Despite his superlative musical output with Opeth and beyond, Mikael Åkerfeldt doesn’t like receiving praise. But he’s happy to dish it out – and there’s one player that he believes doesn’t get their flowers.
When ‘prog guitar greats’ becomes a topic of conversation, there are obvious contenders. There's David Gilmour and his slow, thoughtful guitar solos for one, Robert Fripp for his angular ingenuity, another. Honorable mentions, meanwhile, go to Messrs Martin Barre, Adrian Belew, and, in modern realms, Plini and Tosin Abasi, too. So, who does he feel doesn’t get the praise they deserve?
