Media thread - 17 November 2025, 20:23

A photo taken looking down at the stage of the Sydney Opera House with a four-piece band playing. It's lit solely in blue lights from above and looks very moody.

I'm at the Opera House to see Opeth, first time I've seen them since 2013, and it's a pretty excellent view! (This is just the opening band, Caligula's Horse, but they're very good.)

Posted on 17 November 2025, 20:23

A photo taken with the lights on looking in the same general direction as the last photo, but with the ultra-wide lens. There are quite angled seating boxes at the extreme left and right of the stage, and a bunch of people in seats in front of where I'm sitting. The ceiling has a geometric pattern going in towards the stage, and there are four massive slightly angled panels that are almost in the shape of a guitar pick way up above the stage.

Gotta say, the Sydney Opera House is a pretty neat venue inside. I also didn't realise they'd gotten rid of the doughnut things up near the ceiling!

(And I'm impressed that my internet connection is holding up fine despite how many people there are here.)

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Posted on 17 November 2025, 21:00

A photo taken looking down at the stage of the Sydney Opera House with Opeth playing. There is the guitar/vocalist, lead guitarist, bass guitarist, drummer, and hidden away there's also a keyboardist. It's lit with primarily lurid red lighting from behind the band and above, and there are some purple lights in the mix too.

THAT WAS SO GOOD. They played mostly either their older stuff (the heavier songs), and a few off their latest album (which is also on the heavier side of things), and I think there was one song from their proggy middle era right at the start. And they finished with Deliverance as is tradition, and fuck me that is a excellent song to end on.

I'd also forgotten how hilarious the frontman is, haha. I'll need to write up a blog post with some of his quotes, and I took a bunch of RAW photos I need to process tomorrow too.

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Posted on 17 November 2025, 23:40