[QUOTE=bucket]I never realized how many life-noobs there were in this thread!

I'm only 20 days away from being able to do cool stuff. Like buy death sticks.

Haha. Stupid noobs good luck with life not[/QUOTE]
You're a cool guy.

If you haven't bought tickets already, S_F, I don't know if you can, because when I checked the New York show presale blah blah blah was sold out.

[QUOTE=Ventriloquist]it will be an interesting piece of art. I think they will change the song a little bit :S otherwise I cant imagine them dancing in the outro part of deliverence :)[/QUOTE]

Nah, the outro of deliverance could have cool dancing to it.

This is a really cool idea; I hope they release a video of it or something.

Or put it on a DVD along with the ..a night with performances. :)

Hopefully I can make the Tulsa OK show. It would make my life.

[QUOTE=Dunkelheit509]Or put it on a DVD along with the ..a night with performances. :)[/QUOTE]

And have Lopez magically recover in time to play there.

[QUOTE=Det_Nosnip]And have Lopez magically recover in time to play there.[/QUOTE]
That's a given...


I hope we hear something of his condition (whatever it is..) soon...

Do they have any other live performance DVD s? (except Lamentations) aaaand another question you guys know which songs they will mostly play in their tour this year ???

[quote=]Ballet Deviare
Title of work- "...And The Devil Knows Why"
Choreographer- Laura Kowalewski
Composer-Opeth, "Deliverance"
Dancers- Samantha Koetsier, Shannon Plumstead, Erika Sutter, and Julia Welsh
New York City Premiere-December 18th, 2004

Company Statement:
The visceral fusion of two seemingly total opposites. A maelstrom of a marriage between the beauty and grace of ballet, and the force and brutality of metal. Bringing high art and extreme music together. Incorporated in November of 2003, Ballet Deviare is a non-profit contemporary ballet company residing in New York City. Ballet Deviare strives to reach a vast audience ranging from balletomanes to those who have never been exposed to the art of ballet. Deviating from what is expected within the norm of ballet companies (which is how the name of the company came into being), Ballet Deviare has harnessed an eclectic audience ranging from dance connoisseurs to those individuals who have never attended a ballet performance.
Ballet Deviare's choreographic projects entail the merging of what may appear at first glance to be complete opposites, the beauty and grace of ballet combined with the power and force of metal music. Not for the faint of heart, Kowalewski's choreographic works range from adagio inspired movements invoked by the darkened melodies of doom, to petit allegro propelled by the double base drums and thunderous riffs of death metal and grind.[/quote]

:amaze: :confused:
Ballerinas dancing to death metal?!

And they're supporting Opeth...You never know what to expect from that band.

[QUOTE=Hope Eternal]I could kill someone to go to that show! I'm pretty sure the show's gonna be awesome![/QUOTE]

Indeed it will be. You stop your complaining though! I'm sure there are a lot of shows we'd kill to see that only you Swedes get :p

I just found out that they're supposed to be playing in San Diego towards the end of March. Very cool. :cool:

Kind of a weird thing but I can't seem to listen to anything else but Opeth as of late. Maybe they really are that good....

[QUOTE=Hells Bells]Indeed it will be. You stop your complaining though! I'm sure there are a lot of shows we'd kill to see that only you Swedes get :p[/QUOTE]
You're probably right, I will try not to sulk :p

[QUOTE=lightningmetal666]I just found out that they're supposed to be playing in San Diego towards the end of March. Very cool. :cool:

Kind of a weird thing but I can't seem to listen to anything else but Opeth as of late. Maybe they really are that good....[/QUOTE]

Duh! Of course they are. I need to fully download/buy Orchid now, then I have all of their albums.

Today in world history class, while bored out of my mind, I decided that The Funeral Portrait is my least favorite Opeth song.

[QUOTE=MidnightRider]Today in world history class, while bored out of my mind, I decided that The Funeral Portrait is my least favorite Opeth song.[/QUOTE]

I sadly agree. It's just nothing special by Opeth standards.

Still has a pretty meen main riff, and some good growling.

[QUOTE=MidnightRider]Today in world history class, while bored out of my mind, I decided that The Funeral Portrait is my least favorite Opeth song.[/QUOTE]
:/ i sort of like that song

but blackwater park is my least fave opeth album. its the only one that didnt really amaze me when i heard it.

[QUOTE=Whale and Wasp]:/ i sort of like that song

but blackwater park is my least fave opeth album. its the only one that didnt really amaze me when i heard it.[/QUOTE]

*Blinks Stupidly*

You're the first Opeth fan I've heard calling BWP their least favourite. It's one of my favourites.

[QUOTE=JamJar]*Blinks Stupidly*

You're the first Opeth fan I've heard calling BWP their least favourite. It's one of my favourites.[/QUOTE]
i know, its strange. every body says it is such an awesome album but when i first heard i thought it was "meh" compared to the other 7. maybe itll grow on me like some other albums have.

It probably will, it really does have some awesome songs.

Yeah that's definitely a first...
BWP's one of my favs :p Give it some time and it will grow on you, it's a fantastic album.

For me it took longer to get into the 1st 3 albums. .

[QUOTE=Whale and Wasp]:/ i sort of like that song

but blackwater park is my least fave opeth album. its the only one that didnt really amaze me when i heard it.[/QUOTE]

It's the first one I heard, and it probably amazed me the most out of any Opeth album because of that. The Funeral Portrait is actually pretty cool, the vocals in particular are great. The riffs are somewhat uninspired though, I'll admit.

Blackwater Park is good, but overrated. It suffers from some mediocre parts toward the middle (some of TDF, as well as a lot of Dirge and Portrait) but the beginning few songs rule and the closer is one of Opeth's best songs ever, so I think that's why people come away raving about it. I think Still Life is a much more consistent and solid album, same with Morningrise and even MAYH.

[QUOTE=Jude]Blackwater Park is good, but overrated. It suffers from some mediocre parts toward the middle (some of TDF, as well as a lot of Dirge and Portrait) but the beginning few songs rule and the closer is one of Opeth's best songs ever, so I think that's why people come away raving about it. I think Still Life is a much more consistent and solid album, same with Morningrise and even MAYH.[/QUOTE]

I pretty much agree with everything you said there but I just don't get what's so amazing about Morningrise. The only song that really amazes me on the album is To Bid You Farewell.

Let's face it though... With only 5 songs on Morningrise you can see why te album as a whole is rated so highly. The more songs you have on an album, the more filler you have...

If all Opeth albums had 5 songs on them, then they'd have the best metal discography ever.

the only songs i particularly liked were harvest, drapery falls, funeral portrait, and patterns in the ivy. the rest sort of.....bored me :(....usually opeth never bores me

[QUOTE=DuncMaster V2]Let's face it though... With only 5 songs on Morningrise you can see why te album as a whole is rated so highly. The more songs you have on an album, the more filler you have...

If all Opeth albums had 5 songs on them, then they'd have the best metal discography ever.[/QUOTE]
Morningrise is the same length as other Opeth albums (in fact longer than a lot of them). The reason it has 5 songs is because they're so long. (all are over 10 minutes and one is 20 minutes)


[quote]I pretty much agree with everything you said there but I just don't get what's so amazing about Morningrise. The only song that really amazes me on the album is To Bid You Farewell.[/quote]

I dunno, I just love it.

W&W: WTF? You don't like Leper Affinity, Bleak, or BWP?!!!??!

[QUOTE=Jude]Morningrise is the same length as other Opeth albums (in fact longer than a lot of them). The reason it has 5 songs is because they're so long. (all are over 10 minutes and one is 20 minutes)
[/QUOTE]

I know I have it. But it's easier to spot weak points on albums with more songs.

[QUOTE=Jude]
W&W: WTF? You don't like Leper Affinity, Bleak, or BWP?!!!??![/QUOTE]
I find this shocking man... Leper and BWP are Opteh classics dude... but an opinions an opinion.

i'm listening to that song "the apostle in triumph" right now - it's really complex (great song)

hey, can any of you guys play opeth songs on the guitar/bass/drums?

since im not very good and have never had a lesson in my life, the only one i can play on guitar all the way through is black rose immortal (excluding a few of the acoustic parts and the 2nd solo) and little bits and pieces of other songs

[QUOTE=Pale-Folklore]i'm listening to that song "the apostle in triumph" right now - it's really complex (great song)

hey, can any of you guys play opeth songs on the guitar/bass/drums?

since im not very good and have never had a lesson in my life, the only one i can play on guitar all the way through is black rose immortal (excluding a few of the acoustic parts and the 2nd solo) and little bits and pieces of other songs[/QUOTE]

Cool to know you can play Black Rose Immortal..Im actualy learning that one now. But I could play The Twilight Is My Robe up to the 12 minute mark, and Masters Aprentice.

[QUOTE=Stormrider331]Cool to know you can play Black Rose Immortal..Im actualy learning that one now. But I could play The Twilight Is My Robe up to the 12 minute mark, and Masters Aprentice.[/QUOTE]

nice. the one song i'd REALLY like to learn all the way through would be to bid you farewell (along with another guitarist)

i find that most of the old songs (orchid and morningrise) are easier to play than the newer songs

[QUOTE=Whale and Wasp]the only songs i particularly liked were harvest, drapery falls, funeral portrait, and patterns in the ivy. the rest sort of.....bored me :(....usually opeth never bores me[/QUOTE]
Itll grow on you... at first I hated BWP and Dirge. Now I love BWP and think Dirge is pretty cool

i have to agree that blackwater park is a classic. i was just listening to it and it gets so intense near the end, i was having fun pretending i was martin lopez

[QUOTE=Pale-Folklore]i have to agree that blackwater park is a classic. i was just listening to it and it gets so intense near the end, i was having fun pretending i was martin lopez[/QUOTE]


I love how it fades in after the slow part, right around 5:10...that riff gives me chills every time I hear it.

[I]''Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!''[/I]

[QUOTE=Flynn]I love how it fades in after the slow part, right around 5:10...that riff gives me chills every time I hear it.

[I]''Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!''[/I][/QUOTE]

Too bad that song only has like 3 riffs :p.

...Blackwater Park?

[QUOTE=Flynn]I love how it fades in after the slow part, right around 5:10...that riff gives me chills every time I hear it.

[I]''Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!''[/I][/QUOTE]

hahah, i know what you mean

as for the song not having enough riffs, i think it's fine, it works

Either I haven't heard the song in a long time, or the song has a bunch of different riffs if memory serves correctly....

[QUOTE=Jude]

W&W: WTF? You don't like Leper Affinity, Bleak, or BWP?!!!??![/QUOTE]
leper affinity and bwp are alright but i didnt recall particularly enjoying them

i would like bleak (some parts of it were excellent) but it was ruined by those lame whiney vocals...whoever the hell sings them (it sure doesnt sound like mikael, at least i hope not).