opeth

Farlo · Post by **Farlo** » Sat Jul 26, 2003 6:30 am

any other fans of opeth?
...if so whats your favorite album...
if not they are a swedish acoustic/metal band, worth checking out.

my fave album is either orchid, or damnation

Flint the Dwarf · Post by **Flint the Dwarf** » Sat Jul 26, 2003 10:24 am

Blackwater Park, and then Damnation.

TokyoU15 · Post by **TokyoU15** » Sat Jul 26, 2003 12:20 pm

Definatly BlackWater Park. That's a great album...let me rephrase that, Opeth is a great band!

FoolThemAll · Post by **FoolThemAll** » Sat Jul 26, 2003 8:44 pm

I'm thinking about getting an album of theirs. They're pretty much the only modern european metal band I have any interest in.

Kai Stromler · Post by **Kai Stromler** » Mon Jul 28, 2003 7:18 am

_Morningrise_, then _Still Life_. Their new stuff is cool too, but there was absolutely no progression between _Blackwater Park_ and _Deliverance_. And _Damnation_ sounds too much like the Red House Painters -- who I also like, but they don't sound like OPETH.

I saw them live at this year's Mass Metalfest, and they rocked the place flat, though, so they're obviously not losing it. I can't wait till they finish this phase and do something else that nobody in the scene's even thought of yet.

--K

Flint the Dwarf · Post by **Flint the Dwarf** » Mon Jul 28, 2003 10:00 am

Kai Stromler wrote:_Morningrise_, then _Still Life_. Their new stuff is cool too, but there was absolutely no progression between _Blackwater Park_ and _Deliverance_. And _Damnation_ sounds too much like the Red House Painters -- who I also like, but they don't sound like OPETH.

I saw them live at this year's Mass Metalfest, and they rocked the place flat, though, so they're obviously not losing it. I can't wait till they finish this phase and do something else that nobody in the scene's even thought of yet.

--K

Yeah, Still Life is pretty damn good too. The thing I don't like about Damnation and Deliverance is that there's not the creative mix of heavy vs. mellow. Deliverance is almost brutal, while Damnation is almost sleepy. I wish they had just done those two as one album like they were going to in the first place.

But I do eagerly await what they've got planned next.

Kai Stromler · Post by **Kai Stromler** » Mon Jul 28, 2003 10:09 am

flint_the_dwarf wrote: Deliverance is almost brutal, while Damnation is almost sleepy. I wish they had just done those two as one album like they were going to in the first place.

EXACTLY. I reviewed _Damnation_ for a friend's zine (which he still don't have up, or I'd give a link), and ended up not being able to give it a review. Because I review metal albums, and there's no metal on _Damnation_. Score: n/a of 100.

I've listened to it several times since, just to make sure I didn't zone and miss something, but it still sounds the same.

_Deliverance_ alone: yawn, no change from _Blackwater Park_, 92/100
_Damnation_ alone: yawn, no metal, not ratable
_Deliverance/Damnation_ double CD: OPETH RULEZZZ, 99/100

--K