I have a theory that the song 'heir apparent' is about the book of the same name written 6 years before the release of this album. To support this theory, I submit this evidence.
In the book, this happens "Saint Bruce the Warrior Poet – To retrieve the ring, Janine must go before his statue and recite a poem of her creation; if he doesn't like it or it isn't original, he chops her head off."
And in the opeth song, we have this lyric "A burden so great
Weighs heavy on old and withered beliefs
The swift solution crumbles
Beneath the mock notes of a masterpiece
Death in his eyes, waiting
Spiraling judgement, provoked in the rains
This futile test drowned in the levee of deception
In the year of his sovereign
Rid us of your judgement
Heir apparent"
Which kinda looks like that moment from the book..
Also, in the book a girl is trapped in a video game groundhog Day style and the songs lyrics can be interpreted to allude to this. i.e. "So many years to clean the slate, endless despair within its wake"
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Album Rating: 4.0
"best peth agreed"
Whoa!
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Album Rating: 4.5
It's in the top 5 for me, I'll say that much
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Album Rating: 4.0
Same probs
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Album Rating: 4.5
for me:
1. Still Life
2. My Arms Your Hearse
3. Ghost Reveries
4. Blackwater Park
5. Watershed
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Album Rating: 4.5
1. Sorceress
2. Sorceress
3. Sorceress
4. Sorceress
5. Pale Communion
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Album Rating: 4.5
Also thanks to conesmoke for trying to make sense of those lyrics
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Album Rating: 5.0
COOLLDDD
DAYS
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Album Rating: 4.5
1 GR
2 BWP
3 MAYH
4 SL, Watershed
5 Damnation?
6 Deliverance
7 first two albms
8 post-watershed stuff
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Album Rating: 3.5
Axe's drums sound great here
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Album Rating: 4.0
Some bloody terrible ratings in here. Everyone knows it’s the first two >
Hessian Peel and Hex Omega are godly but I’m probably overrating this one in all honesty.
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Album Rating: 3.5
Yeah this album is purely a case of "been there done that"
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1 Morningrise
2 Orchid
3 Blackwater Park (prob)
4 MAYH (prob)
5 Watershed
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Album Rating: 4.5
Good ranking, no ghost reveries in top 5
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Album Rating: 4.5
Watershit
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Album Rating: 4.0
https://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?listid=195551
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Album Rating: 4.5
tf
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Album Rating: 4.0
Good one
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Album Rating: 4.0
Hell yea brotherrrrrrrr
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Album Rating: 4.5
Porcelain Men
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