Song's great, very dynamic. Seems like they refined their prog rock sound after the experiment that was Heritage

it's good

It's fine

Sweet track

sounds like something off systematic chaos except actually good

Sounds great.

Dig it hard, song sounds more dynamic in this official version too.

inb4 some dude is like "inb4 1000 comments"

Inb4 1000 comments

Even worse than I remember it being the day it leaked.

I like the track. Hopefully album is good as well.

Doesn't Jethro Tull at all so sucks really hard, agreed Jamie.

ZZZZZZZZZZ

That was absolutely terrible

i guess i'll have to be the first to say that this dynamically fellates penises

Yeah cos that's all I look for in music, Pleb.

Decent song

Might be growing on me...

No Anderson = NO REDEEMING QUALITIES

Video is cool too, artwork is starting to grow on me

I don't want Opeth with Tull influences (they kinda did that with Famine and it wasn't all that good) I just want something a bit more interesting than this bullshit.

You just can't get into the grooooove fella.

Got a feeling this is gonna be Opeth's swansong, so its gonna rulleeeee!!!!

"Doesn't Jethro Tull at all so sucks really hard, agreed Jamie."

you'r such an idiot

An idiot who can spell.

sounds like any other generic polished prog with a bit of ethnic flavour, forgettable

gd comback tht doesnt mean sht your stll a complete plague on ths site

I really don't care for opeth, but this isn't half bad

Haven't heard too much of that mena, so it's all good to my ears

well it aint bad but yknow sorta expect better from them thats all

Awesome song

nothing mind-blowing but song is enjoyable. pretty much what i expected

That solo with dat lead hnnnnngggg

And the drumming behind it, good shit

Axe rules, probably the best thing about the song.

my dick is so fucking hard right now sweet jesus it hurts

^lol

it's like a song that you'd be happy listening through between 2 really good songs on an album

Unbelievably dull track.

very bad

ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

meeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhh

another middle of the road opeth single fuck yeah m/

I'm afraid I'm not interested to their sound anymore.

gets all the spazzes and nerds on this site excited yea

Sounds great m/

cusp

I dig the passage @ 3:40 in.

Not sure on the vocals though, it comes across a little like "Coldplay does harder rock".

"gets all the spazzes and nerds on this site excited yea"

in other werds all teh kill wannabe tryhards

damn this is meh, i have a bad feeling this album will be worse than Heritage..

Its good. nothing terrible about.

Not bad but not very good either.

not spectacular, but good

Ya'll bein' too hard on this shit tis a very good song

I loved it at first but it grew off me very quickly song is a 3 or 3.5 for me

its alright

Sounds great to me. If it's mostly up this alley, Pale Communion will end up being better than Heritage (which I enjoyed a lot despite its flaws).

I like it. Musically it's a logical progression from Heritage for sure.

I love Dream Theater

If it's mostly up this alley, Pale Communion will end up being better than Heritage (which I enjoyed a lot despite its flaws).

Musically it's a logical progression from Heritage for sure.

I dig it, I don't see what you hate about it Jamie.

It's too bad they didn't stop making music after Watershed

Heritage is way better than Watershed so it's just as well they didn't.

You may have a point. *Ghost Reveries

alright jt we get it you love heritage a lot

you dont have to let everyone know every second post

Dig it hard, song sounds more dynamic in this official version too. [2]

Video is cool too, artwork is starting to grow on me [2]

Pale Communion will end up being better than Heritage [2]

ughh

Leaked a while ago. Still sounds like Porcupine Tree + Mikael's singing.

"Heritage is way better than Watershed so it's just as well they didn't"

I agree. Watershed is probably their weakest album as a whole IMO (I still like it though). Heritage was far from perfect (seeing we both have it at a 4.0), but was a much needed change. We'll see how much they've decided to keep from that, but this track sounds very promising to me (and with much better production).

meeeeeh

would be really bad if Mikael didn't have a good voice on him but as it is it's just kind of obnoxious and not really memorable

alright jt we get it you love heritage a lot

you dont have to let everyone know every second post

great video, neat ebow stuff, dull song.

you dont have to reply like literally every single time someone says it sucks lol

Well obviously, and I don't, only if I'm already participating in the discussion.

If someone said AiC's Dirt (album you really like picked at random) sucks in a thread you were posting in you'd probably insult them or something, what's the difference?

lol

Burden > Anything on Heritage

I'd respond with a 'lol' but Lloyd will get upset.

im not pleb lol

I mean I liked Heritage, but I find it so weak compared to the rest of their discog

Burden > Anything on Heritage [2]

I find Heritage stronger than a lot of their discography and Burden kinda sucks.

Sup Lloyd

Great m/m/m/m/m/

Not bad.

Burden > Anything on Heritage
any song on watershed is better than any song on heritage.

pale communion will certainly be meh.
at least heritage had the benefit of the doubt

nm man its like 4:30 am here so i gotta rest up

i bought Her on blu-ray the other day so gonna watch it tomorrow. did you ever see it? it's like one of the best films i've ever seen no joke. just incredible.

decent. nothing earth shattering

@Lloyd: Nope never seen it. There's a shitload of classic films I haven't seen, music has always been more my thing y'know.

it's not a classic it came out this year!

The score was also made by Arcade Fire so it's fantastic

any song on watershed is better than any song on heritage.

For real, I really think this is gonna be Opeth's last LP.

time to call upon the 2 star reviews on heritage

ah ah burden? heir apparent? hex omega? the lotus eater? versus what?

Haxprocess, Nepenthe and Folklore can stand up to those.

it's not a classic it came out this year!

Burden > Anything on Heritage

What Pleb said, and some others. Well pretty much any song on Heritage beats Burden cos it sucks.

Ins knows.

Love Burden but there are stronger songs on Heritage.

Damn the contributors are on the def

The Lotus Eater > heritage

Solo was cool but overall didn't dig it at all

lets agree in disagree. i don't understand people's love for heritage on this website

Not bad, got a kind of DT vibe to it. Plus Mikael's cleans are pretty good.

Also hessian peel and hex omega

Heir, Lotus, Hessian>rest of Watershed, and all of Heritage. It is known.

Also hessian peel and hex omega keep them coming. you can name them all they are all better

Heir, Lotus, Hessian>rest of Watershed, and all of Heritage.
absolutely right

pleb why do you think this will be opeth's last?

He's gonna run over Mikael with his car

lol

Just cos it'd seem fitting, they have progressed their sound so far that it seems they'd struggle to go any further.

Why would that stop them

highly doubt that

It's gonna be their 10000 Days

Well it's only gonna be a matter of time before the band becomes a parody.

Watershed was their 10,000 Days. Flawed and inconsistent but still great. I don't know what the hell Heritage was. It was good though but their worst

Punk rock Opeth coming soon, they're gonna have their own American Idiot

Honestly, I'm worried. Heritage was one thing, but this is semi scary.

C'mon this isn't worse than Heritage which was good but disappointing from 'Peth standards

This is better than all but about two songs from Heritage, one being the bonus track "Pyre." It's not exemplary but hopefully it's more typical of the "average" songs on the album and not the high points. I really wish this band would go back to redefining death metal, though.

On the bright side, the production values are going to be astounding (as usual). Even through the crappy headphones that came with my cellphone the cymbals are clean and well-defined. I cannot wait to play this in my car!

lol this is better than Pyre

song is crap but solo rocks

Pyre rules, better than this anyway

Glad to see some love for Pyre, it's probably my favourite track on Heritage. Compared to Pyre or
Häxprocess yes, this isn't as good, but compared to I Feel the Dark or The Lines in my Hand for
example it's brilliant. If compared to Heritage's first released track, The Devil's Orchard, I still
have to give it more time but I think I'll end up enjoying this one a bit better.

pyre is also my favorite track on heritage

no growls is lame

Personally I find it mind boggling that people are saying this is better than some songs on Heritage let alone every song.

Yeah, at least Heritage was so bad in places it was entertaining, this is just a non event in every aspect.

they have progressed their sound so far that it seems they'd struggle to go any further.

lol Underflow.

lest we forget that this is only 1 song and not the whole album

Yeah I still have some hope for the new album.

I actually do like a number of parts on that album, I just find that every good part is eventually sabotaged by something unnecessary or poorly thought-out. This, as you've said, is just incredibly uninspired.

Also, does anyone else feel that Mike has been over singing lately?

the devils orchard is like the worst thing theyve ever done. i hate it to pieces

I like the art style.

Mike's voice is definitely different since Watershed. Maybe because he's focusing on cleans a lot more. It does seem to have
a more raspy edge to it, maybe growling for so long took its toll...

RIP Opeth

I haven't listened to Heritage too much, so I can give strong opinions one way or another, but I'm not all that interested in giving it more listens so take that how you will.

Hope this album will be great, but it could go either way. I'll have to listen to this track when I get home.

As for this being Opeth's last album, I'm not too sure about that. Last album with Roadrunner for sure. The way they've been handling the delay I have a feeling relationships have really soured.

Yeah I do feel like hes sort of over-singing. The song would be more memorable if he toned it down a bit.

anything on Heritage beats the shit out of this.

boring

Liked Devil's Orchard more than this. The song's neat but not very memorable. The album received early glowing reviews so I hope this ends up the weakest track.

the part where he starts singing reminded me weirdly of System of a Down

It's good. Solo is good and sputnik is going to break

So fucking bad. Might as well be another band but hey it's new Opeth so it's automatically awesome.


RIP Opeth

At least he nailed the solo.

Great song. Lol @ Burden being bad. It destroys anything on Heritage with ease.

The song has a nice dynamic, but that's about it.

terrible song, riffing couldn't possibly get any worse

Wow, we agree on something Kyle.

RIP Opeth

Song was OK.

Wizard is breaking his Opeth records.

Sounds ripped from porcupines last album, and we all know how that one turned out. idk I may have just lost interest in Opeth, but their last 2 albums have sucked and this isnt a good sign for Pale Communion

Double post

It's probably going to be here for another album or two. I just wonder if the other dudes are into this revival sound as much as Mike.
I'm enjoying where he is taking it but I hope it doesn't become a parody.

This sounds like a poor man's Riverside, which is sad coming from a band that's had far more critically acclaimed albums than that band.

If anyone was smart enough to realize that Mikael is one of the biggest prog record collectors in the world, they would realize he's turning himself into his record collection.

Finally listened to it. Pretty groovy. Had my toes tapping, and that's more than what Heritage did for me.

If anyone was smart enough to realize that Mikael is one of the biggest prog record collectors in
the world, they would realize he's turning himself into his record collection.

Most definitely. Not sure how anyone following the band could miss it.

opeth sang arthur.

When will Opeth go full 80's and rip off momentary lapse of reason.

Song is great. Sounds a bit like Orphaned Land, oddly enough.

Pretty boring song

I really want to like this, but to me, the song just drags on with no aim. Also really missing the dark/moody atmosphere which probably won't ever return at this point

Read the review that was posted about Pale Communion, it's got it apparently.

watershed was great, heritage sucked

ghost reveries all the way back to morningrise is awesome

ya terrible till the solo hit. hopefully album is better than this.

This is a lot more focused than their last album. I really like the sound of it, hopefully there is more of this to come in the rest of the album. Hertiage sounded scattered and unfocused, like they weren't sure of the direction of the album.

Scoot gets it. Heritage was good but all their other albums were better

yep more boring prog obsession from Opeth. Heritage wasn't great, but at least it had some creative energy in it. this is just lame.

Oh I see, Mike is trying to take some advantaje of PT hiatus...

everything this band has done after blackwater park is so dull

I wouldn't call GR or Watershed dull at all

GR is dull yeah... But this is kind of duller imo... I adored Heritage, and I still have really high
expectations for Pale Communion, but this, while still being a really good song, feels a little bland
to me...

ew so much over-singing. music is okay, but ya, pretty disappointing single.

it's good, but it kind of sounds like something out of Mastodon's The Hunter. At least, I thought so. It's grown on me with multiple listens, it's got a cool 'riding' kind of groove to it.

I'm glad that they moved away from Heritage's vintage sound, but retained the prog-rock sound they were trying to go for. It's not nearly as dynamic as I hoped. I was really hoping for some 8-10 minute epic with hard-hitting prog-rock and jazzy or (to go back to the familiar) acoustic 'scenic route-like' instrumental segments. I dont know about anyone else here. I'm still excited for this though.

This is unbelievably boring

Good song, but If it was any band other than Opeth, the song would fly under the radar.

"everything this band has done after blackwater park is so dull"

including blackwater park

"it's good, but it kind of sounds like something out of Mastodon's The Hunter."

That's a good analogy. It's kinda whimsical, nonchalant and catchy like The Hunter is. Sounds like it would make a great jam in the car. I agree with the criticisms that it's not very interesting musically, but I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing in context. With Mastodon, fans expect "proggy" songs whatever that is and kinda seem to refuse to accept The Hunter. Hope the same thing doesn't happen with Opeth if the rest of the album is like this (I don't think it will be, mind).

omg this fucking sucks dick. akerfeldt has lost his shit.

sucks

Thanks, Keyblade. From what I remember about Mikael's descriptions of the album (although I haven't been keeping up to date
cuz school *sigh*) I was expecting something along the lines of "Lotus Eater" or "The Baying of The Hounds" with clean vocals.
the kind of instrumental arrangements that are more prog-oriented than metal. although this, with its Mastodon-esque prog-
metal sound, grew from a disappointing surprise to a relatively enjoyable track with each listen. I'm starting to not care what the
rest of the album will sound like really. While I wish the rest of the album gets heavier and weirder from here, I honestly just
hope the album is enjoyable no matter what direction they chose to go. I'm open for anything, as long as it's enjoyable really.

Song rules.

The track is awesome.

sgtpep there's def gonna be some long tracks on the album. theres one that's over 10 minutes and three that are over 7 minutes. i don't know why you're assuming that just because of 1 song that there won't be an "8-10 minute epic with hard-hitting prog-rock and jazzy or (to go back to the familiar) acoustic 'scenic route-like' instrumental segments"

agreed with everything else you said though. very excited for the album

i also have a feeling most people in here have not read this:

http://www.metalinjection.net/reviews/first-impressions-of-the-new-untitled-opeth-album-a-track-by-track-review

It basically told me the album is going to be shit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQoJJi_450w

meh

i don't understand the meaning for posting that video from 2012

^ Emyay: I think it's being included as a 7" with the special edition of the new record.
http://store.roadrunnerrecords.com/music-1/deluxe-pale-communion-box-set-582214.html

oh okay cool. special edition looks cool but all i'd really be interested in is the 5.1 bluray and
maybe the commentary. still modestly priced compared to the mastodon one

No kidding. The Mastodon one is pricey, but it looks really nice. The Pale Communion special edition is actually fairly reasonable, so I may go for it. I'm still pretty optimistic about this album.

Dull as ditch water. I think we might be done, Opeth. You were good while it lasted.

@emyay
I was actually just talking about this one song and what my expectations were based on past descriptions of the album. I wasnt really assuming anything about the rest of the album based on one song, or at least it wasnt my intention, i merely just said what i 'hope' the rest of the album will sound like. Im sorry if i wasnt speaking clearly earlier.

its all good man. we're hoping for the same thing. hopefully we get our wish

I thought it was alright but way to simplistic and lacking in any depth. I'd say for most people judging it's way to early to say to give up on Opeth based on one single. Hopefully the album has much better highlights though.

It's great.

The band is really tight. Props to Axe especially for stepping up his game. Mikael needs to STFU though

...Nice. Nice. Not THRILLING, but nice.

cool i love dream theater

I got that vibe too. Right around when mike sings "scenes from a memory" funnily enough.

was ready to come in here and defend this but that really bored the hell out of me tbh

Get ready to be hyped for the new record once more:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaoAFiFEXRw

I heart u pleb

Already better than anything from the previous album.

pretty much Willie

willie wtf? that is just so, so wrong

No, 2:48 on Famine is wrong.
Good intro ruined by stupid ideas. Judging by that leak this will be more cohesive and ideas linked properly.

Already better than anything from the previous album.

2011 - ''this sucks, fuck heritage, even watershed was better than this''

2014 - ''this is boring, heritage kicks ass''

"2014 - ''this is boring, heritage kicks ass''"

uhhh that's not what's going on at all actually good job

2014 - excited for new album. heritage still blows

2014 and beyond - Opeth continue to be classic

you people are full of shit though

I for one love this song. I hope the rest of them album is better than Heritage... it wasn't good.

Eons. Care to elaborate?

leaked song is better

I dug it never listened to heritage so no idea what the fuss is about

don't bother

"sounds like any other generic polished prog with a bit of ethnic flavour, forgettable"

Groovy, catchy, atmospheric, great singing, nice solo. Good stuff.

not that good

Comparisons to Riverside, Mastodon's The Hunter, and Systematic Chaos all sound pretty apt.

Liked it a lot initially, not so sure now. The guitars are pretty stagnant other than the one solo around 3:35. Nice bit of groove throughout the entire song, but it feels a bit generic to me. Drums are killer though.

I like that it seems to be a bit of a harder rock edge instead of full-on Genesis level prog like Heritage was, but this is a bit too generic for my taste. Cautiously hopeful this will turn out better than Heritage, though I hope this won't be a heavily promoted single.

both new songs are better then everything off Heritage.

pretty average tune

Holy shit, this sounds like an early Tea Party song.

both new songs are better then everything off Heritage.

I like it. The song Reminds me a little bit of ELP.

Pretty good song actually, this album should be good. The video thing was pretty interesting too, gave some meaning to the artwork at least.

Yeah both songs are like ELP and Cusp has a rip off chorus of The Court of the Crimson King. I'm not a big fan of Opeth and especially not death metal, but I prefer their old stuff like Still Life and this just doesn't jive with me.

Going to agree with Jamie on this and say both singles are actually worse than anything off Heritage.

Lol are you kidding me Wiz? I think JT was referring to Cusp on that one, he enjoyed Eternal quite a bit I think.

Whatever.....

R.I.P. Opeth

"sounds like my ears are being molested by a rusty blade mikael is a faggot etc." - wiz

lol

lol man jamie is relentless these days good on ya brother m/

wiz dude find your inner eloy i mean theres lots to love about the leaked song even if you are a black metal purist retard, that organ break sounds like some shit off of hlioskjalf then when it comes in its like camel meets elp meets opeth how could you not find something to dig

This sucks hard. Probably won't even bother downloading the album.

yo apollo here is a second tune. way better than the first

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhCazeuRINA

apollo has 4 opeth albums 5'd and won't even bother giving the new album a shot bc of one single not meeting his expectations...wow

all this made me want to do was jam Ghost Reveries

Every die-hard fan of opeth seems to think that this suckles bollocks

They're not die hard fans then are they. The song isn't the second coming or anything but it's still really good, they're just nitpicking to feel better about their own sad lives

ANOTHER SONG

https://soundcloud.com/spiral2012/track1

lol Talons, someone can be a die hard fan and still think one particular song sucks.

I'm not saying I'm a die hard fan because I'm not but that logic is ridiculous. Do you think all die hard Metallica fans like Invisible Kid?

perfectly fine to think one song sucks or even think a whole album by a band sucks, but to not check an album just bc you think one song sucks? blasphemy

probably ass

angryneighbor that's eternal rains. cool that it's up on soundcloud now i guess. also lol at the hashtag #htepO

Of course a song like Invisible Kid can be hated on by 'tallica fans because it's from St. Anger. But this is a very solid song and anyone who hates it is clearly being a nitpicking bitch or just has really weird taste

ur n0t a tru fan unles u 5/5 every album everi track br0 lmao

being a die-hard fan is not about trying to talk yourself into liking stuff that you don't like, even if it's your favorite band

Of course a song like Invisible Kid can be hated on by 'tallica fans because it's from St. Anger. But this is a very solid song and anyone who hates it is clearly being a nitpicking bitch or just has really weird taste

wouldn't say its bland as fuck but i totally agree with the rest Jamie

Yeah I don't expect everyone to agree with that specific opinion but saying a song that has received such a lukewarm and polarizing reception has to be liked by diehard Opeth fans is ridiculous

I'm not saying everyone has to love the song or even like it, but this is far from their worst. Endlessly bashing it just comes across as pathetic to me

I know you're not saying everyone has to like it, you said you can't be a diehard Opeth fan if you don't like it. If you weren't being 100% then fine.

The endless bashing as you call it could just be a result of the fact that people genuinely really dislike it perhaps?

How could anyone dislike this song though, it's so harmless. I guess people are entitled to their opinions

Even if they're wrong ;)

"it's so harmless"

One of the problems with it, it's so inoffensive and dull.

Yeah if I had a complaint it it'd be that, but the singles from their last three albums were also all the most simplest and among the least great on the album, so I'm sure it's still the case here. Can't have every song on an album be a 10-minute prog wankery session, there has to be variety

Of course, I'd just like better quality variety ;)

But yeah I still have fairly high hopes for the album after hearing Eternal Rains.

I really like this, not sure why people think this is so terrible. The solo is damn awesome, lots of passion there, and in the vocals.

Yeah, I thought this was pretty good too, not as interesting as most of their tracks but still pretty damn solid.

I've never been an Opeth fan, but I actually really like this.

Check out blackwater

check still life

check these nuts

mayh >

I refuse to listen to Opeth until Mikael quits being a baby.

What

S'alright

Opeth haven't had a good album in 15 years so who cares lol

^
thank you for your useless opinion

That Eternal Rains track was also not very interesting. I am sad for this new album.

It was just alright, might grow on me. (I liked Heritage, too)

You heard Eternal Rains yet? It leaked over a week ago and its better than cusp

I'm sure it's up on there somewhere, or if you google it for a link. Hopefully it wasn't taken down

Cusp has that cringeworthy DT esque solo

What's wrong with a DT esque solo that means LaBrie isn't singing. IMO the solo and that GR esque part after it are Cusp's highlights

I'm off DT right now and anything new that sounds remotely like them makes me cringe. Other than that, I think it's a solid track

I like the guitar riff in the verse

calling it now, closing track will be a brutal death metal surprise, like something from winds of creation

Calling it now, it won't be.

Damn, thought a leak was imminent after that bump :[

It won't be but it should

Damn, thought a leak was imminent after that bump :[

If a leak does come out, I reckon it'll surface at the end of July latest

Latest? I'd say late July at the earliest

Oh yeah, that's what I meant. It's late and football has melted my brain all week.

might be earlier than usual since it was pushed back though

That's what I'm hoping for. And the fact that it's probably the most anticipated metal release of the year

wouldnt be unrealistic to say it could leak late july tbh

"I'm not sure if that's anticipated or if people even would want another record with STORM CORROSION, but [Steven and I] talked about that, and both of us agreed that we want to do another record. But if it's gonna happen or not, I'm not sure."

http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/opeths-mikael-akerfeldt-talks-pale-communion-album-possibility-of-second-storm-corrosion-cd-audio/

A second Storm Corrosion album maybe? If so, that would be fucking awesome

i feel bad about SC. i listened to it like twice when it came out ,and then forgot about it. i just dled a FLAC version of it so i'm gonna give it another listen soon

Drag Ropes and the title track are perfect especially the latter

i remember really enjoying the last song quite a bit.

Storm Corrosion is amazing, almost perfect album

eternal rains sparked my opeth interest for the first time in a while so im watching all these mike interviews over the years now

The stuff he and Steve did (separately) for Faceculture on YT is pretty cool and in depth. Check it out Talons

yea those fc reviews rule

Yeah I saw some of these a while ago they're interesting. Though the one where he listened to his own album constantly makes him sound pretty full of himself

Mikael's incredibly proud of his work and doesn't care what fans necessarily think. Nothing wrong with that I guess

i mean look the albums the man has under the belt. pretty crazy

It is a nice album to listen to

Surprisingly good. Sounds much better than Heritage, but i like the progressive style. Yes it is similar to something Dream Theater would do, but that isn't a bad thing at all. Hater's gonna hate.

acey omg