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OPETH Mainman Comments On Swedish GRAMMIS Loss

January 8, 2009

IN FLAMES was honored with the "Best Hard Rock" award at the Swedish "Grammis" gala, which was last night (Wednesday, January 7) at Hovet in Stockholm. The band also performed the song "Alias" during the ceremony, which was broadcast live on Swedish national channel TV4.

The artists were nominated for their most recent releases, all of which came out during 2008.

The nominees in the "Best Hard Rock" category were as follows:

* IN FLAMES - "A Sense Of Purpose"
* MESHUGGAH - "obZen"
* MILLENCOLIN - "Machine 15"
* OPETH – "Watershed"
* SABATON - "The Art Of War"

Commented OPETH frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt:

"OPETH = losers!

"Haha, no I'm not that bitter!

"We didn't win the Grammy award this year either and I admit I got a little disappointed although it doesn't really mean anything. Since I'm there at the show I wanna fucking win! But IN FLAMES got it. They're mates of ours so I'm happy for them.

"I wanna thank all of you who voted for us. Cheers people!

"The show was boring as usual, all the same people, same winners, same 'surprise' band constellations. Some artists there really have high thoughts of themselves. It's quite embarrassing to see how stuck up some of them are. I mean they don't even have a international career most of them and still they act they're the fucking 'deal.'

"I got completely obliterated on wine and champagne...and beer. My wife too, she got all fucked up. But we had a pretty good time during dinner, chatting and drinking away. The after-party was at a classic place called Berns and it was packed. We didn't stay for long though.

"OK, just letting you know we fucking LOST!"

Video footage of IN FLAMES' acceptance speech (including a glimpse of Mikael Åkerfeldt) can be viewed below.

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