Opeth

[guitrguy]

Yeah I listen to lighter stuff in the summer, heavier stuff in the winter. My friend makes fun of me for listening to Sublime too much these days.
I listen to a quite a bit of sublime. I don't really change what I listen to by the season but by my mood.

[Jude]

I listen to a quite a bit of sublime. I don't really change what I listen to by the season but by my mood.
I do too, I guess the season just affects my mood and thus my music selection.

[Thor]

Does anyone else in here love "A Fair Judgement" like I do? It's the only song that has actually made me cry.

[Concubine]

Guys, i only have Morningrise, Still Life and Ghost Reveries. Which other Opeth's album should i get next??

[Thor]

Guys, i only have Morningrise, Still Life and Ghost Reveries. Which other Opeth's album should i get next??
*cough Blackwater Park cough*

[Killtacular]

Correct. Also, Deliverance.

[guitrguy]

And Damnation.... hell man finish it off with Orchid.

[Thor]

You might as well just get all of them, they each have their own special qualities that add to to the Opeth legacy.

[Nostalgia]

Yeah, Orchid's my favorite album. The twilight is my robe is one of the best songs I've heard, such emotion.

I actually haven't listened to too much of My arms, your hearse. Pretty good album, right?

[Slapping Penguin]

Perhaps I'm just a little dissappointed with the setlist (could have been slightly better, imo), or that I ended up stuck with a chick who wasn't enjoying herself for the majority of it. Maybe I just have my knickers in a twist because I've had 4 hours sleep in the last two days. Anyway, none of that stuff is even remotely Opeth's wrongdoing. I guess I just didn't enjoy myself as much as I thought I would have.

Yeah, I didn't think the setlist was that amazing, but did like don't get me wrong.

The opening riff to Wreath crushes souls into Damnation.

PS: Blackwater Park the song is soo good.

[Rotarubehc]

Yeah, Orchid's my favorite album. The twilight is my robe is one of the best songs I've heard, such emotion.

I actually haven't listened to too much of My arms, your hearse. Pretty good album, right?
MAYH is a Great album. Don't associate me with black metal die hard fan but the weak production contributes to the whole sound - dark and dirty.

And yes twilight is my robe is the best song on orchid.

[Stoo]

/Is bidding for Damnation and Deliverance on eBay.

35 Quid. Not bad for both.

:smoke:

[Crysiss]

MAYH is a Great album. Don't associate me with black metal die hard fan but the weak production contributes to the whole sound - dark and dirty.

And yes twilight is my robe is the best song on orchid.

My favorite song is The Apostle In Triumph:)


Just thought I should bump.

[Stormrider]

Twilight is my Robe was the first song off the album that I heard. Fell in love with it right away. Looked for tabs for it but never found any PT...

I have yet to pick up that album...something I said I would do many times in here...

[Crysiss]

Do you still not have a PT for it?

[Stormrider]

Still don't have one...never found one.

[Crysiss]

They have tons of GP versions.

[Cardboard Headgear]

/Is bidding for Damnation and Deliverance on eBay.

35 Quid. Not bad for both.

:smoke:
I always forget how bad you brits get ripped off on cds and video games and the like. That's a ludicrous amount for 2 cds!

[Stormrider]

They have tons of GP versions.

Yeah, I know. I don't have GP though :p My friend could get it for me, so its ok.

[Trooper Rabbit]

These guys are one of my all-time favorite bands. They are certainly not afraid to make a song longer than the norm, which is definently something I like because you can't really say to much or convey a message with a 5-minute long song.

[Stoo]

I always forget how bad you brits get ripped off on cds and video games and the like. That's a ludicrous amount for 2 cds!
Well, yeah... but that's because it's bidding, In the shops I'd get them for about 8 pound each.

Anyway, I found a "Buy it Now" price on both of them. So I ordered both.

That completes my Opeth collection. :smoke:
These guys are one of my all-time favorite bands. They are certainly not afraid to make a song longer than the norm, which is definently something I like because you can't really say to much or convey a message with a 5-minute long song.
I'm sure The 'Peth boys would find a way. :p

[Flynn]

Yeah, Orchid's my favorite album. The twilight is my robe is one of the best songs I've heard, such emotion.


:chug: <3 Orchid. In Mist She Was Standing is a very great song, my personal favorite from the album.


I actually haven't listened to too much of My arms, your hearse. Pretty good album, right?


After I bought and listened to Morningrise for a few months, I bought MAYH, listened to it and thought at the time it was Opeth's worst album of the 3. I never listened to it after the first listen, until a few months later. I listened to it on the headphones when I went to sleep almost every night, later memorized all the lyrics and just recently it happened to occur to me that this is their best work to date. I couldn't stand the album at first, but it broke a barrier in my musical taste. There's something about MAYH that burned in my head, and I can't explain how.

As of now, here's my updated Top Five Opeth Songlist:

1. Epilogue
2. Black Rose Immortal
3. In Mist She Was Standing
4. Karma
5. Master's Apprentices

[Insipid2000]

From my selection (at the moment)

1. Bleak
2. The Moor
3. Demon of the Fall
4. Black Rose Immortal
5. The Drapery Falls

but its probably going to change soon.

[Stoo]

^^ Bleak No.1 for me too. :smoke:

[Tyr]

1. Serenity Painted Death
2. Demon of the Fall
3. Master's Apprentices
4. Face of Melinda
5. The Leper Affinity

That's my top 5 at the moment, I think.

[guitrguy]

1. In My Time Of Need
2. By the Pain I see in Others
3. Black Rose Immortal
4. Baying of the Hounds
5. Harvest

How about top 5 fav non Opeth bands

1. Age of Silence
2. Winds
3. Dark Tranquillity
4. The Beatles
5. Novembers Doom

[Txus]

My top 5 at the moment would be something like this:
1. The Moor
2. Serenity Painted Death
3. In My Time Of Need
4. The Funeral Portrait
5. Bleak

My top 5 non Opeth bands at the moment would be hmmm...
1. Agalloch
2. Tool
3. Einherjer
4. Haggard
5. Vintersorg

[Tyr]

Top 5 besides Opeth right now:
1. Tool
2. Queensrÿche
3. Pain of Salvation
4. Blind Guardian
5. Meshuggah

[JamJar]

Top 5 besides Opeth at the moment:

1. Pain Of Salvation
2. Tool (Get to hear new album for the first time on Monday :))
3. Iron Maiden
4. The Mars Volta
5. Dredg

[MidnightRider]

1. Black Rose Immortal
2. Blackwater Park
3. Windowpane
4. Serenity Painted Death
5. The Twilight Is My Robe

1. Grateful Dead
2. A Perfect Circle
3. The Allman Brothers
4. The Beatles
5. The Who

My top 5 bands changes almost daily.

[RustedPieces]

1. Porcupine Tree
2. Black Label Society
3. Oasis
4. Megadeth
5. Metallica

[AA-12]

I really can't pick my top songs. Every song by them is just sooooo good.

[guitrguy]

I really can't pick my top songs. Every song by them is just sooooo good.
Well what 5 songs do you find yourself listening to the most?

[Kreator2112]

I watched Lamentations again last night, I noticed that the 'heavier album', Deliverance, is only half heavy ;(.

Also, their isn't Demon of the Fall on Lamentations, upsets me greatly.

[Stoo]

Wtf does half heavy mean?

And it was only songs from Blackwater Park onwards they were playing.

[guitrguy]

Wtf does half heavy mean?

And it was only songs from Blackwater Park onwards they were playing.
Probably that Deliverance songs still had some moments of clean vocals and guitars.

[Kreator2112]

Yes, like Master's Apprentice, it goes into this crazy death like intro, then half way into the song, it cuts off and goes to clean guitar and vocals. It disappoints me.

And Opeth usually ends with Demon of the Fall, which is why im surprised it wasnt on the dvd.

[guitrguy]

Yes, like Master's Apprentice, it goes into this crazy death like intro, then half way into the song, it cuts off and goes to clean guitar and vocals. It disappoints me.
Dude thats how Opeth is....

[Kreator2112]

Well then they should have said, "Tonight were gonna do two sets, one that is softer, and later, one that is SLIGHTLY HEAVIER IN THE FACT THAT WE USE DISTORTION AND GROWL ON THE INTRO'S BUT NOTHING ELSE"

[Stoo]

How long have you been into Opeth?

That's why Opeth are one of the best bands in the world today man.

they don't have many songs without clean vocals and soft parts.

[Kreator2112]

Well two years, I know that is expected but I don't know. Im tired of listening to heavy stuff for 2 minutes, then forced to listen to the lighter progressive stuff for another 7.

[Stoo]

Listen to something else?

[Kreator2112]

Yea, I have been..too much hxc :(

[Stoo]

I see...

NP - An Awesome Opeth song with beautiful clean vocals and acoustic playing. :p

[guitrguy]

Well two years, I know that is expected but I don't know. Im tired of listening to heavy stuff for 2 minutes, then forced to listen to the lighter progressive stuff for another 7.
You need to get your proportions right before you can start to complain.

[Kreator2112]

Sometimes I get sick of the soft stuff. I never said I couldn't stand it. I love Damnation. Death Whispered a Lullaby, In My Time of Need...its all good stuff.

[Alex]

being able to go from a whirldwind of heavy riffs to these clean sections are what make Opeth the amazing talents that they are.

[Kreator2112]

maybe my tastes are just going heavier..again..

[Alex]

i dont know, my taste in music right now is fixed on Lamb of God, but i still LOVE opeth for their talent.... whatever

[penelope weird hands]

Top 5 for now..
1. The Funeral Portrait
2. Blackwater Park
3. Serenity Painted Death
4. By The Pain I See In Others
5. Moonlapse Vertigo

heh, I am such a Blackwater Park/Still Life slut.

For bands I would have to say..
1. Tool
2. The Smashing Pumpkins
3. Mastodon
4. Jeff Buckley
5. Mr. Bungle

I think the best thing about Opeth is their juxtaposition of clean/heavy parts.
It adds a lot more mood(s) and gives a much broader variety of soundscapes to their songs with them being able to add different sonic elements.. not to mention the expanse and opportunity of songwriting capabilities they get from being very open to dynamics.

[Tyr]

I watched Lamentations again last night, I noticed that the 'heavier album', Deliverance, is only half heavy ;(.

Also, their isn't Demon of the Fall on Lamentations, upsets me greatly.
They didn't have rights to any of their old stuff at the time of the concert, so they could just play stuff from BWP, Deliverance and Damnation. In fact they did play Demon of the Fall as an encore, but it's not on the DVD.

[Shadius]

Well then they should have said, "Tonight were gonna do two sets, one that is softer, and later, one that is SLIGHTLY HEAVIER IN THE FACT THAT WE USE DISTORTION AND GROWL ON THE INTRO'S BUT NOTHING ELSE"

er...

I can't think of one Opeth song that's anything like what you just described.

Most of their songs are fairly balanced between heavy and soft, many of their songs even have more heavier parts than soft parts as well. Very few songs are noticably way more soft than heavy unless they're actually completely clean songs.

[Thor]

er...

I can't think of one Opeth song that's anything like what you just described.

Most of their songs are fairly balanced between heavy and soft, many of their songs even have more heavier parts than soft parts as well. Very few songs are noticably way more soft than heavy unless they're actually completely clean songs.
Exactly. There are very few Opeth sogns that solely feature heavy material, so it would kind of be impossible for them to only scream the entire time.

Plus, who cares? The set was awesome!:thumb:

[Crysiss]

I didnt know they played DOTF as an encore:eek:

[Shadius]

I didnt know they played DOTF as an encore:eek:

/sarcasm?

[Crysiss]

Nope. Not at all.

[Darkness]

Nope. Not at all.
And you call yourself an Opeth fan? :p

[Crysiss]

umm yea? I dont know I had to research everything they do to be a fan:upset:

[Darkness]

:lol: It's just it's like their trademark song, they've played at every live show as an encore untill this year.

[Shattered_Future]

I think he meant on the DVD, he didn't know they played it as an encore...

I didn't know that either. They should've screwed over the record company and gotten the rights to it.

I still think Deliverance made a better closer, even though I've never witnessed DOTF live.

[Kreator2112]

yea ive witnessed DOTF live, and it was god like

[Darkness]

yea ive witnessed DOTF live, and it was god like
Me to... I had to take my glasses off for that one. :D

[Stoo]

I didn't know they played DOTF in the Lamentations set.

I've seen it live though. :cool:

[guitrguy]

umm yea? I dont know I had to research everything they do to be a fan:upset:
:lol: It's just it's like their trademark song, they've played at every live show as an encore untill this year.
Hahah owned

[Crysiss]

I think he meant on the DVD, he didn't know they played it as an encore...

I didn't know that either. They should've screwed over the record company and gotten the rights to it.

I still think Deliverance made a better closer, even though I've never witnessed DOTF live.

Hes right. I just assumed for some reason that you guys knew what I was talking about.

Hahah owned
Im aware that they play that as an encore alot. Just that I didnt know they played it on the Lamentations DVD.

[Kreator2112]

Hahah owned

Hahah owned

[Darkness]

Hes right. I just assumed for some reason that you guys knew what I was talking about.

Im aware that they play that as an encore alot. Just that I didnt know they played it on the Lamentations DVD.
Yeah, that's my bad. I didn't really pay attention to the posts above.

Slick edit on that one post though. :p

[Crysiss]

Yea. I kinda got pissed because of something I didnt know about the DVD. But I decided to let it go and make me the asshole:D

[Stoo]

You got pissed off because you didn't know EVERYTHING about one DVD...

[Crysiss]

damn, How did you know?:p

C'mon guys, I just didnt know they played that as an encore. Dont rag on me:upset:

[Stoo]

I didn't either what the ****s the big deal?

[guitrguy]

Hahah owned
Do you have down syndrome?

[Killtacular]

I do.






Edit: Wait, no I don't.

[Stoo]

Half Life 2 is awesome ^^

[Crysiss]

Man, BWP the song is amazing! I just started listening to it alot.

[Stoo]

Just...? :eek:

Np - Remember Tomorrow.

[Crysiss]

Well, I usually shift through albums every month or so. I just started listening to Blackwater Park a couple days ago. My favorite track from that album was Dirge For November. Now its the title track.

Remember Tomorrow is awesome. I prefer the Opeth version mainly because of Mikaels singing.

[Stoo]

My fav track from Blackwater Park is Bleak.
My fav Opeth track is Bleak.

:smoke:

Although, not really, I love so many of their songs, it's just Bleak was the first. <3

[vashts80]

Bleak ftw. Mike and Steve harmonizing > all.

[Shadius]

My fav track from Blackwater Park is Bleak.
My fav Opeth track is Bleak.

:smoke:

Although, not really, I love so many of their songs, it's just Bleak was the first. <3

Bleak was one of the first Opeth songs I really liked, now I just think it's a fairly average Opeth song, there are a lot of better opeth songs, it's still very good though.

[Stoo]

Bleak was one of the first Opeth songs I really liked, now I just think it's a fairly average Opeth song, there are a lot of better opeth songs, it's still very good though.
Yeah, as I've gotten more into them, I realise that it's not THE best.

But still...:smoke:

[guitrguy]

Bleak ftw. Mike and Steve harmonizing > all.
When I first read this I was like: "who the hell is Steve?". Then I realized you meant Steve Wilson.

[Crysiss]

I like the dissonance they use in it:)

When I first read this I was like: "who the hell is Steve?". Then I realized you meant Steve Wilson.

I thought that too:lol:

[Darkness]

Man, BWP the song is amazing! I just started listening to it alot.
And you call yourself an Opeth fan?

:lol:

[Kreator2112]

Bleak ftw. Mike and Steve harmonizing > all.

whats ftw stand for? and why is it so hard to type these acronyms out?

[guitrguy]

OMG he does have Down Syndrome!!!!

FTW = For The Win

[Kreator2112]

Do I have Down Syndrome?

d0Wn WiF sYnDr0m3

[CRONITOR]

Opeth is an amazing band, though the only album I own is Blackwater Park. I should probably go buy some more actually.

[guitrguy]

Opeth is an amazing band, though the only album I own is Blackwater Park. I should probably go buy some more actually.
You most definetely should.

[Crysiss]

And you call yourself an Opeth fan?

:lol:

No, lol. I've own BWP for over 6 months. Its just that I listen to different albums at one time. For a month or so, it was Orchid. Now Im getting back into BWP.

[Kreator2112]

No, lol. I've own BWP for over 6 months. Its just that I listen to different albums at one time. For a month or so, it was Orchid. Now Im getting back into BWP.

Lol @ 6 months, I've been rotating albums for like 3 years

edit: over 6 months*

[guitrguy]

Lol @ 6 months, I've been rotating albums for like 3 years

edit: over 6 months*
so....

[Crysiss]

I know this a double post but Im just bumping the thread, So i guess its ok.

Does anyone check out the Photoshopeth thread in their official forums? Theres some funny stuff in there. And theres some pretty cool looking stuff as well.

[guitrguy]

I have never been in their official forums.

[Det_Nosnip]

I drop in every once and a while.

[Crysiss]

Me too, But MX is home to me:)

[Stormrider]

I've been on it once...wasn't there for long though.

[Crysiss]

There community is a hard one to get into. But I've met alot of cool people on there.

Like the guys from Novembers Doom, I talk to them on AIM once in awhile:)

[Stormrider]

I'de get nervous talking to band members :p

[Crysiss]

Thats how I was at first. Like, do I talk about their music. Do I praise them.

I just stayed cool and talked to them how I talk to respectable people.

[pate]

I'm there everyday. Photoshopeth is great. I've done two or three (lame) ones.

[Jude]

The Photoshopeth thread was awesome but it died about 20 pages ago. I go on those forums occasionally, but I don't like it because of the extremely high amount of elitists, assholes, wankers, idiots and jerks, etc. Although it is cool because Mike posts on there periodically.

[Thor]

There community is a hard one to get into. But I've met alot of cool people on there.

Like the guys from Novembers Doom, I talk to them on AIM once in awhile:)
The MX community is a pretty harsh one, too. People won't listen to you usually unless you have a certain post count.

[Crysiss]

I see what you mean. Back when I had a less than 1000 post count, I got no respect at all

[Thor]

I see what you mean. Back when I had a less than 1000 post count, I got no respect at all
MX is a tough place. I guess you could consider it "forum hazing" :lol:

I still don't get all too much repsect, even with my post count. The BM Thread people just don't like me because I'm into Dimmu and Cradle.

[Crysiss]

lol those bands are enjoyable. I rarely go into BM for that very reason.

Im not tr00 enough.

Well, I think this is the most spam I've ever seen in this thread. Shall we continue or stop:p

[Thor]

lol those bands are enjoyable. I rarely go into BM for that very reason.

Im not tr00 enough.

Well, I think this is the most spam I've ever seen in this thread. Shall we continue or stop:p
Sure, let's stop before we get yelled at. :thumb:

So....Demon of the Fall owns, yes?

[Shattered_Future]

I know I'm gonna catch flak for this, but I consider it entirely average...

[Crysiss]

Demon Of The Fall is awesome. Though my favorite track off MAYH is When. I love the intro:)

[Jude]

The MX community is a pretty harsh one, too. People won't listen to you usually unless you have a certain post count.
Just to point out some comparisons, MX is harsher than some places, but I think it's mostly in a good way. Some forums have no tolerance whatsoever for criticism of stupidity. MX keeps idiocy down to a healthy level by members flaming people that say stupid things...in some places you'll be threatened with a ban if you're even slightly rude.

On the other hand, the extreme the Opeth forum goes to is bad too...everyone is just a dick to each other.

Demon isn't a bad song (pretty much no Opeth song is) but I really don't think it's that much of a standout track at all. The chorus kicks ***, sure, but aside from that it's really nothing special. April Ethereal and When are way better than it, on the album alone.

[Shadius]

I know I'm gonna catch flak for this, but I consider it entirely average...

I used to think that, but it clicked with me, now it's one of my favourite Opeth songs.

Oh, and I agree with Crysiss, When IS the best song on MAYH.

Followed closely by Demon of the Fall and April Ethereal. The rest of the album is great too.

[Toaster]

Eh. Demon was my first Opeth song, I liked it the first time I heard it, and I still do. It's not one of their best, I don't think, but it's a great simple song that comes across well live.

[Killtacular]

On the other hand, the extreme the Opeth forum goes to is bad too...everyone is just a dick to each other.
What the hell is wrong with you, you ****-eyed dick missle? Don't be such a ****in' ****-hole all the goddamned time. ****in' poo-head.










:p

[Jude]

What the hell is wrong with you, you ****-eyed dick missle? Don't be such a ****in' ****-hole all the goddamned time. ****in' poo-head.
:lol: A fairly good summary of the average post there.

[Thor]

I know I'm gonna catch flak for this, but I consider it entirely average...
Don't worry, I used to feel the same way. I just love it for it's sheer rage and agression. I can understand why people always want to hear it live.

The part where Mikael actually screams "Demon! Demon of the Fall!" is the best part of the song and I think it's the coolest part on the album.

[Deth]

I absolutely love the way Martin uses the snare drum on MAYH. The intro of When and Karma and the chorus of Demon come to mind. I don't really know how to describe it but it rules.

[guitrguy]

The part where Mikael actually screams "Demon! Demon of the Fall!" is the best part of the song and I think it's the coolest part on the album.
I think most Opeth fans would agree with you on that.

[Kage]

I never hear any songs from MAYH getting discussed except Demon of the Fall, When and April Ethereal. And Karma gets an occaisonal mention, I suppose.

DotF was my first Opeth song, I was blown away, but have since become less than enthralled with it.

[Darkness]

The Amen Corner deserves praise. I love that song. That intro is so sick.

[guitrguy]

The Amen Corner deserves praise. I love that song. That intro is so sick.
They did play that at the show I went too.

[Jude]

I never hear any songs from MAYH getting discussed except Demon of the Fall, When and April Ethereal. And Karma gets an occaisonal mention, I suppose.

DotF was my first Opeth song, I was blown away, but have since become less than enthralled with it.
Honestly I don't think MAYH is that great of an album. Along with Orchid, it is probably my least favorite. April Ethereal does rule though.

[Darkness]

They did play that at the show I went too.
Yeah same. That definatly helped my love for it grow.

[Crysiss]

The Amen Corner deserves praise. I love that song. That intro is so sick.

You mean the real intro or the requiem outro?

EDIT: well damn, I dont think anyone would say that the requiem outro is sick:lol:

[Darkness]

You mean the real intro or the requiem one?
What? This is My Arms, Your Hearse dude. Not Orchid. The intro is Madigral. That rules, but so does the actual songs intro.

[Crysiss]

My bad, If been losing it lately. I was thinking of the Apostle In Triumph:upset:

[Darkness]

My bad, If been losing it lately. I was thinking of the Apostle In Triumph:upset:
I was waiting for one of your ninja edits to take place... I still had the original quote, so there was no excaping. :lol:

[Crysiss]

Hey im not ashamed lol.

I just have those days where I over think. But damn, your mean. :lol:

[guitrguy]

I was waiting for one of your ninja edits to take place... I still had the original quote, so there was no excaping. :lol:
Escaping... no ninja edit here either

[Crysiss]

Dude, how could let this thread go to page 3:upset:

Least favorite 'peth song anyone?

Mine is Harlequin Forest. The intro is weak and Mikaels singing is boring. IMO

[Stoo]

I have never thought of my least favourite.

[JamJar]

My least favourite would go to The Funeral Portrait. It bores me to death.

[BurningSky]

I just listened to In The Frost of Winter for the first time...

That song is just plain terrible. All album-worthy Opeth is amazingly awesome after listening to that (even the weaker tracks)...

[Crysiss]

Well, it is a rehearsal track from before they even recorded Orchid. They were amateur of course.

So C'mon stoo, tell us yours.

[Stoo]

I really don't know.

I actually listened to The Funeral Portrait the other day and it's really good!

Hmm... Dirge for November...

[Crysiss]

Dirge For November is my favorite song:D

Its cool that one opeth fan wont like one song and another will love it.

I like the funeral portrait as well.

[Jude]

Least favorite Opeth song is hard to say. I always thought Credence was kind of weak. And I've never really liked Hours of Wealth.

[Crysiss]

123 on Hours Of Wealth.

I love the outro to Credence though.

[Stoo]

Don't like the intro riff in Godhead's Lament, puts me off.

[Stormrider]

The clean singing part should make for it though :p

I don't mind the intro...

[Shattered_Future]

Love Godhead's Lament. Favorite song off of SL.

[Darkness]

But damn, your mean. :lol:
Naaaaaah. :p


I don't really have a least favorite Opeth song, theres none that I HAVE to skip when I put an album on, which is rare right now...

[Toaster]

Least favorite Opeth song is hard to say. I always thought Credence was kind of weak. And I've never really liked Hours of Wealth.

I freaking love Hours of Wealth. Come on, the singing is great!!

Death Whispered a Lullaby is probably my least favourite Opeth song, but like Dunkelheit said, there's really nothing I would skip.

[Darkness]

Oh wait, I just rememberd. I do skip Death Whispered a Lullaby. :p :lol:

[Stormrider]

I don't think I ever listened to the whole song :-/

NP Death - Crystal Mountain

[Toaster]

Oh wait, I just rememberd. I do skip Death Whispered a Lullaby. :p :lol:

Haha, well I usually skip the whole album!

oshi

[Darkness]

Haha, well I usually skip the whole album!

oshi
Oh.. I usually only skip the one track. :lol:

[Super Nintendo]

i've never heard any opeth song, but i wanna do it so which ones are the best?

[Jude]

i've never heard any opeth song, but i wanna do it so which ones are the best?
One from each album:

Orchid - The Twilight is my Robe
Morningrise - Black Rose Immortal
MAYH - April Ethereal
Still Life - The Moor
BWP - Bleak
Deliverance - Deliverance
Damnation - Death Whispered a Lullaby (don't listen to these wankers hating on the song, it rules)
Ghost Reveries - Ghost of Perdition

[Darkness]

BWP - Bleak
Why would you waste the man's time? He wants to get INTO Opeth, after all. Try The Leper Affinity or The Drapery Falls from Blackwater Park. :D

[The Leper Messiah]

Or he could try Blackwater Park, since it's an awesome song.

[PeEpHoLe_10]

My favourites from each album:
Orchid:Only Opeth album i dont own.
Morningrise:To Bid You Farewell
My Harms Your Hearse:April Ethereal
Still Life:White Cluster/Face Of Melinda
Blackwater Park:The Lepper Affinity(Favourite Opeth song)
Deliverane: Deliverance/Masters Aprentice
Damnation:Closure/Windowpane
Ghost Reveries:Beneath The Mire

[Stoo]

I see it's turning into Opeth lists again.

/Resists temptation.

[Kreator2112]

I like DOTF rather than April Ethereal, but I guess thats my style, also In My Time of Need more than Death. Of course Twillight is My Robe owns all.

i've never heard any opeth song, but i wanna do it so which ones are the best?

All opeth is the best.

[JamJar]

I'll complile my list because I can:

Opeth - I haven't listened to it enough
Morningrise - To Bid You Farewell
My Arms Your Hearse - When
Still Life - The Moor
Blackwater Park - The Drapery Falls
Deliverence - Deliverence
Damnation - Closure
Ghost Reveries - Ghost Of Perdition

[Mother]

When it comes to Ghost Reveries I prefer Harlequin Forest/Reverie rather than Ghost Predition And Beneath The Mire.

[Shadius]

I'll complile my list because I can:

Opeth - I haven't listened to it enough
Morningrise - To Bid You Farewell
My Arms Your Hearse - When
Still Life - The Moor
Blackwater Park - The Drapery Falls
Deliverence - Deliverence
Damnation - Closure
Ghost Reveries - Ghost Of Perdition

Replace Closure with In My Time of Need, Windowpane, To Rid the Disease or Hope Leaves, and you win.

[JamJar]

To be honest, I like every song on Damnation just as much as eachother really.

[Shadius]

Yeah, the only bits I don't like are the chorus of Death Whispered A Lullaby and Weakness.

Closure is my least favourite other than those two, but it's still a really good song.

[Jude]

What is it that everyone hates about DWAL? I think it's one of the better tracks on the album.

[Kreator2112]

Its kinda hard for me to judge the type of music thats on damnation, i just dont listen to it enough

[JamJar]

I absoultely adore DWAL. It was my favourite on my album for a long time and still is one of my favourites. All the songs on that album are too good. (That includes Weakness)

[Killtacular]

Hope Leaves tops the Damnation album.

But I do have a weak spot for Ending Credits.

[BurningSky]

DWAL is my favorite as well. The dissonant harmonies are amazing, and it is tied with Windowpane for the most fun song to play on the album on bass...

[csl316]

i've never heard any opeth song, but i wanna do it so which ones are the best?

well, i got into Opeth with the Blackwater Park album. i'd recommend buying it, listening to Patterns in the Ivy and BWP (last two songs on the album), then starting from the beginning of the album and working your way through :thumb:

then get deliverance and damnation and work your way back

it might seem odd, but it worked for me.. a year and a half later and i have all the albums, and im learning Black Rose Immortal on guitar.. along with any other tabs i can get my hands on... :rolleyes:

hello, i'm new (long time lurker who found some amazing music through this site). and i have two whole posts now, hurrah :chug:

[Duman]

well, i got into Opeth with the Blackwater Park album. i'd recommend buying it, listening to Patterns in the Ivy and BWP (last two songs on the album), then starting from the beginning of the album and working your way through :thumb:

then get deliverance and damnation and work your way back

it might seem odd, but it worked for me.. a year and a half later and i have all the albums, and im learning Black Rose Immortal on guitar.. along with any other tabs i can get my hands on... :rolleyes:

hello, i'm new (long time lurker who found some amazing music through this site). and i have two whole posts now, hurrah :chug:

Exactly the way I did it.

[JamJar]

The first Opeth song I heard was Harvest in about October '05, I loved it. I then downloaded Blackwater Park and Bleak, and was totally shocked that I didn't mind the growling. Those three songs then grew to have the highest play counts on my computer and then I downloaded the rest of BWP and I've loved Opeth since.

[Stoo]

1st 2 songs I downloaded were Black Rose Immortal and Bleak...

Just so happens Bleak downloaded quicker and that's the first song I heard. :chug:

[penelope weird hands]

Yeah, my Opeth de-flowering occured when I heard bits of Bleak followed by Blackwater Park on my mates Winamp after a party in the morning whilst hungover.

My first cigarette of the morning didn't matter to me anymore as I was in awe at what I was hearing.
I swiftly finished the rest of my cig, ran downstairs and asked something to the effect of.. "Who the fvck are these guys!??! GIVE ME NOW, K? K."

I then got Blackwater Park (album) and have never looked back.

Opened me up to a lot of new music.
Good times.

[Shadius]

What is it that everyone hates about DWAL? I think it's one of the better tracks on the album.

Don't get me wrong. I love the song, minus the chorus, which I find totally uninspired and repetitive. "Sleep, sleep my child". rinse. repeat.

The verse and the rest is brilliant.

[Thor]

I actually thought Death Whispered a Lullaby was a pretty good song. Sure the lyrics aren't the best, but some of the guitar parts on there are incredibly fun to listen to, just like the rest of Damnation.

My copy of Still Life finally came, and now I have every single Opeth album, and their DVD. Go me! :chug:

[csl316]

the spaced out guitars in DWAL sell it for me. i listened to it the first time before drifting off to sleep, and i was all "whooooooaaaa!!"

made my fascination with echoey and spacey effects what it is today!

[Thor]

the spaced out guitars in DWAL sell it for me. i listened to it the first time before drifting off to sleep, and i was all "whooooooaaaa!!"

made my fascination with echoey and spacey effects what it is today!
Well for echoes in Opeth their first album is pretty good for that. Whenever Mikael whispers (like in In the Mist She Was Standing) it's loaded with crazy echoes so it's even hard to understand at times. It's still pretty cool though.

...and the song "Weakness" is loaded with weird noises.

[csl316]

I have Orchid, but that's the one album I always tend to ignore..

i did a big Opeth feature in my college paper when i reviewed Ghost Reveries (a small history, with mini reviews for all the albums and lamentations. took up two whole pages, it was awesome). I only gave Orchid 3.5 stars out of 5, where everything else was 4 and above, though i mentioned that some Opeth fans love it dearly

what am i missing with Orchid? i used to hate Morningrise and even Still Life... i havent listened to it in months, maybe ill give it a spin later

as for Weakness, that song is great. one of my "perfect" music moments was driving through my neighborhood at 4 a.m. on a chilly winter night, then that song kicked in and i realized how powerful it was after disliking it before

see? that's the kind of epiphany i need with the "Orchid" album

[guitrguy]

THat kind of reminds of when I was in New Orleans for an Opeth show. Me, my bro, my friend where walking down the street and some passed by us blaring Ghost of Perdition.

[jpshortstuff]

BWP was my first as well, but when i heard the growling on TLA i thought uh-oh im never going to like this. I was so wrong. Im so glad i got inot Opeth because they were a gateway from my life of listening solely to Dream Theater to my new life of liking a lot more stuff now verging on Death Metal.

[Shadows]

I have Orchid, but that's the one album I always tend to ignore..

i did a big Opeth feature in my college paper when i reviewed Ghost Reveries (a small history, with mini reviews for all the albums and lamentations. took up two whole pages, it was awesome). I only gave Orchid 3.5 stars out of 5, where everything else was 4 and above, though i mentioned that some Opeth fans love it dearly

what am i missing with Orchid? i used to hate Morningrise and even Still Life... i havent listened to it in months, maybe ill give it a spin later

as for Weakness, that song is great. one of my "perfect" music moments was driving through my neighborhood at 4 a.m. on a chilly winter night, then that song kicked in and i realized how powerful it was after disliking it before

see? that's the kind of epiphany i need with the "Orchid" album
:eek: You fool!

Orchid is like a religious experience!

[Thor]

:eek: You fool!

Orchid is like a religious experience!
You're really into Orchid, aren't you?

While it's still a solid release, it can't compete with their later material (Still Life, Blackwater Park, and Deliverance).

Heck, it can't even compete with Morningrise. The only album that I think it it's better than is My Arms, Your Hearse.

[Darkness]

I hope Flynn doesn't see that last comment.

[csl316]

k, deleted for Thor

[Thor]

what, you mean like U2 live?? :p
In the name of all things holy, keep U2 out of this thread.

[Killtacular]

Orchid is my least favourite album now, cept for Ghost Reveries of course. But that doesn't count as an album.

[csl316]

Orchid is my least favourite album now, cept for Ghost Reveries of course. But that doesn't count as an album.

what's wrong with GR? i think it tries all sorts of new things, mostly on the successful side. it also features some of their tightests songwriting yet, IMO

[JamJar]

Heck, it can't even compete with Morningrise. The only album that I think it it's better than is My Arms, Your Hearse.

I disagree here on so many levels (Two). Morningrise is my least favourite and MAYH has recently surpassed Still Life.

[Killtacular]

what's wrong with GR? i think it tries all sorts of new things, mostly on the successful side. it also features some of their tightests songwriting yet, IMO
Bleh.

That's why.

And the ways that it barely even sounds like Opeth anymore. The killer riffs of the past are replaced with keyboard masturbation. No me gusta nada. It just doesn't have that special something.

[csl316]

well, to each his own

[Thor]

I disagree here on so many levels (Two). Morningrise is my least favourite and MAYH has recently surpassed Still Life.
Morningrise is the best album out of the first three albums. It's consistent all the way through (unlike the other two) and contains what could possibly be Opeth's best song, "To Bid You Farewell".

[JamJar]

TBYF is amazing but the randomness of the songwriting is the main off putting factor for me. I think that MAYH is amazingly consistent, but to each his own I guess.

[Thor]

Well when I meant consistent I wasn't talking about the songwriting (I do admit that it's a bit random at times), I was just talking about the quality of it all. I can listen to Morningrise all the way through and not complain, whereas in Orchid and MAYH I'll skip a song or two.

[Crysiss]

:eek:

You guys are letting this thread die.

And you call yourselves Opeth fans:p

[JamJar]

We need new music to post about. We keep repeating ourselves over and over :(

[Crysiss]

I dont think that it should be strictly Opeth that we have to talk about.

In what way are Woods Of Ypres like opeth?

[JamJar]

I haven't listened to all that much Woods Of Ypres but there is a similar feel of light and heavy with clean vocals and growls. The heavy parts seem quite similar to Opeth's but Woods have a more summery fell in comparison to Opeth felling quite wintery.

[Cardboard Headgear]

They both rule.

[UpperDecker]

TBYF is amazing but the randomness of the songwriting is the main off putting factor for me. I think that MAYH is amazingly consistent, but to each his own I guess.

Yea, TBYF is one amazing *** song. I pretty much agree with your whole post. Its the best post i've ever seen in my life. You go!:thumb:

[Crysiss]

I haven't listened to all that much Woods Of Ypres but there is a similar feel of light and heavy with clean vocals and growls. The heavy parts seem quite similar to Opeth's but Woods have a more summery fell in comparison to Opeth felling quite wintery.

Yea, thats a pretty good comparison. Im waiting for it to be uploaded in the Daily upload.

[Darkness]

And you call yourselves Opeth fans:p
Well how about anyone who DOESN'T have over 1 000 posts in this thread isn't an Opeth fan. :D

[Stormrider]

Haha, you're the only Opeth fan in that case :p ...DUH !

/states the obvious

[Thor]

I would have talked in this thread more, but I was the one with the last post for a long time. Oh well, at least we're back in action, fellow Opethians.

You know what? If you play bass, Damnation is one really fun album to improvise over. As long as you have a decent ear and can pick out the chord changes and such it's incredibly fun.

NP - Opeth - Windowpane

[guitrguy]

I would have talked in this thread more, but I was the one with the last post for a long time. Oh well, at least we're back in action, fellow Opethians.

You know what? If you play bass, Damnation is one really fun album to improvise over. As long as you have a decent ear and can pick out the chord changes and such it's incredibly fun.

NP - Opeth - Windowpane
Thats an ability that makes melodic dictations easy.

[Thor]

Thats an ability that makes melodic dictations easy.
It's true. My brother has perfect pitch and I'm incredibly jealous of him.

I'm now listening to "In My Time Of Need" DIM, and I know that makes you happy. It's probably my favorite off of the album, especially the chorus.

[guitrguy]

It's true. My brother has perfect pitch and I'm incredibly jealous of him.

I'm now listening to "In My Time Of Need" DIM, and I know that makes you happy. It's probably my favorite off of the album, especially the chorus.
Yes it is my favorite song. It has so much meaning for me. I first heard it at time that I needed to hear something like that.

EDIT: If I had perfect pitch the world would end. I have stated this many times in theory class.

[Thor]

Yes it is my favorite song. It has so much meaning for me. I first heard it at time that I needed to hear something like that.

EDIT: If I had perfect pitch the world would end. I have stated this many times in theory class.
Is it your favorite Opeth song, or favorite song of all time?

...you take music theory? So do I. I'm in a normal music theory class but I signed up for AP Music Theory next year so I'll actually learn some stuff.

[guitrguy]

Fave Opeth... I don't really have a favorite song of all time


I'm a music major.

[Thor]

Fave Opeth... I don't really have a favorite song of all time


I'm a music major.
I'm not exactly sure if I have a single favorite song of all time, but I think I have two, and Opeth claims one of them (The Leper Affinity).

Since I'm still in high school, I've been thinking about what I want to do when I go to college. I'm really into music (duh, I talk on here all the time), and do you like what you're doing? Or is being a music major not all it's cracked up to be?

[guitrguy]

.

Since I'm still in high school, I've been thinking about what I want to do when I go to college. I'm really into music (duh, I talk on here all the time), and do you like what you're doing? Or is being a music major not all it's cracked up to be?
I love it, Just be prepared to work hard at your studies. The great thing about being a music major is that you form a tight bond with your fellow classmates.

[Thor]

I love it, Just be prepared to work hard at your studies. The great thing about being a music major is that you form a tight bond with your fellow classmates.
Sounds like a deal.

Well now that Damnation is finishing up, I'm going to get off MX for the night. See you all tomorrow, fellow Opeth soldiers. :wave:

[Stoo]

:wave:

[Shattered_Future]

Gnite friend.

I think I'm gonna major in music production/engineering...I since realized I'm probably not going to be a good enough musician to make a full time career out of it.

Plus, this way, if I ever do feel like writing a record, I'll have connections. :cool:

[Stoo]

I never done music in school. They made it really crap, and I wasn't really into music in general back then.

Something I always regret is not taking music in school.

[Darkness]

That's exactly like me, I hated music/music class in elementary, but then found my own love for it in later jr high. I wish my high school offered some kind of music program besides choir... :upset:

[Shattered_Future]

I took general music in 6th and 8th grade, and chorus in 7th. Hated all of it.

I got to take Music Theory this year, which I love. Best class. :cool:

A good portion of it is a bull**** class though...like today, we learned the fine art of moving risers down to the stage.

Our county has a horrid music program...

[Stoo]

I know, it was bollocks. They sat the class down with a guitar each and all we did for an hour was strum. We weren't even doing chords!

17 isn't really late to start guitar. I'd have just preffered a little earlier.

[guitrguy]

I <3 music theory.

I took guitar from 10-12 grade in high school. I loved it. Then the summer before my freshmen year of college I decided to major in music.

[eighty d]

I <3 music theory.

As do I. My favorite class this year, in spite of how horrid I am at sight singing.

[guitrguy]

As do I. My favorite class this year, in spite of how horrid I am at sight singing.
It and incredibly imprtant tool. If you can master then you'll be able to audiate a piece of music.

[TojesDolan]

Yeah so I bought Deliverance. Not that I hadn't heard it before, but there was no "My arms your hearse" where my friend bought it for me.

Yeah I talk on topic stuff.

:-|

[MidnightRider]

I think I'm gonna major in music production/engineering...I since realized I'm probably not going to be a good enough musician to make a full time career out of it.

I can't decide whether I want to major in that or Education. I have some odd desire to be a teacher, I just think it would be a fun job.

I've been playing guitar for a year now, I started when I was 15. I'd love to make a career out of writing music, but I doubt I'll ever get to that point.

Sorry guys, I'm leaning towards not voting for Lopez in the drummer poll. :(

[Deth]

Same with me, teaching is just appealing for some reason.

I'm not even trying a career in music, I'm too realistic for that.

[Crysiss]

so your going to teach music?

[guitrguy]

Whats most appealing about teaching to me, is the fact I'm passing on my passion to kids.

[Cardboard Headgear]

Can't really do much else with a music degree than teach music anyways.

[JamJar]

To all who say that they'd like a career in music: go for it. It you really feel that music is a special thing to you and truthfully you will be dedicated to it and willing to give up your time for it, you should totally go for it.

[guitrguy]

Can't really do much else with a music degree than teach music anyways.
Session work, Producer, Sound Engineer, etc

[Cardboard Headgear]

Session work: yes; producer and sound engineer: no. Music theory isn't going to help you work recording equipment :P

[guitrguy]

Session work: yes; producer and sound engineer: no. Music theory isn't going to help you work recording equipment :P
Producers need to know how to play every instrument. With the technology used today in recording you need a college degree. (its a music business degree)
I was incorporating all types of music careers.

[Cardboard Headgear]

Ok well generally when someone says 'music degree' they mean they're going to study music itself. I go to school for audio production and recording meself.

[Hells Bells]

I think I'm gonna major in music production/engineering...I since realized I'm probably not going to be a good enough musician to make a full time career out of it.

Plus, this way, if I ever do feel like writing a record, I'll have connections.

haha good idea
You're lucky that you have some idea of what you want to do, I'm still drifting through school without a major :/

Yeah so I bought Deliverance. Not that I hadn't heard it before, but there was no "My arms your hearse" where my friend bought it for me.

Yeah I talk on topic stuff.

:-|

Well, good for you then :P

That's not a bad trade off though...the Master's Apprentice alone makes it worth it.

[Crysiss]

Deliverance, Wreath and By The Pain I see In others are great songs as well.

[Deth]

so your going to teach music?
Nah, just be a regular teacher. Probably English.

[Shattered_Future]

Teaching gives you the most benefits...my mom used to teach music.

Master's Apprentices and By The Pain I See In Others do the album for me.

[Deth]

Deliverance, Master's Apprentices and A Fair Judgement are among my favorite Opeth songs, but the whole album is strong.

[Killtacular]

I think I'm gonna major in music production/engineering...I since realized I'm probably not going to be a good enough musician to make a full time career out of it.

Plus, this way, if I ever do feel like writing a record, I'll have connections. :cool:
You share my philosophy. MTSU for me, so's I can get me some music production/engineering degree. That 26 on the ACT (do any of you crazy kid's states use that, or are you all about the SAT?) should help me out a bit.

[Deth]

We like the SATs down here. I don't even know the scale for the ACTs.

[Killtacular]

It goes from 0-36. 18 would probably be what the average jock would get (average for my HS). 21 will get you a low paying scholarship paid for by the lottery. 26 and up will get you more money for that scholarship, and possibility for free rides to some skools. 30-36 are fairly rare, and mean you kick more *** than everyone else.

I have no idea how the SAT goes, though.

[Mr. Ron]

Deliverance, Wreath and By The Pain I see In others are great songs as well.
Ugh, Wreath is a huge snore-fest.:p

[eighty d]

It goes from 0-36. 18 would probably be what the average jock would get (average for my HS). 21 will get you a low paying scholarship paid for by the lottery. 26 and up will get you more money for that scholarship, and possibility for free rides to some skools. 30-36 are fairly rare, and mean you kick more *** than everyone else.

I have no idea how the SAT goes, though.

That 26 is gonna need to come with some wicked good grades before the free ride offers start coming in.

I have no idea on the SAT either. Especially not since they changed it to a 2400 (?) point scale. I just know I kicked *** on the PSAT.

EDIT: Wreath? Snore-fest? It's such a killer song. I love the production with the atmospheric guitars in the background too.

[Darkness]

Ugh, Wreath is a huge snore-fest.:p
Nah, it's quite a thunderous opener...

[Killtacular]

That 26 is gonna need to come with some wicked good grades before the free ride offers start coming in.
tr00f. But that goes without saying.

I think you'd need at least a 3.5 for my college of choice. Too bad I have a 3.0.

:upset:


[on topic]I don't really like Wreath too much. It just keeps going and going.[/on topic]

[Darkness]

But the solos... and the brutallity... :upset:

[Killtacular]

Oh, the repetition! Oh, the repetition!!

[Darkness]

Add's to the feeling and power... feeling and power!

Man I have to get use to your new name...

[pate]

30-36 are fairly rare, and mean you kick more *** than everyone else.




I got a 30. *grins*

[guitrguy]

I got a 26 on my ACT and a 1100 on my SAT


What do you guys think of Forest of October

[pate]

I didn't take the SAT.

FoO owns.

[TojesDolan]

[on topic]
I like Deliverance (the album), it's a very solid piece overall and I like all the songs in it (all but key parts, like the beginning to master's apprentices which I find dull, and some parts of A fair judgment and repetitiveness issues with BTPISIO), but it just seems... frigid, compared to say, Still life or my arms, your hearse, in the sense of not being as rich and... colorful, if you'd like to see it that way.

...eh

[school talk]

[Stoo]

I got Damnation!!!!! Finally.

**** me, only took since December. After 5 months of waiting for D & D and Amazon claiming not to be able to "source" both these CD's I thought **** it and bought both of eBay.

Just have to wait for Deliverance now.

7/8!

Np - Windowpane. :cool:

[Kage]

Man I have to get use to your new name...
Quite frankly it blows. I was thinking, "Who's this n00b copying Scruples' avatar?" ;)

[BurningSky]

I got a 1300 on my SAT on the old scale (650 math, 650 verbal)...

My GPA was 3.1 unweighted (I took all honors and AP classes)...

I got into my first choice college, where I am now completely average compared to everyone else. College is definitely awesome, though. You have to deal with far less stupid people...

[Darkness]

Several Album Re-Releases!
SONY.BMG is rereleasing several Opeth albums from the Music For Nations Catalogue including:

Deliverance
Damnation
Blackwater Park
Lamentations DVD (this one will be released 3rd July by all as parts didn't come in early enough for June release)


Within Northern Music Co. (our management company), another band by the name of Paradise Lost, that many of you may know, are also re-releasing several of their albums.

View Paradise Lost's Myspace Website: Paradise Lost

Expect for the albums to be available in most countries supported by Sony.BMG very soon!

Taken from Myspace bulletin.
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Whats the point? It's the older albums that are a bitch to find.

[Shattered_Future]

Moneymaking, my friend. Everybody knows those 3 albums are tons easier to get into. It's all about the moolah.