Opeth Watershed
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conesmoke
February 18th 2021


7875 Comments


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"

evilford
February 18th 2021


71818 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

"best peth agreed"



Whoa!

Koris
Emeritus
February 18th 2021


22631 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

It's in the top 5 for me, I'll say that much

evilford
February 18th 2021


71818 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Same probs

Koris
Emeritus
February 18th 2021


22631 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

for me:



1. Still Life

2. My Arms Your Hearse

3. Ghost Reveries

4. Blackwater Park

5. Watershed

Eakflanderyof
February 18th 2021


6691 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

1. Sorceress

2. Sorceress

3. Sorceress

4. Sorceress

5. Pale Communion

Egarran
February 18th 2021


36875 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Also thanks to conesmoke for trying to make sense of those lyrics

BigPleb
March 6th 2021


65808 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

COOLLDDD

DAYS

zaruyache
March 6th 2021


28659 Comments

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



OmairSh
March 6th 2021


17931 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Axe's drums sound great here

Demon of the Fall
March 6th 2021


39213 Comments

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.

OmairSh
March 6th 2021


17931 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Yeah this album is purely a case of "been there done that"

GhandhiLion
March 6th 2021


17793 Comments


1 Morningrise
2 Orchid

3 Blackwater Park (prob)
4 MAYH (prob)
5 Watershed

Pikazilla
March 6th 2021


32373 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Good ranking, no ghost reveries in top 5

Eakflanderyof
March 6th 2021


6691 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Watershit

CaliggyJack
March 6th 2021


10965 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

https://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?listid=195551

zaruyache
March 7th 2021


28659 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

tf

evilford
March 7th 2021


71818 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Good one

evilford
March 7th 2021


71818 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Hell yea brotherrrrrrrr

Koris
Emeritus
March 7th 2021


22631 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Porcelain Men



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