Well if you don't like the screaming part you should check out their album "Damnation". There's none on it. It was an experimental album.

Thanks beastman, any more? I dont mind the screaming just not too much of it.

That's the only album, but there are some songs like "A Fair Judgement" that don't feature any screaming.

Get Still Life. That is their most clean vocal laden album which also has heavy parts.

Thanks for the suggestions, I'll get right on it :chug:

[QUOTE=JamJar]Get Still Life. That is their most clean vocal laden album which also has heavy parts.[/QUOTE]
Actually I think Ghost Reveries has considerably more clean vocals for one of the "heavy" albums...but Still Life is also their best album and an absolute masterpiece. Go for it.

I'll just do both then :) Thanks for the help.

[QUOTE=Moses]Well, I think the riffs are repeated for way too long sometimes. Even in some of my favorite songs of theirs one riff can be repeated anywhere from 16 to 64 times. It's not always a bad thing though.[/QUOTE]

What Opeth song features the same riff repeated 64 times..?

Probably the end of Deliverence, but that doesn't drag on at all.

Well to the band it must drag on because when I saw them play Deliverence live, they cut the ending short. I wish they wouldn't have. I am not sure if they do that all the time though.

[QUOTE=Moses]When did you get a name change?[/QUOTE]
Bout a week ago. Most people still called me Darkness, so I thought this was fitting.

[QUOTE=Spoonful of Shame]Well to the band it must drag on because when I saw them play Deliverence live, they cut the ending short. I wish they wouldn't have. I am not sure if they do that all the time though.[/QUOTE]

We got the whole ending, plus a bit more. :cool:

They cut it a few bars short both times when I seen them play it. Mikael said the reason it's so long is because they ment to have it fade out, but then they decided against that.

I get bored of it when I listen to it. Fun to play though.

[QUOTE=Shattered_Future]Cause they're Swedish.[/QUOTE]
ABBA were swedish too.

And what's wrong with ABBA? :mad:

Well, for starts one of the girls was the bastard-child of a Nazi officr, but then again you cant blame the parents for their mediocre Euro-Pop.

ABBA is some of the best pop I've ever heard. They're actually are quite good.

F E R N A N D O !!!
[QUOTE=BurningSky]What Opeth song features the same riff repeated 64 times..?[/QUOTE]
BWP for one. Not saying Opeth aren't the s[B]h[/B]it.

Well, BWP's riffs are so good that they're worthy of that much repetition.

That's exactly what I'm talking about. Their strength lies in the content, not how many times they play it. Strict numbers would give the impression that they're extremely boring.

[QUOTE=ShadowsFallen]They're actually not mediocre, it all depends on what kind of taste (or lack thereof) you have.[/QUOTE]
by mediocre, i mean, "I don't think Opeth is very good for my taste, therefore i think they're mediocre".

[QUOTE=Darkness]That's a really, really good way to get attention.[/QUOTE]
yeah, it is. :) Really, saying a band is mediocre isn't bashing. Opeth is a good band, i just don't like them, they appear bland to me. I like going into threads where every post is "Opeth rawks" and "why is Opeth so damn good?" and saying something like "they're just mediocre". Im not stupid enough not to realize that Opeth is really popular and is very musically talented, thus making them a good band. I just don't care for 'em too much.

Mediocre means they're not a good band.

[QUOTE=Moses]Mediocre means they're not a good band.[/QUOTE]
no, mediocre means i've listened to them for the first month i got their cd, though they're okay, and might listen to them once a month or so.

Mediocre =/= good

Mediocre means there's nothing admirable or interesting in their production, or that they are as pretty much any other band out there. There's nothing outstanding in their existence, period.

[QUOTE=Interviewer/surveyer]yeah, it is. :) Really, saying a band is mediocre isn't bashing. Opeth is a good band, i just don't like them, they appear bland to me. I like going into threads where every post is "Opeth rawks" and "why is Opeth so damn good?" and saying something like "they're just mediocre". Im not stupid enough not to realize that Opeth is really popular and is very musically talented, thus making them a good band. I just don't care for 'em too much.[/QUOTE]


I dont get why you have to come in here and say it though. Were not going to try to convert you into liking Opeth or to tell you to get lost.

Didnt you post this before as well?

So, I've kinda been out of the loop for a while. What's the skoop on this new Martin Axenrot guy? Is he anywhere near as good as Lopez was? And why exactly did Lopez leave?

Lopez left for supposed back and psychological problems. There was a big rumour about a heroin addiction as well.

Axe has got mighty blast beat skills, but live, on some softer material, he just kind of pounded away, without much finesse. But we'll see how he is on record.

I wouldn't like to hear a lot of blast beats in Opeth songs tbh

It would ruin Opeth if there were too many blastbeats.

It'd be interesting to hear it for 10 seconds or so though.

Agreed on the blastbeats. That isn't Opeth at all. Damnation is one of my all-time favorite albums...

Any news on a new album at all? Thoughts on what it might sound like? I think as long as you have Mikael, Peter, and Mendez, then it should still sound like Opeth, but Lopez's drumming was really unique, I think, just because it was all just double-bass blast beats and such. He just had cool fills and stuff.

[QUOTE=pate]Lopez left for supposed back and psychological problems. There was a big rumour about a heroin addiction as well.

Axe has got mighty blast beat skills, but live, on some softer material, he just kind of pounded away, without much finesse. But we'll see how he is on record.[/QUOTE]

A Porcupine Tree/Opeth rep guy I met said he has troubles with cocaine... he could've just been fagging us, but he seemed pretty legit.

[QUOTE=NymphetamineX]Agreed on the blastbeats. That isn't Opeth at all. Damnation is one of my all-time favorite albums...

Any news on a new album at all? Thoughts on what it might sound like? I think as long as you have Mikael, Peter, and Mendez, then it should still sound like Opeth, but Lopez's drumming was really unique, I think, just because it was all just double-bass blast beats and such. He just had cool fills and stuff.[/QUOTE]

Blastbeats used [B]very[/B] sparingly could be cool. But there will probably be either never used or constantly used. There's rarely any middle ground.

Mike said that he wrote a song the other day. But with G2, and their assorted other tours, I wouldn't expect an album to come out any less than a year from now.

EDIT: @ Matty, yeah. And his and Mendez's constant weed use is the stuff of legend.

Yeah, they always look high.

I think the Black Dahlia Murder disproves the concept of, 'too many blast beats.'

I just looked at the Gigantour site, found out Opeth was playing, and proceeded to cream my pants. :)

i could have went to a opeth show A COUPLE OF MILES away from me, a few months ago. it was at the wiltern...apparently they were going to play every single album, chronologically. i didnt go...i found out about like 2 days before it happened. i didnt bother to get tickets...wow, i missed a good opportunity.

same thing happenend to me. I was mad at myself for a month. Now I have a chance to redeem myself.