[QUOTE=Iron Man]I'm saying it will be the 6-7 song greatest hits CD. No insult to the band.[/QUOTE]

Meh, I think if someone bought any Opeth cd, it would basically be a greatest hits.

And I think there is no reason to rerecord Still Life; I think the production is absolutley fantastic.

[QUOTE=naboo]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.[/QUOTE]

I can understand why. I see more potential than mastery on their first couple of albums. As blasphemous a statement as it may be, I think alot of the songs on Orchid could have been alot shorter than they were. :lol: IMO, they just kept getting better with each CD until Blackwater Park. While I actually do like the Deliverance album (seems to be a least favorite for many other people), I wouldn't consider it better than BWP. ****ation is kinda hard to fit into the scheme of things, because it's so different...I love the album to death (ha), but it's not what I would listen to when I'm in the mood for, say, BWP or Still Life, so it's impossible to compare them.

[QUOTE=Det_Nosnip]I can understand why. I see more potential than mastery on their first couple of albums. As blasphemous a statement as it may be, I think alot of the songs on Orchid could have been alot shorter than they were. :lol: IMO, they just kept getting better with each CD until Blackwater Park. While I actually do like the Deliverance album (seems to be a least favorite for many other people), I wouldn't consider it better than BWP. ****ation is kinda hard to fit into the scheme of things, because it's so different...I love the album to death (ha), but it's not what I would listen to when I'm in the mood for, say, BWP or Still Life, so it's impossible to compare them.[/QUOTE]

I thought Deliverance was pretty good, with tracks like A Fair Judgement, Master's Apprentices, and of course, the title track. But yes, it didn't match up to BWP though, because BWP is superb among Opeth albums, along with Still Life.

a little late
 

i got into Opeth about half a year ago. I heard Deliverance on Sirius radio and i saw Drapery Falls on some hellfest dvd. I was blown away completely. I am a drummer, so i really admire Martin Lopez....admire is really an understatement ha. He is so incredibly original. All the other members are incredibly talented at what they do. Mikael is easily my favorite vocallist, simply because his clean vocals are so beautiful and powerful, and yet he can death metal growl better than most. I also love the fact that within his Death metal vocals he can produce so many pitches and still keep the death metal sound.

Second to the amazing musicianship, i love the feel Opeth has....they keep that kind of "mystic forest music" feel no matter how heavy or crazy the music is. You can really hear this vibe on Blackwater Park.

I have Blackwater Park, Deliverance, and the Lamentations DVD. I plan on getting alot of their older albums and ****ation and their new cd when it comes out.

I don't see why everyone says that Deliverance wasn't a very good album. I absolutely love it. I'm learning A Fair Judgment at the moment and I'm up to the second solo. It has to be one of the best solos I have ever heard. And the title track on that album, holy crap, such awsome drumming. And of course all the other songs rule majorly as well!

I wrote a second review in the review thread for "Deliverance" in the CD Reviews forum. Check it out.

getting close to 1,000.

Yeep. It's very exciting, let me tell you.

ha, yeah, i bet it is. I never had the joy of getting my 1,000 post, because i got all my accounts merged at around 800 posts, and that put me at 1100.
oh well. our clan needs a thread all our own, that we can always talk and stuff, like the old Metallica vs. Opeth thread. Those were my favorite times on mx so far.

[QUOTE=CreepingBlack]ha, yeah, i bet it is. I never had the joy of getting my 1,000 post, because i got all my accounts merged at around 800 posts, and that put me at 1100.
oh well. our clan needs a thread all our own, that we can always talk and stuff, like the old Metallica vs. Opeth thread. Those were my favorite times on mx so far.[/QUOTE]

Agreed. We should, I think. We would have to be wary of making it into an elitist Community Thread, though. We need a legitimate subject. Maybe posting something in the Pit? But there are so many idiots there...

[QUOTE=Ripper22]Agreed. We should, I think. We would have to be wary of making it into an elitist Community Thread, though. We need a legitimate subject. Maybe posting something in the Pit? But there are so many idiots there...[/QUOTE]
you're right. we should make one in the pit though. But should we base it on our clan?
hmmm...now's a better time then ever. Me, you, zep and steer are more popular now then ever. You and him will probably make the top 100 mxer list, and i might too. I think if we made a thread, itd be taken seriously.
but what subject?

[QUOTE=CreepingBlack]you're right. we should make one in the pit though. But should we base it on our clan?
hmmm...now's a better time then ever. Me, you, zep and steer are more popular now then ever. You and him will probably make the top 100 mxer list, and i might too. I think if we made a thread, itd be taken seriously.
but what subject?[/QUOTE]

Subject's the tricky one. Maybe it can just be a simple community thing. Modeled on the one in R+M. That's what all the Pit convos are about anyway.

[QUOTE=Ripper22]Subject's the tricky one. Maybe it can just be a simple community thing. Modeled on the one in R+M. That's what all the Pit convos are about anyway.[/QUOTE]
well, lets do it then. now though? And i think personally that zepfan should make the thread. His is the most popular of us, and the most credible. He should though mention the clan, its members, our goals, and how the clan was formed. But, it should be a basic community thread.(our home)

[QUOTE=CreepingBlack]well, lets do it then. now though? And i think personally that zepfan should make the thread. His is the most popular of us, and the most credible. He should though mention the clan, its members, our goals, and how the clan was formed. But, it should be a basic community thread.(our home)[/QUOTE]

Meh, I'll do it. I personally don't think zepfan is as hot on the Clan as he was before. But we'll see. That okay? I'll do it right now.

EDIT: He may be most popular, but you, me and Steer thought up the whole thing.

[QUOTE=Ripper22]Meh, I'll do it. I personally don't think zepfan is as hot on the Clan as he was before. But we'll see. That okay? I'll do it right now.

EDIT: He may be most popular, but you, me and Steer thought up the whole thing.[/QUOTE]
hey, oh ****. Go for it man, but do a good job,( i know you will)

[QUOTE=Ripper22]Meh, I'll do it. I personally don't think zepfan is as hot on the Clan as he was before. But we'll see. That okay? I'll do it right now.

EDIT: He may be most popular, but you, me and Steer thought up the whole thing.[/QUOTE]
Meh, give it direction and we'll see, it sorta died out for awhile so I didn't see anything happening, but all's cool if something starts happening.

its time to make a thread. look at your popularity now. and me and ripper are well-received around here too. Making a community thread but tying in our clan and our positive outlook sounds great.

Yo i have a question, What exactly is progressive music? many people say opeth are, but my friend disagrees. He says its bands that make really fast music, like songs over 200 bpm, bands like necrophagist....but i highly doubt thats what prog music is, can someone shed some light over here?

Most stuff that is technical is labeled Progressive, and it can go from slower (Opeth may not be fast, but have you looked at the tabs? ****) to faster (like Symphony X, Romeo can play, haha)

ripper, creepingblack, please, discuss this in the community thread, or a neutral place, sorry, it's just that the last page was basically not opeth related, and some mods (not naming, just thinking out loud) may consider this as spamming up a thread by staying off topic. We wouldn't like the thread to get closed now would we:). Also, i just sort of dropped out of the clan because i believe the best way to achieve our collective goal is to set an example as individuals, you 2, steer and zepfan have done a good job, the posters have been following suit in almost every thread i read.

now, back to topic,

If Opeth did a remastered greatest hits cd, i think it would fail, because each album has a different atmosphere about it, and if you ran 3 or 4 of these atmosphere's together, it would collapse and sound terrible IMO. Also, i can't see waht everyone's fascination with morningrise is, the only song off that cd i truly love is "to bid you farewell"(don't get me wrong, i still like the album, but i don't love it.) it is their poorest album IMO

[QUOTE=Grey Incision]
now, back to topic,

If Opeth did a remastered greatest hits cd, i think it would fail, because each album has a different atmosphere about it, and if you ran 3 or 4 of these atmosphere's together, it would collapse and sound terrible IMO. Also, i can't see waht everyone's fascination with morningrise is, the only song off that cd i truly love is "to bid you farewell"(don't get me wrong, i still like the album, but i don't love it.) it is their poorest album IMO[/QUOTE]

Curses rain down upon you! Dropped out of the clan AND Morningrise is their weakest album!!!!

Meh, I see where you're coming from. I've always thought that Morningrise had some of the best musical sections Opeth ever wrote hands down, but it also has some of the worst screaming and singing by Mikael, some of the least bit of coherency and tightness, the bass is virtuosic but weird, and the production is pretty terrible. The harmony riffs would sound so much cooler with a good corresponding powerchord underneath.


REMIX MORNINGRISE IS THE MESSAGE HERE. (edit)

what are you on about? Morningrise is amazing, has some great songs on it, like advent and black rose immortal.

i havent herd much from still life, whats the best song on the album?

I think The Moor is the best song off still life. But it's definitely not my favorite album of theirs, more like 4th or 5th favorite.

BWP will always be my fav

still life owns, IMO, it's a lot more different from their other albums, the first 2 opeth albums had that true death metal feel to my mind, blackwater park, has a lot more rythm to it, it's a great album, deliverance is once again something different, the music is a lot more experimental, and no need to explain ****ation. Still Life though, it sort of fuses the death metal feel with rythm ya know? sorry, that's the best way i can explain why i think it is different and so much better

[QUOTE=opeth_oasis]i havent herd much from still life, whats the best song on the album?[/QUOTE]

I personally love Godhead's Lament, great song.
Morningrise is a great album, not their best, but it's still great.
Yeah, I agree about the Greatest Hits not working, for the reasons stated.

And Blackwater Park is my favourite album ^^

[QUOTE=CreepingBlack]its time to make a thread. look at your popularity now. and me and ripper are well-received around here too. Making a community thread but tying in our clan and our positive outlook sounds great.[/QUOTE]


Dude, I gotta say, That is the COOLEST avatar I have ever seen on a forum's page! Where did you get it from? I am deeply into RPG's and MMORPGs...Playing WoW atm...world of Warcraft. Nice Avatar :thumb:



...R.I.P Darrell Abbott

[QUOTE=opeth_oasis]i havent herd much from still life, whats the best song on the album?[/QUOTE]
Depends on who you ask...my favorite hard song is Godhead's Lament and my favorite soft is Benighted

But, I think every album has some awesome songs on it...as a whole, Blackwater Park is their best album, IMO. Every song is amazing, IMO...god, I just love that album


BTW, did anyone else know that Steven Wilson co-wrote Death Whispered a Lullaby and PT plays it in their shows? Pretty interesting, no?


AND...welcome back Flynn, been a long time! Glad to see this thread is still going :)

[QUOTE=opeth_oasis]i havent herd much from still life, whats the best song on the album?[/QUOTE]
The entire album kicks a[SIZE=2]ss[/SIZE]. The best part, though, is that the lyrics of all the songs relate to each other, and they tell a story. If you haven't read this - [url]http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=220887[/url]. Scroll a ways down and it gives an outline by song.