''The Roundhouse Tapes'' is the second live album and video by Swedish
progressive metal
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band
Opeth
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. The CD was recorded on 9 November 2006 and was released on 23 October 2007 in the US,
[ on 5 November in Europe, and on 20 November in the rest of the world. A two-disc DVD version was released on 10 November 2008, and includes exclusive menu music written by ]Mikael Åkerfeldt
Lars Mikael Åkerfeldt (; born 17 April 1974)[Mikael Åkerfeldt](_blank)
, Op ...
and Per Wiberg
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Wiberg was born in Borlänge. He toured with Opeth from the 200 ...
. The title is a play on the name of Iron Maiden
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's first release ''The Soundhouse Tapes
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'', as well as the venue
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where the record was recorded. Åkerfeldt said, "The Roundhouse concert will always be a very memorable gig for us for many reasons, but most importantly it caught the band at the peak of the ''Ghost Reveries
''Ghost Reveries'' is the eighth studio album by Swedish progressive metal band Opeth. It was released on 29 August 2005. It was their first album after signing with Roadrunner Records, and first album since ''Still Life'' (1999) to not be produ ...
'' tour". This is the final Opeth release with Peter Lindgren.
Track listing
The DVD also features fan and band interviews, sound-check footage and a photo gallery of the concert.
Personnel
Opeth
* Mikael Åkerfeldt
Lars Mikael Åkerfeldt (; born 17 April 1974)[Mikael Åkerfeldt](_blank)
, Op ...
– guitar
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, vocals
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, mixing, direction
* Peter Lindgren – guitar
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* Martín Méndez
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– bass guitar
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* Per Wiberg
Per Jonas Wiberg (born 8 June 1968) is the former keyboardist of Swedish progressive death metal band Opeth, and a member of Michael Amott's stoner metal band Spiritual Beggars.
Wiberg was born in Borlänge. He toured with Opeth from the 200 ...
– keyboards
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, backing vocals
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* Martin "Axe" Axenrot – drums
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Additional personnel
*Jens Bogren
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– mixing
* Travis Smith – cover artwork, album design, model, photography
*Heather Elizabeth – photography
Charts
References
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Opeth albums
2007 live albums