Opeth

[Wanderer]

Why is there no thread for this great band yet?
So much more than the best Swedish metal band out there, check 'em out if you haven't already!

[Superfuzz_Bigmuff]

I like them.

[steelrain]

maybe you can help me?
my computer is very slow and so kazza is not really an option but i was wondering how you would describe the song 'the credence' or something along those lines, a friend said i should check it out as it is something i would like.
any help much appreciated

[Nikora]

ah yes! :D Opeth. i like.

[CommunistOlga]

I'm really not into very heavy music, but I was surprised to find that I quite like Opeth.
I've only got Blackwater Park at the moment, though, but I should get other albums soon enough.

[Spiral]

Why is there no thread for this great band yet?
So much more than the best Swedish metal band out there, check 'em out if you haven't already!

You like Katatonia as well??

And for Opeth - *droooool*

[Stu]

I hardly know any Opeth! :ohmy: :eek:

But I love the song "Deliverance" :D and i have ordered the album of the same name :cool:

Is that a good place to start? or is there much better Opeth albs? :confused:

[Stu]

"Deliverance" was finally delivered today! :D

I love it :)

Not sure which album to seek next though ...

[christoph]

the song Blackwater Park, at 5:14, corr, sends shivers down my spine.

the whole build up, to that absolutely amazing riff, and the growl. *shudders*

[progmetalfan]

Opeth have slowly become my favorite band over the last couple years. Just incredible music, all-around. Not to mention SERIOUS heaviness, which couldn't possibly a bad thing. :D Add in Steven Wilson to produce on the last couple albums, and it's tough to get much better, methinks.

[arachnoid169]

haha.. hm i dont care much for them, but my brother just loves them to death.

[Stu]

ya bro has good taste then :cool:

[Chix]

:ohmy:

Opeth fans! I can't believe it! Every forum I've been a part of, NOBODY has any clue as to who Opeth are.

Anyway, I freaking love Opeth. Most brilliant band. Ever. I own all seven of their albums, and their DVD Lamentation (which is fantastic).

My brother, father, and I discovered them by chance, actually. We were just bored one weekend and my dad was searching for any concert that we could go to and he somehow managed to run across Opeth. We listened to some clips online which sounded pretty ace. I really wasnt into the whole growling thing then, and really didn't like it, but the music otherwise sounded so good we decided "Ah what the hell, lets buy tickets."

So we bought two of their albums, Damnation and Deliverance first. I still didn't like the growling, but I fell in love with their soft album, Damnation. Then I felt brave and started listening to Deliverance, and discovered are absolutely amazing this band really was, and I grow completely used to the growling and now I love it. We went to the concert, and let me tell you, Opeth are absolutely jaw-dropping live. I mean, literally. During the performance of "Deliverance", my brother and my father actually turned towards each others, and their jaws slowly dropped in awe. It was amazing.

Now I own all their albums and must say, they are and always will be my favorite band. No band can top Opeth. Personally, my favorite albums are Deliverance and Blackwater Park (and Damnation when I'm in a softer mood), but that might jsut be because I've listened to them more than any other album. My brother says he can't choose which is best, because they're all amazing in their own way. Oh, and if you like Opeth, their DVD Lamentation is a MUST HAVE. Its a live concert and also behind the scenes on the making of Damnation and Deliverance. Awesome.

Sorry, I didn't really mean to write an essay, but I really get absolutely psyched whenever I come across other Opeth fans (which is RARE for me) so I just can't control myself! :D :happy:

[progmetalfan]

Yeah. Basically all it comes down to is this: Opeth are the best band out there right now. Nobody has put out so much quality stuff in a relatively short period of time like they have.

Can't wait for the new album later this year. :happy:

[Chix]

Yeah. Basically all it comes down to is this: Opeth are the best band out there right now. Nobody has put out so much quality stuff in a relatively short period of time like they have.

Can't wait for the new album later this year. :happy:

Agreed. :happy:

I can't wait either.

[Stu]

I still only have Deliverance

I didn't even know of a DVD :eek: I gonna order it tomorrow if possible :D

[Chix]

I still only have Deliverance

I didn't even know of a DVD :eek: I gonna order it tomorrow if possible :D

Yes! You definitely should! It's absolutely ace.

It looks likes this:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/chix3983/Random%20Things%20I%20Could%20Need/OpethDVD.gif

[Stu]

Yes! You definitely should! It's absolutely ace.

It looks likes this:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/chix3983/Random%20Things%20I%20Could%20Need/OpethDVD.gif
ooooooooooooh :D

cheers

[progmetalfan]

It is beyond ace. Deliverance live is somehow even better than the studio version. Plus, it's in DTS. :happy:

[Apocalypse King]

OPETH are completely amazing. Wow. ^_^

[Stu]

ordered the DVD today! :D

now all I have to do is wait ... :stunned:

[progmetalfan]

ordered the DVD today! :D

now all I have to do is wait ... :stunned:

If you're gonna wait, wait right next to the mailbox, have the TV and player all queued up, so you can watch that baby as soon as it arrives. Killer DVD. Almost good as King Crimson - Eyes Wide Open.

[SmashingTool]

Pain of Salvation > Opeth

Not by alot, but still...

Also, fans of Opeth may like Novembre(mix heavy and soft, but differently than Opeth)
And if you want crazy guitar, try Children of Bodom

[progmetalfan]

I'd probably put Pain of Salvation on almost the same level as Opeth. I don't think PoS have been able to have as high a consistency with their albums like Opeth have.

And Bodom is also a great, young band.

[Paul]

they are and always will be my favorite band. No band can top Opeth.

You obviously haven't heard Michael Ball's new album

[Stu]

I watching the DVD for the first time right now! :D
I'm up to "Hope Leaves" :)


I thought Muse~Hullabaloo was good :LOL: but Lamentations is amazing stuff indeed :cool:
I now must buy the rest of their albums as soon as possible :D

[progmetalfan]

I watching the DVD for the first time right now! :D
I'm up to "Hope Leaves" :)


I thought Muse~Hullabaloo was good :LOL: but Lamentations is amazing stuff indeed :cool:
I now must buy the rest of their albums as soon as possible :D

That reminds me. The riff in The Funeral Portrait (sucks it isn't on the DVD) starting @ 1:15, is the best riff of all-time. 'Nuff said.

And it sucks that Opeth couldn't put any pre-2001 songs on the DVD due to contract issues. :indiff: Would have been even better with some oldies.

[Stu]

That reminds me. The riff in The Funeral Portrait (sucks it isn't on the DVD) starting @ 1:15, is the best riff of all-time. 'Nuff said.


Will search for to download now :D

[Chix]

I watching the DVD for the first time right now! :D
I'm up to "Hope Leaves" :)


I thought Muse~Hullabaloo was good :LOL: but Lamentations is amazing stuff indeed :cool:
I now must buy the rest of their albums as soon as possible :D

Great! I'm glad you finally got it. It really is amazing. I just got done watching it again the other day, in fact.

The documentary is interesting, too.


Oh yes, Funeral Portrait is a brilliant song. I especially love the part at about 6:48 where he starts singing. The harmony there...and everything..it's just..it's just great. It gives me butterflies.

[Lossenhyando]

That ending of Deliverance is soooooo good...
HEll all of Opeth is good, I've loved them for about a year now and they are such a good band

[Stu]

Oh yes that reminds me,
anyone know what the ending of the Deliverance album is all about? :confused:
is it swedish or some kind of subliminal messaging? :LOL:

[Stu]

At last I now have Damnation. :)
Only 5 more albums for me to find/wait for :rolleyes:

Anyone know if a new alb is in the pipeline?

[progmetalfan]

Yes. There should be a new album by the end of the summer. If not, at the latest before the end of the year. :D

[Nikora]

Brilliant :happy:

[progmetalfan]

Oh, I forgot to say...

CAN'T FUCKIN WAIT :D

[christoph]

That reminds me. The riff in The Funeral Portrait (sucks it isn't on the DVD) starting @ 1:15, is the best riff of all-time. 'Nuff said.

And it sucks that Opeth couldn't put any pre-2001 songs on the DVD due to contract issues. :indiff: Would have been even better with some oldies.

haha me and my 9 year old sister just headbanged to the riff at 30 secs. what a riff!

[Stu]

Yes. There should be a new album by the end of the summer. If not, at the latest before the end of the year. :D
cheers for the info :cool:

[progmetalfan]

Sounds like recording for the album is done, with 9 tracks having been recorded.

Their touring keyboardist has also joined the band permanently, and there is going to be mellotrons and Hammond organs on the new album. :D

Can't wait until this baby hits the shelves. There's also gonna be an announcement soon as to what label they have signed on with.

[Stu]

Sounds like recording for the album is done, with 9 tracks having been recorded.

Their touring keyboardist has also joined the band permanently, and there is going to be mellotrons and Hammond organs on the new album. :D

Can't wait until this baby hits the shelves. There's also gonna be an announcement soon as to what label they have signed on with.
coolios! :happy:
cheers for the update :D

[progmetalfan]

The new album is going to be called: Ghost Reveries.

Just that name makes me want it NOW. So dark and metal. You can read about what one Roadrunner (Opeth recently signed with the label) employee thinks about the album here. (http://www.bravewords.com/news.html?id=28670) There's more info here (http://www.bravewords.com/news.html?id=28685), as well.

[Chix]

Guess who I'm going to see in just a couple of weeks?

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y26/SqueeX/opethticket.gif

\m/:cool:\m/

[progmetalfan]

Lucky. :p
Especially with SYL being there, too.

[Chix]

I've heard of SYL but I'm not all that familiar with them. My brother might be more-so.

I LOVE Opeth and Chimaira though. :D

[Stu]

In early September Opeth are in the UK!

I wanna go!


The new album is going to be called: Ghost Reveries.

Just that name makes me want it NOW. So dark and metal. You can read about what one Roadrunner (Opeth recently signed with the label) employee thinks about the album here. (http://www.bravewords.com/news.html?id=28670) There's more info here (http://www.bravewords.com/news.html?id=28685), as well.
cheers for linkies! :happy:

[Wowee Zowee]

i have Still Life.

cant say its blown me away...needs another listen.

[Apocalypse King]

In early September Opeth are in the UK!

I wanna go!






:eek: :eek: :eek: I WANNA GO!! I need a job....

[Wowee Zowee]

just ordered 2 tickets to see them in manchester :D

[Nikora]

:eek: :eek: :eek: I WANNA GO!! I need a job....
You bloody sneak :eek: showing up all inconspicuous :indiff:

I wan go :stunned:

[Stu]

I bought Still Life a few days ago and I love it. :cool:

I have Deliverance & Damnation, but my aim is to buy the rest of their back catalogue before the new alb come out :cool:

Fave Still Life tracks are "Moonlapse Vertigo", "Godhead's Lament" & "Face of Melinda"

[Stu]

http://www.opeth.com/images/opeth_cover.jpg

Track Listing:

Ghost of perdition,
The baying of the hounds,
Beneath the mire,
Atonement,
Reverie/Harlequin forest,
Hours of wealth,
The grand conjuration,
Isolation years



Release Date: August 30th

[Stu]

Found these on the Maiden board :$ (someone found them on the Megadeth board)

I think they are genuine .. :unsure:
but very very different and Akerfeldt's vocals ae so different .. if genuine :unsure:
maybe the quality isn't perfect ...



http://s50.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=...TK0YQ8ITXKASFXJ

The Grand Conjuration

http://s38.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=...871AEVCYJR047KT

Ghost of Perdition

[Wowee Zowee]

just listening to Ghost Reveries. so far it sounds pretty damn good....and i seem to hear synth which can only be a good thing.

Edit: They've gone all mellow.

[Stu]

just listening to Ghost Reveries. so far it sounds pretty damn good....and i seem to hear synth which can only be a good thing.

Edit: They've gone all mellow.
still not sure what I think of their new sound

[Wowee Zowee]

still not sure what I think of their new sound
i love it, cant wait to go and buy it.

[Stu]

i love it, cant wait to go and buy it.
I will buy it also :p

[Thessi]

I like them :horns:

[Wowee Zowee]

I like them :horns:
well the new album is highly good...especially Beneath The Mire\m/

[Muscle Mikez]

the new album is indeedy good! I go out to buy that one I think! Beneath the Mire is goooooood \m/

I only have Damnations and Blackwater Park though.. I might see them in september. I'll order them soon :)

[Stu]

the new album is indeedy good! I go out to buy that one I think! Beneath the Mire is goooooood \m/

I only have Damnations and Blackwater Park though.. I might see them in september. I'll order them soon :)
I've still not yet purchased "Orchid" and "My Arms Your Hearse" but I have "Morningrise" on order.

Recently I bought BWP and Still Life. :cool:

[Wowee Zowee]

Ghost Reveries got 5 K's in Kerrang....why am i reading Kerrang*cough*

[progmetalfan]

Gah. I cannot wait for that album.

Been listening to lots of past Opeth in the meantime. So great.

[Chix]

Omg, there is actually a review for an Opeth album in a magazine like that??? I thought they were way to underground to ever appear in a magazine like that. At least, I've never seen anything about them in any US magazines.

I can't wait for the album either. It's going to be brilliant, no doubt. And I'm still all hyped up from the Opeth concert I went to in the beginning of the summer. :D It was fucking amazing!


Edit: Oh and they played one of the new songs at the concert, too. I forgot the name of it, but I do remember it sounding awesome. :happy:

[Wowee Zowee]

Gah. I cannot wait for that album.

Been listening to lots of past Opeth in the meantime. So great.
:eek: you havnt heard it yet?

man your jaw is going to drop :happy:

[progmetalfan]

:eek: you havnt heard it yet?

man your jaw is going to drop :happy:
I have somehow restrained myself from hearing anything from the new album. I don't know how I've done it.

From all the stuff I've read, I should be very pleased indeed. :D

[Chix]

That's what I do. I vowed not to download or get ahold of ANYTHING from the new album until the album comes out, so I can be hearing it all fresh and for the first time. Same with the upcoming Radiohead album.

[Wowee Zowee]

That's what I do. I vowed not to download or get ahold of ANYTHING from the new album until the album comes out, so I can be hearing it all fresh and for the first time. Same with the upcoming Radiohead album.
i know i should of done that....but when its placed on the table...

[Stu]

Ghost Reveries got 5 K's in Kerrang....why am i reading Kerrang*cough*
yeah i had a quick flick through it at work the other day :happy:
still only heard 2 tracks from it though as I am waiting also

[Wowee Zowee]

new album has been out since 29th.

so opinions? i still think its bloody good.

[Nikora]

Gah I don't have it yet :( nor can I afford to get any tickets for November...Damn money :indiff:

[Wowee Zowee]

Gah I don't have it yet :( nor can I afford to get any tickets for November...Damn money :indiff:
you need The Grand Conjuration! such an awesome song. get someone to send it...or i can send it through yousendit.com if you want.

[Nikora]

you need The Grand Conjuration! such an awesome song. get someone to send it...or i can send it through yousendit.com if you want.
Oh yes please :happy:

[Stu]

I still don't have the new album :eek: :'(
will purchase tomorrow as i will hopefully be somehere that sells it :D

[progmetalfan]

I really need the new album. :indiff:

Boo-urns.

[Wowee Zowee]

I really need the new album. :indiff:

Boo-urns.
gah you fooool :p your missing out on The Grand Conjuration.

[Nikora]

gah you fooool :p your missing out on The Grand Conjuration.
Mmmmm :happy: I looove that song...

[Stu]

currently listening to album for first time :D

[progmetalfan]

Got it.

Now I've just gotta listen to it. :D

[Nikora]

You great, smegging, smegheads :indiff: I hate you all :p

[Stu]

Listened to it a few times now :happy:

It certainly didn't disappoint, although I still prefer Still Life and BWP :D

[Thessi]

Got it.

Now I've just gotta listen to it. :D
I can only imagine how excited you are :LOL:

It is good stuff :D

[Stu]

The Grand Conjuration is being released as a single! :eek:
Just seen the video :LOL:

[amj]

Oh man, to bid you farewell almost made me cry just because of the music. I couldn't believe it, such a great song.

[Stu]

Oh man, to bid you farewell almost made me cry just because of the music. I couldn't believe it, such a great song.
:happy: I love Morningrise, infact I love every Opeth album :D

[Fluky]

Got Ghost reveries at the weekend - its great :D therefore opeth rule :happy:

[Clunge]

Brilliant band.

I have Blackwater Park, Deliverance and Still Life which are three incredible albums :D.

[inn]

They're playing download :stunned:

[Clunge]

I heard someone rumouring a gig along the lines of:

Dream Theater
Opeth
Porcupine Tree

How incredible would that be? Throw in Amplifier and I'd give a testicle to go.

[inn]

I heard someone rumouring a gig along the lines of:

Dream Theater
Opeth
Porcupine Tree

How incredible would that be? Throw in Amplifier and I'd give a testicle to go.
*eyes fall out*

that would almost be amazing as deftones/a perfect circle gig

[Stu]

Got Ghost reveries at the weekend - its great :D therefore opeth rule :happy:
well done :happy:
I will try and suggest what album to purchase next :D
maybe Blackwater Park :)
I will send you some songs sometime (possibly now :) )

[Fluky]

well done :happy:
I will try and suggest what album to purchase next :D
maybe Blackwater Park :)
I will send you some songs sometime (possibly now :) )

:happy: thnx!

[Stu]

:happy: thnx!
you are very welcome :D

[Bewilders]

Opeth!! \m/

[progmetalfan]

I heard someone rumouring a gig along the lines of:

Dream Theater
Opeth
Porcupine Tree

How incredible would that be? Throw in Amplifier and I'd give a testicle to go.
Artists from each band are planning to do a project (metal, most likely) together. :D

[Clunge]

Artists from each band are planning to do a project (metal, most likely) together. :D
ADBBDHABDBIQER"Q%$"HH%

If you fail to inform me further, I shall kill you with my genitals.

That would be astoudingly good.

Progressive-metal/rock + Spacey rock + Black Metal :eek: :D :happy: :D :happy:

[inn]

If you fail to inform me further, I shall kill you with my genitals.


:LOL: :LOL: :LOL:

[Stu]

Artists from each band are planning to do a project (metal, most likely) together. :D
:eek: wow can't wait :D

[progmetalfan]

That would be astoudingly good.

Yes, it should be good.

Especially since it's Mike Portnoy, Mikael Akerfeldt and Steven Wilson who are the artists talking about doing the project. :D

[Clunge]

Any eta for this project?

I am rather excited.

[Stu]

After several months away from his drumming duties in Opeth Martin Lopez has permanently decided to leave the group.
After being plagued by illness and anxiety attacks Lopez decided he wanted to concentrate fully on his own project, currently unnamed.
His replacement will be Martin "Axe" Axenrot who's been filling in for the last 5 tours and who also recorded with the band during the recent BBC sessions.


Mikael Åkerfeldt: " However sad I and the rest of the band feel in light of Lopez departure I want to thank him for his incredible work with Opeth and immense dedication to the band. We recorded some classic stuff together and he obviously had an enormous impact on our sound. I now feel very excited to hear the material of his own band. In the meantime Opeth fans can rest assured that we'll continue jamming it out with Axe and we all have high expectations about our coming musical ventures "


so does anyone know much about Martin Axenrot? :erm:

oh and the Akerfeldt, Wilson, Portnoy thing will "probably become reality in the near future".
"The project will maintain a low key and interviews will be sparse. This will be a sheer musical communion that its members wish to keep clear of the "supergroup" hype."

[Clunge]

:D / :(

Wilson, Akerfeldt, Portnoy / Lopez leaves.

[inn]

Righty I'm on a big music discovery quest.

someone recomend me the best album or two by opeth cheers

[Clunge]

Best two =

Blackwater Park

Top songs: Bleak, Blackwater Park, Harvest, The Leper Affinity

Still Life

Top songs: The Moor, Godheads Lament, Benighted

Two other brilliant albums are Deliverance and Damnation.

[Wowee Zowee]

Still Life

[progmetalfan]

Blackwater Park, definitely. :D

Morningrise is great for a slightly different sound, too.

[Clunge]

I love the Blackwater Park title track, the acoustic parts are just amazing.

Really dark.

[WONG the Ripper]

I like Blackwater Park the best, and Morningrise comes in right after it. Black Rose Immortal is one hell of a song.

[Stu]

Blackwater Park as its all great :happy: the Steven Wilson-ness takes it just above Still Life for me

but I do really love every album

[Clunge]

OPETH UK TOUR

N O V E M B E R
5th - Portsmouth, Pyramid
6th - Glasgow, ABC
7th - Nottingham, Rock City
8th - Manchester, Academy
9th - London, Roadhouse
10th - Birmingham, Academy
11th - Exeter, Great Hall

YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES!

I am so there :cool:

[Stu]

OPETH UK TOUR

N O V E M B E R
5th - Portsmouth, Pyramid
6th - Glasgow, ABC
7th - Nottingham, Rock City
8th - Manchester, Academy
9th - London, Roadhouse
10th - Birmingham, Academy
11th - Exeter, Great Hall

YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES!

I am so there :cool:
exeter again :mad:
but pompey is possible :happy:
why can't they visit nearer to me :(
but hopefully I will be able to go this year :D as last year i had to work instead of going the exeter gig :mad:

[Clunge]

I'll be at the Exeter one :happy:

Will there be supports?

[Stu]

I'll be at the Exeter one :happy:

Will there be supports?
not sure who, last year they were apparently supported by EXTOL who I have never heard of myself

[Clunge]

Oh ok.

I was just wondering whether a band like Opeth would actually bother with any supports.

[Stu]

Oh ok.

I was just wondering whether a band like Opeth would actually bother with any supports.
Paradise Lost will be supporting.
A band I've never got into to be honest.

[Nikora]

OPETH UK TOUR

N O V E M B E R
5th - Portsmouth, Pyramid
6th - Glasgow, ABC
7th - Nottingham, Rock City
8th - Manchester, Academy
9th - London, Roadhouse
10th - Birmingham, Academy
11th - Exeter, Great Hall

YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES!

I am so there :cool:
Boooyaaaaa :D

[Nikora]

Paradise Lost will be supporting.
A band I've never got into to be honest.
:eek: Paradise Lost! I have to see them.

Burst supported them last year. Sweeeedish band, very cool.

[Stu]

I still can't decide between Pompey and Exeter
I might try and go to both :D

[annnnnn]

Opeth = YES!!! [<-not the band, the word]

Damnation is so calming. It's beautiful.
The song Deliverence is so epic. A Fair Judgement is so great. Bleak is just about the perfect mix of intense and catchy

[Clunge]

Damnation is just a beautiful album, Benighted is pure class.

[Lorry]

i will be there in exeter, yey :D

[Clunge]

i will be there in exeter, yey :D
I was torn, Muse in Manchester or Opeth in Exeter.

I took Muse :happy: .

[Chizzleface]

Boooyaaaaa :D
I might have to go to the Manchester one, the apollo rocks as a venue :cool:

EDIT: fuck, it's at the academy.

[Lorry]

meh, did muse last week ;)

[Clunge]

meh, did muse last week ;)
Ditto, but they're addictive!

[Nikora]

I might have to go to the Manchester one, the apollo rocks as a venue :cool:

EDIT: fuck, it's at the academy.
As in Carling?

The ABC's a fucking nightclub type thing :LOL: this should be interesting...

[Clunge]

Blackwater Park is slowly becoming Clunge's most awesometasticmoshfatrockingbeautiful\m/ruckus album ever.

[progmetalfan]

Blackwater Park is slowly becoming Clunge's most awesometasticmoshfatrockingbeautiful\m/ruckus album ever.
It can do that. Bleak by itself makes that album awesome. One of my favorite songs by anyone (probably because of the Porcupine Tree/Steven Wilson elements on that song in particular).

[AbsolutionCydonia]

Agreed. :happy:

I can't wait either.
I heard about them years ago and I generally like metal, but for some reason I never got into them.

[Chizzleface]

As in Carling?

The ABC's a fucking nightclub type thing :LOL: this should be interesting...
Yeah, and it's a shit venue for bands. It's basically somewhere for studenty bands to go for their first "big" gigs. It's shite.

[Nikora]

Yeah, and it's a shit venue for bands. It's basically somewhere for studenty bands to go for their first "big" gigs. It's shite.
Nyeh so's the one up here...must be its 'thing' to be rubbish.

[Chizzleface]

Nyeh so's the one up here...must be its 'thing' to be rubbish.
I so wanted them to play at the apollo...best venue in the north of England.
*goes and sees who's on at the apollo soon*

[Nikora]

I so wanted them to play at the apollo...best venue in the north of England.
*goes and sees who's on at the apollo soon*
Never been there actually :unsure:

Loooove The Barrowlands myself. They shoulda went there.

[Chizzleface]

Never been there actually :unsure:

Loooove The Barrowlands myself. They shoulda went there.
The barra's <3

There's not enough quality venues for bands any more...not really big ones anyway. All these arenas aren't really designed for music and sound quality is crap.

[Fluky]

Yay im going to go see Opeth today :D I can't wait

[Nikora]

Opeth tomorrow!

Paradise Lost :eek: :D

Woohoo

[Clunge]

I'm so pissed off, Opeth are at Exeter Uni on the 11th and I'm seeing friggin' Muse.

I want to see Opeth :(.

[Fluky]

I'm so pissed off, Opeth are at Exeter Uni on the 11th and I'm seeing friggin' Muse.

I want to see Opeth :(.

Ahh damn, that actually is a really tough choice though. But maybe Opeth are more likely to play near you again than muse?

[Nikora]

I'm so pissed off, Opeth are at Exeter Uni on the 11th and I'm seeing friggin' Muse.

I want to see Opeth :(.
Gheeey :(

I have teh My00ze on Tuesday actually, haha.

[Clunge]

The choice is even more knife-edgy because I've already seen Muse twice.

Ah well, tis too late now.

Amplifier are support Opeth on their Europe tour, if they had been supporting the UK tour, I'd have torn up my Muse ticket and gone to Opeth instead.

[SYNS]

Opeth are bloody fantastic. Can't wait to see them in just over a week! :D

[progmetalfan]

No fair. :p

[Fluky]

:D Friggin Awesome!

I loved it.

[MatthewLeGrand]

Amazing band!
I've got all their records.
Every single song is fantastic.
And Ackerfelfd's voice is just awesome.

[Clunge]

I've got every album from Still Life onwards, I'm not so keen on their really early work.

Absolutely friggin' mental band though, I love them more and more everytime I hear them, easily up there with Muse, Amplifier and Porcupine Tree as my fave bands.

Deliverance is so damn brutal :D .

[progmetalfan]

I've got every album from Still Life onwards, I'm not so keen on their really early work.

Absolutely friggin' mental band though, I love them more and more everytime I hear them, easily up there with Muse, Amplifier and Porcupine Tree as my fave bands.

Deliverance is so damn brutal :D .

You have to at least get the two albums before Still Life at some point - they are just as awesome as the later stuff, if not a little different in style. :D

[Clunge]

I'll have another go later, I'll start with MAYH, though it didn't grab me the first time I listened to it.

Steve Wilson was the best thing ever to happen to Opeth.

[Bradass]

Steve Wilson was the best thing ever to happen to Opeth.

Quoted For Truth.

[Cecily]

I saw them in 2005, but I wasn't able to appreciate them then :(

My favorutite album is Blackwater Park.

[progmetalfan]

I'll have another go later, I'll start with MAYH, though it didn't grab me the first time I listened to it.

If Demon of the Fall by itself doesn't grab you, then I guess there's no hope. :p Same goes for the first few tracks of Morningrise, although I didn't really like the album the first couple times I listened to it either, but now I definitely rank it up there with... well, all the other albums. :LOL:

Steve Wilson was the best thing ever to happen to Opeth.
Not sure I'd agree with that. I definitely liked his input on Blackwater Park, Deliverance and Damnation, but I think the albums would have been great with or without his help.

[red]

i saw opeth in november. was amazing.

anyone else realise the grand conjouration is a piece of shit which roadrunner requested lol. mainstream

[Clunge]

:stunned: .

I love The Grand Conjuration, tis one of my faves off GR.

[Bradass]

If Demon of the Fall by itself doesn't grab you, then I guess there's no hope. :p Same goes for the first few tracks of Morningrise, although I didn't really like the album the first couple times I listened to it either, but now I definitely rank it up there with... well, all the other albums. :LOL:


Not sure I'd agree with that. I definitely liked his input on Blackwater Park, Deliverance and Damnation, but I think the albums would have been great with or without his help.
I love Morningrise. In fact, I might even say Black Rose Immortal is their best song... maybe.

[Clunge]

'Rotting all over the world...


Hello....yes.....hello there!

Just a quick note to fill you (if you care) in on what's cooking and stuff....like that.....

Roundhouse/UK gig DVD: Well, the music is mixed and it sounds nothing less than awesome I must say. The film material is also edited and it looks great too! We went through a lot of fan interviews as well which was hilarious. Most of the interview material that was shot is going to be used, although there were severe audio problems with some and those can't be used for that reason. I was struck by how drunk all of you fuckers were....great!! I felt like partying myself watching it! All I can say is, it will be pretty good all in all....pretty fucking good indeed. Release date? Don't know right now, I guess late Spring. Title? I have it but will announce it later on opeth.com.

Next Opeth Lp: I'm writing and it's going quite well. I have around a dozen of song ideas. Some are downright evil sounding....a few Bathory (evil era 83-87) parts, some tech-death ones, some overblown prog ballad ones, one Nick Drake thing, one complete prog thing with triple harmony vocals, one evocative middle eastern psychedelic metal arrangement with falsetto vocals (not as wimpy sounding as you might think), one 70´s Scorpions sounding bit (like "Living and dying" type of stuff), one's totally murky forest-ish sounding dark prog-rock with loud vocals that shifts between major and minor, one tedious ugly/pretty little hobbit sounding symf part with moogs over a classical guitar, some soundtrack-ish sounding ones etc...
Yes, it's business as usual....

I don't know when or where we'll record but I guess late this year. I want to make sure it....rocks....somewhat! No titles, lyrics or anything like that so don't ask.

Wilson/Portnoy thingie: I don't know...maybe it's off, maybe it's on...I've no idea really....don't hold your breath.

Overall I feel good but my brain is making me sick as I feel (maybe too) inspired.

Listening to: A-ha, "Hunting high and low"...what a song! Tony Macalpine (some 80´s shred...I don't know why but I had to listen to him), Camel - Snow goose (got stuck in an endless airport que and needed to "calm down"), Jan Johansson - Jazz på Svenska (endless fave but listened to it as well for the above reason, same que), Judas Priest - Sad wings of destiny (If you ask why, you're a geek!).

Sorry, this message is fucked up and disjointed but that's where I'm at right now.

Hope all of you are well!
Best regards

Lars Mikael Åkerfeldt'

New update :happy: .

New DVD + album on it's way, and may I say, the album is going to be beastly!

[progmetalfan]

New DVD + album on it's way, and may I say, the album is going to be beastly!

That goes without saying. :p

Don't really like the news on the Portnoy/Wilson/Akerfeldt project. Was hoping that since they're all on the same label now that it might easier for them to get that on track, but I guess not. Ah well, I'm sure it'll get done eventually. :p

[Clunge]

The Grand Conjuration is quite possibly, the coolest song ever :cool:.

[red]

The Grand Conjuration is quite possibly, the coolest song ever :cool:.

if you like stuffing your hands up your arse, much better songs imo.


face of melinda > ALL

[Clunge]

Nah.

[red]

thats because you like that gay nu-fag-metal bullshit which they themselves said

"its a pussy track, but roadrunner force us to play it"

[Clunge]

And...?

I doesn't deflect the fact that I love the whole of Opeth's back catalogue to a similar degree. I'm just liking that song in particular at the moment.

Gawd.

[red]

its gayer than dale winton, just stepping out of a spray tan booth covered in gay

[Clunge]

Ghey.

[Mneme]

OK Clunge, Red, anyone!

Tell me about Opeth...recommend favourite and/or essential albums...

Begin! Remember, I don't know anything about their stuff--only heard of them! :p

[WONG the Ripper]

thats because you like that gay nu-fag-metal bullshit which they themselves said

"its a pussy track, but roadrunner force us to play it"

lol @ attempts to show off metal elitist skills at a muse board


Mneme, check out their albums Morningrise and Blackwater Park

[Clunge]

Mneme, start with Blackwater Park, it's Opeth at their height of greatness.

After that, I'd suggest getting both Deliverance and Damnation, Deliverance is a full album of completely heavy tracks and Damnation is a completely acoustic album.

Then have a look at one of their older albums, My Arms, Your Hearse would be my suggestion.

[progmetalfan]

Just remember, they don't sound anything like Porcupine Tree or anything like that. They're a completely different animal. A beast, really. :D

[Mneme]

Just remember, they don't sound anything like Porcupine Tree or anything like that. They're a completely different animal. A beast, really. :D

Do you mean they're heavier (or perhaps much heavier!) like Neurosis and Isis? More of a metal sound altogether? I'd check them on myspace but I'm at work!

Steven Wilson has worked with Opeth quite a bit, hasn't he? Collaboration and production work?

(btw, do you concur with the album recommendations given above? All thoughts welcome!)

[Clunge]

Opeth are the heaviest band I listen too.

Many of their songs are 10 minutes of sheer distortion and riffage with growling vocals on top, I could upload you a few tracks before you splash the cash on any albums if you want.

That said though, you can't go wrong with Blackwater Park, it's so good :happy:.

[Mneme]

.

That said though, you can't go wrong with Blackwater Park, it's so good :happy:.

I just read on Wiki that Blackwater Park is named for a German prog-rock band!

Thanks for the upload offer, but I've just ordered BP off Amazon--once again, for very little moolah...I have a lot of luck with them lately! Will check at the CDepot for the others you mentioned...

Thanks too, everyone, for the album suggestions!

[Thornography]

My favorite progressive death band. \m/

[Chizzleface]

Hasn't one of their guitarists quit recently?

[Clunge]

Yeah, Peter Lindgren left after 16 years :(.

Opeth are becoming more and more the 'Mikael Akerfeldt' band.

Ah well, as long as the next album is explosive :happy:.

[Mneme]

At this point in their history Opeth now have more former members than current ones--check this from Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opeth

I don't see any mention of Steven Wilson among them, however! :D

In other news, I'm still waiting on the arrival of Blackwater Park in the post...:(

[Clunge]

Well... Steve Wilson was never a member of Opeth really, he played and sung a few pieces of Blackwater Park and produced the album I believe, nout more than that.

His production is probably why it's my fave Opeth album though :happy:.

[Mneme]

Anybody seen Opeth live? Impressions?

SW works a lot with them, doesn't he? Think this has reflected on PT's sound lately? I've read a few reviews that say the band has taken a harder edge to their style, starting with In Absentia, but especially Deadwing on...

[Clunge]

I had the most awful dilemma with seeing Opeth, they were playing in Exeter only about 30 miles from where I live but on the same night I had tickets for Muse in Manchester :(.

If Opeth had of been supported by a band I liked, I would have gone to see them.

[Mneme]

Here's a dilemma (hypothetical, of course!) for you:

If Opeth had been supported by Amplifier, what would you have done? :p

[Clunge]

Well funnily enough, the big rumour going around was that Amplifier were going to support Opeth (and indeed they did on their European tour after their UK tour).

So yeah, if it had been Amplifier, I could have made a packet on my Muse ticket and seen Opeth and Amplifier :LOL:.

[Mneme]

Yes, it would have worked out quite nicely, and you prolly would have had plenty of cash left over for T-shirts from both bands!

Now that's a show I'd liked to have seen, Opeth + Amplifier! Talk about heavy...:p

After Blackwater Park, what would you suggest?

[Clunge]

Well... it really depends on what aspect of Opeth you like:

Raw/aggressive heaviness: 'My Arms, Your Hearse'
Proggy: 'Ghost Reveries'
Plain brutal heaviness: 'Deliverance'
Withdrawn, acoustic: 'Damnation'

Another album of theirs 'Still Life' which preceeded Blackwater Park is a fab album too.

To be honest, you can't really go wrong, though I wouldn't dive into their earlier work ('Morningrise' and 'Orchid') until you've had a good listen to their 'best' work so to speak ;).

[Mneme]

^Thanks as always, Clunge! Your recommendations are always full and informative! :)

Been looking at some reviews and pieces about the discography...just curious: how would you characterise "death metal vocals"? There's talk about growling and general heaviness, sometimes shouting...is that on the right track?

[Clunge]

Hmm, death metal vocals are generally very harsh, guteral sounding - it's often hard to distinguish what the vocalist is 'singing' and are generally more of an atmospheric/brutality thing rather than proper vocals.

Opeth are an exception to some degree, as more than 50% of their music I'd say is sung with clean vocals like any other band, often switching between clean and growling each line.

DM vocals are an aquired taste for sure, it took me a year to get into Opeth because I simply thought the vocals were ridiculous and spoilt the music itself but now I'm increasingly drawn to DM style growls. They can range from very very very deep, dark growls to high, rasping screams and fit incredibly well into Opeth's music I'll tell you that.

There's really not much more I can say, you'll need to listen for yourself. Suffice to say, if you find the vocals impenetrable, you won't fare well with Opeth's heavier moments :LOL:.

[amj8831]

BW park is indeed an amazing album. I'm also a massive fan of Morningrise and Ghost Reveries, and Damnation is entirely melodic sounding, great for sleeping.

Oh and I saw them at the Academy in Manchester. Funnily enough Muse were playing the MEN the same night! Although by then I'd already made the decision to see Opeth anyway.

Anyhoo, it was an incredible gig. I could hardly move my neck the next morning cos of all the head banging. Insane.

[Kamuph]

I like Opeth, i'm not fan, but sometimes i like to listen of them.
Now my favourite song is Face of Melinda.

But also are very good, the albums Ghost Reveries and Still Life are very good :) luv them :D also listen to Orchid sometimes :rolleyes:

[Clunge]

:happy:.

Opeth are the stuff.

[Aneta]

I love those guys! They're fuckin awesome! :D

I feel like listening to them right now :eek: <3 :happy:

[Aneta]

I like Opeth, i'm not fan, but sometimes i like to listen of them.
Now my favourite song is Face of Melinda.

But also are very good, the albums Ghost Reveries and Still Life are very good :) luv them :D also listen to Orchid sometimes :rolleyes:

oh, that's a pretty nice stuff :happy:

[Chizzleface]

Demon of the faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllllllllll!

[fairy lights]

I've listened to some Opeth for a while - I only have 3 albums Blackwater park, Damnation & Deliverence.

What should I get next?

[Stu]

I've listened to some Opeth for a while - I only have 3 albums Blackwater park, Damnation & Deliverence.

What should I get next?
I would say Still Life and/or Ghost reveries.
Then My Arms,Your Hearse.
Personally, I'd leave their first 2 albums (Orchid and Morningrise) until last - but thats just my 2 cents ;)

[Aneta]

I would say Still Life and/or Ghost reveries.
Then My Arms,Your Hearse.
Personally, I'd leave their first 2 albums (Orchid and Morningrise) until last - but thats just my 2 cents ;)

Stu!!!:happy:

[Clunge]

Deliverance is brutally brilliant :yesey:.

[Aneta]

Deliverance is brutally brilliant :yesey:.

+1 :yesey:

[Mona]

I love this band to bits now. Ghost Reveries <3

[Clunge]

Mmmm, I hope you have ventured further into their catalogue than Ghost Reveries though - it has some great choons but it can't match Deliverance or Blackwater Park for me.

[Mneme]

Did I mention that the copy of Blackwater Park that I'd ordered from Amazon got lost in the post? Can you believe it?! At least I got the proper refund...and as luck would have it, nothing, repeat NOTHING from Opeth at the local CD exchange!!! Don't worry--shall continue the attempt to secure BP (and anything else by our favourite Swedes!) :p

[Clunge]

Can't really go wrong with any Opeth :happy:.

Though personally, I'm not a great fan of Orchid, Morningrise or Still Life.

[progmetalfan]

Can't really go wrong with any Opeth :happy:.

Though personally, I'm not a great fan of Orchid

Would agree there, but not a fan of Morningrise or Still Life? Not good. :p

Blackwater Park is still my favourite. Even if it consisted of just Bleak, it would probably be my favourite. :D

[red]

wooooooo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Roundhouse_Tapes
The Roundhouse Tapes is a live double album by the Swedish progressive death metal band Opeth. The CD was recorded on November 9, 2006 and will be released on October 22, 2007. A DVD version of the album will be released in early 2008 and will include; fan interviews, band interviews, soundcheck footage, live photos and exclusive menu music written by Mikael Åkerfeldt and Per Wiberg.[1]

NEW LIVE DVD LDLDLDLDLD

[Clunge]

Wooo, can't wait for that :D.

[progmetalfan]

Looks like they're going to be touring with Dream Theater in the Spring.

Awesome. :D

[Clunge]

Not here though :(.

[susurr0]

From Mike's MySpace:
31 oct 2007


Life aint that bad!

On October 28 at 9:20 AM my wife gave birth to our second daughter, Mirjam Ebba Maria Åkerfeldt. She is so beautiful, just looking at her brings me to tears!
Who'd known that I, a bum from the Stockholm suburbs would be the father of 2 beautiful daughters? Yes guys! I am happy!

On top of that the album is now written and the demos sound fantastic! We will start recording it tomorrow actually! I don't wanna say too much but....gee, it is so fucking good!! If I may say so myself....Expected "delivery date" on this one is sometime in April/May 08.

On top of that (2)...my friends at PRS guitars and Laney decided to give me some early Christmas gifts. I had a stunning PRS Hollowbody II delivered and it's just awesome! Real ear and eye candy! And from Laney I got the new Lionheart mini stack which sounds beyond fantastic! That rig will be used quite a lot in the studio I'm sure!

Yes, you can probably say the last few days have been pretty fucking decent!
Cheers guys!
Mike

Hell yeah :D.

[Clunge]

New live album out very soon too :happy::happy::happy:.

[susurr0]

It's out now! since 23rd I think. Haven't listened to it yet though.


And new album + DVD next year :D.

[Clunge]

Mmm.

I may have to go and get The Roundhouse Tapes tomorrow :D.

Can't wait for the new album too, I hope it's brutal.

[susurr0]

Every single word Mike says about the new record sounds great.
I don't like Ghost Reveries a lot tbh, but this one is gonna be amazing :D.
Looking forward to hear the new guitarist, too.

[red]

i will be annoyed if they sell out imo. the middle of ghost riveries was shite.

[Clunge]

GR has some of my favourite Opeth stuff on of all time.

It also has easily some of my least favourite Opeth stuff on it. Descriptions of the new album though, give me much hope.

[Stu]

My copy of the Roundhouse Tapes has finally appeared. :happy:
Highlights for me are "Under The Weeping Moon" and "The Night and the Silent Water" as I prefer them to the studio versions (as I've never liked the production on Opeth's first two records)

By the way, these guys are part of the "Defenders of the Faith" Metal Hammer UK tour in April http://www.ents24.com/web/artist/102...ml?referer=rss

[Clunge]

No Cardiff :(.

[red]

gash. but BIRMINGHAM WOOWOWOWOWOWOOOOO!! i can fly home for that shit and itll be awesome!

[Clunge]

I'm not sure it's gonna be a full Opeth show though is it?

I'd wait until they do their own headline tour.

[Bradass]

I'm not sure it's gonna be a full Opeth show though is it?

I'd wait until they do their own headline tour.

I dunno, these package tour things are usually quite good, and I could definitely rope my metal nerd brother into coming.

Should be fun too since I haven't been to a proper metal show in ages and they are always more enjoyable than most.

[susurr0]

The Roundhouse Tapes is great :happy:.
Here is (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3UpH3qhP_UE) Bleak (pro-shot), from that show (a preview from the upcoming DVD).

And Mikael keeps updating his Myspace:
12 nov 2007
Axe nailed the drums in 7 days which is just beyind me! The guy is amazing! He went up at 8 am every morning and started pounding the drums until 6-7 pm. Then he started practising again after dinner, we had to tell him to stop playing. He's truly outdone himself. Listening to the drumtracks alone makes me wanna bang my fucking head, but my stale old-mans neck prevents me. We're recording a total of 11 songs, 3 of them are covers that we're doing since we had some extra time, the rest are originals out of which I think we'll leave one off the album. Anyways, it's already my favourite Opeth record, but I'm a boasting cunt so...who cares? [...] Tomorrow we'll start setting the rhythm guitar sound and it will be exciting! Or something like that, maybe not that exciting after all....
[...]
I've also recorded some vox for a friend of mine who's doing a solo album. I'm not sure if I can say who it is yet, but I guess it might interest some of you guys.

:)
The whole thing is here (http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=73885097&blogID=327814178)

[Clunge]

Woop!

Need to buy TRTs, and I cannot wait for album #9 :D.

[progmetalfan]

The live album is great. I've been a long time to hear a live version of Bleak, and it doesn't disappoint. :D

[Clunge]

I've heard that Axe butchers the drumming, yay/nay?

[Stu]

I've heard that Axe butchers the drumming, yay/nay?
Well to me the drumming is fine - not that I'm an expert or anything :LOL: but I do believe that Lopez is a better drummer.

[Clunge]

Well I do post on a few other music forums and people constantly bitch about Axe.

I agree that Lopez was much better, but what I've heard of TRTs has sounded fab. I'll pick this up when I'm next in town.

[progmetalfan]

Didn't pay too much attention to the drumming, but it sounded alright to me.

Probably would have noticed if it had sounded completely mediocre.

[Ocelot Robot]

I only just listened to this band today. :stunned:
They're really awesome, any albulms that are really worth getting?

[Stu]

I only just listened to this band today. :stunned:
They're really awesome, any albulms that are really worth getting?
All of them! :D
My personal faves are "Blackwater Park", "My Arms, Your Hearse" and "Still Life".

[susurr0]

All of them! :D
My personal faves are "Blackwater Park", "My Arms, Your Hearse" and "Still Life".
Yeah, those seem to be the most popular, but basically get their whole discography.

And, from the official site:
NOTE! "The Roundhouse Tapes" DVD (Live at the Camden Roundhouse 2006, HD filmed) release is now set to September 2008. The dvd will feature fan interviews, band interviews, soundcheck footage and live photos.

[Ocelot Robot]

All of them! :D
My personal faves are "Blackwater Park", "My Arms, Your Hearse" and "Still Life".

Blackwater Park is immense. :D
Are their older albulms more deaht metaly?

[Clunge]

Yes, a lot more. I'm not a great fan of their earlier stuff, Morningrise and Orchid but they're certainly a good listen.

[red]

axe is just a different style, far more jazzy, which is cool.

lopez is sick with the blast beats imo.

[Ocelot Robot]

I wish they'd of stayed a death metal band. :(

[progmetalfan]

I'd say they haven't really changed all that much, just evolved like most bands do.

And for anyone looking for a first album to get by Opeth, Blackwater Park is the one. It's got a little bit of everything. :D

[ScarredEyes]

I've a couple of tracks off BP, the title track is especially prog. It's like Yes on evil speed.

[Clunge]

I wish they'd of stayed a death metal band. :(
They're so much better now they've embraced a few other influences.

That's why I'm not a great fan of their early work, it doesn't have the proggy/trippy edge to it that their later stuff does.

[susurr0]

Well, they've always been progressive; it's just Mikael doesn't growl as much now, and he introduces more "normal" singing in their recent works.

[Clunge]

My favourite Opeth songs are ones like The Leper Affinity and Deliverance which combine all of th elements that make up Opeth in long, awesome pieces of music.

Top choons:

The Leper Affinity, Bleak, Blackwater Park, Deliverance, When, April Ethereal, Windowpane, By The Pain I See In Others, The Baying Of The Hounds, The Grand Conjuration and Godhead's Lament.

[Ocelot Robot]

My favourite Opeth songs are ones like The Leper Affinity and Deliverance which combine all of th elements that make up Opeth in long, awesome pieces of music.

Top choons:

The Leper Affinity, Bleak, Blackwater Park, Deliverance, When, April Ethereal, Windowpane, By The Pain I See In Others, The Baying Of The Hounds, The Grand Conjuration and Godhead's Lament.

I love The Leper Affinity!

[Clunge]

That's my fave Opeff song :happy:.

[Ocelot Robot]

That's my fave Opeff song :happy:.

Hybrid death metal bands are great though.

[progmetalfan]

Apparently the new album is all done.

Nothing else needs to be said. :party:

[Clunge]

Saw that today, apparantly it's much 'darker' than GR, with the most complex arrangements they've ever produced.

:D.

[progmetalfan]

Looks like the new album will be released May 30th.

Still sooooooo far way, so I hope that date might be a little off, but nonetheless a new Opeth album is a good thing, whenever it gets released. :D

[Nikora]

Oooo that's after they play here with Arch Enemy, wonder if they'll play new material. I may need to get a ticket :shifty:

[Clunge]

Can't wait for a proper UK tour :happy:.

May 30th!

[progmetalfan]

I may need to get a ticket :shifty:

May? :p

[BootlessEleanor]

I've started a thread for this ,but there's no harm in asking in here as well...

has anyone heard anything about Martin Lopez?

I'd really appreciate all information!!:)

[Clunge]

New album info:

The new Opeth album is ****ing amazing. I can't even describe how much of a simultaneous leap forward and left turn it is. One thing it's not is More Ghost Reveries. It opens with an acoustic song featuring a female co-vocalist (the new drummer's girlfriend, Natasha something). There's another song (sorry, I don't know titles on any of 'em - don't even know if titles are final yet) that sounds like the Moody Blues with occasional outbursts of loud guitar. And the second track on the disc (there are seven in all, adding up to a 55-minute running time) has possibly the most aggressive death parts they've ever recorded, plus a piano interlude, insane rhythmic shifts and unbelievable drumming from Axenrot - the whole track is like one big "here I am, **** you" to anybody who's gonna bitch about Lopez's absence. Plus strings. Lots of strings on the album, and oboes, flutes, church organ and various other keyboard sounds. Seriously, it's such a melange of prog and symphonic rock styles and sonic touchstones, but at the same time it's heavy as **** when it wants to be.

Sounds absolutely fucking IMMENSE :D.

[Clunge]

Swedish progressive metal titans OPETH have set "Watershed" as the title of their forthcoming album, due out on June 3 via Roadrunner Records (one day earlier internationally). The CD, recorded in the band's native Sweden and produced by frontman/guitarist Mikael Åkerfeldt and Jens Bogren, is a masterwork that follows the time-honored OPETH tradition; its modern yet timeless, progressive yet paying homage to the sounds of classic rock.

According to a press release, "Watershed" is truly one of those special records that cycles through a variety of moods, speeds and textures, complete with lots of subtleties and nuances of sound. Because of its expansive scope, "Watershed" is destined to land the album atop many "best-of" lists. Album opener "Coil" is a gorgeous acoustic number, featuring local folk vocalist Nathalie Lorichs, while "Heir Apparent" will knock listeners unconscious with its blunt force metal. Always one to defy the rules, OPETH posits sung vocals over artillery-like blast beats on "The Lotus Eater", cementing their reputation as innovators and redefiners.

"Watershed" combines elements of modern metal, prog rock, free jazz and hints of European folk music, all of which come together for a seamless, unique collection of songs that will leave an indelible mark upon all who listen.

The follow-up to 2005's "Ghost Reveries" is the first OPETH release to feature new guitarist Fredrik Åkesson and drummer Martin Axenrot and is the band's second effort for Roadrunner Records.

"Watershed" track listing:

01. Coil
02. Heir Apparent
03. The Lotus Eater
04. Burden
05. Porcelain Heart
06. Hessian Peel
07. Hex Omega

In a recent interview with Revolver magazine, Åkerfeldt stated about "Watershed", "The music is much more complex. The metal parts are even faster and a lot more technical than the last one. It's really hard to play some of this stuff. I mean, I wrote it and even I have trouble playing parts of it. I think it's going to be hard for some people to get into. It's definitely not a commercial-sounding record. The arrangements are exhausting. And it's much darker. Even the major patterns are very dark, while I think 'Ghost Reveries' had some light."

When asked if the songs were influences by anything musical, Mikael replied, I was hugely inspired by Scott Walker, who's an avant-garde artist and crooner. Last year he put out a record called 'The Drift', which is quite extreme and frightening, and it made a huge impact on me. Immediately, I wanted to do something like that. It just felt right. Also, with the situation the band has gone through over the last couple of years with the lineup changes, I just wanted it to be this way. I didn't want it to be a happy-sounding record."

YAYAYYAYAYY!

Awesome :D:D:D.

[Stu]

June is so far away!
Can't wait to hear what Axe and Akesson can do on an Opeth studio album.

[Clunge]

Mmm, some of the songs on MAYH are so brutal. April Ethereal, When and Demon Of The Fall in particular.

[Stu]

http://video.google.nl/videoplay?docid=52640108091399531&hl=nl
Heir Apparent sounds so goooood! :D

[Mona]

They're playing Hellfest. MUST SEE.

[Clunge]

:(.

I really really need to see them soon.

[Mona]

:(.

I really really need to see them soon.

Hellfest with moi? I'll tell my mum I'm going to visit Cardiff. :LOL: AND YOU CAN BE PROOF.

[Clunge]

Deal :cool:.

Hellfest is in France though, no? :LOL:. Surely the plan falls on it's arse a bit then :p.