Darkthrone are more than Ok :mad:

This is no longer the Opeth thread. :)

Opeth is ok. :eek:

Opeth are mediocre.

Ima hand out summa bans me boyos iffin' yous dun start not bein so goggly darn stupid, eh?

How about this thread becomes OPETH VS DARKTHRONE, THE BATTLE OF THE MOST UNRELATED BANDS EVER!

edit: Jason, you ban me, I'll unmake you.

That sounds like a dare. Do you double dare me, Matt. DO YOU?!?

Darkthrone isn't good.
Darkthrone is extremely good.
Darkthrone is lame.
I've got a soft spot for them, but I can easily understand why you wouldn't like them.
The only time I listened to Darkthrone, it sounded like static with some shouting overtop.
Darkthrone is ok.
Darkthrone are more than Ok




I agree with Thor

Man, this episode here has more drama than those stupid new UPN shows.

Opeth in less than 20 days. :cool:

[QUOTE=Riva]That sounds like a dare. Do you double dare me, Matt. DO YOU?!?[/QUOTE]

I'm willing to take on the Universe ;).

edit: actually, feck that

And lose horribly?

Probably already been talked about to death, but what are your opinions on this Axe guy? Last time I saw Opeth, Lopez blew me away. Im nervous about the drumming on the next album :(

I'm sure he'll be great with the heavier and faster material, but I'm skeptical about his playing in the soft spots. That's what made Lopez truly amazing.

Gah...I was so sad when Lopez left. I was lucky to have caught him live before he split.

Yeah, Lopez was mindblowingly good, I'm just sad he's gone, especially after the letdown of Ghost Reveries.

[QUOTE=Eleventeen]Yeah, Lopez was mindblowingly good, I'm just sad he's gone, especially after the letdown of Ghost Reveries.[/QUOTE]

I think I'm one of the only people here who don't bash GR fervently. It wasn't as good as, say, Still Life, but I still enjoyed it.

It's got a few good songs, but I can't listen to it all the way through.

I like it, but not near as much as other Opeth albums. The best tracks are up there with the classics, but some of the others are quite meh.

Twelve days until I get to hear Godhead's Lament live!!!! :)

[QUOTE=Jude]I like it, but not near as much as other Opeth albums. The best tracks are up there with the classics, but some of the others are quite meh.[/QUOTE]

I don't think there's a single song on the album that doesn't have at least one part that completely blows me away. A lot of his clean vocal lines do it.

I Love Ghost Reveries.

I love it too.

I just got home from Gigantour.

I'm sad to report that there was no Godhead's Lament for us. Just the other 4 songs. I was actually quite surprised at how big a reaction Opeth actually got. I walked around after their set and heard a bunch of "Holy s[COLOR="Black"]hi[/COLOR]t, I've never heard of those guys before, but they were badass".

It was quite a kick *** performance from them. Every song was flawless. I felt it was just way too short. Megadeth owned all though. Wow. Just wow.

[QUOTE=eighty d]I don't think there's a single song on the album that doesn't have at least one part that completely blows me away. A lot of his clean vocal lines do it.[/QUOTE]
For me it's the lack of interesting riffs. Also the fact that the soft songs are totally lacking that beautiful acoustic playing that used to make mellow Opeth sections so long. It seems like the guitar is just thrown in there to get the job done, on heavy sections as well as soft.

[QUOTE=Cocaine]Darkthrone isn't good.[/QUOTE]
You progs wouldn't understand blackmetal.

/snide

[QUOTE=Mr. Ron]You progs wouldn't understand blackmetal.

/snide[/QUOTE]
I understand it man. It's mildly good at times.

[QUOTE=TojesDoLan]I understand it man. It's mildly good at times.[/QUOTE]
Some of it, yes. Although I've never heard Darkthrone, so I'll reserve my judgement on that one.

I jk ITT

[QUOTE=Eleventeen]It's got a few good songs, but I can't listen to it all the way through.[/QUOTE]
A massive 123 on that. It's got some of Opeth's heaviest (and coolest) parts to date, but as a whole it's often painful to listen to.

I love Ghost of Perdition though. Such an amazing song.

I agree with Jude. There's not enough of Opeth's trademark acoustic passages. I really like the mellow parts in the heavy songs but I feel like the full mellow songs aren't THAT amazing.

Put it this way, To Bid You Farewell is like 5 leagues above Hours Of Wealth, Isolation Years. (Even though I like them both).

[QUOTE=Symbolic]I Love Ghost Reveries.[/QUOTE]

I love Ghost Reveries too.

Yeah thats a cool one, Im not a fan of there older stuff much neways.

[QUOTE=Cocaine]Darkthrone isn't good.[/QUOTE]

Yes they are.

How reiterative. :p

On a related note, I think they are going a little bit more jazz in their slower pieces, so good times.

[QUOTE=Luc214]I love Ghost Reveries too.[/QUOTE]

I really like it too, though admittidly some of it feels a bit repetitive, mostly just The Grand Conjuration feels a bit long to me, but its still a great album to me. Nothing beats Still Life though, though I havent heard all of BlackWater Park yet, its on my list...

Actually the main reason I like Ghost Reveries is because it changes alot, like Ghost Of Perdition.

The grand conjuratio nis the only song with apparent "commercial success" purposes, and I'm almost positive it was meant to be repetitive to be catchy. Nonetheless, it is a crime to make repetitive long songs, so whatever.

I like it. I'm listening to it at the moment.

[QUOTE=alytee123]I really like it too, though admittidly some of it feels a bit repetitive, mostly just The Grand Conjuration feels a bit long to me, but its still a great album to me. Nothing beats Still Life though, though I havent heard all of BlackWater Park yet, its on my list...[/QUOTE]

The Grand Conjuration is one of my favorite Opeth songs, I don't know why, I just love it.

It's also the song that got me into Opeth.

TGC is really cool. Granted, it's a bit repetitive, but then again, most of their stuff it.

Depends on your definition of repetitive.

I don't think they are repetitive, jsut brief moments of repetition or reiteration to remind you where the song came from and where it might be going...

Except for Wreath. That song IS repetitive, but I like it for some reason.