Album Rating: 4.5

i mean yeah benighted is the weakest but that doesn't mean it'd be boring



the bookends are my faves

Album Rating: 4.5

Those riffs in the second half of Face of Melinda always blow my head off

Opeth played it safe on quite a few of their albums tbh. Doesn't make them bad albums though - I'm just saying.

Album Rating: 4.5

''Those riffs in the second half of Face of Melinda always blow my head off''



Yep, I love that track.

Album Rating: 5.0

A highlight for sure, second half of this is flawless

Album Rating: 4.5

"Opeth played it safe on quite a few of their albums "



how so? I mean it's not like they're slayer.

Album Rating: 5.0

Opeth don't play it safe on their albums, that's just JT being JT

Album Rating: 3.5

They only played it safe on PC tbh

Album Rating: 4.5

I guess in terms of song structure, a lot of their stuff is relatively predictable but I don't think that's necessarily playing it safe or anything.

Album Rating: 5.0

Most bands do that way more than opeth anyway

Opeth rarely took risks with their sound and stuck to the same formula for a lot of their albums and that is pretty much the definition of playing it safe.

Album Rating: 3.5

But it's not like they challenged themselves on PC unlike with their other albums. You could also argue that GR was playing it safe because they just made a "typical" Opeth album for that time, albeit a fantastic one

Album Rating: 4.5

That's how I feel about GR but like you said, still a fantastic one.



Also, that acoustic part in the beginning of The Moor is niiiiice.

Album Rating: 4.0

look, this conversation again!

"Opeth rarely took risks with their sound and stuck to the same formula for a lot of their albums and that is pretty much the definition of playing it safe."

Pretty much.

Album Rating: 4.5

"Opeth rarely took risks with their sound and stuck to the same formula for a lot of their albums and that is pretty much the definition of playing it safe."



lol

I guess I was stating the obvious but people keep acting like Opeth never played it safe.

Can't blame them though, they found their sound and stuck to it (bar a few obvious exceptions).

Album Rating: 4.5

well the formula was the same for a long time but they tried some new twists on gr and ws (which mostly worked out pretty well)

Album Rating: 5.0

Deliverance was a change too, it simplified their formula to an extent and a lot of people just didn't respond to it the way they did BWP and GR