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RunOfTheMill
July 25th 2019


4803 Comments


Apostle in Triumph might be my favourite Opeth song

Love that acoustic intro

zakalwe
July 27th 2019


42184 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Fucking hell. This is amazing.

Lucman
July 27th 2019


5537 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Yes Zak! This is like the metal version of Heritage in my eyes.

zakalwe
July 27th 2019


42184 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I’ve been investing sometime into the band due to my love of heritage and I have to say that at the moment the 90s stuff has a lot more going for it than the 2000s material.





Shadowmire
July 27th 2019


6660 Comments


everything from blackwater park to watershed sounds artificial as fuck which can devalue the music at times

R4zor3dge
July 27th 2019


1453 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I can see what your saying about Watershed, but BP didn’t feel that way to me.

kalkwiese
July 27th 2019


11110 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

In The Men She Was Standing

zakalwe
July 27th 2019


42184 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

So I’m not the only one who thinks that then! Nice one dude.

DoofDoof
July 27th 2019


17698 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

O pet it's ar chid

BigPleb
July 27th 2019


65808 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

You will probably grow to appreciate the 2000 material at some point Zak.



You’re right though, this, Morningrise and your MAYH are their most multi-faceted albums.

zakalwe
July 27th 2019


42184 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I really enjoyed Morningrise. That song that goes on for about 72hrs is incredible.

Confessed2005
July 28th 2019


7876 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Yeah, Black Rose Immortal is awesome.

Space Jester
July 28th 2019


11562 Comments


“I’ve been investing sometime into the band due to my love of heritage and I have to say that at the moment the 90s stuff has a lot more going for it than the 2000s material.”

I agree with this overall

Shadowmire
July 28th 2019


6660 Comments


haven't heard that in years

Demon of the Fall
July 29th 2019


39667 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

'I really enjoyed Morningrise. That song that goes on for about 72hrs is incredible.'

Lol, yeah BRI is a top 5 Opeth track. Pleased to see another member joining the 'early Opeth' club, as it's also my favourite era overall - even if a couple of their later albums are just as noteworthy. I'd love to claim Still Life counts as 'early' to back this up further, but unfortunately I don't think it does.

kalkwiese
July 29th 2019


11110 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Orchid and Morningrise are early Opeth for me. Mayyybe My Arms, Your Hearse as well, as a transitional album. But their songwriting improved a lot on that album.

I would say the second phase kind of lasted until Damnation was released and startet the third one. That one ended with Watershed.

Demon of the Fall
July 29th 2019


39667 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I could see MAYH fitting into either era, it was a transitional album between early and mid Opeth, which means it doesn't fall entirely in one or the other.

Of course all these things need to be taken with a pinch of salt, dividing artists up into defined eras is never a perfect science, unless the band themselves wants to categorises such things (which is rare, as far as I can tell). It's a steady progression/journey.

kalkwiese
July 29th 2019


11110 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Of course it is, but it's still fun :3

Shadowmire
July 29th 2019


6660 Comments


mayh doesn't exactly sound like a transitional album in the sense that it sounds anything like this or morningrise, in my opinion. it sounds more like a rough prototype of what was to be their most recognizable sound

BigPleb
July 29th 2019


65808 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Yeah, it's very different sonically to this and Morningrise.



To call it a 'transition' would suggest they still had Orchid & Morningrise tendencies on that record.



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