haha my parents reckon opeth is great, same with Iron Maiden and RATM

[QUOTE=opeth_oasis]haha my parents reckon opeth is great, same with Iron Maiden and RATM[/QUOTE]
Wanna trade parents? :upset:

Well I've got my first Opeth album--Still Life--and I'm quite impressed with it. The acoustic passages are quite good and the vocalists clean vocals are chilling. I don't know if I'm overly fond of the death metally growling vocals though. Maybe I'll get used to them.

Oh, you will, trust me.

[QUOTE=Kafkastolemyslippers]To whoever liked the piano part at the end of Leper Affinity: listen to Silhouette.[/QUOTE]

silhouette is awesome

Check out Patterns In the Ivy I as well, it's got a nice short piano part that goes along with the acoustic guitar perfectly.

Im learning godheads lament, and in the powertab I have for it (which had 5 stars btw) there are 3 guitar parts at some points. It sounds right when I listen to them, so did opeth have 3 guitarists for Still Life or something? And how do they perform it live?

A lot of their songs have three guitar parts, quite a few on BWP. No they never had three guitarists, one of them (Mikael most likely) just overdubber the third part. As far as live, I'd guess they just leave out the third part, which is usually just additional harmonizing.

[QUOTE=cjborton]A lot of their songs have three guitar parts, quite a few on BWP. No they never had three guitarists, one of them (Mikael most likely) just overdubber the third part. As far as live, I'd guess they just leave out the third part, which is usually just additional harmonizing.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, do you mean the parts with the E-bow on guitar... they throw that eerie noise in here and there.... if that's the third guitar part, then I know what you're talking about.

what wud u guys be the best song off every album? i'd say

Orchid-Apostle In Triumph
Morningrise- To Bid You Farewell
MAYH- April Ethereal
Still Life- The Moor
BWP- The Leper Affinity
Deliverance- Masters Apprentices
D amnation- Death Whispered A Lullaby

lol god im bored

hmmmm

Orchid-Under the weeping moon
Morningrise-To bid you farewell
MAYH-April ethereal
Still Life-Moonlapse vertigo
BWP-Bleak
Deliverance-a fair judgement
****ation-Hope leaves

Still Life - The Moor
MAYH - Demon of the Fall
Dammnation - Windowpane
BWP - Bleak
Morning Rise - Black Rose Immortal
Deliverance - Fair Judgement
Orchid - In the Mist She was Standing

[QUOTE=cjborton]A lot of their songs have three guitar parts, quite a few on BWP. No they never had three guitarists, one of them (Mikael most likely) just overdubber the third part. As far as live, I'd guess they just leave out the third part, which is usually just additional harmonizing.[/QUOTE]

I believe Steven Wilson (From Porcupine Tree) contributes some guitar parts. As well as some vocal parts (Bleak), and the piano in "Patterns in the Ivy" (I think)

Orchid - Under the weeping moon
Morningrise - The night and the silent water
My arms your hearse - Demon of the fall
Still life - White cluster
Blackwaterpark - Leper affinity
****ation - Closure
Deliverance - A fair judgement

[QUOTE=Iron Man]I believe Steven Wilson (From Porcupine Tree) contributes some guitar parts. As well as some vocal parts (Bleak), and the piano in "Patterns in the Ivy" (I think)[/QUOTE]

I know your right about the piano and vocals, but I can't confirm/deny him adding guitar.

[QUOTE=cjborton]I know your right about the piano and vocals, but I can't confirm/deny him adding guitar.[/QUOTE]

I'm just going off of the inside cover of BWP, which lists Steven under additional musicians as "Steven Wilson - Voice, Guitar, Piano"

Ah, I'd like to know what songs he played on. I'm I can find it on the web somewhere.

Orchid - Into the Frost of Winter
Morningrise - Black Rose Immortal
My Arms, Your Hearse - The Amen Corner
Still Life - Godhead's Lament
Blackwater Park - The Leper Affinity
Deliverance - A Fair Judgement
Dam[b][i][/b][/i]nation - Weakness

Orchid - In The Mist She Was Standing
Morningrise - Blackrose Immortal
My Arms, Your Hearse - Demon of the Fall
Still Life - Serenity Painted Death
Blackwater Park - The Drapery Falls, Leper Affinity
Deliverance - A Fair Judgement, Master's Apprentice
****ation - Windowpane, To Rid the Disease

orchid: in the mist she was standing
morningrise: to bid you farewell
my arms your hearse: demon of the fall
still life: godheads lament or the moor
bwp: BWP
deliverance: wreath
d'amantion: in my time of need

I havn't heard Orchid yet, and frankly I dont want to. I found the quality on Morningrise to be discrasefull , so I dont want to even know what it sounds like on orchid.


/me is not troll. me is great Opeth fan. me has all the albums (cd). me is powerfull

[QUOTE=The Flabbit Rides High]I havn't heard Orchid yet, and frankly I dont want to. I found the quality on Morningrise to be discrasefull , so I dont want to even know what it sounds like on orchid.


/me is not troll. me is great Opeth fan. me has all the albums (cd). me is powerfull[/QUOTE]


weird :confused:

I consider morningrise as their best release ever.

although the vocals are a bit crappy, true

Mikeal has grown so much (vocal wise) over the years

they should re-record morningrise, with his improved vocals it would be even more awesome than it is now

that would be awesome!

Im not saying Orchid and Morningrise are bad records!, but listening to them just fills me with dissapointment that i just cant listen to it and feel inlightend!

/IMO

^ Those two enlighten me the most of all their albums. Their actually could be my favorite two albums of all time.

Orchid: Forest of October
Morningrise: Black Rose Immortal
My Arms, Your Hearse: When
Still Life: Godhead's Lament
Blackwater Park: Bleak
Deliverance: Deliverance
****ation: In My Time of Need

Still Life through ****ation favorites change often though.

Oh, I forgot about the favorite songs thing...so hard to choose

Orchid: The Twilight is My Robe
Morningrise: To Bid You Farewell
My Arms, Your Hearse: Haven't bought this one yet, so I cannot say
Still Life: Between Godhead's Lament and Face of Melinda
Blackwater Park: Bleak
Deliverance: Master's Apprentices
****ation: Hope Leaves

have any of you realized how hard it would be to play and sing to wreath? I think thats why they never play it live.

I think that about a lot of their songs. I bet when he's writing some songs he's like "yeah, we'll never play this live."

especially godhead's lament, but they do it, so that's insane.

and to Flabbit

orchids rules, it is different to morningrise, do not judge orchids by morningrise, morningrise isn't that great, but orchids is fairly arse-kicking

check it out mate :thumbs:

orchid is great, twilight is my robe is the full deal, good bass, good guitar riffs and solos and a fairly good percussion line. Its probably Opeth's blackest album, but definately one of their best.

[QUOTE=opeth_oasis]orchid is great, twilight is my robe is the full deal, good bass, good guitar riffs and solos and a fairly good percussion line. Its probably Opeth's blackest album, but definately one of their best.[/QUOTE]

agreed, the solos in twilight are my favourite, to me, they have the most emotion out of any Opeth solo, just fantastic, and so epic/beautiful

IMO orchid has the best guitar out of all the Opeth albums

hmm, i think still life is better (my favourite opeth observation)

lol i knew somebody would say that, yeah it is fantastic, moonlapse vertigo has insane guitar

yep, Moonlapse is my favourite song, fun to play too

Hmm, I don't think I could pick a favourite song off all the albums, I don't really know Still Life and Orchid well enough to pick one.
But as for the others:

Morningrise - [i]The Night and the Silent Water[/i] (actually one of my favourite Opeth songs ever)
My Arms Your Hearse - [i]Demon of the Fall[/i] (this one changes often enough)
Blackwater Park - [i]The Funeral Portrait[/i] (again, one of my favourite ever Opeth songs)
Deliverance - [i]By the Pain I See in Others[/i] (my favourite Opeth song atm, though it doesn't seem to be as popular amonst others)
****ation - [i]Windowpane[/i] (possibly the best melodic song, ever)

Recently all I've been listening to is Morningrise, and it has quickly become my favourite album. The quality is not that bad at all, and I think the vocals have a lot of emotion in them. The guitar harmonies are amazing too, depite what Mikael said about them. [i]Black Rose Immortal[/i] is an amazing song, I love it so much, but [i]The Night and the Silent Water[/i] has to be my favourite song. Though not many others seem to like it as much.

[QUOTE=bahamut_0] I don't really know Still Life and Orchid well enough to pick one.

[/QUOTE]

Oddly enough, those are my two favorite albums by Opeth (Out of the 6 I have)

Still Life is my favourite, it has, the moor, an opeth fan favourite. It has godhead's lament, an amazing song (listening to it now). Benighted and face of melinda, 2 beautifully mellow songs, probably 2 of Opeth's best on the softer side. Moonlapse vertigo. MY FAVOURITE OPETH SONG!!!:). Serenity painted death, second favourite, hehe. and White cluster, such an emotionally beautiful song once again.

Still Life definatly is my favourite, rock forthward opeth :) \m/

Picked up "Deliverance" today

awesome

guys, i need help, i am converting someone into an opeth fan, they really like patterns in the ivy 2, hope leaves, and most of their softer stuff. but i need to introduce them to the heavier side, and i was thinking drapery falls maybe? i need a song that is a good introductory song for their heavy side

I havent heard Orchid and Morningrise yet.So....

My Arms, Your Hearse-When(my first Opeth song, I knew my life was going to change once I heard it)
Still Life-The Moor
Blackwater Park-The Leper Affinity(fav. Opeth track ever.Nothing puts me in a trance like this song.I admit I almost cried the first time I heard it when I was high.)
Deliverance-Deliverance
****ation-In My Time of Need