i want to buy an opeth album what should i buy

here's a list from my favorite to least favorite:

1 morningrise
2 blackwater park
3 still life
4 deliverance
5 ****ation
6 my arms your hearse
7 orchid

butI recomend you start with BWP or Still life :)

[QUOTE=Grey Incision]Heck yeah, some people say he sounds too much like a drum machine. All i have to say is..................how is that a bad thing? Gene is a beast of an animal of a drummer. I think the only metal drummer that comes close to him technically is Mike Portnoy. Then again, i haven't heard many death metal drummers, and i know they are awesome. Flo Mournier for example.[/QUOTE]

The "drum machine" thing would definetly be a bad thing...it connotates a lack of emotion, lack of any "human" elements to a person's playing; flat feel. I could see that with SYL, but with Death his playing was VERY human. He's one of the few metal drummers (Martin Lopez, John Tempesta, Dave Lombardo, and Sean Reinart being a few other examples) who can really groove...check out "Crystal Mountain" for an excellent example of this. With SYL, I think his drumming is mostly reflective of what Devin wants him to do, which is, like you said, to emulate a drum machine.

[QUOTE=the2stranger]gave it a good listen already?

all the tracks are great

but bleak is probably my favorite on the abum.

or blackwater park, or the drapery falls, or dirge for november.
anyways, the album just rocks ;)[/QUOTE]
yeah ive listened it through a couple of times i like "The Leaper Affinity"





[I]Your Body is mine to avail
Such a tragic sight you are
Slave under my creed
Spurring me with those tears-
The Leaper Affinity[/I]

No a in leper, but still an awesome song.

[QUOTE=Creeping_Deth]No a in leper, but still an awesome song.[/QUOTE]
i admitt its not the best song i still like bleak better but its still a good song

I like Leper Affinity better than BWP actually. I like the contrast within it.

[QUOTE=Creeping_Deth]I like Leper Affinity better than BWP actually. I like the contrast within it.[/QUOTE]
yeah same here( im actually listening to it) leper affinity is a good song

Leper Affinity is awesome... I hope they play it live on sounds of the underground.

In all likelihood they will.

Yeah probably

[QUOTE=Creeping_Deth]I like Leper Affinity better than BWP actually. I like the contrast within it.[/QUOTE]

It's a very good song, but off of that album, I'd say the Drapery Falls is the best song (is my favorite song).

[QUOTE=Eleventeen]It's a very good song, but off of that album, I'd say the Drapery Falls is the best song (is my favorite song).[/QUOTE]
Drapery falls is a good song but still i like leper affinity, and bleak better( not saying its not a good song i still like it

[QUOTE=azbassman]Drapery falls is a good song but still i like leper affinity, and bleak better( not saying its not a good song i still like it[/QUOTE]

Bleak is brilliant, as is Leper, but as I said, Drapery is my favorite song :D

[QUOTE=Creeping_Deth]In all likelihood they will.[/QUOTE]

According to Metal Archives, they actually have a keyboardist who isn't just a session member for once :eek:

Thats kinda werid cuz on the Opeth guitar lesson Mikeals like "when most people want to do something new they bring in a keyboard player but we believe there is still stuff to do on the guitar" or something to that effect...

hmmm, Per Wyberg? (don't know how to spell the name)

Being able to do something new without a keyboard player doesn't necessarily mean you can't still use a keyboard player. :)

[QUOTE=Creeping_Deth]I like Leper Affinity better than BWP actually. I like the contrast within it.[/QUOTE]
It was the song that converted me to the Opeth cause! :)

[QUOTE=cliff solos for all]i want to buy an opeth album what should i buy[/QUOTE]

Have a go with "Still Life" it was the first Opeth album that I heard and its great :)

Yep.The Leper Affinity sealed the deal for me as an Opeth fan.

What would be your favorite song off of BWP?

Bleak.

NP: The Leper Affinity (3rd Place)

Hmm...tough call. Probably "The Drapery Falls."

[QUOTE=azbassman]What would be your favorite song off of BWP?[/QUOTE]

Probably my favorite song of all time: The Drapery Falls

Followed closely by Bleak and Harvest

Speaking of BWP, I just got it and listened to it. It is one incredible album. Every song is extremely good. It is far better as a whole than Deliverance album. I particuarly loved the title track, Leper Affinity, THe Drapery Falls, and Bleak.

This album is near perfection for heavy music, in my opinion. Just plain beautiful, yet very dark and heavy at the same time.

Yeah i like all of those songs but my favorite would have to be Leper Affinity and The Drapery Falls- I really couldnt chosse between them.

[QUOTE=azbassman]Yeah i like all of those songs but my favorite would have to be Leper Affinity and The Drapery Falls- I really couldnt chosse between them.[/QUOTE]

Out of all the albums they've released, I've come to notice that Morningrise > Others

[QUOTE=the2stranger]here's a list from my favorite to least favorite:

1 morningrise
2 blackwater park
3 still life
4 deliverance
5 ****ation
6 my arms your hearse
7 orchid

butI recomend you start with BWP or Still life :)[/QUOTE]




MAYH 6th? :(

1.) Still Life
2.) Blackwater Park
3.) Morningrise
4.) MAYH
5.) Deliverance
6.) ****ation
7.) Orchid

1.) Morningrise
2.) Still Life
3.) My Arms, Your Hearse
4.) Blackwater Park
5.) Orchid
6.) ****ation
7.) Deliverence