I'm sure we will work together in the future."

Regarding the overall musical direction of "Storm Corrosion", Wilson wrote in a recent Twitter posting, "Don't expect any metal on this one."
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Sounds like there's some good writing chemistry going on.
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I didn't know he was involved in it at all. Just speculations about it but nothing solid.

Looking forward to it nonetheless!
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I think it'll be better without MP IMO.

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I kind of expected something like this to happen.

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I thought this was old news.

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Mike was never involved.  I am confused.
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I too think it's probably for the better. I am hoping for something "out there" from those guys, and I find Mike's drums "lock you in" into a certain musical style.

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Re: MIKE PORTNOY No Longer Involved With ÅKERFELDT/WILSON Collaboration Project
« Reply #10 on: September 07, 2010, 09:22:06 AM »
To be honest, there's just no room for drums on what we've done so far

I am excite.
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Re: MIKE PORTNOY No Longer Involved With ÅKERFELDT/WILSON Collaboration Project
« Reply #11 on: September 07, 2010, 09:37:10 AM »
To be honest, there's just no room for drums on what we've done so far

I am excite.

I think I'll definitely pass now. I mean, I'll wait until I hear whatever the first promo song is, of course, but I can't think of a time in the near past where drumless rock-oriented music has managed to impress me.

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Re: MIKE PORTNOY No Longer Involved With ÅKERFELDT/WILSON Collaboration Project
« Reply #12 on: September 07, 2010, 09:38:19 AM »
What the fuck happened to your post?
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Re: MIKE PORTNOY No Longer Involved With ÅKERFELDT/WILSON Collaboration Project
« Reply #13 on: September 07, 2010, 09:38:59 AM »
I was j u s t  a b o u t  t o  a s k  t h e  s a m e  t h i n g .

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Re: MIKE PORTNOY No Longer Involved With ÅKERFELDT/WILSON Collaboration Project
« Reply #14 on: September 07, 2010, 09:39:38 AM »
As much as I love and respect both of these musicians, I'm getting a tad tired waiting to hear some new heavy output from Akerfeldt with Opeth. I mean, I feel so blue-balled with most of Watershed and whatever that song was they released for God of War 3. And on top of that, Akerfeldt said a while back he wanted to write and record a solo acoustic album.

Again, I love and respect both musicians. But at the same time, I want some damn mehtul.
I felt its length in quite a few places.

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Re: MIKE PORTNOY No Longer Involved With ÅKERFELDT/WILSON Collaboration Project
« Reply #15 on: September 07, 2010, 09:39:54 AM »
I was j u s t  a b o u t  t o  a s k  t h e  s a m e  t h i n g .

Yeah, it s e e m e d k i n d a w e i r d

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Re: MIKE PORTNOY No Longer Involved With ÅKERFELDT/WILSON Collaboration Project
« Reply #16 on: September 07, 2010, 09:40:23 AM »
Ah shit. I guess some of you know, I'm in Hong Kong now. I've been using a key-board input method for the Chinese characters, but sometimes when I have it switched off it changes my font and stuff. I don't know why. It just does it automatically. To quote icy, I'm still working out the kinks. I'd go back in fix it, but I'm too lazy.

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Re: MIKE PORTNOY No Longer Involved With ÅKERFELDT/WILSON Collaboration Project
« Reply #17 on: September 07, 2010, 09:40:46 AM »
THAT WAS ME DAMMIT!

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Re: MIKE PORTNOY No Longer Involved With ÅKERFELDT/WILSON Collaboration Project
« Reply #18 on: September 07, 2010, 09:42:22 AM »
As much as I love and respect both of these musicians, I'm getting a tad tired waiting to hear some new heavy output from Akerfeldt with Opeth. I mean, I feel so blue-balled with most of Watershed and whatever that song was they released for God of War 3. And on top of that, Akerfeldt said a while back he wanted to write and record a solo acoustic album.

Again, I love and respect both musicians. But at the same time, I want some damn mehtul.

If you want straight metal from Opeth I think you're looking in the wrong place.  Or you can just listen to "Wreath" and "Heir Apparent" on repeat.

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Re: MIKE PORTNOY No Longer Involved With ÅKERFELDT/WILSON Collaboration Project
« Reply #19 on: September 07, 2010, 09:42:44 AM »
Ah shit. I guess some of you know, I'm in Hong Kong now. I've been using a key-board input method for the Chinese characters, but sometimes when I have it switched off it changes my font and stuff. I don't know why. It just does it automatically. To quote icy, I'm still working out the kinks. I'd go back in fix it, but I'm too lazy.

Ah I see.

Anyways as for your actual post I can see why you wouldn't be too interested, given the kind of music you seem to like (shitty music, that is :neverusethis:)
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Re: MIKE PORTNOY No Longer Involved With ÅKERFELDT/WILSON Collaboration Project
« Reply #20 on: September 07, 2010, 09:47:02 AM »
As much as I love and respect both of these musicians, I'm getting a tad tired waiting to hear some new heavy output from Akerfeldt with Opeth. I mean, I feel so blue-balled with most of Watershed and whatever that song was they released for God of War 3. And on top of that, Akerfeldt said a while back he wanted to write and record a solo acoustic album.

Again, I love and respect both musicians. But at the same time, I want some damn mehtul.

If you want straight metal from Opeth I think you're looking in the wrong place.  Or you can just listen to "Wreath" and "Heir Apparent" on repeat.
Nonono, I think you are missing my point. I want something more...Opeth again. Think Ghost Reveries or Blackwater Park or My Arms Your Hearse (pipe dream).
I felt its length in quite a few places.

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Re: MIKE PORTNOY No Longer Involved With ÅKERFELDT/WILSON Collaboration Project
« Reply #21 on: September 07, 2010, 09:50:40 AM »
Watershed is one of their best albums.  Its definitely Opeth.

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Re: MIKE PORTNOY No Longer Involved With ÅKERFELDT/WILSON Collaboration Project
« Reply #22 on: September 07, 2010, 09:52:09 AM »
Heir Apparent, The Lotus Eater, Burden and Hessian Peel are the only songs I find worth listening to, personally. I'm not saying Watershed isn't Opeth, I'm saying I feel a little underwhelmed by it as a whole (i.e. blue-balled).
I felt its length in quite a few places.

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Re: MIKE PORTNOY No Longer Involved With ÅKERFELDT/WILSON Collaboration Project
« Reply #23 on: September 07, 2010, 09:52:28 AM »
Nah, Watershed is only OK.
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Re: MIKE PORTNOY No Longer Involved With ÅKERFELDT/WILSON Collaboration Project
« Reply #24 on: September 07, 2010, 09:58:41 AM »
Nah, Watershed is only OK.

Man I don't get you. You pretend to be so mad when people say remotely negative things about your favorite bands, and then you make statements full of fail about them like this one.

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Re: MIKE PORTNOY No Longer Involved With ÅKERFELDT/WILSON Collaboration Project
« Reply #25 on: September 07, 2010, 09:59:49 AM »
>Implying everything said on the internet is to be taken 100% seriously
I felt its length in quite a few places.

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Re: MIKE PORTNOY No Longer Involved With ÅKERFELDT/WILSON Collaboration Project
« Reply #26 on: September 07, 2010, 10:02:18 AM »
>Implying everything said on the internet is to be taken 100% seriously
I don't get what you're trying to say here.

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Re: MIKE PORTNOY No Longer Involved With ÅKERFELDT/WILSON Collaboration Project
« Reply #27 on: September 07, 2010, 10:05:39 AM »
Heir Apparent, The Lotus Eater, Burden and Hessian Peel are the only songs I find worth listening to, personally. I'm not saying Watershed isn't Opeth, I'm saying I feel a little underwhelmed by it as a whole (i.e. blue-balled).
Watershed is a really good album. But it doesn't have any songs on the level of, say, "Ghost of Perdition" or "Deliverance".
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Re: MIKE PORTNOY No Longer Involved With ÅKERFELDT/WILSON Collaboration Project
« Reply #28 on: September 07, 2010, 10:06:08 AM »
You pretend to be so mad when people say remotely negative things about your favorite bands

I don't know where you get the impression that I worship everything Opeth/PT/etc has ever done. I routinely criticize stuff about them (Morningrise immediately comes to mind)
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Re: MIKE PORTNOY No Longer Involved With ÅKERFELDT/WILSON Collaboration Project
« Reply #29 on: September 07, 2010, 10:08:07 AM »
I think I'll definitely pass now. I mean, I'll wait until I hear whatever the first promo song is, of course, but I can't think of a time in the near past where drumless rock-oriented music has managed to impress me.

I doubt it will be drumless.  I think Akerfeldt probably meant that the project didn't have a need for a specific drummer or drum style.  In other words, the drums might be very minimalistic, and using a guy like Portnoy for something like that would probably, they feel, be a waste of his talent.  That was my interpretation of that.

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Re: MIKE PORTNOY No Longer Involved With ÅKERFELDT/WILSON Collaboration Project
« Reply #30 on: September 07, 2010, 10:09:47 AM »
I think I'll definitely pass now. I mean, I'll wait until I hear whatever the first promo song is, of course, but I can't think of a time in the near past where drumless rock-oriented music has managed to impress me.

I doubt it will be drumless.  I think Akerfeldt probably meant that the project didn't have a need for a specific drummer or drum style.  In other words, the drums might be very minimalistic, and using a guy like Portnoy for something like that would probably, they feel, be a waste of his talent.  That was my interpretation of that.

That actually makes a lot more sense than how I interpreted it.
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Re: MIKE PORTNOY No Longer Involved With ÅKERFELDT/WILSON Collaboration Project
« Reply #31 on: September 07, 2010, 10:10:34 AM »
You pretend to be so mad when people say remotely negative things about your favorite bands

I don't know where you get the impression that I worship everything Opeth/PT/etc has ever done. I routinely criticize stuff about them (Morningrise immediately comes to mind)

Okay. I want you to list as many (serious) negative things about Steve Wilson and Porcupine Tree music as you possibly can in the next 3 minutes. GO!
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Re: MIKE PORTNOY No Longer Involved With ÅKERFELDT/WILSON Collaboration Project
« Reply #32 on: September 07, 2010, 10:11:18 AM »
Steven Wilson is not blowing him as we type...

That's one.

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Re: MIKE PORTNOY No Longer Involved With ÅKERFELDT/WILSON Collaboration Project
« Reply #33 on: September 07, 2010, 10:17:16 AM »
To be honest, there's just no room for drums on what we've done so far

I am excite.

I think I'll definitely pass now. I mean, I'll wait until I hear whatever the first promo song is, of course, but I can't think of a time in the near past where drumless rock-oriented music has managed to impress me.

I feel like I have bitched at you before for not managing your expectations and being closed-minded...
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Re: MIKE PORTNOY No Longer Involved With ÅKERFELDT/WILSON Collaboration Project
« Reply #34 on: September 07, 2010, 10:17:40 AM »
Steven Wilson is not blowing him as we type...

That's one.
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To be honest, I'm actually a little happy that MP is definitely not involved now. He's a fantastic prog/metal/rock drummer, but now they're freed up a bit in not feeling like they have to use his genre talents for the sake of it. I say bring on some prog/electronica songs.