How is [I]Damnation[/I]? I heard from a particularily picky friend that it's not as good, but he's pretty serious about the music he listens to.

I really like [I]Orchid[/I], [I]BWP[/I], [I]Still Life[/I] is cool, I haven't listened to much of [I]Morningrise[/I], but I love "To Bid You Farewell". Do you guys think I'd like [I]Damnation[/I]? I also wondering cause I heard they play it on [I]Lamentations[/I].

Damnation is clean/acoustic. Dark and quite beautiful. I love it. If your liking of Opeth isn't dependent upon high-octane heavy sections, then you'll undoubtedly like it.

[QUOTE=magicbus]How is [I]Damnation[/I]? I heard from a particularily picky friend that it's not as good, but he's pretty serious about the music he listens to.[/QUOTE]

It's really a beautiful album.

[QUOTE=MRDuCran]I have Damnation and My Arms, Your Hearse already from the Daily Upload, but if you're recommending that, I'll get it.[/QUOTE]

The title track is amazing:)

Quick question guys. What are some essential Opeth CDs to get? I'm pretty sure I have Black Water Park but I've never listened to it for some odd reason.

Listen to it then, it's one of the best to start on.

Yea, BWP is your best bet if you're just getting into Opeth.

Alright, thanks guys :thumb:

Is that Devin Townsend in your avatar?

If you're talking to Pickles, then no. That's the drummer from Dethklok.

His hair looks a lot like how Devin Townsend wears it these days.

Never seen Dethklok, don't particularly want to.

It's Pickles the Drummer from the show Metalocalypse, the band Dethklok. His character's look is based on Devin though.

[QUOTE=Amphetamine]My God, Dirge of November is so awesome.[/QUOTE]


No kidding. It's one of Opeth's most underrated songs IMO.

I've got no problem with clean/acoustic, I like everything about Opeth.

So I'll probably check out Damnation then.

[QUOTE=magicbus]I've got no problem with clean/acoustic, I like everything about Opeth.

So I'll probably check out Damnation then.[/QUOTE]

Damnation is secks for teh ears.

Much preferable to secks in teh ears, if you ask me.

DAMNATION! - rules.

Indeed it is. It was my favorite Opeth album for awhile, but now it's right in the middle.

Damnation might be Opeth's most mature album to date. The melodies are extremely melancholy, the song structures are their best yet, the bass and drums mesh perfectly, and the production is solid...

The lyrics are lightly cheesy.

Which Mike didn't want them to be, anyway. But they are lighlty cheesy here or there.

Nonetheless good lyrics.

That's bound to happen from time to time.

Damnation cheesy lyrics? Where? Examples please!


/ goes to find bundles of twigs and petrol to burn the heretic...

[I]Summer is miles and miles away
And no one would ask me to stay[/I]

Taken from "In my time of need".

[I]
In the corner beside my window
There hangs a lonely photograph
There is no reason
I'd never notice
A memory that could hold me back
[B]
There is a wound that's always bleeding
There is a road I'm always walking[/B]
And I know you'll never return to this place [/I]

That's borderline cheesy, taken from "Hope leaves".

[I]Stain me, save me
Take me to my home
Hold me, show me
Take me to my home [/I]

"Weakness".

As beautiful as they are they are CHEESY LYRICS, LYRICS that you can find in most pop albums, but written better. It was hard to pick moments that I find cheesy. They are good lyrics, I adore them. BUT THEY ARE CHEESY.

Fair enough. It took you to remind me....

Anyway, I wish I could write lyrics like Mikael - and he's not even a native english speaker.

Shows us all up

^^ i know exactly what you mean with the pop album thingy. i rarely listen to lyrics intently enough to notice/care, but when there is a passage on Damnation or other songs that i do listen i notice this.

but who cares?

[QUOTE=TojesDoLan][I]Summer is miles and miles away
And no one would ask me to stay[/I]

Taken from "In my time of need".

[I]
In the corner beside my window
There hangs a lonely photograph
There is no reason
I'd never notice
A memory that could hold me back
[B]
There is a wound that's always bleeding
There is a road I'm always walking[/B]
And I know you'll never return to this place [/I]

That's borderline cheesy, taken from "Hope leaves".

[I]Stain me, save me
Take me to my home
Hold me, show me
Take me to my home [/I]

"Weakness".

As beautiful as they are they are CHEESY LYRICS, LYRICS that you can find in most pop albums, but written better. It was hard to pick moments that I find cheesy. They are good lyrics, I adore them. BUT THEY ARE CHEESY.[/QUOTE]

How are they cheesy?

They're sort of trite-ish.

[QUOTE=Luc2142]How are they cheesy?[/QUOTE]
They are common-place-love-lyrics.

They are not bad at all. I mean, you can relate to those and they are some of my favorite choruses that Mike has ever come up with, but they are nonetheless common-place.

: |

I've found Opeth's lyrics to more likely be nonsensical than cheesy.

I like Mike's lyrics. And this is coming from somebody who thinks lyrics mean just a little more than how the band dresses.

[QUOTE=Det_Nosnip]I've found Opeth's lyrics to more likely be nonsensical than cheesy.[/QUOTE]

Same. I mean, they're great and all, and flow with the music very well most of the time, but sometimes you can tell Mike just strings some cool-sounding phrases together. Many more of his lyrics are very meaningful though.

Finally I've managed to listen to Blackwater park just to see what the hype was all about and DAAAAMMMMMN!!!!

This has to be one of the best Cd's i've ever listened to. Stand out tracks for me are the title track and the drapery falls.

Plus, I'm going to go see them live on Sunday. I cannot wait.

[QUOTE=Det_Nosnip]I've found Opeth's lyrics to more likely be nonsensical than cheesy.[/QUOTE]

Alright then...

wtf?

[QUOTE=lightningmetal666]Finally I've managed to listen to Blackwater park just to see what the hype was all about and DAAAAMMMMMN!!!!

This has to be one of the best Cd's i've ever listened to. Stand out tracks for me are the title track and the drapery falls.

Plus, I'm going to go see them live on Sunday. I cannot wait.[/QUOTE]

They're a fun show. You'll probably have a blast.

They sure are. I would know since I've seen em twice. :cool:

Same. In two weeks it'll be three.

Seeing them in November - should be a Dirge (bad pun, sorry). What do you guys think of the support act Paradise Lost, I havent listened to them so Id be interested in your opinion.

[QUOTE=VomitStainedCretin]Seeing them in November - should be a Dirge (bad pun, sorry). What do you guys think of the support act Paradise Lost, I havent listened to them so Id be interested in your opinion.[/QUOTE]

Paradise Lost own.

They've been around since 1988 and basically invented doom/goth metal.

I love them. Saw them last year support Nightwish at The Apollo and I'm really glad they'll be supporting Opeth at The Roundhouse (I'm going too)

Nick Holmes and Mikael get on like a house on fire - Mike thinks Nick's the funniest man alive and they've supported Opeth before.
If you post your email I'll send you a couple of their tracks as a sampler if you want.
I = huge PL fanboy. :)

Opeth's Gigantour setlist, as confirmed by Dave Mustaine:

Ghost of Perdition
Godhead's Lament
Windowpane
Deliverance
Leper Affinity


Oh hell yes :) :)

Wow, the interlude in the middle of Harlequin Forest is sex for the ears. I've just started listening to Ghost Reveries again, for the first time since it was released. Its a great album, that although it doesn't measure up to Opeth's best ones, is good in is own right.