[QUOTE=Kage]The drummer in my band can play it. It's pretty awesome, we just bust into every once in a while. During a silence in the practice, either I or my co-guitarist will start playing the lead line of the heavy outro section, and everyone else just joins in.[/QUOTE]
That's awesome man!!!:thumb: Hope to be playing it with all the band least at the end of the next month.

So sorry for you Thor, in my case me and the other guitarrist were the last to get into Opeth.

[QUOTE=Kage]Yeah, that is one of the funnest things to play. It sounds so heavy, and so rhythmic and cool. Our drummer is pretty damn good, I mean, he's not even really an Opeth fan, but one time I started playing that Deliverance riff out of nowhere and he just joined in, playing the part perfectly. It was really exciting.[/QUOTE]
That's pretty sweet, dude. There's nothing more exciting then hearing someone play one of your favorite riffs. Like when I first heard my band's guitarist bust out the intro to Bodom's "Towards Dead End" I just got shivers up my spine. It's so cool.

[QUOTE=Dunkelheit509]People will disagree, but it is nowhere near the quality of Blackwater Park or Still Life. It really isn't. Not memorable at all. Tolerable, and some good moments, but that is it.[/QUOTE]

so what album do you think its most similar to?

[QUOTE=Captain Quentin]what does everyone think of ghost reveries?, i havent got it yet and i was wondering how everyone felt about it[/QUOTE]
It's one of their more weaker albums, but it's a good new direction for the band. It's heavier and more prog-heavy, so if you're into that, check it out.

It's still an excellent record, but it's one of the Opeth albums that I listen to the least.

[QUOTE=Captain Quentin]so what album do you think its most similar to?[/QUOTE]
It's similar to Deliverance and Blackwater Park I guess, but it's not all that similar. It's not nearly as good as those two, either.

[QUOTE=Dunkelheit509]People will disagree, but it is nowhere near the quality of Blackwater Park or Still Life. It really isn't. Not memorable at all. Tolerable, and some good moments, but that is it.[/QUOTE]
I think it's very memorable. Definately not a definative album but it's really good to my ears. Plus, the production is great.

[QUOTE=Thor]That's pretty sweet, dude. There's nothing more exciting then hearing someone play one of your favorite riffs. Like when I first heard my band's guitarist bust out the intro to Bodom's "Towards Dead End" I just got shivers up my spine. It's so cool.[/QUOTE]
Yeah that's true. It happened to me one day that I start playing the intro of Black Diamond - Stratovarius and then the other guitarrist joined in along with the drummer I was so happy but we imrpovised the solos:p , only the bass palyer stayed appart.:( But it was pretty cool.

I wish I could find a friggin band!

Ghost Reveries gets a lot of hate, and I don't like it as much as the other albums either, but it's still good. Ghost of Perdition and Baying of the Hounds are also two of Opeth's best songs ever. It's just that it isn't the guitar playing that really makes it memorable, it's just the overall songwriting. The album has a lot more uninteresting riffs and focus on vocals instead...not to mention the keyboards sort of dominated the soft sections which is annoying.

However I've started to like it a lot more lately.

[QUOTE=Jude]Ghost Reveries gets a lot of hate, and I don't like it as much as the other albums either, but it's still good. Ghost of Perdition and Baying of the Hounds are also two of Opeth's best songs ever. It's just that it isn't the guitar playing that really makes it memorable, it's just the overall songwriting. The album has a lot more uninteresting riffs and focus on vocals instead...not to mention the keyboards sort of dominated the soft sections which is annoying.

However I've started to like it a lot more lately.[/QUOTE]
It's a hit and miss album for me. Half of the songs I love (Ghost of Perdition, Baying of the Hounds, Beneath the Mire, and Grand Conjuration), but the rest don't really stick out all that much and are skippable.

The ones that I like are incredibly awesome though. I really like how they got even heavier with their riffage on Reveries, though.

I find that the guitar riffs are generally quite boring on GR. I really like the addition of the keyboards and love the two ballads: Hours Of Wealth And Isolation Years, the latter of which I think is an absoulte gem. My main problem with the album is that I think the songs get boring which doesn't happen for me on any other Opeth album. Usually, the length of the songs don't hinder the band in any way, but on GR, the songs really do drag on and on a lot of tracks, they could have done with being a minute or two shorter. I find myself liking a lot of seperate sections in songs, but as whole pieces, the songs don't come together too well.

[QUOTE=JamJar]I find that the guitar riffs are generally quite boring on GR. I really like the addition of the keyboards and love the two ballads: Hours Of Wealth And Isolation Years, the latter of which I think is an absoulte gem. My main problem with the album is that I think the songs get boring which doesn't happen for me on any other Opeth album. Usually, the length of the songs don't hinder the band in any way, but on GR, the songs really do drag on and on a lot of tracks, they could have done with being a minute or two shorter. I find myself liking a lot of seperate sections in songs, but as whole pieces, the songs don't come together too well.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, for once I think that their songs are actually too long in certain places. They just didn't have enough changes in them to keep me hooked for the entire time. Like by the end of "The Grand Conjuration" I'm just sick of that riff because they've already played it for a countless amount of times. I just felt like they weren't trying hard enough on this album.

I love GR. I was away from the internet for a while, and that was when I really discovered it to the full extent. It really helps to discover this album without keeping people's negative perceptions about it in mind. I agree, this album lacks alot of which made their old albums great.But at the same time, it has alot of stuff that their old albums dont.You gotta admire it for what it is and not dog it for what it is not.For instance, Orchid and Morningrise are FAR from being the band's best vocal albums.That doesnt mean they arent flawless albums in their own right.I think the same thing applies to GR.It's music perfection in it's own right.

[QUOTE=Dunkelheit509]People will disagree, but it is nowhere near the quality of Blackwater Park or Still Life. It really isn't. Not memorable at all. Tolerable, and some good moments, but that is it.[/QUOTE]


I'm going to agree with you on that one. Not memorable at all.


[QUOTE=Toaster]What do you think of my new one?[/QUOTE]


It's pretty cool.

[QUOTE=Stormrider331]That outro owns.[/QUOTE]

Whats weird is, that outro turned me off of Opeth at first. I didnt like how it repeats over and over. I find it so brutal now:)

The baying of The hounds has some great riffs.

^^ I think that's one of the few Opeth songs I don't like that much. GR hasn't grown on me :(

The baying of the hounds grew a lot on me. Especially the part from "Drown in the deep mire..." and ahead towards the end.

That part is great.

^Indeed.

The heavy part that starts at around 5:20 or so is pure evil.I love it.

I love the part in the middle-end of Ghost of Perdition where mikael does the awesome vocal slides.

Dedicated hunt////er
waits to pull us un///der

That's Ghost of perdition silly. :lol:

Good part, nonetheless. :)

[QUOTE=TojesDoLan]That's Ghost of perdition silly. :lol:

Good part, nonetheless. :)[/QUOTE]
Shi[SIZE="2"]t[/SIZE] I forgot to type it in there.

how's deliverance? is it a good album? i hear it's their heaviest?

I actually really like TGC. It is amazing live alot of energy. I find GR to be alot more Progressive its writing in the tradtional progressive sense. Ala Dream Theatre, Gordian Knot. Rather than just influenced like their other albums.
[QUOTE]
how's deliverance? is it a good album? i hear it's their heaviest?[/QUOTE]

It is their most heavy for sure. It has some great tracks like Masters Apprentices, Deliverance and Wreath. Its more traditional metal but its quite chunky. Get it if you would like to see Opeth drop a little bit of their arty farty side.

that's fine. not the biggest fan of growling vocals, but i'll deal.

Many of us werent when we first started listening to Opeth.Those vocals will grow on you like pubes eventually.

haha if you say so

Deliverance can be a bit too much to start... I prefer Blackwater Park to get accustomed to the growling, but go figure.

No really he is right. It goes like this. At first you don't like them, then you grow use to them. Then you respect them. Then you like them. It will happen

Aaaaahhh, I love Benighted so much, its so darkly summery + it's raining here :).

[QUOTE=Carrionshine]Many of us werent when we first started listening to Opeth.Those vocals will grow on you like pubes eventually.[/QUOTE]
I think my first taste of Opeth was Still Life :confused:
Oh well.
I liked the vocals from the start...