Opeth- The Lotus Eater

[VentoRdrummeR]

sweet cover, man! lots of respect to you!

I tried to cover this with a friend, me playing the drums, but we kinda got stuck after the first minute :D pretty hard stuff

[vortexics]

FU%!(%)=% awesome men, very nice cover

[Lemenstrom]

wow man that's really nice playing!!

love the song

sometimes you're timing is a bit off but that's probably because I cant hear the rest of the instruments

[Arcaddius]

pipiri45654

you're right

[pipiri45654]

dude you play really well, but at 5:35 in the cool part, when you stop playing, if you hear well there is a guitar in there that does a different thing from the keyboards, hear it its really cool, and try it too, keep that good work!

[Chinfrimm]

How the flux you can keep rhythm without foot stomping? I always get lost in this song if I don't have that kind of body-aid.

[Vektruscen]

nice job, I have the same guitar :D

[fluxter]

Seems like a few mistakes to me and work on your vibrato, good non the less .

:)

[NotImune]

really great cover!

you should work on your technique. All the rest ist just wow! and I am seriously jealous for your ability to learn that song by ear. I should train my ears a little more...

OPETH are awesome!

[Minkpwnsyou]

Those are some mad skills you've got thar.

[stickybelvedere]

lol

[Fanismek]

8 ) Nice work......... xD

[archangle555]

what tuning did you use??

and btw nice playing keep it up

[99tollap]

It's all in standard tuning.

Thanks for watching.

[StopGettingOnMyWick]

@99tollap so....standard tuning...well,what is the type of your normalizer?

[Chesmosh666]

thats played very well, good job man

[perfectbreedband]

Sorry I thought that you delete it ... excuse me!

So,Your cover is fantastic and i'm happy to have it on my video replay! ;-)

OPETH RULES! Now with the band play Ghost of Perdition...Stay tuned for the video=)

[perfectbreedband]

Why you always delete ours "REPLAY VIDEO" of the lotus eater???

I put about 10 times but you leave always it...why?

You don't like it?

[99tollap]

I had no idea it was being removed. It must be a glitch or something.

It's a great cover! I'm more than happy to have it on my video. I'll try and find out why it was being removed.

[YTsyndrome]

Wow, man. Just wow.

Both your instrument and your playing are absolutely amazing. You're an awesome guitar player man, and you look very young too. Fuck knows how much your talent's going to go through the roof a few years ahead.

[domenicci]

kicks ass man

[KarlPortnoy]

Very good job there mate :)

Keep up the good work, then you'll reach far :)

[masterofpuppets222]

99tollap!?!? Man, I recognize that user name. Did you used to be on the Petrucci forums when I was on there? Shiiit, I just found this video randomly, lol!

[masterofpuppets222]

Additionally, I spot a Systematic Chaos poster up on the right. You're a Petrucci fan.

[99tollap]

Haha, yeah. I post on there every now and then still.

I am indeed a Petrucci fan. I was crazy on DT for a while. More into Porcupine Tree, Opeth and Pain of Salvation now though.

[masterofpuppets222]

Now, the real question is...do you remember me? =P.

And fuck yeah, Petrucci is still God. But Akerfeldt is Jesus. I, like you, was completely nuts for DT, but lost interest in them for a while. I'm getting back into them quite a lot now though, and they're still one of my favourite bands, but I'd say Opeth is my favourite band now, hands down. And Porcupine Tree and Pain of Salvation are waaaay up there too. I listen to both those bands a lot, but I listened to PT constantly in the summer.

[masterofpuppets222]

Right now I can't stop listening to PTE1 and Remedy Lane by PoS. And of course Opeth. All of it. But that's just the regular course of my life. I heard though, that PoS has a new DVD out, but with not a single song from either of the albums I mentioned. Which is bullshit, cuz those are the fuckin' best ones!!

[99tollap]

Yeah I remember you!

How come you stopped posting?

I'd have to say its pretty much tied between Opeth, Porucpine Tree and POS at the moment for my favourite band. I'm also addicted to Guthrie Govan.

I think they do have a couple of songs from Remedy Lane on the DVD. Not sure about PTE1 though. Its mainly Scarsick I think, which is my least favourite album by them...

[masterofpuppets222]

Hmm, I dunno, really, I guess I just bored/sick of the site. Although I still love Petrucci and the other associated music that is discussed there, and there were a few members such as yourself who were really cool, the vast majority of posters on that site were fuckin' dicks, lol. They just pissed me off constantly. You couldn't post a thread without it resulting in a flame war, I found. I tried goin' back a couple times, but couldn't really get into it. Do you post often, still?

[masterofpuppets222]

And yeah, all 3 of those bands are fucking Godly. They probably get the most play time of any bands on my iTunes/Zune right now. I also am in love with The Red Hot Chili Peppers. Bloodbath's new album, I am also addicted to (Akerfeldt project) and Necrophagist gets a lot of play, as usual. I listened to Loomis' new album recently by the way...if you haven't, don't waste your time, lol. It's like all the rejected Nevermore fills glued together.

[myung7]

nice job man!!!

OPETH!!!

[Buffyo17]

awsome playing :) xx

[megabassmasta]

your cover is very good keep it up man \m/

[Vi11in]

you fuck up to much and it's a straight shit recording.

at least get the song down better before you post this garbage on youtube.

[kampfgolem]

Don't listen to this waste of genetic material. Sure, there's some raw parts - you're already on your way to nailing the distorted solos, but the clean parts need some work. Overall, pretty decent.

[surgeyX]

Are you fucking serious? Let's see you play it fuckbag. You're a waste of sperm + egg.

[megabassmasta]

Hey Everyone can put videos on youtube

Good or not

Just go suck your father bitch

[SRdrummer]

at 2:49 its like the worst riff in the worrld but fucking OPETH MAKES IT SO GODLY!!!!!!!!! THEY DOMINATE ALL!!! Nice cover.

[CreepingDeath1988]

Woah... good job!

[accent47]

ibanez rules all!

[NightlightsFlame]

dude nice cover only 1 thing: you got it wrong about 2 times after 6:15 ... but hay .. I'm trying to learn this one now and it's hard :) PS: nice guitar (Ibanez rocks!) & ql Dream Theater poster (at the upper-right part of the video :) Systematic Chaos (special edition) right? (: )

[99tollap]

Yeah, it's not right I know. I never really completely got the chords in that section so I just played the root notes. It works ok I suppose.

Yep, that is a SC poster! Its very nice...

[gregerz1991]

Very nice mate, such a hard song and you nailed it, well done!

Also what Ibanez do you use?

[kasshroom]

i <3 you ! rofl, very nice job

[surgeyX]

Holy fuck, Sry I posted the first comment before I saw the solos.. amazing job man, how much money you want to tab this out? :P

[99tollap]

Thanks!

I have actually got a partial tab (about half done). Unfortunately, my guitar broke recently and I just haven't got round to finishing it off. If there's any bit in particular you want I can tab it for you though.

[surgeyX]

Whatever you have handy man, I don't want ya to do any extra work. If you have something already done send it my way!

[surgeyX]

You should mix the audio better (mix the actual mp3 into another track and mux it back together) -- I really want tabs for this, cause the ones on UG suck.

Very good job, I can learn 90% of songs by ear but I gave up after a week of trying this one.

[Prometherion91]

Nice one, really loved watching this!

I'm planning on doing my own video for this. =D

[ultimateinfinite]

Is that an RGT42? I have one of those. Nice playing mate.

[99tollap]

No, its actually an RG320. It was a toss up between that and the one you have...

Thanks for watching!

[antsinhispants1]

dude that was a fantastic cover...what tuning is the song in?

[actiontv1984]

Dude, this song is badass... and as Mikael puts it 'fucked up'!

[AlexiLaihoIsTheBest]

Ur amazing! =D

[FutureBarCode]

god, new opeth sucks ass.

[AlexiLaihoIsTheBest]

Wtf?

[actiontv1984]

You don't know what you're talking about

[PestVic]

Future, so in other words your closed minded?

[FutureBarCode]

Nope, I listen to more types of music than you can imagine. Ive been into OPETH for MANY years and they WERE my favorite band.

But sorry, IN MY OPINION i DO NOT like the new record....AT ALL!

So fuck yourselves for attacking me and my opposing opinion, fucking music nazi cunts.

[PestVic]

well Future if you WERE into all that music. which i CAN imagine cause there isn't THAT many different styles to where you cant count them.... you would be able to hear a lot of different influence in the album and you would grow to like it fast. but whatever you say... LOL

[heffinator]

dude.....awesome guitar playing....you totally rock....you are off on the riff around the 1:00 mark.....still, you can play way better than I ever could....check out "Opeth - The Rehearsal Tapes Part IV/VI (Watershed Extra)".....around the 8:00 mark....the "fun" riff!!

[99tollap]

Yeah, I realised that when I watched the DVD. Its much harder to make out though on the CD, with distorted guitars and the rest of the band playing. The chords I play still fit so Im happy with that. Thanks for the kind words.

[HLkiller2]

a tip, add the song to the clip afterwards to make us others able to hear the original as well. (though if you do, keep it at a low volume so that you don't disappear in the sound).

[MountainDeww4]

I fell in love with this song too, my friend. I have yet to learn the whole thing.

Melodic Swedish metal. Good job there.

[tcok]

Great cover !

Just one thing, i think the riff that begins at 6:10 is incomplete, some chords are missing.

Dude, i appreciate if you share the tab plz :)

[99tollap]

Yeah, that bit does have some extra chords but I decided to play an alternate part. I have those chords worked out though. The part I play on this video is not any particular guitar part, its just a mix of all the guitar parts and a bit of keyboards (to make it more fun/intereseting). I just got my guitar back from being serviced, so I can work on the tab again. Shouldn't be long...

[iesetabominae]

Great cover. I love the song except for that silly-ass interlude at 5:36

[Stistrup]

Dude! I would love to like jam and play with you, you seem like a pure musician (not the try to be famous shit) also finnaly someone putting up one of these videos and its not pointless, you have a great ear if you tabbed it yourself, a ear thats hard to find due to all the music whannabe idiots.. I love that song and i tought you did a great job! Keep it up dude!

[99tollap]

Thanks! Kind words indeed- pity i dont live in sweden!

[TheEnemyWithin23]

where did yo get the tab for this?! i love you

[axlkurt]

i need that fuckin tab :o!

[99tollap]

Its in the works...

[21nibby21]

niice!!! good job bro! especially love the DT poster in the back SYSTEMATIC CHAOS!!!!!! rules!

[PaleFolklore92]

nice job bro, could you tab this out on guitar pro and send it to me when you get a chance? i would much appreciate it

[99tollap]

I am currently in the process of tabbing it, but it will be in powertab format as I don't have guitarpro. Ill send it to you when I finally get it done...

[PrivateBuckwheat]

NICE! I love the keyboard part around 5:40, and I was surprised to hear the guitar mimic it almost it almost perfectly like ten seconds later.

[KillerCam88]

one of my favourite songs atm... fuckin good job man!!!

[99tollap]

thanks man!

[domqc1]

Kudos Mate!

[voljindarkspear]

amazing job dude!

if you have it tabbed out, would you mind sending them to me?

[99tollap]

Thanks!

I will tab this eventually- perhaps in the next 3/4 days. Ill be sure to send you a copy if/when it gets done....

[bjn1290]

this is great dude. must have been a tuff memorization

[oceanborn05]

FUCK ME! by ear?! from about 3:00 to 3:30 freigging perfect!!!

[TheTerminator1]

that was probobly the easiest part to figure actually. Its one of the only parts without strange chords to figure out, its just straight forward notes.

[osmosis2259]

dude u got this down. props to u for learning this by ear.

[kanevit]

Nice!

BTW You Have The Same Guitar As Me Ibanez! :D

[Spiderhax]

Nice stuff, you're rather skilled. :) Best cover of one of the best Opeth songs!

[kenan6346]

Great cover, thumbs up ;)

I like your guitar too, what amp? Any FX?

[99tollap]

My amp is a Vox AD50VT. Pretty good, especially for the money.

No effects except reverb....

Thanks for watching!

[almostlost22]

did you happen to catch prog nation? i see your a dream theater fan as well

[99tollap]

I didnt unfortunately. I live in england, and would probably have made the trip over but im stuck in greece for 6 weeks. i did get to see (and meet them :)) twice in the uk though.

[Shinsen88]

Epic.

[fredasaur]

excellent, especially on the solo =)

[pimpymcjj]

u got tabs for this?

[99tollap]

I will probably get a tab done in the next couple of weeks. Look out for it on ultimate-guitar....

[KosDem]

hope you write with guitar pro...nice job..!

[DLocrian]

Perfect, that's all that needs to be said. Perfect.

[99tollap]

Thank you!

[Volenoxx]

great work man! this is excellent.

im seeing these guys play on the 24th in toronto!

i wish they would play this live, it would kicka ss

[sican]

very nicely done!

I see a Systematic Chaos poster behind you!

LOL!

[pharod]

Ah, I have those Creative speakers. They're great.

My favorite song from Watershed!

[maelvathk]

good work.....very gooood work!!!!!

[TOFUKUUUN]

*edit* god damn you look like me...

[99tollap]

Haha, really?!

Tuning is all standard as far as I can tell...

Thanks for watching!

[TOFUKUUUN]

could you please tel me the tuning?

Awesome playing by the way

[Jeydehn]

This really is quite good. Cheers!

[orwa]

dude you rock .. you'r PEFECT

[8stringerr]

your tone blows

[99tollap]

Yeah, I know! But bare in mind the quality of the video audio is poor, which makes it sound worse then it is!

[drruummeerr]

BRO! WHERE YOU FROM?!?! JOIN MY BAND!! IM A DRUMMER!! I'D LOVE YOU HAVE YOU!!

btw, awesome Systematic Chaos poster!!

[99tollap]

Im living in the UK at the moment, but I move to Eugene, Oregon in September. Id love to be in a band- definetly something id like to do when i get over there.

[tornoutlaw]

Nice DT-SC Poster on the wall. kudos for the cover.

[99tollap]

Well spotted! Some nice Porcupine Tree lithographs just off shot too...

[hombreloco21]

veeery good job!!!

[mxm023]

great song, great playing

is that a ibanez RG321 ?

[99tollap]

Cheers!

The guitar is an RG320. Pretty good for the money. Replacing it next year though with a Carvin!

Thanks for the comment.

[melothica]

someone's got a good ear ;)

[99tollap]

Heh, its not too bad! Playing classical music for 10 years definetly helped. But this was tricky because the released version is quite poor quality, especially when you slow it down. Thanks for watching!

[thepot23]

kickass

[mid14super]

dont know the music or anyhing but it looks good hahaha!

[AndreasDahl87]

Good job man =) I couldnt be bothered with the rest of the song, but I've worked on the solo. I've uploaded a vid of it, tell me what you think =)

[ColinH123]

Dude how in the hell did u figure this out so early haha, Please tab this!, Amaazing job, this song is Brilliant. is this standard tuned? Cause I heard this album went back to standard, but it kinda dosent sound like it, im not sure lol.

[99tollap]

Lol, I just spent an hour or so for a few days working it out at 50% speed. Some bits were easy to work out, but others were a real bitch. Ill try and get a tab out, but im incredibly busy at the moment. And the song is standard tuning- as far as I know.

Thanks for watching- some great playing in your videos!

[PFNarek]

Great job man! See you around on the MP forum.

[gyroscope12]

Sounds good man

[lustfulpenguin]

bet Adam Whent could play this

[prsmccarty01]

sweet jesus dude. very nicely done this early in the game.