Album Rating: 2.0

If this was a one off, it would def be less offensive. I would raise my rating to like a 2.01 if it was a one off

Album Rating: 3.5

‘This + Morningrise are probs the only two records I've heard from them where I feel like I can fuckin breathe’

By your criteria Damnation, Ghost Reveries and Watershed all count too - all have plenty of non-metal ‘breathing room’. Yes, Morningrise is their second best album - after Orchid of course, which unfortunately you will suffer from because it’s mostly suffocating and unforgiving blackened prog death with all rah rah vox (sorry, not for plebs such as yourself).

Album Rating: 2.0

Just tell him to listen to Deliverance

Album Rating: 3.5

to be fair even Orchid has delicate moments and the atmosphere gives it a unique vibe within their discog

Album Rating: 2.0

If he's looking for delicate moments, he should check out the first Bloodbath album with Akerfeldt

Album Rating: 3.7

Damnation is every bit as stuffy and considerably more boring than the metal records around it lol

Fwiw, I'm not just talking about overbearing heaviness - the BWP t/t is easily one of my favourite Opeth tracks, and that's basically a wall-to-wall riff fest - and it's not a superficial metal vs. acoustic issue. I find Opeth's atmosphere oppressive and heavy-handed. They *are* very good at switching styles to flesh out different aspects of that atmosphere, but that's because their 'clean' sections churn the murk far more often than they clear the air (particularly true for BWP/Ghost Revs/Deliverance, and on Still Life it veers further into jazz fusion territory, which endears itself to me even less eww). Over one or two choice songs, that's killer, but going through a whole album I find it homogenous as all hell (yes, you can consistently draw on two distinct elements to an overall homogenous end) and hella stifling

Morningrise comes to mind as an exception because the midsection of Night and the Silent Water/godlike bit on Black Rose Immortal/Bid You Farewell intro cut moments of *space* out of their respective tracks that lack the lingering density/unease of 90+% of later Opeth cleans, and I rate em a lot for it if even if the songwriting is choppy as hell

"Stop ruining your attention span then Johnny. ~10 minutes mixed style songs is where this band is at and the best albums are obviously meant for the whole experience"

Don't pull this crusty prog ol' card on me; I regularly listen to drone/ambient/glitch tracks well over 10 minutes that present a minuscule fraction of what you'd expect from your typical Opeth tracks, yet make much more satisfying use of the runtime because they're not filled to the brim with oversaturated goth-prog-cookie-monster cheap thrillz

Album Rating: 5.0

They're not your thing. It's ok!

Album Rating: 3.5

This looks very much like a tl;dr moment, but hmm okay then

Album Rating: 2.0

" I regularly listen to drone/ambient/glitch tracks well over 10 minutes "



Holy shit that sounds like the most boring experience ever. That's basically just like listening to airplane noises, ugh.



Listen to Opeth instead.

Album Rating: 3.5

I did listen to Gagaku for a solid hour this morning and I feel it scratches a similar itch, perhaps. Drone, I mean. Tim Hecker was really onto something with Konoyo

Album Rating: 4.5

"Holy shit that sounds like the most boring experience ever. That's basically just like listening to airplane noises, ugh."



This Classic Lucca Moment™ wouldn't be possible without the generous contributions of viewers like you

Album Rating: 4.5

Johnny also loves Kayo Dot and Isis to lil bits and pieces so the problem ain't abrasive screm dropping off into wistful spaced out interludes



"on Still Life it veers further into jazz fusion territory, which endears itself to me even less eww"



but damn tho I love when Mikael auditions for Weather Report lmao

Album Rating: 2.0

< 3



I am like the giving tree with my brilliant comments

Album Rating: 3.0

pornogrindtheater

Album Rating: 4.5

Honestly my first exposure to Opeth I thought their dm stuff sounded really samey... and then I listened to their albums more than once lol

Not that I'm totally comfortable comparing these bands but there's a similar thing to people who think all Tool sounds the same, like, yeah sort of, but immersing yourself in their sound really reveals the nuances in their stuff. Ghost Reveries and Morningrise begin to sound like entirely different bands

Album Rating: 4.5

Yeah



Morningrise sounds like a good band and Ghost Reveries sounds like a lame one, Heyo!



Also lol Lucca

Album Rating: 4.5

xD good one, but flip that

I jest I still like Morningrise quite a bit...

Album Rating: 3.5

man folklore is just really good

Album Rating: 5.0

Truth.



Album is a sweetie.

Album Rating: 4.0

This is a very good album. Agreed.