Album Rating: 4.0

3.7

Album Rating: 4.0

I wish I had the urge to listen to this again... Some songs here pull the trick... they're on the right path though. I had glimpses of Ghost Reveries.



I think they made the mistake of releasing this in 2024, a year that has been IMO among the best ones ever for heavy music.

Hopefully next year won't be as bad as 2023.

man, giving a shit about Opeth in 2024 is wild to me

hahahaha big true

Album Rating: 2.5

no lies detected



but we do what we must... 5 times (thus far)

Album Rating: 4.5

My previous post didn't go through. But I will say that I adore the record and this the first time I've truly enjoyed an Opeth record in over 10 years. I don't think Newpeth era is bad at all. Just not what I wanted.



It is interesting seeing the discourse on this album on here. Some really love it and some don't like it at all. I would say if anything that could be a flaw is that the album is extremely tied to the concept of the record. It is hard to add songs from this to a playlist to listen to individually. It is a record tied explicitly to the other songs. This album likely is in my top-3 for the year.

Album Rating: 2.5

Right. I made the fatal error of actually listening to Watershed again.

It’s over…. for this album I mean. Absolutely no comparison. The difference in inspiration was even more stark than I’d considered possible tbh



…on a positive note, Oldpeth LIVES!

Album Rating: 3.5

It's a good blend of old & new stuff, getting a lot out of the 7 paragraphs, especially 1, 4 and 6, but what were they thinking with that last one? Ugh

Newpeth sisters honestly sound like battered spouses rocking back-and-forth muttering "he still loves me..."

Album Rating: 4.0

fartiswar

Album Rating: 4.0

i don't hear Watershed on this. maybe Ghost Reveries insofar as prod. this prob cracks my top 5 opeth:



Ghost Reveries

Watershed

Still Life

Heritage

Last Will

Album Rating: 4.0

heritage is cool, i gotta revisit now in my old age wisdom. i was so incredibly butthurt it wasn't da metalz as a kid lol

Album Rating: 2.5

Heritage is their best dats-not-da-metulz and almost definitely superior to Deliverance in hindsight



ICV was a respectable effort on release but not sure how it’d hold up now I have such refined tastes

I like the instrumentation of this band, but good God the screams are horrendous.

Album Rating: 3.5

Akerfeldt traditionally has by far had the best 'screams' in the whole industry for mine. They are a little weaker and not as menacing on this album. .



I for one glad to have them back, not because im a growls fanboy, but because they just add for mine, some real menace and presence. Its another layer of dynamics as well, i love the juxtaposition with the clean.

Album Rating: 4.0

Good review. And why Opeth is still worth following, while they are not at their peak (which everyone knows what era it was), they still have not gone to complete shit like so many of their contemporaries. It is what it is.

Album Rating: 4.0

i agree mikael's growls are so menacing with so much power and he was the goat in his prime. see bloodbath. evil.

Album Rating: 4.3

I like the instrumentation of this band, but good God the screams are horrendous.

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I mean Mikaels age may have aged and his growls have weakened but to say they are horrendous is a fucking stretch

Album Rating: 4.0

He’s literally one of the best vocalists in metal to me lol. Love his singing and his screaming