Album Rating: 4.0

@Sharenge

Maybe Diabolical Masquerade's Nightwork?

Album Rating: 5.0

> that's why some of us out here tryna make a great album



I got a masterpiece in me somewhere, I swear

might have just been another Opeth cover now that I think of it

Album Rating: 4.0

I don't know if this is a hot take or not, but I don't like the addition of the keyboardist on this album all that much. I feel he brings the influences I'm less in tune with.

Album Rating: 4.5

I disagree. It's true they show new influences, but they were welcome for my taste. They brought a new sound to the band, a true breath of fresh air to their sound.

Album Rating: 4.0

He brings some good stuff to their sound don't get me wrong, but I feel I am very sensitive to that cheesy, fairground organ noise that crops up now and again here.



I only ever had this album and Blackwater Park from Opeth on CD back in the day - this one just didn't quite hit home as hard as BP.

Album Rating: 4.5

When i saw them last night someone shouted "Baying of the Hounds" and they teased the crowd by playing the first 10 seconds and abruptly stopping

Album Rating: 4.5

Pure evil.

Album Rating: 5.0

That’s brutal.

Album Rating: 5.0

it's funny af depending on what they segued into. Especially if it was into some "new" stuff

Better than BP? (The petroleum company, btw, cuz this shit is gas)

Album Rating: 5.0

ROOTS ARE SUCKING

Album Rating: 5.0

THE HAAAAAAAANNNNNNDDDDD



OF SATTTTAAAAANNNNNN



ASSSSEMMMMBLIIIIIING



HIS FLOCK

Album Rating: 5.0

I HEAR THE BANGING OF THE HOOOOUUUNDS IN THE DISTANCE I HEAR THEM MOANIIIING

Album Rating: 4.0

Always found this just slightly overrated. It's par for the course for this era of Opeth, and besides Ghost of Perdition and Isolation Years, which are perfect masterpieces, the songwriting is pretty inconsistent



Watershed is the better album and I'm probably the only person who thinks that

Album Rating: 5.0

Watershed is amazing, but yeah, this reigns supreme easily for me.

Album Rating: 4.0

@Ocean of Noise, nope, you're not, you just summed up my feelings about this and Watershed perfectly.

Album Rating: 5.0

Baying of the hounds and beneath the mire are excellent

Album Rating: 4.5

damn the banging of the hounds tho, haven't heard that remix

Album Rating: 4.0

Hounds is great, Mire is meh. Harlequin Forest is actually amazing but feels kind misplaced, like it should have been the closing track (or right before Isolation Years) and suffers from the softer parts being way better than than the heavier sections.



Grand Conjuration is cool for like 3 minutes.



Overall I almost never listen to this all the way through but I enjoy Watershed start to finish.