hes awesome at double kick, perfects everything he plays, very solid drummer

is it true their old drummer went insane or sumthing? hes nothing compared to lopez but a mad piano player

hey guys, I've started to listen to Opeth now. When I first heard them, I couldn't get used to the vocals but know I'm starin to get used to it. I got Still Life and my favourite song is Moonlapse Vertigo. I play Thrash pretty much and wanna broaden my playing to I've started playing them and they are pretty interesting. I like how the guys integrate acoustic with heavy. Any way, just wanna say they are pretty good and what are some more good songs to listen to.

[QUOTE=opeth_oasis]is it true their old drummer went insane or sumthing? hes nothing compared to lopez but a mad piano player[/QUOTE]
No, Anders(the old drummer) moved to Brazil and could no longer be a part of the band.

[QUOTE=xtreme_skatah]hey guys, I've started to listen to Opeth now. When I first heard them, I couldn't get used to the vocals but know I'm starin to get used to it. I got Still Life and my favourite song is Moonlapse Vertigo. I play Thrash pretty much and wanna broaden my playing to I've started playing them and they are pretty interesting. I like how the guys integrate acoustic with heavy. Any way, just wanna say they are pretty good and what are some more good songs to listen to.[/QUOTE]


Vocals grow on ya don't they? They did for me too...Wasn't used to them..but it grew on me. I have been recently practicing some of their older songs on guitar. [I]In Mist She Was Standing[/I] from [B]Orchid[/B] is what I am currently working on. If you haven't heard [I]Black Rose Immortal [/I] yet, I recomend you should. It's one of their best recordings IMO.











[I] Lullaby of the crescent moon, took you
Mesmerized, its kaleidoscopic face.

Granted you a hollow stare.
Another soul within the divine herd.[/I]

Opeth=One of the greatest bands ever essembled. :thumb:

I got goose-bumps when I watched their DVD. Any of you guys know if they are having a show around the Albany NY area any time soon?

sorry to ask this, but ive never heard opeth... how heavy are they, and wat is their best songs? like 2-3 songs in peticular

[QUOTE=linkotim]sorry to ask this, but ive never heard opeth... how heavy are they, and wat is their best songs? like 2-3 songs in peticular[/QUOTE]

Pick up either Blackwater park or Morning rise and find out. They are amazinly diverse ranging from heavy death metal to melodic singing.

Go here

[url]http://cdzlimited.org/rock/M_R/opeth.html[/url]

You can stream all albums except Morningrise and Orchid for free. The quality could be better though.

cheers;)

[QUOTE=amostbitterseason]Opeth=One of the greatest bands ever essembled. :thumb:

I got goose-bumps when I watched their DVD. Any of you guys know if they are having a show around the Albany NY area any time soon?[/QUOTE]

Been pretty quiet on the Opeth page for a while. I believe that they're currently working on a new album right now, which explains the lack of touring.

I can't wait until the new Opeth CD comes out. I wonder if it will be like ****ation or their other CDs.

[QUOTE=Det_Nosnip]Been pretty quiet on the Opeth page for a while. I believe that they're currently working on a new album right now, which explains the lack of touring.[/QUOTE

Excellent. I would rather have them making another great album then having them tour....well......kind of. Whatever they come out with next I am sure will be amazing.

[QUOTE=SofaKing713]I can't wait until the new Opeth CD comes out. I wonder if it will be like ****ation or their other CDs.[/QUOTE]
They said Da[b][i][/b][/i]mnation was a one-off thing, and the next album will go back to the heavy/soft formula of records from before.

in an interview with mikael, apparently he said that their next album would be yet another concept album, and they would have a more black metal style about them..........i'm not sure how this will work, but IMO it will definatly be a good album

****ation was alright, cept all the effects done on mikael's voice. I rekon opeth was at their prime when they recorded blackwater park, easily imo the best opeth album

is it true that mikael featured in some ayreon songs? I rather like ayreon, does anyone know if he did and if yes, which ones

i know he did, he featured in day 4, and day 12 on the human equation ( i'm not certain of these tracks, but i'm FAIRLY certain it's those days)

and IMO, Still Life was their pinnacle, an absolute killer album, beautiful acoustic/clean interludes with some real burning riffs, which still retained beauty in it's own ways. i love this album.

On Ayreon's The Human Equation, Mikael was on Days(off the top of my head) 2, 5, 6, 8, 11, 12, 15, and 20. I believe that's all of them.

i knew it was either 4 or 5, but i'm certain he was the feature vocalist in 12 and 4/5

[QUOTE=Grey Incision]i know he did, he featured in day 4, and day 12 on the human equation ( i'm not certain of these tracks, but i'm FAIRLY certain it's those days)

and IMO, Still Life was their pinnacle, an absolute killer album, beautiful acoustic/clean interludes with some real burning riffs, which still retained beauty in it's own ways. i love this album.[/QUOTE]

Still Life's fantastic, except for the production. I'd love it if they re-mastered/redid all of those early albums. Actually, that would be ****ing cool as hell....take the new Opeth, and go back and re-record all of the old albums.

[QUOTE=Det_Nosnip]Still Life's fantastic, except for the production. I'd love it if they re-mastered/redid all of those early albums. Actually, that would be ****ing cool as hell....take the new Opeth, and go back and re-record all of the old albums.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, Still Life was my favorite but I think sometimes the lead part got lost in the background, and sometimes the sound on my right speaker cuts out...I would buy a remaster without a flinch

[QUOTE=Det_Nosnip]Still Life's fantastic, except for the production. I'd love it if they re-mastered/redid all of those early albums. Actually, that would be ****ing cool as hell....take the new Opeth, and go back and re-record all of the old albums.[/QUOTE]

That would be awesome, Still Life's production isn't bad as Morningrise and Orchid though, but a remastered version of those would be great!

[QUOTE=Lateralias]That would be awesome, Still Life's production isn't bad as Morningrise and Orchid though, but a remastered version of those would be great![/QUOTE]

A rerecorded version would be even better in my opinion. Or maybe a early days best of rerecorded like Testament did.

Thing is, all of their early songs are close to or over 10 minutes...

^^^ So? What are you saying, that they can't be bothered playing an old song for 10 minutes? Or are you saying you could only fit a few onto a best of CD?

I'm saying it will be the 6-7 song greatest hits CD. No insult to the band.

Alright, you could make a double, or a triple CD I guess. Although I'm not a huge fan of best of or greatest hits, I prefer listening to the whole album, and I really don't think a best of CD of Opeth would work too well, I just reckon every album they have creates a different atmosphere (Although I haven't heard Orchid yet, so i can't comment on that).

[QUOTE=Det_Nosnip]Still Life's fantastic, except for the production. I'd love it if they re-mastered/redid all of those early albums. Actually, that would be ****ing cool as hell....take the new Opeth, and go back and re-record all of the old albums.[/QUOTE]

I'd really doubt that they'll do it though. Mike said on the dvd that he can't even listen to stuff on Orchid and Morningrise anymore.

I love the production on Still Life!! But yeah, remixes of an album as awesome as Morningrise, in addition to better death and clean vocals, would truly make that album the best EVER.

Too bad it won't happen, though. :upset: