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Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: (e) on September 02, 2005, 07:10:02 PM
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Opeth\'s newest release.
I know we have other Opeth fans here.
I think it is decent- doesnt come near to beating Damnation/Deliverance.
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It\'s Ghost Reveries, jacknut.
It\'s damn good.
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lic is teh correct, on both accounts.
I\'m loving Reverie/Harlequin Forest, I\'m not loving the video for The Grand Conjuration
but the album is very good
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didn\'t know about the new cd. gonna check it out :)
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Sorry.
:rolleyes:
Im suprised they signed up with Roadrunnder records. No offense to RR but, they seem to sign up a lot of shitty bands.
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Originally posted by nO-One
lic is teh correct, on both accounts.
I\'m loving Reverie/Harlequin Forest, I\'m not loving the video for The Grand Conjuration
but the album is very good
Where can I find the video? Argh!
Originally posted by (e)
Sorry.
:rolleyes:
Im suprised they signed up with Roadrunnder records. No offense to RR but, they seem to sign up a lot of shitty bands.
Not really surprised. Opeth will finally break into US mainstream metal this record.
EDIT - Found the video (Roadrunner\'s site, doh!). Can\'t say I\'m a fan of it, a bit mainstream, not expected from the likes of Opeth. Still, it just reassures my prediction that this is Opeth\'s time to shine.
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Yeah can\'t say I was surprised either but Roadrunner probly offered them both more money than they were used to and more exposure in basically all markets.
If they\'d cut the stupid stuff from the video and just had the band playing from various angles and maybe a shot or two of the bugs then it would\'ve been nice.
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metal is for ghey boys.
bring on the industrial revolution.
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yeah because we all know Mariah is fucking badass
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closet case...
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I really have liked it so far. Got caught on Ghost of Perdition right away. The whole CD is pretty solid though. It\'s good to have some harder stuff after Damnation. I liked Damnation, but my favorite thing about Opeth is how they transition from the soft to the hard and back. Nice to have that back again. So far, I would take this over Damnation, to comment on what (e) said. However, I don\'t think either Damnation or Deliverance were their best albums anyway.
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Damnation evoked more emotions than any album I can think of- it was just haunting. Deliverance was by far their heaviest.
Its not to say My Arms Your Hearse, and Blackwater Park arent right behind them.
BTW: I bought Lamentations a couple weeks ago- awesome.
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Damnation to me didn\'t have more emotions than a lot of other albums. It wasn\'t varied enough for me to get into it the same as some other albums.
You want an emotional album, try Pain of Salvation- Remedy Lane
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Damnation was a great album, but it did lack varation from song to song. Infact, it would of been a perfect album, if they would of cut some of the songs or cut \'em down.
Deliverance was a good album, a couple really good songs, but also had the same problem. It was simply to heavy.
I still say Blackwater Park is the best material.
< - Has had Lamentations since its R2 release.
:D
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I\'d agree that Blackwater Park was their best.
Personally, I think I would have appreciated Damnation and Deliverance more had they been released as they were originally intended, together, as a two disc set.
Don\'t get me wrong, I still love both. I just think other Opeth albums have been better.
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Well, one thing about Damnation that made me really like it is that you can take this (insert whatever genre you label opeth as) band, and they can come out with something so remarkably beautiful- completely standing parallel to their other work- and still look like badass\'s.
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Damnation evoked more emotions than any album I can think of
I take it, by "more" you don\'t refer to the number of different emotions that it stirred in you? It was pretty much a consistant sound throughout.
Well, one thing about Damnation that made me really like it is that you can take this (insert whatever genre you label opeth as) band, and they can come out with something so remarkably beautiful- completely standing parallel to their other work- and still look like badass\'s.
Damnation was good, with some really great stuff. But it didn\'t live up to their potential, IMO. My favourite parts of their earlier works were always the transition from Cookie monster to classical singing. Which were far more "beutiful" than just about anything on Damnation. IMO, of course.
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While Damnation wasn\'t as great as I had hoped there were some incredible songs on there, some of Opeth\'s best like Closure and Hope Leaves.
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You guys turned me on to Opeth.I\'ve been listening to some albums and it\'s good.As soon as I heard it was progressive metal I was interested.
My favourite band ever is Tool and I know that I\'ll never come across a band that\'s better then Tool.It\'s sad because I know I\'ll never discover a better band then Tool.However I\'m thankfull that I discovered them soon because some people spend a lot of years looking for the perfect band and I found it already!
My friend is also a huge Tool fan.If he comes over and I want to play some Opeth for him,what song should I play to get him to like it.I was thinking about Atonement but now I need a harder song.
Any suggestions?
P.S:It\'s official that MJK has taken a break from APC and is working on a new Tool record for a while now.
Here are some recording photos:
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=20913840&blogID=41799967&Mytoken=20050816193059
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Songs to play:
Bleak (off Blackwater Park)
The Drapery Falls (off Blackwater Park)
The Moor (off Still Life)
Deliverance (off Deliverance)
for starters. I think all show off the band well. They mix the growling and clean vocals well, and all have a great sound, in my opinion.
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Don\'t forget:
The Leper Affinity (Blackwater Park)
White Cluster (Still Life)
Demon of the Fall (My Arms your Hearse)
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I could probably list songs all day if I wanted to :)
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heh heh indeed
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Hope Leaves - One of the single best Opeth songs...EVER.
Bleak - I can never get enough of this song.
Harvest - Another damn good song off Blackwater Park
As for MJK & APC. Don\'t expect anything from APC for along time. Everyone , including Billy are doin\' their own thing and the band is without a label right now.
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unlistenable music terrible
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Originally posted by Metal Gear
.As soon as I heard it was progressive metal I was interested.
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P.S:It\'s official that MJK has taken a break from APC and is working on a new Tool record for a while now.
Here are some recording photos:
1) :rolleyes:
2) Hmmm, I\'m pretty sure it\'s been official for a long time.
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Ghost Reveries is by no means the greatest album ever and I doubt it will ever get the play that \'Blackwater Park\' or \'Still Life\' has received from me, but when you put it against other metal bands, it is still heads and shoulders above the rest of the crap that is out there.