Opeth Heritage | 3.0 |
I realize this album has been out for a year or so, but I just recently picked it up. Due to all of it's mixed reviews, it was never at the top of my priority list. Opeth has always been a more daring metal band. Ever since their classic debut Orchid, they have separated themselves from what is typical in extreme metal. Heritage seems to take that mantra a little too far. Post Damnation era Opeth has been getting more and more progressive rock sounding, and Heritage is as prog rock as it gets. Opeth went as far as not having any death metal vocals on this album, which served as a great duality with their previous two releases. Heritage is not to be confused with the Damnation, which was meant to (in my opinion) be a mellow, dreamy album. I would never called Heritage a bad album though, as the musicianship contained within is top notch (as always with Opeth), and song structure very creative. I just found it a little too progressive rock sounding for my taste. If there is one thing Opeth can never be accused of though, it being a stale band. Face it, no one wants to hear Orchid or Blackwater Park over and over again, but sometimes a band can push the envelope a little too much. Fans of Mikael Akerfeldt's primary influences will surely devour this. |
Opeth Damnation | 4.5 |
Opeth Ghost Reveries | 4.0 |
Opeth Watershed | 3.5 |
Opeth Still Life | 3.5 |
Opeth Blackwater Park | 5.0 |
Opeth Deliverance | 4.0 |
Opeth My Arms, Your Hearse | 5.0 |
Opeth Morningrise | 4.0 |
Opeth Orchid | 5.0 |
Dismember Where Ironcrosses Grow | 4.0 |
Dismember Hate Campaign | 4.0 |
Dismember Death Metal | 4.0 |
Dismember Massive Killing Capacity | 3.5 |
Dismember Indecent & Obscene | 4.5 |
Dismember Like an Ever Flowing Stream | 5.0 |
Katatonia Dead End Kings | 3.5 |
Novembers Doom Aphotic | 2.5 |
Novembers Doom Of Sculptured Ivy And Stone Flowers | 2.0 |
Novembers Doom Amid Its Hallowed Mirth | 2.5 |
Dark Angel Time Does Not Heal | 4.0 |
Dark Angel Darkness Descends | 4.5 |
Dark Angel Leave Scars | 4.5 |
Dark Angel Live Scars | 3.5 |
Forbidden Omega Wave | 4.0 |
Forbidden Twisted into Form | 5.0 |
Forbidden Forbidden Evil | 4.5 |
Ceremonium Into The Autumn Shade | 3.5 |
Katatonia Sounds of Decay | 4.0 |
Katatonia For Funerals to Come... | 4.5 |
Katatonia Jhva Elohim Meth | 5.0 |
Paradise Lost Tragic Idol | 3.0 |
Paradise Lost Draconian Times | 4.5 |
Paradise Lost Icon | 4.0 |
Paradise Lost Lost Paradise | 5.0 |
Paradise Lost Gothic | 5.0 |
Paradise Lost Shades of God | 3.0 |
Paradise Lost One Second | 2.5 |
Paradise Lost Host | 2.5 |
Paradise Lost Believe In Nothing | 2.5 |
Paradise Lost Symbol Of Life | 4.5 |
Paradise Lost Paradise Lost | 3.0 |
Paradise Lost In Requiem | 3.5 |
Paradise Lost Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us | 3.5 |
My Dying Bride Symphonaire Infernus Et Spera Empyrium | 5.0 |
My Dying Bride As the Flower Withers | 4.5 |
My Dying Bride Turn Loose the Swans | 5.0 |
My Dying Bride The Angel and the Dark River | 4.0 |
My Dying Bride 34.788%... Complete | 2.5 |
My Dying Bride Like Gods of the Sun | 4.0 |
My Dying Bride The Light at the End of the World | 3.5 |
My Dying Bride The Dreadful Hours | 3.0 |
My Dying Bride Songs of Darkness, Words of Light | 3.0 |
My Dying Bride A Line of Deathless Kings | 3.0 |
My Dying Bride For Lies I Sire | 3.0 |
Divine Silence Promise You | 3.0 |
I remember purchasing this album a while back from eBay, under the impression that Aaron from My Dying Bride was musically involved. Turns out, he was just the album cover artist (and what a great job he did). Anyway, it has been a while since I have listened to Promise You, and I decided to refresh my memory, as well as give this unknown band a little well deserved publicity. The first track is no doubt the weakest on the disc, starting off with a very happy, late 90's Paradise Lost sounding riff. The album only gets better from there, as it becomes a little darker. Stand out tracks are To Live or Die and Reflections. The closing track, A Day From You, returns to the major key joyful feel that began the disc, yet concludes with an incredible, emotional ending. As a whole, this is a solid album. The guitar work is very good, solid bass lines, and male vocals that range from haunting spoken word passages to brutal death metal growls. The only drawbacks on Promise You are the flat female vocals and the drumming, which is pretty good, but very repetitive and uneventful. The tempo on Promise You rarely changes, which makes it a little more like a gothic rather than a metal band. Fans of mid 90's Paradise Lost, Anathema, and Katatonia would surely like this, but I can't help but think it could have been better. |
Dying Fetus Reign Supreme | 1.0 |
Slipknot Antennas to Hell | 1.5 |
Asking Alexandria Stand Up and Scream | 1.0 |
Mayhem Deathcrush | 4.5 |
Mayhem De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas | 5.0 |
Mayhem Wolf's Lair Abyss | 4.5 |
Mayhem Grand Declaration of War | 4.0 |
Mayhem Chimera | 4.5 |
Mayhem Ordo ad Chao | 4.5 |
Dimmu Borgir For All Tid | 3.5 |
Dimmu Borgir StormblÄst | 4.0 |
Dimmu Borgir Enthrone Darkness Triumphant | 5.0 |
Dimmu Borgir Abrahadabra | 5.0 |
In Flames Whoracle | 4.0 |
In Flames Lunar Strain | 4.0 |
In Flames The Jester Race | 5.0 |
Katatonia Dance of December Souls | 5.0 |
Katatonia Brave Murder Day | 5.0 |
Katatonia Discouraged Ones | 4.0 |
Katatonia Tonight's Decision | 4.0 |
Katatonia Last Fair Deal Gone Down | 4.0 |
Katatonia Viva Emptiness | 5.0 |
Katatonia The Great Cold Distance | 5.0 |
Katatonia Night Is the New Day | 4.5 |
Grey Skies Fallen Two Way Mirror | 4.5 |
Grey Skies Fallen Tomorrow's In Doubt | 4.0 |
Grey Skies Fallen The Fate Of Angels | 3.5 |
Texas Hippie Coalition Peacemaker | 2.5 |
Isole Throne of Void | 4.0 |
Isole Born from Shadows | 4.0 |
Isole Bliss of Solitude | 4.0 |
Isole Forevermore | 4.5 |
Isole Silent Ruins | 4.5 |
Megadeth Rust in Peace | 5.0 |
Megadeth The System Has Failed | 3.0 |
Anathema Pentecost III | 3.5 |
Anathema The Crestfallen | 5.0 |
Anathema Serenades | 5.0 |
Anathema A Fine Day to Exit | 3.5 |
Anathema We're Here Because We're Here | 3.5 |
Anathema A Natural Disaster | 4.0 |
Anathema Judgement | 4.5 |
Anathema Alternative 4 | 4.5 |
Anathema The Silent Enigma | 4.5 |
Anathema Weather Systems | 4.0 |
Evoken Shades of Night Descending | 4.0 |
Evoken Quietus | 5.0 |
Evoken Embrace the Emptiness | 4.0 |
Evoken A Caress of the Void | 3.5 |
Evoken Antithesis of Light | 5.0 |
Evoken Atra Mors | 5.0 |