[QUOTE=Stormrider331]So Flynn, was it you who posted in the Metallica thread or your brother ?

Just curious...[/QUOTE]


I have posted in that thread yes.

so who's going to the LA evening with show on march 14? I'll be on the side of the 3rd section on the floor.

[QUOTE=TojesDoLan]Riuffz!1!!

[B]Number one:[/B] I like The leper Affinity intro, it's quite teh evile, great sounding riff. Probably one of my favoritest riffs out of Blackwater Park.

[B]Number two:[/B] The intro to Wreath. Very... yeah!

[B]Number three:[/B] Let me think of one... In "face of Melinda", the acoustic part before the chorus, after the verse finishes... Pretty amazing.[/QUOTE]


Yeah Wreath is tight, it's a great way to start out that album indeed.

Man, 9 damn days...can't wait. :D

I still have a month from sunday.

They're not coming here so I can't go. :angry:

theyre coming here in a few days but i have no possible way of going

/sniff

[QUOTE=penelope weird hands]Greetings, Opethians!

Just felt the need to express my admiration for this band because of how much they have influenced me musically.
Been playing to some selected riffs and one i've been obsessed with, for quite some time now, is the third riff on Closure.
Fvcking badass.
I love playing that on an acoustic guitar.

But anyway.. With me being a n00b and all i'd like to spark some n00b discussion.. ;}

What would everyones' favourite Opeth riffs be?
Maybe top 3 or something?
Include solos if you like.
..Or you could not reply at all.
Then I would be sad. ;{

heh..

But I think it'll be interesting because there's always much love for songs.. but not as much expressed in the detail of certain arrangements and parts.

My 3, for the moment, would have to be that aforementioned riff from Closure (~1:07), the end of The Leper Affinity (~8:01 onwards, amazing!) and the acoustic guitar of Serenity Painted Death (~8:06 onwards, the fingerpicking timing breaks my mind).

Just brilliant stuff!
:chug:[/QUOTE]

mine would be...(in no particular order)....
the chorus of "harvest"
under the weeping moon - that part after the long acoustic breakdown where it starts building up again.....oohhhh that part is AWESOME! reminds me of a approaching storm
the night and the silent water (the last stanza thing whatever you call it where he whispers)


ps: welcome to the forums!

I forgot my three favorite acoustic riffs.

1. Bleak, the acoustic breakdown after the chorus. Brilliant acoustic guitar playing.

2. Karma, the acoustic part is the highlight of the song, in my humble opinion.

3. A fair judgement, another fantastic acoustic breakdown that is really fun to play, and listen to... too bad in the Lamentations DVD it's so low-played (at least in the beginning)

[QUOTE=MidnightRider]My least favorite would probably be The Funeral Portrait or The Baying of The Hounds. The riffage in TFP just annoys me and the lyrics in TBOTH seem kind of cheesy to me.

[I]I hear the baying of the hounds, in the distance, I hear them devouring..[/I]

I mean come on, have any of you ever been hunting with dogs? They do nothing of the sort.[/QUOTE]

When you go hunting with them, no they don't. You kill the hog (only animal I know of that are truly "bayed" when you hunt them. Deer are just sort of chased). But what do you think wild packs of dogs do? (Or should I say "did"...not too many packs of wild dogs running around anymore). I'm not sure what wolves or Coyotes do, but I'm sure it must be pretty similar.

[QUOTE=matt4]When you go hunting with them, no they don't. You kill the hog (only animal I know of that are truly "bayed" when you hunt them. Deer are just sort of chased). But what do you think wild packs of dogs do? (Or should I say "did"...not too many packs of wild dogs running around anymore). I'm not sure what wolves or Coyotes do, but I'm sure it must be pretty similar.[/QUOTE]

The song doesn't make a particular reference to hunting dogs.

I can't really pick three favourite Opeth riffs, I think most Opeth riffs are on the same plane of greatness. Not to mention that a song isn't the sum of it's riffs.

No, it isn't, but everyone has parts of the song that stand out for them over everyone else.

[QUOTE=Toaster]I can't really pick three favourite Opeth riffs, I think most Opeth riffs are on the same plane of greatness. Not to mention that a song isn't the sum of it's riffs.[/QUOTE]

Well sure.. I said.. riffs ... but I mean any arrangements.. aswell as solos.. or drum parts .. just anything specific like that.

Something that really brings you together to make you feel as unique as Opeth make you feel.

A select penultimate as to engage that feeling that you get from Opeth.

[QUOTE=Toaster]The song doesn't make a particular reference to hunting dogs.

I can't really pick three favourite Opeth riffs, I think most Opeth riffs are on the same plane of greatness. Not to mention that a song isn't the sum of it's riffs.[/QUOTE]

C'mon man. Sure they're great but theres gotta be at least three riffs that makes you quiver.

Ghost of Perdition
White Cluster
Drapery Fallls
???
Deliverance
Grand Conjuration
Under a Weeping Moon
Baying of the Hounds
Demon of the Fall(encore)

Setlist from the concert last night, in case anyone was wondering.

Anything you particularly remember of the "???" song?

Any lyric

Or something

help us out a little here

It was mostly acoustic, can't remember any lyrics at all, didn't try to pick any out... was having enough trouble remembering the order of the songs in the first place, especially after the beer :p

You are fading from my sight
Break of morning, coldness lingers on
Shroud me into nightmares of the sun

Update: I found from someone else who was at the show that the song was Closure. I kind of figured it was from Damnation, which was why I didn't recognize it.

Setlist is alright, bit dissappointed actually... I was hopeing for BWP and Face of Melinda... oh well.

Weak setlist man..Wheres IMSWS!!

Man, that is a LAME *** setlist. No Leper Affinity, no Bleak, no Godhead's Lament, no Master's Apprentices...what gives?

They can't please everyone... I'm sure it'll still be a killer show...

I'm so mad about the setlist, hopefully I'll get someone elses setlist and maybe they change it up each night(Hoping)

Even if the setlist seem disappointing to you guys, it was a great show. I'm not the biggest fan of the setliest either, but I seriously didn't find a single person who went who didn't love them. One person said they did everything on those songs better live, which I somewhat agree with...

Ghost of Perdition and Grand Conjuration have a much bigger impact live than studio, trust me.

Yea, I guess that's true. Even though the setlist is somewhat below par, it's still Opeth. And it's still live.

They DO have a few gems in that setlist though.

That was good enough for a two-hour show or so. Damn, there's still people complaining on why Lamentations was post-blackwater Park. I Suppose it's all relative. Like EVERYTHING else in life.

On a non-related side note, good to know it was Closure. I prefer the sound of it live. Did they start fooling around after the last sung part, or did they just started playing a riff over and over again...?

[QUOTE=Otherside]Ghost of Perdition and Grand Conjuration have a much bigger impact live than studio, trust me.[/QUOTE]
Ghost of Perdition has alot of impact in the studio for too so I guess that's doubleplusgood*.

*Sorry I've been reading 1984 too much.

I think they started playing the riff over and over again, for some reason a mosh pit broke out during that part of that song right beside me so I had to watch out for flailing drunk metalheads so I didn't get killed.

That being said, the mosh pit for Demon Of The Fall is intense. Very, very intense.

Well, there goes the notion that there won't be a pit for Opeth...

That being said, I feel like moshing this time around...

Not a pit for Opeth? Is that possible?

One broke out for every song I think, at one point or another.


And for anyone wondering, I wasn't too impressed with the T-shirt selection... they only had one tour shirt and it was $30, but I ended getting it anyways.

Moshing worries me :(

/has never been to a gig

NP - Dark Moor - By the Strange Path of Destiny

Dammit. I was counting on 25 dollar tshirts. :mad:

Oh well, Connecticut doesn't have sales tax on clothing. :)

I got used to moshing at the one concert I went to...just make sure to stay pressed up at the people on the very edge, and you should be fine.

One week until the NY show..\m/

I managed to get my hands on the MP3 of Closure from last nights show if anyone is interested. Gotta have Msn though;)

[QUOTE=^Dream~Theater^]I managed to get my hands on the MP3 of Closure from last nights show if anyone is interested. Gotta have Msn though;)[/QUOTE]

I have trillian, my screen name is Unknown1400...

[QUOTE=Shattered_Future]Dammit. I was counting on 25 dollar tshirts. :mad:

Oh well, Connecticut doesn't have sales tax on clothing. :)

I got used to moshing at the one concert I went to...just make sure to stay pressed up at the people on the very edge, and you should be fine.[/QUOTE]

Hmm, I will try to get in the front. I'll have to arrive early though.

[QUOTE=BurningSky]I have trillian, my screen name is Unknown1400...[/QUOTE]
Hence "Gotta have Msn":thumb:

Dude, send me it


[email]nightrise713@hotmail.com[/email]

Out of the times I've seen them, the pit for Deliverance always ends up being funny, just cause of the parts where it's going back and forth between clean and heavy really fast, you know between the "come with me" etc etc parts. Its people swaying to the music and then moshing for a few seconds then back to swaying.