Deliverance has cool songs, like Wreath

Album Rating: 4.5

Deliverance's t/t is one of their best songs

Album Rating: 5.0

I still wonder how Deliverance would be seen now if it had been released as a double album with Damnation.

Album Rating: 4.5

What are you getting at? The two were written and recorded at the same time with the idea to have a juxtaposing heavy and soft album, but the only reason they weren't packaged together was to make more money. They are essentially a double album that just happened to be released 5 months apart.

Album Rating: 5.0

Yeah that's exactly what I mean. Yet people see them as different albums and often Deliverance is named as a low point in their discography. I just wonder how the piece as a whole would have been seen on contrary to the way it is now. Because for me, Deliverance and Damnation have always been one album.

Album Rating: 4.5

Would have been way better as a double album, this way they wouldn't be as separate

Album Rating: 5.0

I wonder what the sput average would have been like.

Album Rating: 4.5

4.2? I dunno

Album Rating: 4.5

"I wonder what the sput average would have been like."



Gotcha man. Yeah it would make it harder to rank as a single album, I agree!

Album Rating: 4.5

Also Master's Apprentice, title track and By The Pain I See In Others are all fucking awesome, so I don't see why people dislike it so much. It's way better than their past 3 records imo

Album Rating: 4.5

People probably dislike it because they saw mikesn's 2.5 review and subconsciously were persuaded to agree with it despite the album's quality

Album Rating: 5.0

well, this one has a 3.0 staff review and noone cares (righteously so imo). Deliverance is just kinda hard to get into for a lot of people because it is more repetitive compared to their higher rated albums.



"4.2? I dunno"

Everything above 3.9 would have been awesome, just imagine it, 6 Opeth albums with 4 or more average in a row

Album Rating: 4.5

"it is more repetitive compared to their higher rated albums."



This is a really good point, and honestly one of the reasons I found it such a let down after Blackwater Park. I knew BWP would be hard to top and took that into consideration, but I just felt like Deliverance was so bland in comparison. When I first heard it, it just lacked all of the magic that previous releases had. There were no parts that really surprised me, or moved me, like their previous releases had. It just all seemed so uninspired. I've recently listened to it again after several years, and have found myself enjoying it more than I did initially. The problem with Opeth is that they set the bar too damn high.

Album Rating: 5.0

Yeah, I feel you. Took me some time to get into it, but now I think it has some of the greatest Opeth moments, especially the t/t and the second half of Master's Apprentices. The finale of the t/t is also one of my favorite riffs ever. I really don't mind that it goes on for 4 minutes, so that's really saying something. The album's not as immediate as this, SL or GR, but it still got an amazing atmosphere, even if it's completely different from that of the albums before it - less nature-related and more like a horror movie, I reckon.

Album Rating: 5.0

Deliverance rocks so hard guys, cmon.

Album Rating: 5.0

yes it does. has some of their best solos.

Album Rating: 5.0

The solos in Fair Judgement and Masters Apprentices rule so hard!



Masters Apprentices is one of their best songs in general imo.

Album Rating: 5.0

love the solo on deliverance

Album Rating: 5.0

Ye that one rips too, one of their best outros too.

Album Rating: 4.5

Agreed with Masters Apprentice being one of the best