[QUOTE=Dunkelheit509]Yeah I donno, sometimes I like it, sometimes I don't. Overall the song is pretty average to me. I think it's pretty overrated in the Opeth community. And we have this kind of joke where I bug everyone about it...[/QUOTE]
If by joke you mean you looking stupid, then I agree :p.

[QUOTE=penelope_weird_hands]WTF!?
i haven't had the 'net for a while.. and i just found out that opeth are coming to australia.. and perth !!!!

YYEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!
/insert heart palpitations here
fvuck me fvucking sideways, captain!!!!
i am the happiest sentient being on the earth!

*dances around like gollum when he finds those rabbits in the movie*

this is the best news i have ever received !
can i get an amen?!
*foams at the mouth*

three cheers to some of the best musicians ever.
hip hip.....[/QUOTE]

Hoo-farking-RAY!

/is hopefully seeing them in Melbourne

Just curious, does anybody know what the Ghost Reveries bonus tracks are called?

The funeral portrait dosn't have enough contrast in it for me in the song structure, too heavy, or whatever you want to say for it, I find it hard to enjoy; though some of the riffs are fairly cool.

Dirge For Novermber starts out good, then lacks towards the end. I don't mind the off key singing, he hits the odd off key note all the time. Often the chords he's singing over are really dissonant anyway, it's part of the appeal. It's that lead riff over those acoustics thats the best part of the song. It gave me the chills the first time I heard it, and I'm not even sure why. Then it goes heavy, okay, it stays heavy for too long... then goes really mellow for a couple of minutes.. for nothing. No clean singing, no.. I don't know, climax? It dosn't seem to go anywhere.

Godheads Lament is a good song, like all that album, so shush. Searching my way to perplexion, aah, aah, ahhh!

[QUOTE=I Am Vikingcore]Just curious, does anybody know what the Ghost Reveries bonus tracks are called?[/QUOTE]

I've read that they recorded When and The Grand Conjuration in the BBC studios live, and they're going on it. I missed the performace, unfortunately. Also, they're doing a cover of Solder of Fortune (Deep Purple). They cover it pretty well live from what I've heard on mp3.

Dirge For November is my first or second best on the cd. I don't understand all the Dirge hate. I especially love to play the acoustic parts on guitar.

[QUOTE=UpperDecker]Dirge For November is my first or second best on the cd. I don't understand all the Dirge hate. I especially love to play the acoustic parts on guitar.[/QUOTE]

Because, like I say, it dosn't feel like it goes anywhere. It sounds, in mind, like he got that lovely intro, stuck it onto a heavy section, then stuck another acoustic section on the end that isn't all that exciting overall, and repeats for too long, and nothing much happens in it. That said, I like about half of the song, overall I just feel it has structural problems. To each their own, I guess.

[QUOTE=Shadius]Because, like I say, it dosn't feel like it goes anywhere. It sounds, in mind, like he got that lovely intro, stuck it onto a heavy section, then stuck another acoustic section on the end that isn't all that exciting overall, and repeats for too long, and nothing much happens in it. That said, I like about half of the song, overall I just feel it has structural problems. To each their own, I guess.[/QUOTE]

ok i understand what your saying and i respect your opinion and all but i just disagree.

[QUOTE=UpperDecker]Dirge For November is my first or second best on the cd. I don't understand all the Dirge hate. I especially love to play the acoustic parts on guitar.[/QUOTE]

123 man. At the moment, it's my favourite on BWP. I love the guitar layering aswell, as well as the clean guitar at the end. I don't really pay attention to Mikael's voice in the song, I just go with the music.

I think Dirge For November is one of the best songs on BWP, although they're basically all good. The acoustic intro and then when it goes into that riff with the lead over it, thats so amazing, sure, the heavy part isn't as good as that part, but its damn hard to match that, you know what I'm saying. Good stuff, Opeth, either way :smoke:

[QUOTE=milkman41]I think Dirge For November is one of the best songs on BWP, although they're basically all good. The acoustic intro and then when it goes into that riff with the lead over it, thats so amazing, sure, the heavy part isn't as good as that part, but its damn hard to match that, you know what I'm saying. Good stuff, Opeth, either way :smoke:[/QUOTE]
The acoustic intro and first metal riff are cool, but after that it's kind of bleh.

Same with The Drapery Falls, the beginning is great, and there are good parts throughout, but some of the middle just doesn't really do much. Like the deadly badgers part.

I agree with you on [I]Dirge for November[/I], but [I]The Drapery Falls[/I] owns the Hell out of it.

I think The Drapery Falls is the best song on the CD.

I realized why Opeth got a permanent keyboardist for Ghost Reveries. After having Steven Wilson doing keyboards for them on BWP and especially Damnation, they got used to having them. And when they called Steven up for the GR sessions, he was busy with Deadwing, so they panicked.

[QUOTE=Creeping_Deth]If by joke you mean you looking stupid, then I agree :p.[/QUOTE]
Damn you Deth... damn you.

[QUOTE=Jude]Same with The Drapery Falls, the beginning is great, and there are good parts throughout, but some of the middle just doesn't really do much. Like the deadly badgers part.[/QUOTE]

123, After the amazing intro, the rest isn't anything special.

NP: Godhead's Lament (This song has a badass solo!)

[QUOTE=MidnightRider]123, After the amazing intro, the rest isn't anything special.

NP: Godhead's Lament (This song has a badass solo!)[/QUOTE]

All Opeth solos are awsomely melodic, rather than just being there more of a show off of talent, they fit in and add a lot to the song.

[QUOTE=PeEpHoLe_10]Lol, i thought it was Mick-Al Ak-er-felt.[/QUOTE]Me too.

Master's Apprentice is probably my favorite song from Opeth.

[QUOTE=MidnightRider]123, After the amazing intro, the rest isn't anything special.

NP: Godhead's Lament (This song has a badass solo!)[/QUOTE]
Lies! The growls in The Drapery Falls, along with the melodies inbetween are some of the best on BWP! They lyrics are really tight to.

[QUOTE=Dunkelheit509]Lies! The growls in The Drapery Falls, along with the melodies inbetween are some of the best on BWP! They lyrics are really tight to.[/QUOTE]

Agreed, after Dirge, it's my favourite on BWP. It is incredibly fun to play on guitar. I love his growls althroughout the song and it never really tires, though the last growling section go's on a bit too long IMO.

I love it when he says "Never Again" then it just goes into the acoustic part... thats great.


Off topic, but... is anybody else bugged by the bonus tracks on the reissues of the older albums? After the last notes of the albums fade out, and everything is at peace (IE Orchid) These horrid, out of place, bonus tracks fly in... their decent songs, but they just reck it...

I hate The Drapery Falls. I don't know why.

I rather liked Still Day Beneath The Sun, one of the bonus tracks on BWP...I haven't heard any others though, besides Eternal Soul Torture.

[QUOTE=Dunkelheit]Lies! The growls in The Drapery Falls, along with the melodies inbetween are some of the best on BWP! They lyrics are really tight to.[/QUOTE]

After the intro, the song just seems to drone on a little for me. It doesn't have those jaw-dropping climaxes like The Leper Affinity, Bleak, and the rest of Blackwater Park(Minus The Funeral Portrait).

But to each his own, I still think it's a good song.

[QUOTE=Shattered Future]I rather liked Still Day Beneath The Sun, one of the bonus tracks on BWP[/QUOTE]

That was my first Opeth song, I love it.

[QUOTE=MidnightRider]After the intro, the song just seems to drone on a little for me. It doesn't have those jaw-dropping climaxes like The Leper Affinity, Bleak, and the rest Blackwater Park(Minus The Funeral Portrait).

But to each his own, I still think it's a good song.[/QUOTE]

I'm a sucker for fade out outros. :smoke:

[QUOTE=Shattered_Future]I hate The Drapery Falls. I don't know why.

I rather liked Still Day Beneath The Sun, one of the bonus tracks on BWP...I haven't heard any others though, besides Eternal Soul Torture.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, Still Day and Patterns II are the exceptions, but the ones on Hearse and Orchid bug me...

i have all tracks from still life except moonlapse vertigo :( i love the album but it feels incomplete when i listen to it :upset: anyone know where i can get moonlapse vertigo? (besides buying still life - i would but it is in no record store here)

What was everyones first Opeth album? Mine was BWP.

[QUOTE=Whale and Wasp]i have all tracks from still life except moonlapse vertigo i love the album but it feels incomplete when i listen to it anyone know where i can get moonlapse vertigo? (besides buying still life - i would but it is in no record store here)[/QUOTE]

Allofmp3.com my friend. Legal Music albums for $2.00 = woohoo! :)

[QUOTE=GenuineImitation]What was everyones first Opeth album? Mine was BWP.[/QUOTE]

SL. I still think it's their best.

[QUOTE=GenuineImitation]What was everyones first Opeth album? Mine was BWP.[/QUOTE]

Mine was Blackwater Park also. I liked it a lot and then took a break from it, but I've started listening to it again. It's still very cool.

[QUOTE=GenuineImitation]What was everyones first Opeth album? Mine was BWP.[/QUOTE]
Damnation

Blackwater Park was my first from Opeth.

morningrise was my first

[QUOTE=Knifeboy]Those two, oddly enough, are some of my favorite Opeth songs.[/QUOTE]

Same here, A Dirge for November has a beautiful intro. For a while I actually thought it was a song on it's own...it sounds so different from the rest of it.

My first was Damnation. It threw me for a loop...I was expecting something ungodly heavy. :lol:

I didn't like it at first, but it grew on me, I think after I got Blackwater Park.

Damnation was my first, I didn't like the heavy stuff at that point but someone pointed me to that album.

Bought?

Ghost Reveries.

Listened?

Benighted. So I started with Still Life.

Blackwater Park was my first. The one that got me into them properly though was Damnation.

About the Drapery Falls, the best part of that song, and the climax for me is the clean singing towards the end. "Spiral into the ground below, like autumn leaves left in the wake to faaaaaaaaaaaaaade" and the "waking up to your sound again" part. I think they're brilliant. That and Bleak are the best songs on there, followed by The Leper Affinity and Harvest and the bonus tracks.

BWP was my first. My favorites bounced around for a while, but I've come to the conclusion that the title track is my favorite.

Order of albums purchased for me:

BWP
Orchid
Morningrise
Deliverance
Damnation
Still Life
MAYH
Ghost Reveries

A pretty weird order.

Started with Morningrise here. Still possibly my favorite.

[QUOTE=Knifeboy]Those two, oddly enough, are some of my favorite Opeth songs.[/QUOTE]
Bollocks!
[QUOTE=Jack Daniels]I wonder how all of you non scandinavians that writes "Akerfeldt" pronounce his name, beucause it is spelled "Åkerfeldt" :P[/QUOTE]
OW-ker-felt.
[QUOTE=Dunkelheit509]Off topic, but... is anybody else bugged by the bonus tracks on the reissues of the older albums?[/QUOTE]
I despise them with the intensity of a thousand suns.
[QUOTE=GenuineImitation]What was everyones first Opeth album? Mine was BWP.[/QUOTE]
[i]Blackwater Park[/i]. Downloaded it, listened to it like twice, was impressed, impulse purchased off of eBay for six dollars.

I win.

[QUOTE=Scruples]
I despise them with the intensity of a thousand suns.
[/QUOTE]
Dammit! You stole my line!