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.

[QUOTE=LifeofMusic]same thing happenend to me. I was mad at myself for a month. Now I have a chance to redeem myself.[/QUOTE]

did you miss the show at the wiltern?

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G2jlXUkJ84&search=Opeth%20live[/url]

Axe sounds alright to me. He is no Lopez but he probably is the best replacement they could get. I am looking to their new album and the different style Axe will bring.

[QUOTE=TheOpethAffinity]i could have went to a opeth show A COUPLE OF MILES away from me, a few months ago. it was at the wiltern...[B]apparently they were going to play every single album, chronologically.[/B] 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.[/QUOTE]

Well damn, that's a lot of stage time for them. :lol:

It was "songs from each album, chronologically", which turned into one from the first four albums, and then an onslaught of new stuff.

[QUOTE=Spoonful of Shame][url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G2jlXUkJ84&search=Opeth%20live[/url]

Axe sounds alright to me. He is no Lopez but he probably is the best replacement they could get. I am looking to their new album and the different style Axe will bring.[/QUOTE]

The tempo of that song is slowed down a bit by him. But all in all its not that bad.

After listening to [I]Morningrise[/I] a lot, I think [I]To Bid You Farwell[/I] is on of their best acoustic performances. Mikael's voice is amazing in it I think.

[I]For Absent Friends[/I] is also up there with my favorite acoustic
performances.

TBYF is so amazing.

[QUOTE=SilentScream]After listening to [I]Morningrise[/I] a lot, I think [I]To Bid You Farwell[/I] is on of their best acoustic performances. Mikael's voice is amazing in it I think.

[I]For Absent Friends[/I] is also up there with my favorite acoustic
performances.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Wotan]TBYF is so amazing.[/QUOTE]

Aye. :chug:
I must give Morningrise afew more decent listens soon.

But man, the album of the hour (for me anyway) is definately My Arms, Your Hearse.
Is it me or does that album just get better and better?
It's some of the most amazing riffage and harmonies mixed with brilliant creative drumming and brutality from the vocals I think I've ever heard.

Alot of stuff I've never really noticed just came alive for me recently with the aid of earphones - just awesome melodies and rhythms.
It has made it's way to the top for my fav album list and it's good to know that this is just the beginning of my appreciation for this album.

I cannot praise it enough!
MAYH ftfw! :smash:

...Phew! I think the fanboy in me is relieved and content... for now. :p

Anyone reccomend older Opeth?

I have Blackwater Park, Ghost Reveries, My Arms, Your Hearse, and Damnation.

I want Still Life and Deliverance,

does anyone reccomend Orchid and Morningrise?

I heard some of Orchid awhile ago and I didn't like it. But that was a long time ago, before I really got into Opeth.

Get Still Life and Deliverance first, then trail back to the others. Good albums, just takes getting use too more then the other two.

[QUOTE=Luc214]Anyone reccomend older Opeth?

I have Blackwater Park, Ghost Reveries, My Arms, Your Hearse, and Damnation.

I want Still Life and Deliverance,

does anyone reccomend Orchid and Morningrise?

I heard some of Orchid awhile ago and I didn't like it. But that was a long time ago, before I really got into Opeth.[/QUOTE]
The first two are a little more harsh but the content is still good, so you'll probably like them either way. I mean come on, it's Opeth.

I just saw on Youtube some guy post that "Opeth is the worst excuse for Doom Metal" he's ever heard....


Yeah, and Emperors the crappiest power metal to date.

[QUOTE=Darkness]I just saw on Youtube some guy post that "Opeth is the worst excuse for Doom Metal" he's ever heard....


Yeah, and Emperors the crappiest power metal to date.[/QUOTE]
Link plzkthx

/gets torch ready for flaming.

EDIT: I wonder where the hell he heard Opeth were Doom Metal?

Haha, yes, I saw that and died a bit inside.

[url]http://www.youtube.com/comment_servlet?all_comments&v=dyiQjwajllo&fromurl=/watch%3Fv%3DdyiQjwajllo%26mode%3Drelated%26search%3D[/url]

*cries* I hate people.

The only thing that actually makes me bad on To Bid You Farwell is the growls. For me, the song is almost ruined then. I think the song should be purely acoustic.

Not to mention that it's also one of Opeth's best-written song.

I feel the exact same way. The clean/acoustic parts are perfect, but the distortion and growls kind of ruin the mood.

Yeah, and I kinda feel that way about a lot of Opeth songs. They'll have a perfect acoustic melodic sense, but then it's ruined when the distortion is picked up. I think The Drapery Falls would be such a better song if it was purely Mikael's clean vocals.

Well that's why we have Damnation.

Purely acoustic and clean vox.

Yeah, but that album gets boring after 30,000 listens.