[QUOTE=Jesus Macaroni]Which Opeth song is your favorite `?

Mine is Face of Melinda...it has all the aspects of Opeth in one song...I think

BTW : Thank you Flynn for starting this thread[/QUOTE]

I agree with you, even though it's not my favorite, of course I couldn't pick a favorite Opeth song. They're all stuck in my head and easy to fall in love with, so thats a tough choice, but nonetheless Face of Melinda is a great song, fun to play too. :thumb:

Random fact: Mikael's daughter is named Melinda :)

Have any of you listened to Opeth's cover of 'Remember Tommorow' by Iron Maiden?? It's amazing.

I just bought MY ARMS, YOUR HEARSE, and BLACKWATER PARK.

i just burned deliverence of my step bro but i havent got to listen to it yet. i plan on buying morningrise sometime soon.

[QUOTE=thefourdegreesofhumanity]Have any of you listened to Opeth's cover of 'Remember Tommorow' by Iron Maiden?? It's amazing.[/QUOTE]
Mikael hits that 'sky' note better than Dianno imo.

Is Opeth religious? I've heard that, and i've never found out what religion they are.

[QUOTE=thefourdegreesofhumanity]Have any of you listened to Opeth's cover of 'Remember Tommorow' by Iron Maiden?? It's amazing.[/QUOTE]


I have never ever disrespected maiden in any way, my opinion is that NOBODY can do a maiden song better then maiden..............................but opeth aren't nobody are they :cool: IMO, their version is better than maiden's, just.

[QUOTE=Grey Incision]I have never ever disrespected maiden in any way, my opinion is that NOBODY can do a maiden song better then maiden..............................but opeth aren't nobody are they :cool: IMO, their version is better than maiden's, just.[/QUOTE]

/agrees. That cover is awesome:thumb:

[QUOTE=G_Mac07]/agrees. That cover is awesome:thumb:[/QUOTE]

another aussie in the opeth thread, rawk forth brother (sounds like a 1970's black priest)

[QUOTE=Cardboard Headgear]Mikael hits that 'sky' note better than Dianno imo.[/QUOTE]

I cry everytime I hear him say 'sky'.

Yeah, even though I love Maiden... Opeth did do the song better with their cover.. but after all I love Opeth too.

[QUOTE=James Van Halen]Is Opeth religious? I've heard that, and i've never found out what religion they are.[/QUOTE]

Nope, but neith are the occultic or satanic, or anything of the such.. I've heard Mikael say that Opeth have some slight anti-Christian themes in a few songs.. but I have yet to notice any in the lyrics.. maybe it's on some older material. But, nope, no religion on their hands.

[QUOTE=Lateralias]Nope, but neith are the occultic or satanic, or anything of the such.. I've heard Mikael say that Opeth have some slight anti-Christian themes in a few songs.. but I have yet to notice any in the lyrics.. maybe it's on some older material. But, nope, no religion on their hands.[/QUOTE]

I think the lyrics on Orchid have a bit of that. Can't remember right now. And possibly Deliverance.

[QUOTE=Kafkastolemyslippers]I think the lyrics on Orchid have a bit of that. Can't remember right now. And possibly Deliverance.[/QUOTE]

I thought MAYH couldve had some considering the concept was about a guy dying and being a ghost. I don't know, I'll do another listen-to-album-and-read-along type thing soon, maybe I'll find something.

Yeah I actually just looked over the lyrics for Orchid and I can't find anything. Except maybe The Apostle in Triumph.

Master's Apprentice from Deliverance could be religiously themed, but the lyrics are fairly oblique.

[QUOTE=Lateralias]I've heard Mikael say that Opeth have some slight anti-Christian themes in a few songs..[/QUOTE]
Well look at Still Life; Christianity ruins and eventually ends the main character's life.

hey cardboard great avatar, chuck was a god.

[QUOTE=Gibbers3095]From what I've heard, the concept is supposed to be somehow about the occult, which will be very cool.[/QUOTE]
Yeah about the occult, Opeth seems to have a lot of occult and or heathenistic elements in their lyrics. Anybody else notice?

BTW, does anybody know any good Opeth forums?

One of my all-time favorite bands! \m/

Cant wait for their new cd to come out... whenever that time may be

[QUOTE=Kafkastolemyslippers]Morningrise is my favorite record. I think it is actually the most unique sounding of any of them.[/QUOTE]


Ill Agree Morningrise is a good solid album but its not the epic everybody sets it out to be. One thing that puts me off is the sound quality, and then the unique ''sound'' which they had back then. IMO , Opeth started their sound with MAYH, which to date remains their finest work . it contains everything a Opeth album needs which is light and heavy songs, but more than that, it maintains just the right balance within songs. Thus I would have to say that MAYH is the best album in this light.

However, Not every Opeth fan is alike. Some like more heavy songs while others choose more soft-like songs. For more heavy you would go for Deliverance, while more soft would probebly go for Still Life. It just depends, But IMO MAYH (Abbreveation(sp?) Nightmare! :confused: ) contains just the right elements. :thumb:

[QUOTE=The Flabbit Rides High]Ill Agree Morningrise is a good solid album but its not the epic everybody sets it out to be. One thing that puts me off is the sound quality, and then the unique ''sound'' which they had back then. IMO , Opeth started their sound with MAYH, which to date remains their finest work . it contains everything a Opeth album needs which is light and heavy songs, but more than that, it maintains just the right balance within songs. Thus I would have to say that MAYH is the best album in this light.

However, Not every Opeth fan is alike. Some like more heavy songs while others choose more soft-like songs. For more heavy you would go for Deliverance, while more soft would probebly go for Still Life. It just depends, But IMO MAYH (Abbreveation(sp?) Nightmare! :confused: ) contains just the right elements. :thumb:[/QUOTE]

champ, another MAYH fan, for me it is a tie for first with Still Life, They are both amazing, and i have converted many a rock fan with demon of the fall :)

rep++ to you

Thanx Grey. :thumb:

But I think its in the way they play the full chord in distortion that gives it that lush, warm, melodic sound that diverenciates it from other Opeth albums.(MAYH) ex. April Ethereal, When. In this way, the songs can sound very heavy, but maintain a sort of soft melodic tune. (IMO)

Yes Demon is a killer (''run away!''), But i will have to go with ''When'' for my fav song. It contains everything a perfect Opeth song needs.(''Demise!'') :p

that is true there. I love playing april ethereal, it's just such a cool song to play, because of the chords, i've also tried to use this sort of thing when i create music, (to no avail, but i try.) Demon isn't my favourite on the cd, When is :thumb:, april ethereal is my second, and demon third. Demon of the fall is just a familiar track with everyone, so i use that a lot when i talk about opeth.

Another song which is clearly a stand-out must be Wreath. I know its long and a rough ride, but the end is so worth it. A killer solo and some contrasting moods set against each other.

A must listen for everybody!

hahaha, yeah, Wreath stands out, as does Leper Affinity (my overall favourite). It's just an amazing song, Akerfeldt's voice holds much more emotion in this song than others ( sounds impossible, but it does) and the guitarwork isn't of Yngwie or Vai pace, but amazingly written nonetheless,

*listens*

btw, you are the next Steerpike, i swear :p such detailed and well thought-out responses

Ha, thanx. I must say I have been a keen student of Steerpike since my days in the Initiation process to the Clan of Truth. Troll-Hunting will stay with me forever! ;-)

But yeah, Leper Affinity was my first favourite. But I feel that Blackwater Park has sounds very different to all the other Opeth albums. It has been said to be the most popular cd, but after hearing all the others, I have to say that it was a epitone in their career, sort of like MAYH. Sort of like the dawning of a new age in the world of Opeth. But MAYH remains my all time fav!

and yeah, the solo's aren't incredibly fast, but after watching the DVD, you get a much clearer understanding of the detail involved in the solo's. You then realize that its not about speed, but like always, about the atmosphere.

i've always liked Blackwater park, but it's never been my favourite cd. Your right, it does have a different sound to all the others. The only way i can describe it, every time i hear it, the album is not as emotional. It doesn't have as much feeling for me, it seems kind of like an album that was more towards the conventions as far as metal goes. It's difficult to describe, and that's the best i can do:(

Although people discribe Deliverance as the heaviest, I might go and say that Blackwater Park is in fact the heaviest.

The reason that you struggle to get emotions out of the alum is because it only contains single emotion songs. Yes there are in between acoustic sections, but it doesn't lighten the mood or anything. Its still morose.

Opinions?

[QUOTE=The Flabbit Rides High]Although people discribe Deliverance as the heaviest, I might go and say that Blackwater Park is in fact the heaviest.

The reason that you struggle to get emotions out of the alum is because it only contains single emotion songs. Yes there are in between acoustic sections, but it doesn't lighten the mood or anything. Its still morose.

Opinions?[/QUOTE]
that's exactly what i was trying to say, except i can't word something like that :p. I would actually say MAYH is the heaviest, with April ethereal, Demon of the fall and Karma, all very heavy songs