Shadowsfallen - Yeah, good point about the uncertainty of the music and I definately agree with the acoustic brilliance.

slaughteredfist - Length of music has never really deterred me from listening to anything. I just feel like it isn't clicking with me and keeping my attention.

I'm getting to a point where I'm overanalysing it all too much...
Bah! :)

Thanks for the input, guys.

[QUOTE=ShadowsFallen]They're more "progressive" than Opeth's other albums.
[/quote] I wouldn't say that at all. More "melodic," maybe...they were essentially a melodic death band. Opeth have gotten *progressively* more progressive with each album.

[QUOTE=Det_Nosnip]I wouldn't say that at all. More "melodic," maybe...they were essentially a melodic death band. Opeth have gotten *progressively* more progressive with each album.[/QUOTE]
My thoughts exactly. :thumb:

I'd never heard Opeth before and I Dl'd Blackwater Park. What a great song. Is there any more like it? I've downloaded a few that I really don't care for. I really don't like Black Rose Immortal, the vocals kind of suck in that compared to Blackwater Park imo.

Bump.
I can't find anything like BlackWater Park :(

Get anything from the BWP album, the Still Life album, and the Deliverance album.

Download the entire Blackwater Park album. Then Still Life.

What do you mean "like" Blackwater Park? All the songs on that album are stylistically and sonically the most similar to it, while the songs on Deliverance are most similar in terms of the amount of heaviness. As the guy above me said, BWP and Still Life are the albums that are most similar to the song BWP.

By The Pain I See In Others is somewhat similar to BWP. starts off heavy with cool riffage, gets quiet, ends in a massive explosion of awesomeness

it's not exactly the same by any means, but only a handful of Opeth songs are

[QUOTE=Avalanche.]I'd never heard Opeth before and I Dl'd Blackwater Park. What a great song. Is there any more like it? I've downloaded a few that I really don't care for. I really don't like Black Rose Immortal, the vocals kind of suck in that compared to Blackwater Park imo.[/QUOTE]

BRI is off of Morningrise, which is a much earlier album. Mikael's vocals definitely improved big time inbetween there. As others have said, look for the rest of the BWP album - Bleak, Lepar Affinity, The Drapery Falls, etc. Also, look for Still Life - The Moor, Godhead's Lament, Serenity Painted Death, White Cluster. Off of Deliverance, look for Deliverance, Wreath, and Master's Apprentices. The earlier albums have poorer production, but you might appreciate My Arms Your Hearse anyways...look for "Demon of the Fall," "When," "April Ethereal," and "The Amen Corner." (my personal recommendations...everyone has their favorites) If you're into softer material, then that's a whole different list. :)

[QUOTE=csl316]By The Pain I See In Others is somewhat similar to BWP. starts off heavy with cool riffage, gets quiet, ends in a massive explosion of awesomeness

it's not exactly the same by any means, but only a handful of Opeth songs are[/QUOTE]
I love that song, at first I hated it though.
The dissonant piano melody is just mesmerizing

[QUOTE=the2stranger]I love that song, at first I hated it though.
The dissonant piano melody is just mesmerizing[/QUOTE]

I'd give it a 7 out of 10. I use to dislike it somewhat but i think its a good song now, not great but good. Deliverance I'd say is great.

Deliverance is awesome. indeed
Especially the outro.

[I]Deliverance [/I]and [I]Damnation [/I]are both great to bone to.

But I think I've mentioned that before :p

[QUOTE=Symbolic]Download the entire Blackwater Park album. Then Still Life.[/QUOTE]

support the band man

"Buy" the entire blackwater park album then "buy" still life

1. I legally own all 8 albums.

2. No point in him "Supporting" a band he ends up not liking.

3. Did I say ILLEGALLY download?

Download, then buy FTW

[QUOTE=pate]Download, then buy FTW[/QUOTE]

I agrees :).

[QUOTE=Eleventeen]I agrees :).[/QUOTE]
Me too, sort of...although the best feeling ever is buying a new album when you barely know any of the music on it, and discovering it all on the actual CD/vinyl. Downloading first takes away from that.

I agree with Jude. I love buying an album in which I don;t know all from it. That;s been the case with everything yet :p

But there's stuff I want that I've heard the whole album.

[QUOTE=Jude]Me too, sort of...although the best feeling ever is buying a new album when you barely know any of the music on it, and discovering it all on the actual CD/vinyl. Downloading first takes away from that.[/QUOTE]

True.

I bought every Opeth album without knowing the songs.

Except Bleak. It's the only song I downloaded before buying the CD's.

NP - Bleak... *cums*

I bought Morningrise without ever hearing Opeth before, I was quite impressed.

What order did everyone buy the albums?

Intresting new subject for a list... :cool:

I think mines was:

Blackwater Park
Ghost Reveries (It seemed like the obvious choice, as it came out like a week after I bought BP.)
Still Life
Morningrise and My Arms, You're Hearse. (Same shop, same day obv)
Orchid
Damnation amd Deliverance. (Recieved through the post on same day)

Morningrise
Still Life

That's it for me so far, unfortuntely.

what the hell are you thinking?!! GET THEM!

:smoke:

I will, I will...

...with time. :p

NP Blind Guardian - A Dark Passage

I have BP. I bought that the day it was released.

take it to the "what you listening to?" thread you traitor!


hehe

Order of purchase:
1. BWP
2. Deliverence
3. Damnation
4. SL/MR at same time

I obtained the rest through 'other' means, until I get more funding.

[QUOTE=pate]Order of purchase:
1. BWP
2. Deliverence
3. Damnation
4. SL/MR at same time

I obtained the rest through 'other' means, until I get more funding.[/QUOTE]
Job ftw. :thumb:

The only one I need is Morningrise, but I'm having trouble finding it.

A friend of mine picked SL and MR up for me when he was vacationing in Arizona, so I have no idea how hard they would be able to find anywhere else.

I've really been getting into Opeth since I bought Blackwater Park and Orchid a few days ago. Blackwater being my favorite of the two, but I can't stop listening to In The Mist She Was Standing, it's just so awesome. Mikael is an amazing sonwriter.

If you like both those, step it up a notch and get Morningrise and Still Life. :D

My favorite is BWP, but I have no reasons to back up why I like it more. :)

SL is number 2 though.

I'm getting My Arms You Hearse right now, I'm expecting big things.

It's very, very good.

Hmmm, order of purchasing....

1. Deliverance
2. Damnation
3. My Arms, Your Hearse
4. Ghost Reveries
5. Still Life
6. Orchid
7. Morningrise
8. Blackwater Park

BWP was very hard to find, I wanted to buy it sooner, but...

I found Damnation and Deliverance hardest to find. Then Blackwater Park, even though it was the first one I got and found it in the shop straight away. That was the only time I've seen BP in a shop.

The only two Opeth albums I can regularly find are Ghost Reveries and Still Life. I've seen all the over albums once or twice but I don't think I've ever found Damnation.