Product Details

• Actors: Opeth
• Format: Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 4.0)
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Peaceville UK
• DVD Release Date: November 11, 2008
• Run Time: 120 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00197X14K
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #74,449 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • #93 in Music > World Music > Europe > Scandinavia > Sweden

Editorial Reviews

The Roundhouse Tapes is a 2-DVD set filmed during the band's Ghost Reveries tour. It contains a captivating live Opeth performance from the Camden Roundhouse in London, performed in 2006. In addition to exciting bonus features including an interview with the band, the DVD shows the band in incredible form playing classics from their monumental career. Since their formation in 1990, Opeth has risen to the forefront of the metal world, bringing many aspects of progressive rock and metal to a whole new audience by combining soft acoustic ambiance with complex, melodic and heavy guitars, perfectly concocted into a completely peerless sound.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally, This great bands dvd surfaces, November 13, 2008

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Undisputed Mattitude "Matt" (Virginia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Opeth: The Roundhouse Tapes (DVD)

This is an amazing DVD worth getting by all means. First off I'll get the only bad thing about this out of the way so the I can get to all the greatness. Besides the show there aren't a lot of extra bonus features. Some band/fan interviews and galleries. But that's not even really a complaint, just the letting you know part. And now to the greatness, The performance. First off they give you 3 audio options. Stereo, 5.1 Surround, and DTS. Also the chain has been broken of them playing older tunes which really makes this DVD special as it has some of the older tunes sounding even better than they did on the original cd. It's only a 9 song set but if you're familiar with Opeth you know why that is and it is a great set. Under the Weeping Moon and Night and the Silent Water have never sounded better. The picture is so clean it looks almost hi def. Also this might be the best mixed DVD I've ever heard. No instrument is too low or too loud. It's simply perfect, as is the performance by the band. Every song is played flawlessly and it's good fairwell to Peter Lindgren who will be missed even though his replacement is great also. Anyways, fans and any fan of great metal should pick this up. This is an amazing band and an amazing performance. While Lamentations was a great DVD this one edges it out due to a better setlist and amazing visual and audio quality. Highly recommended.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars superb quality.., November 23, 2008

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T. (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Opeth: The Roundhouse Tapes (DVD)

The audio and video on this DVD is stunning. I wish they'd release this in a Blu-Ray format.
Great song list, better than the Lamentations DVD. The only complaint i have is that the camera shifting/editing is kinda fast (although not as bad as some other concert DVD's)...When editing companies going to stop this??? We want to see the bands and guitar players shred. Not see MTV-styled quick camera shifting.
Like i said, its not as bad as some others though and this is still excellent. Highly recommended! So much better than most music out there.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent DVD!, December 16, 2008

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Alfred P. Koegler (Rhinebeck, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Opeth: The Roundhouse Tapes (DVD)

I bought this after getting my first 2 CD's by Opeth Watershed and Blackwater Park and definitely falling in Love with their music. Was not surprised on how great this is. Getting to hear their back catalog of music makes me want to get all their CD's which I have listened to the samples of on Amazon. All the songs arew amazing, sound and video also well done. I highly recommend this to anyone who likes this band!