AFAIK, Wilson heard Opeth for the first time and then decided "hey, I want to sound like those guys!" and he did end up producing them. I think that the respect is mutual since Opeth declared that PT is the best fucking band in the world (or something like that).. they guy is seriously a producer genius. My first reaction to PT was "holy shit this sounds good!", same with FSOLepitome wrote:My favourite PT albums are Fear of a Blank Planet, Lightbulb Sun and The Sky Moves Sideways. But then I like metal as well as prog and alternative rock. I like the variety in the PT back catalogue
On my player right now:
ritual ambient/fetish/experimental stuff.. hella weird. Love these guys.