Shooting a video with Opeth

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I’m sure no one gives a flying arsehole about what’s going on in my life, both now and over the past 2 years, since I stopped being really active on Hive..

But hey, I’m jumping back in to kick off talking about some recent video work I’ve done for a band called Opeth.

For those unfamiliar with Opeth, they’re a Swedish progressive metal band from Stockholm, formed in 1990 who have made 14 studio albums.
They’re simply stunning, with out of this world musicianship.

So the pressure was on when I got the call to shoot a performance video for them, which was to happen on the day-off between their UK tour dates.. and I didn’t have long to get it together.

The video was shot in February 2025 at a studio in Birmingham UK, and then was eventually released in June 2025 on all the social channels.

I was asked to do the whole video thing - produce (find the right studio, book the crew, budget) direct, shoot and edit the performance video.
I wanted a video that felt real.. no over-produced effects, or crazy lights with millions of edits. Just something that felt organic and relaxed, like a session.

You can check it out here if you’re interested.
The track is called Paragraph 1.

It was a one day shoot with a very early start and a late finish with a super small team (only four people, including me)

The band were brilliant - super courteous, professional and very funny.

I really enjoy making these kind of videos.
It’s what I seem to be quite good at I guess; delivering under the pressure of time, money and resources 😆
That’s why people hire me 🤷🏼‍♂️
I get shit done.

The album the video supported is called ‘The Last Will and Testament’, and it’s a genuinely stunning concept album.

These guys are considered the best of the prog-metal for a reason. Absolutely sublime.

I took my wife out to see them live in Manchester a week later at an unusually small and intimate venue for them, and they didn’t disappoint.

❤️

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Just yesterday I was actually wondering what happened to you! What a coincidence

Glad to see you're doing well, and that you're still shooting things

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Still alive mate 👋🏻
The universe works in mysterious ways ✨

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Amazing opportunity to work with accomplished, professional people.

Did their agency contact you, or did you pitch for the work, or was it more of a right place, right time sort of thing?

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It was the management company who I’ve done work for previously who reached out. No pitch required on this!

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Incredible!

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Fantastic, I am a fan of Opeth.., not so much the growls but they make great music. Good to see you back Ash.

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Hey! Some of us were still thinking of you and it's great to have you back. That's an excellent video and I love the description on Youtube that praises your work. I hope you are keeping busy.

Hive keeps rolling on and there's lots of cool stuff happening. Lots of cool music here. Imagine if Opeth joined up! Yeah, we can dream.

!BEER

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When you're a pro in what you do, you'll always deliver - even at short notice.

You talked highly of this band, and I'm intrigued. May have to check them out on YouTube and maybe feature them on my post for Three Tune Tuesday. 😅
Nice to have you back on Hive.

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Good to see you!

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Wow. It's impressive to have a band that was formed in 1996 still performing to date.

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Video looks great! I'm recording bands, but lo-fi only, with phone and Zoom microphone :)

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🎉🎉🥳 Congratulations 🥳🎊🎊


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Not my kind of music but still intresting to see what happends on the other side of the camera with lightning etc .

!BBH

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Awesome work, a truly small team just the 4 of you. Well done in a day.
Love the band ever since they started…
!PIZZA

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Ah awesome to meet a lifelong fan!
My wife is also a lifelong fan, so it was fun for her to see what’s been going on and see them live

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Thanks.
That’s so cool she is too. She must have enjoyed it a lot then. Special things one will remember for a long time.
Have a great day.

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Will definitely check that out!

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OMG OPETH! A fantastic metal band! Nice work!

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This is the confidence you have when you’re good at what you do.
Good job, I hope I can watch a band play live sometime.

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One day you will ❤️

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PIZZA!

$PIZZA slices delivered:
@littlebee4(2/10) tipped @ashtv

Come get MOONed!

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Thanks. How do I find out more about my pizza and other related tokens on the hive blockchain?

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This was really interesting, being the scenes and a great insight into your professionalism. I find Hive to be both a joy and bloody frustrating in equal measure. The platform could be, really could be an amazing place. I prefer it to the in your face nature of other competing systems.

If I don’t follow you, I’ll make sure that I do.

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Interesting. Yeah I feel Hive on the face of things hasn’t changed in the last 4 years in a way that’s blown me away.
I’m sure there’s loads of great and exciting backend development that’s happened, but the UI side still feels really clunky and complicated still.

It sort of needs dumbing down and made more aesthetic to catch the popular wave 😂

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That's absolutely kick ass stuff. Working with Opeth 🤩 how many times did you hear them live? 🔥🤘🏻

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🤘🏻 I’ve seen them live at a festival appearance many years ago, possibly 2016, and then again in 2025. Absolutely solid dudes.

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Welcome back! It sure has been a while. In the meantime, I found my soulmate ( @clareartista ), moved countries ( Portugal to Italy ) and acquired a plot of land ( 1.1 hectares ) with my Bitcoin.

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Epic! Absolutely ❤️ Italy.
Congrats man, Bitcoin pulling through for you!! 1.1 hectares sounds awesome!

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