Opeth -- Toronto, Ontario -- May 4th, 2009

[adamclark52]

Opeth
Support: Enslaved
Date: May 4th, 2009
Venue: the Sound Academy in Toronto, Ontario

I’ve been finding a lot of setlists from shows I’ve been to on the past so I decided to post them. Some of them are with the help of setlist.fm, but these aren’t just me ripping setlists and posting them (that would be too easy). These are all shows I’ve been to and have stories to tell.

I’d already seen Opeth the previous summer with Three and was glad enough to see them then but the only reason I really went to this show was to see Enslaved. Enslaved live as an opener is better than no Enslaved at all. They played great that night; having a decent soundman made them sound better than I’d ever heard them. Opening with To the Coast was an odd choice I thought. It was a decent choice to grab the audience who didn’t know who they weres attention but there are way better opening songs in their catalogue. And this was the only time I’ve seen them perform my personal favorite song by them; the Watcher. But I was really disappointed to see them stuck opening. It just wasn’t enough. Out of five times seeing Enslaved I’ll have to say this was the worst. Still awesome but they felt like they were just some opening band.

Enslaved
1. To the Coast 

2. Fusion of Sense and Earth 

3. Ruun 

4. As Fire Swept Clean the Earth 

5. Ground 

6. The Watcher 

7. Isa

Opeth was good that night, I am a fan. It was nice to hear the Night and the Silent Water, which they didn’t play the one other time I saw them, and Closure was really awesome that night. My problem with Opeth live is that since most of their songs clock in at ten minutes when they play a song I don’t like that much I’m stuck there bored for ten minutes waiting for the next song. But I really was bummed that Enslaved was opening so I didn’t enjoy this show as much as I should have.

Opeth
1. Heir Apparent 

2. Ghost of Perdition 

3. Godhead's Lament 

4. The Leper Affinity 

5. Credence 

6. Hessian Peel 

7. Closure 

8. The Night and the Silent Water 

9. The Lotus Eater 

Encore:
10. Deliverance