Listening to the new album...

INITIAL IMPRESSIONS:

Very hard to rate Opeth objectively, given expectations...

It's *almost* brilliant... but doesn't quite have the relentless movement and inventiveness of some of the other stuff. It's a little bit more-of-the-same'ish for the first time... I'm being too harsh. This is my favourite band and I place gigantic expectations on them to continually produce my new favourite CD... Deliverance is definately the stand-out track... DEFINATELY... perfect exposition of style...

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listening to the first track for the first time....very cool so far. I'll update after I finish.


its up on the metaltabs mp3 site in case any of you were wondering.

whoa whoa the new alums out?

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no it leaked online, its on the metaltabs mp3 site. http://metaltabs.kicks-ass.org

Yep, I've dl the album from there. It's not bad, but I guess I'm just not a hardcore opeth fan like I use to be. Thrash metal will always be my favorite!

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ain't nothin wrong with thrash metal, thats for damn sure.

Damn straight....hey do u have the new symphony x (the odyssey) on the FTP?

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i don't think so, but put a request in the ftp thread if you don't find it on there.

Will do.

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Wreath is definately growing on me... maybe it's a hair better than I first thought... It's a more dense sound, not necessarily heavier... definately the drum lines doing it...

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The tracklist for the new opeth DVD is as follows:

01 - intro
02 - windowpane
03 - in my time of need
04 - death whispered a lullaby
05 - closure
06 - hope leaves
07 - to rid the disease
08 - ending credits
09 - harvest
10 - weakness
11 - masters apprentices
12 - the drapery falls
13 - deliverance
14 - the leper affinity
15 - a fair judgement

it doesnt seem much for just over 2 hours of playing time
and it doesnt have much in the way of older heavy stuff either, seems mainly orientated on the last 2 albums, which is a pity

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it sucks that they weren't allowed to play old songs at that gig
heres what mikael had to say about it on their forum:

i read that they did play demon of the fall for the encore, but they stopped the cameras during that

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opeth is my favorite band i love all thier albums and i love all thier songs and i cant wait for the dvd to come out

bleh, DVD that doesn't have ANYTHING from Morningrise?!?!?

What the hell?

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i have blackwater park.
i can't wait till i get my hands on more material
on a "totaly" related sidenote.. i like my dying bride a lot too... how many of you guys are also listening to them? i'm kinda curious...

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Fuck publishers suck.... first Dimmu Borgir are considering re-recording Stormblast and now this disappointment of a DVD. I saw the concert posters in mags, and saw that it was being recorded for a DVD, this made me very over-fucking-joyed. But to find out that 70% of it is all their soft stuff is a huge let-down.

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Opeth are God. I say that the DVD should be great, they put on a good show regardless of the situations, but nevertheless I shall buy it. My fav album so far would be Blackwater Park but I only have that one and My Armes, Youre Hearse.

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'Bout a year ago, an angry bald man told me that not listening to Opeth was pretty much a capital offense & that by not doing so I was inferior both as a human & as a metal head. Well, words to that effect anyway.

He was so very fucking right. They're probably the greatest band of the last 10 years & should be global ambassadors for metal. I don't know anyone who doesn't like at least some of their stuff (& I know some fairly awful teeny-bopping tards). The last album ('Deliverance', is it called?) more-or-less shows that they're capable of doing anything dark. It's seriously moody stuff & while not exactly the heaviest or even the most exciting thing they've done, it's certainly very fucking accomplished stuff.

If my housemate likes it & it's metal then they MUST be doing something well...

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I totally hear what your sayin man. Most poeple who havent heard opeth and say they suck probably argue that it isnt brutal enough. Yeah fuckin right, I woulndt consider them the most brutal or even close to the top of the list but they are still on there. They are geniuses.

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i'd like to buy an album by opeth but i dont know which one.... preferably one where there's not too much clean vocals.... i know almost nothing by them

thanx

The heaviest Opeth album is Deliverance

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yeah, but it's not their best one.... well, to get a good impressoin of Opeth you should start out with blackwater park, though there are some (not too much i would think) clean vocals (doesn't sound bad by the way)...
if you don't like that, try deliverance, but i think that if you don't like blackwater park, opeth wouldn't be your thing

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ok thanks !