Damnation isn't purely acoustic, is it? There's plenty of electric guitars; in fact, I'd say it's mostly electric guitars. And there's quite a bit of electric synth in there. Hardly pure acoustic.

Well there is plenty of electric guitars in the solo's but that's really it.

[QUOTE=SilentScream]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.[/QUOTE]

Nah, I don't think so. It wouldn't really match up at all with the middle part of the song.

[QUOTE=Spoonful of Shame]Well there is plenty of electric guitars in the solo's but that's really it.[/QUOTE]
Clean electric guitar does not equal an acoustic guitar.

Almost the entirety of the album is on electric guitars.

EDIT: Okay, I'm listening to it again, and it's not the entirety , but quite a lot of it.

[QUOTE=Shattered_Future]Nah, I don't think so. It wouldn't really match up at all with the middle part of the song.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I can see what you mean. I just think that the begging half of the song is so amazing.

Damnation is mostly clean electric. A lot of times it's mistaken for an all acoustic album.

I'll agree with that. The beginning part is MUCH better than the later part, even though I love that half step harmonized riff so much. So weird, yet it's awesome.

[QUOTE=Kage]Clean electric guitar does not equal an acoustic guitar.

Almost the entirety of the album is on electric guitars.

EDIT: Okay, I'm listening to it again, and it's not the entirety , but quite a lot of it.[/QUOTE]

True. I guess the best way to describe the album is that it is "mellow".

[QUOTE=SilentScream]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.[/QUOTE]

Since when does To Bid You Farewell have growls in it?

I love the distortion part in TBYF, moreso than the Face of Melinda one.

Oh, and I think on Damnation they use a sort of clean guitar acoustic simulation type sound a fair bit. There's very few actual acoustic parts.

Haha, I just meant when the distortion picks up.

There's alot of acoustics in it.

There's also synths and some soft electric too, sorry.

But yeah it's their chill stuff.

I like the latter part of the Drapery Falls, but then...I'm a TRUE Opeth fan. ;)

[QUOTE=Det_Nosnip]I like the latter part of the Drapery Falls, but then...I'm a TRUE Opeth fan. ;)[/QUOTE]

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Drapery Falls is so good... all the way through.

If For Absent Friends had vocals, that'd be up there on my favorite Opeth songs.

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Drapery Falls is so good... all the way through.[/QUOTE]
Meh...the death metal part brings the rest down from the heights of awesomeness, unfortunately.

[QUOTE=Jude]Meh...the death metal part brings the rest down from the heights of awesomeness, unfortunately.[/QUOTE]

It's still a great song though. I just think it would be perfect if the death metal part was better.

Damn. I think the dm part is the best part of the song.

Drapery Falls is great the whole way through - but I think the DM parts are better, although the acoustic parts are nice and the clean vocals are great.

IMO one of the best parts of the Drapery Falls is the long notes that Akerfeldt plays - they come in somewhere in the intro and come back later on in the song. You might not realise the sheer awesomeness of those notes until you watch Lamentations and see Akerfeldt's theatrics while he's playing them.

[QUOTE=Jude]Meh...the death metal part brings the rest down from the heights of awesomeness, unfortunately.[/QUOTE]
Wtf are you talking about? It's perfect where it is.

Agreed.

[QUOTE=Jude]Meh...the death metal part brings the rest down from the heights of awesomeness, unfortunately.[/QUOTE]
I really, really like the DM part of that song. It's such a great climax. Mikaels voice is so powerfull.

[QUOTE=victim of changes]Bill Ward > Martin Axenrot
Tonni Iommi > Peter Lindgren
Geezer Butler > Martin Mendez
Ozzy> Mikael Akerfeldt


Sabbath>Opeth

I dont mean to bash them but sabbath is just better[/QUOTE]


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sorry if I'm a bit late in noticing that truly lame statement, but I've just got back from holiday

[QUOTE=Kronos]^^
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sorry if I'm a bit late in noticing that truly lame statement, but I've just got back from holiday[/QUOTE]
Haha, Ozzy better than Mikeal? Suure :p

And the other statements are just as hilarious.

Yeh man what are you talking about? Mikael is much much better than Ozzy. Mikael's voice is so great and the changes he makes are amazing, I mean when singing like in Damnation and then screaming.

I saw one DVD last week, and it's awesome, don't remember its name but the first part consisted of all the Damnation album and then like 6 more songs from the other albums. It was amazing :thumb:

That'd be Lamentations - I don't know of any other Opeth DVDs; and I have looked at ebay to see if they'd got any -erm- "unofficial" ones - no luck

Yeh, that name sounds in my head.

Lamentations is unbelievably good - it's my fave live DVD (even better than Live Aus Berlin and that's a tough act to follow IMO). Martin Lopez makes his really tough drum parts look totally effortless..

Yeh Martin is a great drummer, and plays in such a calm way that what he plays seems to be easy, when it is very hard. And Deliverance.. wow amazing!!!
I laugh when heard Closure the first time because the rythm is like the genre that I must hate: regaeton.

What's regaeton?


I like Closure - it's fun to play

It's a type of music that comes from I think that the Caribean, but it sucks. Its rythm is like the drums at min. 3:40, and the lyrics are with nosense at all just saying rhymes and mostly talk about girls like hookers, it is in spanish. The point is that it sucks.