[QUOTE=Clunge;13396928]They're a much more varied band than DT imo, and if you're into any progressive music you'll love Porcupine Tree.[/QUOTE]

More varied than Dream Theater? No.

They are if you go back and count the first couple of albums.

[QUOTE=Toaster;13397374]More varied than Dream Theater? No.[/QUOTE]
More interesting than Dream Theater? No contest. :)

So yeah, for how long has My Arms Your Hearse been so incredibly good? I just started listening to that album again and, oh my god... so dark!

Since forever, more or less.

Haha, I guess I just hadn't fully realized it. I've just come to love that album's atmosphere, and it's also really cool to see how they completely changed the way their guitars worked with each other in just one album. They really cut down on the twin guitar harmonies because Mikael hated them. :)

I think one of the reasons why I like MAYH so much is because I expected something along the lines of MR and was so pleasantly surprised.

[QUOTE=Hope Eternal;13397526]I think one of the reasons why I like MAYH so much is because I expected something along the lines of MR and was so pleasantly surprised.[/QUOTE]
And the first two albums, while being evil, were not as haunting and chilling as MAYH. This album reached a new level of creepiness with their atmosphere. Their riffs seemed to have gotten alot more dissonant.

[I]Demon! Demon of the Fall![/I] \m/

The production is still quite crappy, but it's the atmosphere that does it for me.

[QUOTE=Hope Eternal;13397565]The production is still quite crappy, but it's the atmosphere that does it for me.[/QUOTE]
I think the stringed instruments sound great, but the drums just sound odd on the first three albums. If they were fixed then there wouldn't be any production problems at all.

Like on Morningrise...the drums just sound fake to me.

That they do, no question about it. I wonder how they 'achieved' that sound?

Weird drum mics would be my guess. I don't think they recorded their first few albums really nice studios so the quality of the drums probably suffered from the studio's quality.

Or perhaps they put the recorded drums through a sampler and made them sound really electronic. I know that Into Eternity did that on their last album. While they probably didn't do that, it's still a possibility.

The mics is probably the correct answer. Anyhow, I'm glad that they don't sound like that on the rest of the albums.

Considering the type of music they played at the time, the youth of the band, and the area they were in, you're not gonna have the best of equipment. Drums always sound tinny on the first few releases, usually.

Oh man oh man, I just read Opeth's setlist for Gigantour. Talk about an orgasmic list of songs...

Ghost of Perdition
The Leper Affinity
Windowpane
Deliverance
Demon of the Fall

God, I would go nuts to every song on there.

um there are like two or three good songs

Yeah that is just awsome

[QUOTE=Eliminator;13398007]um there are like two or three good songs[/QUOTE]

lies

[QUOTE=Eliminator;13398007]um there are like two or three good songs[/QUOTE]
No way, every single song on that list gets no less than a 9.5/10 from me. They're all freakin' amazing.

[QUOTE=Thor;13398072]No way, every single song on that list gets no less than a 9.5/10 from me. They're all freakin' amazing.[/QUOTE]

QFT

I saw one with Godhead's Lament in and no Demon of the Fall, which I actually think is a superior set list.

I'm seeing them tonight so I shall give a report.

ghost of perdition and deliverance are yawny

The only song that I wish they added is To Bid You Farewell. They could substitute that out with Windowpane as their clean song and then this setlist would be the most unstoppable musical force on the planet.

[QUOTE=Eliminator;13398085]ghost of perdition and deliverance are yawny[/QUOTE]
I love them so much, you're crazy. :)

Deliverance is even better live. Everyone goes nuts during the final heavy part at the end.

if anything they should just play beat it

fav opeth song

If you aren't an Opeth fan, why are you in here?

It'd be one thing if you were in here providing thoughtful debate, but you're not.

i like opeth

just because i think some of their songs are boring doesn't deter from that

Okay.

"Ghost of Perdition" is my favorite Opeth song at the moment. I finally got into them, I'm happy

:)

The Leper Affinity
Deliverance
Benighted
In My Time Of Need
Blackwater Park

That would be the best Opeth set, ever (if it was only 5 songs).

[QUOTE=Thor;13398086]Deliverance is even better live. Everyone goes nuts during the final heavy part at the end.[/QUOTE]

Indeed. I loved that song before I saw them live, and after seeing them play it live twice amplified my love for Deliverance even more. Both times I've seen them live, Deliverance was the highlight of the night. :)

I've never had a metal song give me so many shivers as when I saw Deliverance live, both when I was there and on Lamentations!

Have any of you guys heard Steel - Heavy Metal Machine?

I'm listening to it now, and it's absolutely hilarious/awesome