Opeth Fellation Thread!! (Fanboys only! Opinions prohibited!)

[Nelsean]

^ Lol. Owned.

[Metal_link111]

You mean banished? :p:

haha yeah! That's what happens when I try to be all intellectual!

I guess, at the end of the set though it was amazing. The concert was an outdoor one and at the end he's thanking everyone, then just points in the sky and says "Look" the croud looks and then about a minute later he says "A plane"

:haha :haha

[CodySG]

I just noticed I didn't spell crowd correct :(....man I fail at life..

[gimme_fuel_89]

I always just thought it was about a dude being possessed by satan.

oh well.

I think it is.....to an extent?

[Burning_Angel]

I guess, at the end of the set though it was amazing. The concert was an outdoor one and at the end he's thanking everyone, then just points in the sky and says "Look" the croud looks and then about a minute later he says "A plane" :haha

ROFL :haha

[anal frost]

i wonder if they'll ever make another album like morningrise or orchid? that was the golden age, all their best songs came from those albums..."sighs" :(

[Davidian]

i wonder if they'll ever make another album like morningrise or orchid? that was the golden age, all their best songs came from those albums..."sighs" :(

Amen to that.

Although a second still life would not bother me.

[narmi]

i wonder if they'll ever make another album like morningrise or orchid? that was the golden age, all their best songs came from those albums..."sighs" :(


Never

Mike has said in the DVD that he doesn't like that style anymore and never listens to those albums, however they were playing some songs live

I love those albums anyway

[Davidian]

Never

Mike has said in the DVD that he doesn't like that style anymore and never listens to those albums, however they were playing some songs live

I love those albums anyway

he also said that he did not heard or bought any metal albums in the last year.


So i think the next album will be jazzy masturbation fest.

[<><]

he also said that he did not heard or bought any metal albums in the last year.


So i think the next album will be jazzy masturbation fest.:headbang:

[fallenangel20]

Never

Mike has said in the DVD that he doesn't like that style anymore and never listens to those albums, however they were playing some songs live

I love those albums anyway


Huh... I love "Forest of October", that REALLY sounds like the newer stuff. That's really one of the only Orchid/Morningrise era songs I've heard, but I've a few more.

[cubedeathk]

Morningrise is so different from like deliverance and blackwater park. Its disturbing. The production is so raw, and the bass reminds me of a rubber band. I doubt theyd be going back to that, because they would lose so many followers.

[kirkisking]

I find myself listening to Damnation a lot more than their other albums lately.

[Metal Matt]

Ok here's an idea for a topic change... We always talk about what Opeth songs we love more than the rest, but are than any that you just don't like? As for me I would have to say...








...no there isn't. But I'm curious to know if anyone else does have some they just don't care for.

[..NEM..]

Ok here's an idea for a topic change... We always talk about what Opeth songs we love more than the rest, but are than any that you just don't like? As for me I would have to say...








...no there isn't. But I'm curious to know if anyone else does have some they just don't care for.


I agree, I love every damn Opeth song there is..

[anal frost]

the only song i don't like by them is the grand conjuration, it's not natrual to hear opeth using the same riff for a whole song (and the actual riff isn't actually that good anyway). also because it's being used as a ****ing SINGLE(?!) which kinda seems like opeth are selling out a tad, the rest of the album was o.k. though :D

[BrofUJu]

Ok here's an idea for a topic change... We always talk about what Opeth songs we love more than the rest, but are than any that you just don't like? As for me I would have to say...



...no there isn't. But I'm curious to know if anyone else does have some they just don't care for.

Any Opeth songs that I dislike? ... *Thinks*... no, don't think so. I do find Wreath and By the Pain I See in Others to be rather boring, and probably their worst songs (oddly enough I find the rest of their album some of their best), but they're far from terrible songs, and I still don't mind listnening to em every once in a while.

[Metal Matt]

^Really? I find By the Pain I See in Others to be the second best song on the album (right after A Fair Judgment).

[BrofUJu]

It just doesn't do much for me, I dunno. Wreath is also rather boring. Besides, Master's Apprentices, Deliverance and A Fair Judgment are far better if you ask me.

[SGRocker0791]

Hmmmmmmmm......*Thinks*

Nope. I love them all.

[InfiniteSadness]

I do find Wreath and By the Pain I See in Others to be rather boring

Funny, those songs are the first songs I thought of as well. They don't do anything for me either probably because they don't seem to have that Opeth vibe.

[kirkisking]

Almost everything off o Ghost Reveries.

[loonyguitarist]

I too really love By The Pain I See In Others. I think it's a great song.

People generally do a good job on this site. (http://www.songmeanings.net/artist.php?aid=6880)
Thank you :), I'll be bookmarking that.

[Burning_Angel]

They didnt need to add the 5 minute silence at the end. otherwise it was pretty well written.

[LedZeppelin]

It's pretty good. Not your typical Opeth at all- very anthemic- but still nice. I have no idea what the lyrics mean, unfortunately, though, which takes away from its goodness.

[Metal_link111]

I'd have to say my least favourite is Dirge for November - not that I hate it, but I do tend to skip it every now and then

[Burning_Angel]

meh... still probly prologue/epilogue/madrigal because they dont really count.

[Sadistic sponge]

^ I think epilogue is pretty amazing
I skip on pretty much every track on ghost reveries. Mikael sounds like he belongs in some ghetto church's one man show in some parts of the ballads, and most of the heavy songs are just constant start-stop crap that i cant stand

[Burning_Angel]

Do any of you know from experience, how hard 'The Drapery Falls' is? I really wanna learn it. Not only to make people jealous of me (jk) but cause its one of my absolute faves.

[kirkisking]

^Not that hard actually. Almost all Opeth songs are actually really easy to learn.

[Davidian]

^Not that hard actually. Almost all Opeth songs are actually really easy to learn.

Depends on wich instrument. I would not touch and opeth drum piece with a 10 foot pole.


And welcome back bitch :peace:

[LedZeppelin]

^Not that hard actually. Almost all Opeth songs are actually really easy to learn.

They aren't usually terribly difficult to learn, but arrangements are a bitch, and some of them are very difficult. The Leper Affinity, anybody?

[Sn^ke]

Opeth songs are fun to play. And yeh Leper Affinity is one of their harder songs to learn. Alongside Face of Melinda.

[Dyer's Eve]

I found the Chords behind the octave harmony in Moonlapse Vertigo a real bitch, took me a good while to switch between them smoothly.

It's mainly the chord work that gets on my tits, most of the lead playing is quite manageable.

[Sn^ke]

It's just like any other song. Gets easy very quickly.

[fallenangel20]

They aren't usually terribly difficult to learn, but arrangements are a bitch, and some of them are very difficult. The Leper Affinity, anybody?


I hear that. I can just listen and hear it's out of my league. The intro has those little hidden PMs in it, and the solo is faster, the soft parts sound like a bitch.

I'll stick with "The Drapery Falls" before The Leper Affinity. :D

[Burning_Angel]

I've worked on it a bit.... most of it i didnt find as hard as the outro with the chords and the riff built in.

But, yeah, I thought Bleak was tough but I got it down in two days.

[loonyguitarist]

They aren't usually terribly difficult to learn, but arrangements are a bitch, and some of them are very difficult. The Leper Affinity, anybody?
The Leper Affinity is actually the only Opeth song I know all of. I found it challenging but doable (up to a certain standard). Hopefully I'll be diong this piece as my ensemble performance for AS.

How difficult do you reckon the drums are?

[<><]

How difficult do you reckon the drums are?Actually, not that difficult, if you can double-kick decently.

[Burning_Angel]

The Leper Affinity is actually the only Opeth song I know all of. I found it challenging but doable (up to a certain standard). Hopefully I'll be diong this piece as my ensemble performance for AS.

How difficult do you reckon the drums are?

Probably just extremely hard to memorize. I mean, my friend could do most of Opeth's drum patterns, except for some of the solo's and his lack of double bass.

[las7]

and most of the heavy songs are just constant start-stop crap that i cant stand
That's mainly due to the different type of song structure used on GR. The drumming on GR sounds like it has been influenced by a certain other band ;)

[jesusgonewrong]

Don't beat my ass for this, but......Leper affinity. Just bugs me for some reason.

[fallenangel20]

Meh, to each his own. :peace: :haha

I think if I HAD to choose the song I don't really like and just tired of most times is Dirge for November.

I love the song, I really do, but I don't know, it just has something about it that gets kind of tiring.....:confused:

[Emenius Sleepus]

Meh, to each his own. :peace: :haha

I think if I HAD to choose the song I don't really like and just tired of most times is Dirge for November.

I love the song, I really do, but I don't know, it just has something about it that gets kind of tiring.....:confused:

Harvest is that song for me :p:

[LedZeppelin]

I have an prOpethblem. Nice word eh?

See, I find their more brutal work (Ghost of Perdition, Deliverance, BWP, White Cluster) far more to my liking, but it lacks the variation of their other material (The Moor, The Drapery Falls, Bleak, etc.). Which albums would you recommend that is either a combination of both, or something entirely different? I've got BWP (good), Still Life (eh), Deliverance (awesome), and GR (perfect)...all my own opinion of course. I'm thinking about going for Morningrise next, but I've also heard good things about MAYH.

[SGRocker0791]

I still can't find a Opeth track I dislike. Even if I listen to all fo the tracks over and over, I can find a track I dislike. Maybe I'm being a.....





....Opeth fanboy? *dun dun dun*

[LedZeppelin]

Well we all knew that :p:

[Emenius Sleepus]

I have an prOpethblem. Nice word eh?

See, I find their more brutal work (Ghost of Perdition, Deliverance, BWP, White Cluster) far more to my liking, but it lacks the variation of their other material (The Moor, The Drapery Falls, Bleak, etc.). Which albums would you recommend that is either a combination of both, or something entirely different? I've got BWP (good), Still Life (eh), Deliverance (awesome), and GR (perfect)...all my own opinion of course. I'm thinking about going for Morningrise next, but I've also heard good things about MAYH.


I find MAYH similar in song structure to Still Life, but it's a heavier album than SL, so it will probably be more to your liking. Otherwise, try Orchid. I prefer that album to morningrise [/opinion]

When, Demon of the Fall and the Amen Corner are probably the best samplers of MAYH as well if you want to try-before-you-buy or whatever

[Burning_Angel]

^^
When is good as well. But, I prefer The Amen Corner to Demon of the Fall.

I like both though.

["putnamehere"]

I donloaded some mp3s a while back, now I've been thinking about buying an album by them. I would lke to try Ghost Reveries as the dude above stated that it is perfect.


Suggestions?

[kirkisking]

I donloaded some mp3s a while back, now I've been thinking about buying an album by them. I would lke to try Ghost Reveries as the dude above stated that it is perfect.


Suggestions?

Ghost Reveries REALLY isn't their best representation. At first, try Blackwater Park or Still Life.

["putnamehere"]

Out of the two that you've stated, which would you say is better?

[kirkisking]

Still Life.

[Necrolust]

I used to like opeth a lot cause they were so original . Now a lot of bands try to sound like them (necrophagist , especially in "The stillborn one" song) . Well , the best album probably (for me ) is :My Arms, Your Hearse

[Slayer224]

I used to like opeth a lot cause they were so original . Now a lot of bands try to sound like them (necrophagist , especially in "The stillborn one" song) . Well , the best album probably (for me ) is :My Arms, Your Hearse

LOL wtf? Necrophagist sound nothing like Opeth. There are other bands that sound way closer to Opeth.

[Necrolust]

LOL wtf? Necrophagist sound nothing like Opeth. There are other bands that sound way closer to Opeth.

I mean in some songs the try to sound like opeth but they are still far away from the opeth style. Now , yes , I agree , there are other bands that sound closer to opeth.

[kirkisking]

Like Novermbre, My Dying Bride, Katatonia, etc...

Though how you made the connection from Opeth to Necrophagist is beyond me.

[SGRocker0791]

I like Novermbre. :sad:

[Icarus66]

Opeth is pretty good. Deliverence is probably my favorite album; I got sick of listening to Ghost Reveries.

[Jerkoffkid]

I bought Still Life yesterday. I had heard all the songs before hand but wow... What a great album! Sounds much better than MP3s. Yeah Opeth kicks ass.

[Burning_Angel]

Like Novermbre, My Dying Bride, Katatonia, etc...

Though how you made the connection from Opeth to Necrophagist is beyond me.

:haha

Seconded.

[LedZeppelin]

That's so much worse than the time I recommended Necrophagist to somebody looking for something that sounded like CoB.

I got my ass flamed for that for months, no joke.

UG HAS BECOME PUSSIFED! WE MUST FLAME n00bs AGAIN!

[fallenangel20]

That's so much worse than the time I recommended Necrophagist to somebody looking for something that sounded like CoB.

I got my ass flamed for that for months, no joke.

UG HAS BECOME PUSSIFED! WE MUST FLAME n00bs AGAIN!


If the mods REALLY didn't care, then it would be more evident.....:sad:

[fallenangel20]

Sorry for the double post, but I'm trying to make a pre- BWP mix, and I've got "The Moor" and "Black Rose Immortal" (So I'd might as well make 2 CDs, cause most songs are pretty long). And "Face of Melind" and "Godhead's Lament" is downloading.

What are some other REALLY good ones. I know I'll get things like "All of them", but I'm trying to get a good sample from each album from Orchid to Still Life.

Now, I've already had "Demon of the Fall", "Forest of October", "In Mist She is Standing", so those can be left out. Thanks. :D

[loonyguitarist]

I wouldn't have Black Rose Immortal in there personally, but I think To Bid You Farewell would be a good addition.

[SGRocker0791]

Advent
White Cluster
April Ethereal
When
To Bid You Farewell

[Pan-Tallica]

When
Face of Melinda
Serenity Painted Death

... Perhaps not everyone else's favourites, but I really like those three, amongst others that have already been mentioned.

EDIT - Whoa, totally missed Tony's post. So scratch When, and I see you already have Face of Melinda.

[fallenangel20]

Okay, thanks, I'll check back in if I think I need anymore. :cheers:

[Sadistic sponge]

When
Twilight is my Robe
Advent
White cluster

Don't do black rose immortal, it gets boring in a while. After that orgasmic bit 11 minutes its not very interesting

[Metal Matt]

You can't leave out The Apostle in Triumph

[Sadistic sponge]

^ I actually prefer Twilight way above the Apostle. The solos and cleans in Twilight are just way better and i think they are some of opeths best. Like that trill solo towards the end...mmmm

[Jakeylee111]

That's so much worse than the time I recommended Necrophagist to somebody looking for something that sounded like CoB.

I got my ass flamed for that for months, no joke.

UG HAS BECOME PUSSIFED! WE MUST FLAME n00bs AGAIN!
What a n00b mistake.... :p:

[kirkisking]

What a n00b mistake.... :p:

Yes, he has been known to say some of the stupidest things. ROFL @ rap not being music.

[Jakeylee111]

Yes, he has been known to say some of the stupidest things. ROFL @ rap not being music.
um yes.... he was wrong.....
<.<
>.>

:p:

[laffyjam]

I saw Opeth last night in Gigantour..... They were amazing and I was sorta dissapointed that they only played 3 or 4 songs.

[fallenangel20]

I saw Opeth last night in Gigantour..... They were amazing and I was sorta dissapointed that they only played 3 or 4 songs.


I get to see them Thursday, and They're headlinging with only LoG and Sanctity (never really heard of them before), so they should have more songs. I hope they play AT LEAST "The Drapery Falls", I know they could more, and better, but if I could hear this live, I would be set for a while.

Not to mention it's my FIRST concert. Not a bad way to start huh? :haha

[Blak R Immortal]

I saw Opeth last night in Gigantour..... They were amazing and I was sorta dissapointed that they only played 3 or 4 songs.


4 songs for them is about 45 minutes though, 45 minutes for other bands is a good 9 or 10 songs. sucks that they only got that much time though. they're amazing live i saw them back when they were with dark tranquillity earlier this year

[LedZeppelin]

Yes, he has been known to say some of the stupidest things. ROFL @ rap not being music.

**** you, I still hold that to be true. :p:

[SGRocker0791]

Well, four star you too! :p:

[<><]

**** you, I still hold that to be true. :p:I like some rap. :mad:

[SGRocker0791]

You know what I like? Opeth.

Now let's get back on topic...

















































































Or I will choke you in warm ponds of blood. >_>

[<><]

I like rough turtle buttsecks.

[LedZeppelin]

I like some rap. :mad:

I never said it wasn't good or that it wasn't art. I just don't consider it music.

[nonickname]

You know what I like? Opeth.

Now let's get back on topic...

















































































Or I will choke you in warm ponds of blood. >_>


Whats up with you and killing people with blood? :p:

[LedZeppelin]

Speaking of which, Tony, you joke thief.

[Slayer224]

I never said it wasn't good or that it wasn't art. I just don't consider it music.

Your opinion < Dog poo

[SGRocker0791]

Whats up with you and killing people with blood? :p:

As in, putting their head's in blood and choking (drowning) them in it. lol

^^ What? How did I steal that joke? :p:

[Icarus66]

Your opinion < Dog poo


+∞

[LedZeppelin]

As in, putting their head's in blood and choking (drowning) them in it. lol

^^ What? How did I steal that joke? :p:

I think it might have actually been in this thread, and also the java chat, somebody said something and I went "I hope you choke in warm pools of blood." :haha

Back to Opeth

Got a copy of Damnation from a friend today :)

[chillininfl]

opeth < sound of babies being thrown against walls.

[SGRocker0791]

opeth < sound of babies being thrown against walls.

Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....ok?

[LedZeppelin]

opeth < sound of babies being thrown against walls.

Clearly you would know what that sounds like, as you must have been thrown against a wall in your infancy.

oh, and 8:17 in By The Pain I See In Others might be the 2nd greatest moment in Opeth history, the first being every second of White Cluster.

[Metal_link111]

I get to see them Thursday, and They're headlinging with only LoG and Sanctity (never really heard of them before), so they should have more songs. I hope they play AT LEAST "The Drapery Falls", I know they could more, and better, but if I could hear this live, I would be set for a while.

Not to mention it's my FIRST concert. Not a bad way to start huh? :haha

Quite a great start if you ask me...hehe.
If you go onto www.gigantour.com there's a jukebox and you can listen to all the bands that are playing in the States/Canadian shows - including Sanctity which I don't like at all. You will probably get a short Opeth set (in terms of songs, perhaps 5 songs if it's just LoG and Sanctity) but I doubt it will be "The Drapery Falls" - Mikael said in a recent interview that he was so incredibly sick of playing that song so it might just be the newer songs such as "Ghost of Perdition" and "The Grand Conjuration" (which adds up to at least 20 minutes or so) and maybe some stuff from Still Life.

Have fun ey!

[gimme_fuel_89]

I think it might have actually been in this thread, and also the java chat, somebody said something and I went "I hope you choke in warm pools of blood." :haha

Isn't that a lyric in Serenity Painted Death?

[Davidian]

^Correcto.

[Punk Poser]

I saw Opeth live at Gigantour on Saturday and during their set, all the damn hardcore kids that came to see Lamb of God were shouting "Opeth sucks", "these guys are fags", and things like that. So then they were about to go into one of thier clean songs and Micheal was like "if you don't like this next song you can go **** yourself". It was pretty funny but annoying because I was trying to enjoy the show when I had all these punks shooting crap around me.

[fallenangel20]

Quite a great start if you ask me...hehe.
If you go onto www.gigantour.com there's a jukebox and you can listen to all the bands that are playing in the States/Canadian shows - including Sanctity which I don't like at all. You will probably get a short Opeth set (in terms of songs, perhaps 5 songs if it's just LoG and Sanctity) but I doubt it will be "The Drapery Falls" - Mikael said in a recent interview that he was so incredibly sick of playing that song so it might just be the newer songs such as "Ghost of Perdition" and "The Grand Conjuration" (which adds up to at least 20 minutes or so) and maybe some stuff from Still Life.

Have fun ey!


Sweet. And yea, I can see how he's tired of the song, it's so freaking popular.

I'll be happy either way, but it'd be REALLy cool to hear a BWP song, like Bleak, cause Lamentations didn't even have it, and some Still Life.

[IndieMetalhead]

so, opeth, whats the deal with that?

:p:

[liesofautumn]

i know this might be a little off topic but does Opeth used Open-D or DGCFAD tuning on GR?

[Burning_Angel]

Close but no cigar.

DADFAD

D minor.

Or on Harlequin Forest- DADFAE


But. I just got the rest of Opeth's discography from a friend. I really like Harlequin Forest. A lot.

[metalmaster362]

i went to gigantour on saturday and opeth had a 90 minutes set and played 8 songs and they played the drapery falls

they had the longest set of the night

[Burning_Angel]

What was the set-list?

[Metal_link111]

i went to gigantour on saturday and opeth had a 90 minutes set and played 8 songs and they played the drapery falls

they had the longest set of the night

Even longer than Megadeth?? That's pretty good for a festival slot.

[clockwork555]

Close but no cigar.

DADFAD

D minor.

Or on Harlequin Forest- DADFAE


But. I just got the rest of Opeth's discography from a friend. I really like Harlequin Forest. A lot.

Yea i like that song a lot especially the first 2 mins.

How do u guys think the soft from ghost reveries compare to the songs on damnation. I think that Isolation years is particularly beautiful but damnation songs are better than atonement and hours of wealth.

[Jerkoffkid]

Yea i like that song a lot especially the first 2 mins.

How do u guys think the soft from ghost reveries compare to the songs on damnation. I think that Isolation years is particularly beautiful but damnation songs are better than atonement and hours of wealth.

Damnation has a really dark sound to it's songs. On Ghost Reveries, they seem to have a happier sound. But I love Hours Of Wealth. Such a kickass solo.

[clockwork555]

Damnation has a really dark sound to it's songs. On Ghost Reveries, they seem to have a happier sound. But I love Hours Of Wealth. Such a kickass solo.

I agree the solo is Gilmour-tastic and i rlly like the vocals on it, I wish there were more! Very bluesy vocals.

[Burning_Angel]

Yea i like that song a lot especially the first 2 mins.

How do u guys think the soft from ghost reveries compare to the songs on damnation. I think that Isolation years is particularly beautiful but damnation songs are better than atonement and hours of wealth.

Personally I lean more to Atonement than Windowpane... I like Windowpane/the rest of Damnation a good bit too though.

[gimme_fuel_89]

Hours of Wealth and Atonement are really.....weird.

GR is an overall weird album. Still like it though.

[Burning_Angel]

I like Ghost Reveries alot.

Overall it seems like it has a majestic yet dark sound to it.

[SGRocker0791]

I like Ghost Reveries alot.

Overall it seems like it has a majestic yet dark sound to it.

:cheers:

EDIT:

http://www.neilomac.ndo.co.uk/deadlybadgers.jpg

:haha

[Emenius Sleepus]

^:haha:haha that is so hilarious. Mikael seems to be the perfect model for those sorts of pix

[Emenius Sleepus]

Hours of Wealth and Atonement are really.....weird.

GR is an overall weird album. Still like it though.

Yeah, agreed. I like it as well though it took me some time. There's still plenty of Opeth in that sound though

[distilledspirit]

Lately, I can't get Bleak out of my head. It's one of their best songs from their best album.

[Burning_Angel]

:cheers:

EDIT:

http://www.neilomac.ndo.co.uk/deadlybadgers.jpg

:haha

:cheers:

Great pic.

[Blak R Immortal]

Lately, I can't get Bleak out of my head. It's one of their best songs from their best album.

yeah bleak is a really catchy song, i had that one stuck in my head for a while, but currenlty i have the melodic part of black rose immortal stuck in my head after the clean part that starts around 9 minutes

[LedZeppelin]

Bleak is catchy but I hate the chorus, it's so lame. The song is brutal with this great writhing melody and then the chorus is just...boring. Other than that it's great, but the chorus kinda kills the whole mood for me.

[Pan-Tallica]

Bleak is catchy but I hate the chorus, it's so lame. The song is brutal with this great writhing melody and then the chorus is just...boring. Other than that it's great, but the chorus kinda kills the whole mood for me.I've never really cared for the chorus, either, but when the brutal vocals come in as the clean vocals end (8:30-ish) is the best part of the entire song, IMO.

EDIT - "Slight twist, shivering corpse..."

That part.

[LedZeppelin]

Oh yeah, definitely. The lyrics and intonation by Mikael there are chilling.

[Metal Matt]

I've never really cared for the chorus, either, but when the brutal vocals come in as the clean vocals end (8:30-ish) is the best part of the entire song, IMO.

EDIT - "Slight twist, shivering corpse..."

That part.

Most definently the best part of that entire song. :cheers:

[Burning_Angel]

I've never really cared for the chorus, either, but when the brutal vocals come in as the clean vocals end (8:30-ish) is the best part of the entire song, IMO.

EDIT - "Slight twist, shivering corpse..."

That part.

That part and the pause before the jazzy part, are my favorite parts.

[Wounded Hamster]

*sticks up for the Bleak chorus*

What's wrong with it? It's one of Opeth's better clean choruses, reminds me of Godhead's Lament.

[fallenangel20]

Off topic

But does anyone like their softer melodies better than the electric? I personally always wait for the clean parts more than the electric. I LOOOOOOVE the electric parts, they are just so.......godlike. But I really admire the soft stuff more. Like I said, I don't bash the hard stuff. Master's Apprentice, The Leper Affinity, Wreath, all of their songs are really my favorites, it's just those cleans.

I mean listen to "To Bid You Farewell", "In Mist She is Standing", "To Rid the Disease", the first 5 minutes of "The Drapery Falls", the opening to "Dirge for November". That is legendary stuff. I can't get over it. I honestly, whole heartedly, say Opeth is like today's Led Zeppelin.

Which is stretching it, cause "*Blank* is today's *Blank*", is bad all, but when you think musical genius, the amount of work they've made, the amount of epic quality....they're just the best band since Led Zeppelin, if not equal or better.


This is me just kind of rambling, but I guess it makes conversation. :D

And don't forget your input on the spft or hard melody deal. :p:

[5hinmyoken]

*jumpinin*

i think i like both their soft and their hard stuff equally - thats one of the best points about opeth - they can do both convincingly :) cant wait to see them live in december!

kinda sad martin lopez had to leave the band, he is one of my favorite drummers ever

[Emenius Sleepus]

Indeed I often had the same idea as the two guys above me. I don't know really, I like their hard and soft stuff equally, just because it always sounds sincere, and not forced. Their soft material has tons of melody, and always that intricate feel that makes it sound so good. Their heavy stuff though is either obliteratingly brutal or also has beautiful melodies through it. I can't pick a fave.

[LedZeppelin]

*sticks up for the Bleak chorus*

What's wrong with it? It's one of Opeth's better clean choruses, reminds me of Godhead's Lament.

I dislike that song as well :haha

[Emenius Sleepus]

:haha it's not my fave song on that album either. Though I actually like that song

[Burning_Angel]

Indeed I often had the same idea as the two guys above me. I don't know really, I like their hard and soft stuff equally, just because it always sounds sincere, and not forced. Their soft material has tons of melody, and always that intricate feel that makes it sound so good. Their heavy stuff though is either obliteratingly brutal or also has beautiful melodies through it. I can't pick a fave.

:cheers:

White Cluster and the Moor, and Moonlapse Vertigo are my faves from Still Life.

[clockwork555]

Off topic

But does anyone like their softer melodies better than the electric? I personally always wait for the clean parts more than the electric. I LOOOOOOVE the electric parts, they are just so.......godlike. But I really admire the soft stuff more. Like I said, I don't bash the hard stuff. Master's Apprentice, The Leper Affinity, Wreath, all of their songs are really my favorites, it's just those cleans.

I mean listen to "To Bid You Farewell", "In Mist She is Standing", "To Rid the Disease", the first 5 minutes of "The Drapery Falls", the opening to "Dirge for November". That is legendary stuff. I can't get over it. I honestly, whole heartedly, say Opeth is like today's Led Zeppelin.

Which is stretching it, cause "*Blank* is today's *Blank*", is bad all, but when you think musical genius, the amount of work they've made, the amount of epic quality....they're just the best band since Led Zeppelin, if not equal or better.


This is me just kind of rambling, but I guess it makes conversation. :D

And don't forget your input on the spft or hard melody deal. :p:

I see where ur coming from with about the clean part. Actually what drew me into opeth was the clean. I got damnation cuz it was the only clean album and i hated the growling. But after awhile i wanted more opeth but that meant getting growling too but after awhile i got used to it and it doesnt bother me anymore. So basically now i appreciate the band even more although i still like Mickael's voice over the growling.

[distilledspirit]

^Yeah, though I do love Mikael's ownage concerning growls, they do produce some of the best clean-Metal material I've ever heard.

[fallenangel20]

Well, I can OFFICIALLY die happy now.... I have been to my first concert, and Opeth owned.

They weren't the main headline, but they had an amazing set.


Set list:

Ghost of Perdition
The Leper Affinity
Windowpane
The Grand Conjuration
Deliverance

Mikael had his fair share of jokes as well. After "Ghost of Perdition" he said,m

"Next, we're going to play some Clapton. *big smile* We are Opeth. We're from Stockholm, that's in Sweden. In Sweden, everybody fucks everybody. Polar bears roam the streets, and everyone is pretty."

:haha:haha:haha

I laughed so hard. It was awesome though, I couldn't have asked for more (okay, I could have, but why be picky?) Sanctity (they were good, for a metalcore band they ruled), and the maoin headline was Lamb of God (I loved it, buyt Opeth was the kicker).

Anyway, first concert, just great, I came out half deaf, and loved every minute of it. :D

[clockwork555]

Well, I can OFFICIALLY die happy now.... I have been to my first concert, and Opeth owned.

They weren't the main headline, but they had an amazing set.


Set list:

Ghost of Perdition
The Leper Affinity
Windowpane
The Grand Conjuration
Deliverance

Mikael had his fair share of jokes as well. After "Ghost of Perdition" he said,m

"Next, we're going to play some Clapton. *big smile* We are Opeth. We're from Stockholm, that's in Sweden. In Sweden, everybody fucks everybody. Polar bears roam the streets, and everyone is pretty."

:haha:haha:haha

I laughed so hard. It was awesome though, I couldn't have asked for more (okay, I could have, but why be picky?) Sanctity (they were good, for a metalcore band they ruled), and the maoin headline was Lamb of God (I loved it, buyt Opeth was the kicker).

Anyway, first concert, just great, I came out half deaf, and loved every minute of it. :D

"polar bears roam the streets" LOL thats pretty fucking hilarious. I would of put up with any of the other bands to hear deliverance played live.

[SGRocker0791]

Mikael had his fair share of jokes as well. After "Ghost of Perdition" he said,m

"Next, we're going to play some Clapton. *big smile* We are Opeth. We're from Stockholm, that's in Sweden. In Sweden, everybody fucks everybody. Polar bears roam the streets, and everyone is pretty."

:haha:haha:haha

:haha

[fallenangel20]

"polar bears roam the streets" LOL thats pretty fucking hilarious. I would of put up with any of the other bands to hear deliverance played live.

It was insane to hear it. I guessed that "The Grand Conjuration" was coming, he said, "This song is about the devil", and it was easy, but Deliverance blew my mind live. It was just so great.

It was weird though, you know how everybody thinks Mendez's headbang is annoying, and he does it too much? He didn't do it almost at all..... I know it's annoying, but I was looking forward to it.... It's part of Mendez's essence. :haha It was pretty sad though, I could tell EXACTLY which guitar was which after every song, what each guitar was for, and what tuning it was. Well, it was great, but my mom thought it was weird. :haha

Blue PRS- Standard, Leper Affinity and Deliverance
Black PRS- DADFAD, Ghost of Perdition and The Grand Conjuration
Black Les Paul- Standard (?), Windowpane

But anyway, I'll shut up about it now, back to...whatever we were talking about before. :D

[Burning_Angel]

It was insane to hear it. I guessed that "The Grand Conjuration" was coming, he said, "This song is about the devil", and it was easy, but Deliverance blew my mind live. It was just so great.

It was weird though, you know how everybody thinks Mendez's headbang is annoying, and he does it too much? He didn't do it almost at all..... I know it's annoying, but I was looking forward to it.... It's part of Mendez's essence. :haha It was pretty sad though, I could tell EXACTLY which guitar was which after every song, what each guitar was for, and what tuning it was. Well, it was great, but my mom thought it was weird. :haha

Blue PRS- Standard, Leper Affinity and Deliverance
Black PRS- DADFAD, Ghost of Perdition and The Grand Conjuration
Black Les Paul- Standard (?), Windowpane

But anyway, I'll shut up about it now, back to...whatever we were talking about before. :D

What, your mum went with you? Or she likes Opeth? Or.... Did you tell every miniscule detail about the concert?

How was Axenrot on drums? I havent heard them with him...

[Blak R Immortal]

my dad went with me to opeth, he said they were pretty good actually, he just said they were hard to follow though between all the switching back of styles.

[fallenangel20]

What, your mum went with you? Or she likes Opeth? Or.... Did you tell every miniscule detail about the concert?

How was Axenrot on drums? I havent heard them with him...

Yea, my mom took me. It was cool though. She liked Opeth and Lamb of God (weird for any mom) and she wasn't in the way like most, she stood there and listened. she's my only ride though.

And Axenrot was great. After seeing most of Lamentations and hearing how Lopez was on drums, he really stood his ground, and was really good. He was spot on. Especially on Deliverance. He was just awesome all around.

[Emenius Sleepus]

:cheers:

White Cluster and the Moor, and Moonlapse Vertigo are my faves from Still Life.

:cheers: same here, add Benighted to that list though.

Lol @ polar bears roaming the streets, glad ya liked the show (to Fallenangel20)

[LedZeppelin]

I would looove to see the Peth live.

And aboot still life... I would have to say The Moor, White Cluster, and Moonlapse Vertigo as well. The guitar tone on that album really turns me off, especially when Mikael uses the cheesy chorus effects, so I listen to it a lot less than their other stuff.

[Metal_link111]

Yea, my mom took me. It was cool though. She liked Opeth and Lamb of God (weird for any mom) and she wasn't in the way like most, she stood there and listened. she's my only ride though.

:eek:

[Emenius Sleepus]

^:haha:haha:haha

[Davidian]

:eek:

You want to be my only ride? :p:

[Metal_link111]

^:haha bring it on sugar.

[SGRocker0791]

:haha How random.

[IndieMetalhead]

what the fuck

:haha

[fallenangel20]

Man.... you guys can just shut the fuck up.......... I'm only 15, can't drive, no car, she's the onlt TRANSPORTATION I have.....:sad:

I did get owned though, didn't I? :p:

EDIT: I did get Orchid, though..... I can't believe it. I've never even seen it in stores, and I get $20 from my grandmother yesterday, I go to Best Buy, and what do I see? A singular Orchid sitting in the back of the Opeth CDs.....:eek: I HAD to jump at the chance... I love it so far. I can see why Mikael doesn't like playing it anymore though, those vocals must have been/ are hard on him.

[SGRocker0791]

Lol, my Best Buy had one Orchid CD also.

[Pan-Tallica]

:haha My Best Buy has a terrible CD selection. Ironically, everything is hugely overpriced, too. All the Opeth CDs I have were bought at some privately owned store up in Northern Ontario.

[fallenangel20]

:haha My Best Buy has a terrible CD selection. Ironically, everything is hugely overpriced, too. All the Opeth CDs I have were bought at some privately owned store up in Northern Ontario.

Ours is okay. Nothing overpriced though, about $14.99 (USD) each, depending on the artist and how long it's been out and stuff.

[SGRocker0791]

Besy Buy has $14 CDs here, which is cool, but I rather go to my local CD store which has a kickass Metal section (2 pretty big rows of Metal CDs!) for $14 to $16.

[Pan-Tallica]

Oh, the CDs at Best Buy here range from 20-25$ Canadian, which is a little too much for me. The place up north that I usually go to ranges from 16-20$ Canadian, and a good portion of the CDs are on sale (2 for 25$, or something like that). I'm headed up north again next weekend, so hopefully I come back with some new music.

[el57]

I bought Orchid for 9.99, Chaosphere by Meshuggah for 7.99, and Annhilation of the Wicked by Nile for 8.99 at my best buy about 2 weeks ago. I think they have great prices and a decent selection.

[fallenangel20]

Besy Buy has $14 CDs here, which is cool, but I rather go to my local CD store which has a kickass Metal section (2 pretty big rows of Metal CDs!) for $14 to $16.

That's my problem. We have no music stores like that. We've got one decent guitar shop. That's it. I have to go about 30 miles away to get any kind of metal, or order them. It sucks.

[LedZeppelin]

That's my problem. We have no music stores like that. We've got one decent guitar shop. That's it. I have to go about 30 miles away to get any kind of metal, or order them. It sucks.

Me too. :(

[SGRocker0791]

http://209.85.12.234/7350/155/emo/woot.gif for me!

[distilledspirit]

I go to a Tower Records for all my stuff. I noticed they have a pretty good selection of Metal.

[into the moat]

i go to soulseek :)

[Euphoriacody]

I just got back from gigantour w/ opeth, it sucked 4 opeth songs and 15 LOG, megadeth kicked ass tho

[Pan-Tallica]

I just got back from gigantour w/ opeth, it sucked 4 opeth songs and 15 LOG, megadeth kicked ass thoWhich four?

[Metal_link111]

Man.... you guys can just shut the fuck up.......... I'm only 15, can't drive, no car, she's the onlt TRANSPORTATION I have.....:sad:

I did get owned though, didn't I? :p:

Transportation....ahhhhhhhhhh of course :p: I was just kidding around and then it turned a little wierd!

Yay...Deliverance and Damnation TEN BUCKS EACH...JB is getting raided tomorrow :)

[Emenius Sleepus]

haha,.. if I was gay and JB a man I'd have buttsecks with it. But since neither are true, I'm just gonna buy cds there. Mainly since they are way cheaper obviously

[Metal_link111]

^:haha Lex now that was random!

[Davidian]

^And scary :haha:

[Emenius Sleepus]

hush you two, stay in ya room:p:

[LedZeppelin]

So about that Opeth thing.

[fallenangel20]

So about that Opeth thing.

Yea.... that Opeth thing, new album MAYBE by April 6th he said at the concert I think he said.....

It was hard to hear, but he either said they'll be back in ATL April 6th, or a new album then....

Probably an album. They stop touring in December, they get about a month's rest, make an album, more rest, tour.... I hope so.

[SGRocker0791]

I wonder if they are going to keep the same sound at GR or move to something different.

[LedZeppelin]

Either way I'll be buying it :)

I think it's going to be more in the vein of GR.

[kirkisking]

ewww...

[SGRocker0791]

Either way I'll be buying it :)

I think it's going to be more in the vein of GR.

If so, cool.

[Dante's Inferno]

Actually, it's gonna be in the vein of Scott Walker's "The Drift", for those of you who catched that interview at FaceCulture.

[fallenangel20]

They need an ALL OUT album, like Still Life/ BWP/ Deliverance all mixed. I REALLY love GR, but imagine that album, SL/BWP/D all in one...... :eek:

[clockwork555]

They need an ALL OUT album, like Still Life/ BWP/ Deliverance all mixed. I REALLY love GR, but imagine that album, SL/BWP/D all in one...... :eek:

I wouldnt know whether to listen to that cd or fuck it.

[Pan-Tallica]

I wouldnt know whether to listen to that cd or **** it.If you can fit your dong in that little hole, I suggest you screw it, because that may be the only action you get in your life. :p:

[Burning_Angel]

Yea, my mom took me. It was cool though. She liked Opeth and Lamb of God (weird for any mom) and she wasn't in the way like most, she stood there and listened. she's my only ride though.

And Axenrot was great. After seeing most of Lamentations and hearing how Lopez was on drums, he really stood his ground, and was really good. He was spot on. Especially on Deliverance. He was just awesome all around.

...I wish my mom would go see Opeth with me!

[Pan-Tallica]

...I wish my mom would go see Opeth with me!My mom LOVES Damnation, but she can't comprehend the fact that the heavier CDs are by the same band. :haha

[Burning_Angel]

Same for mine actually.......She just hates growling.

[fallenangel20]

Wow, my mom doesn't REALLY mind it, but she doesn't REALLY REALLY like the heavy vocals. She likes the music, she likes the soft stuff, but the vocals, I think, turn her off.

It was weird, I asked her how she liked Opeth and LoG when we left, and she said, "I liked it, I liked LoG better though."

Now, if I hated my mom, I would've snapped, but she said she likes it better cause it has a better vibe, it's more energetic, and she can nod her head to it better, but she said she still likes Opeth a lot.

That made up for it, but I still though it was weird.

[Burning_Angel]

What'd she think of Mike's jokes though?

I mean, god he's funny, but i still wonder.

[clockwork555]

If you can fit your dong in that little hole, I suggest you screw it, because that may be the only action you get in your life. :p:

dont worry ill cut a hole big enough in the cd to fit it and get a chick so i could do both at the same time.

But seriously, im surprised that michael has such a good sense of humor becuz he always seems so serious during interviews. Its also funny how technical his english is in comparison to most americans. He speaks with very precise pronunciation and sentence structures but then again when u learn to speak english in a european country u dont grow up with all the slang that ****s up ur way of speaking.

[Burning_Angel]

So true.

On a side note: I finished learning Bleak! w00t!

[fallenangel20]

What'd she think of Mike's jokes though?

I mean, god he's funny, but i still wonder.

She found it funny, of course, my mom's no pushover, and all proper, she's great. But her head was hurting then (not from the show, she just gets headaches) and I don't think she cared at the time.


And I agree, his english is awesome. I talk properly most times, I do have a southern drawl when I'm lazy, or tired, but I always have good english, the way I type on here is basically how I talk.

Also, it's funny if you watch that in-studio "Harvest" video on Youtube, at the end, Mikael's in the little room, and in the mic, he says "Do you know who I am?!? I'm fuckin' Mikael!!"

It was just hilarious.:haha

[Burning_Angel]

Funny, but he souds like a ****in hick when he says it, not a ****in swede.

[invisible_man]

I just got Morningrise yesterday. Not their best album (a little too disjointed IMO) but very good nonetheless. I'm just missing Orchid and I'll have every Opeth album. Woohoo!

Anyways, what does everyone think of the inclusion of Eternal Soul Torture on the reissue disc? Personally I think it was a pretty bad idea. It's a terrible recording that overall kinda detracts from the overall quality of the record. There has to be some better Opeth demos lying around!

[Useful_Idiot16]

I'm going to go buy Still Life and MAYH today. So I'll have BWP MR SLSD MAYH :-)

[The Oceanborn]

I just got Morningrise yesterday. Not their best album (a little too disjointed IMO) but very good nonetheless. I'm just missing Orchid and I'll have every Opeth album. Woohoo!

Anyways, what does everyone think of the inclusion of Eternal Soul Torture on the reissue disc? Personally I think it was a pretty bad idea. It's a terrible recording that overall kinda detracts from the overall quality of the record. There has to be some better Opeth demos lying around!

I don't get why people don't like Morningrise... it's such a great album. I'm really hooked on to Orchid right now, but I can't get used to GR at all.

I have *shame on me* only a copy of Morningrise, but I actually recopied it without Eternal Soul Torture and put some Woods of Ypres on it instead lol. I wish Opeth rerecorded it, just the song title is awesome already.

[Spynal]

the way I type on here is basically how I talk.





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Must be interesting trying to hold a conversation with you.

[BR00TAL]

I don't get why people don't like Morningrise... it's such a great album. I'm really hooked on to Orchid right now, but I can't get used to GR at all.

I have *sahme on me* only a copy of Morningrise, but I actually recopied it without Eternal Soul Torture and put some Woods of Ypres on it instead lol. I wish Opeth rerecorded it, just the song title is awesome already.

I agree. Morningrise was the first album I got into by Opeth, and some of the melodies on there still give me the chills.

[Metal_link111]

^perhaps people don't enjoy the album because Opeth has changed so much since then and so it's hard to listen to it the same way as you listen to the other albums (if that makes any sense).


Personally, I love the album.

[invisible_man]

I don't get why people don't like Morningrise... it's such a great album. I'm really hooked on to Orchid right now, but I can't get used to GR at all.


I never said I didn't like Morningrise! It is a great album, I just prefer Opeth's later work. GR is a weird album for me. It was the first Opeth album I purchased, and I worked my way back from there. I was in love with that cd for a long time, but it doesn't really do anything for me anymore.

[Pan-Tallica]

I like Morningrise, no doubt about it. I agree with invisible_man, however, Opeth's later stuff has always appealed to me just a little bit more (with the exception of a few songs).

[fallenangel20]

^perhaps people don't enjoy the album because Opeth has changed so much since then and so it's hard to listen to it the same way as you listen to the other albums (if that makes any sense).


Personally, I love the album.


Exactly, like if someone buys Orchid, and loves it, and then buys Ghost Rerveries, they might have mixed feelings.

Personally, I started with some downloading, I went to Limewire and downloaded the songs with the most hosts (Master's Apprentice and Deliverance at the time) and I fell in love. I got some of Blackwater Park, I think another Deliverance song, and In Mist She was Standing and Forest of October from Orchid.

I'm always short on cash, so I always wanted to buy, and I finally got BWP and GR, and loved GR. It's so much more musically diverse, but I listen to it less than BWP, cause BWP is just pure pwnage.

So, basically I guess what I'm saying is, if you're starting out, just get some songs from each era of Opeth, and go. I love all of it, I love hearing how they've progressed musically from Orchid to GR, it's just amazing, and it's all great, I've only found one song I can honestly say I hardly listen to cause I don't REALLY like it (Dirge for November).

[Burning_Angel]

Adequete.

I started by downloading Demon of the Fall, then I immediatley wanted more, so i got Blackwater Park and was blown away.

Then... Still Life, My Arms, Your Hearse, Deliverance, then Morningrise, Ghost Reveries, Orchid and Damnation.

I still dont like Morningrise/Orchid very much though.

[SGRocker0791]

Beside the blah production, Morningrise is a awesome record IMO.

[Davidian]

I love the production.

It was pure then.

[Emenius Sleepus]

^perhaps people don't enjoy the album because Opeth has changed so much since then and so it's hard to listen to it the same way as you listen to the other albums (if that makes any sense).


Personally, I love the album.

Maybe. I like all of their material, it just demonstrates how they progressed and evolved throughout their existence as a band. However i'd pick Orchid over Morningrise any day.

Ghost Reveries was indeed a pretty weird album, but there's still plenty of the usual Opeth in there.

EDIT: To the invisible_man, I think the inclusion of the rehearsal tracks on Orchid and Morningrise was pretty cool. Partially for the same reasons that I've just mentioned, that it allows you to see how the band has grown from the conception to current period. Plus it's just an extra thing for the fans. Even though the production is horrid, if you don't like their inclusion you can just stop the cd after the final official track, no?

[Davidian]

^perhaps people don't enjoy the album because Opeth has changed so much since then and so it's hard to listen to it the same way as you listen to the other albums (if that makes any sense).


Personally, I love the album.

And i love you for loving that album, Come to holland and convert the woman here please we need more like you :p:

[heretic_boy]

^Stop hitting on my best friend

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You don't have permission


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Now you do.

[Useful_Idiot16]

Demon of the Fall is now my favorite song.

[BR00TAL]

Dirge for November has to have one of the most beautiful intro's ever.

[fallenangel20]

Dirge for November has to have one of the most beautiful intro's ever.

So true, I think the harder parts just get too repitive. The intro is the only part I RELALY enjoy.

[Burning_Angel]

Come on, the outro may drag on, but its excellent guitar work.

[LedZeppelin]

Mikey's vocals are totally off on the intro to Dirge.

I really like the song though. I think it fits very well in its placement in the album for some reason. It just seems perfectly situated. And it sounds so perfectly empty that it fits the lyrics. It's like a little Opeth gem. Great song.

[Burning_Angel]

literally little too, its a short Opeth song. xD

And yes, Mike's vocals are severely off on the intro... originally i didnt like it because of that.

[fallenangel20]

Mikey's vocals are totally off on the intro to Dirge.

I really like the song though. I think it fits very well in its placement in the album for some reason. It just seems perfectly situated. And it sounds so perfectly empty that it fits the lyrics. It's like a little Opeth gem. Great song.

Yea, I guess I could give it mroe chance, but it'll take time.

And I agree, strangely, it just fits. I don't know if it's the transition from the melodic-ness of "The Drapery Falls", and just progresses to the next song or what, it just fits.

I really think the first 5 songs on BWP just flow SOOOO well, I usually skip "Funeral Portrait" and "Patterns in the Ivy" for some reason. I'm not sure why. I love the songs, I just never listen to them.....:confused:

[LedZeppelin]

I wish Opeth made a song out of Patterns in the Ivy...not Patterns II, but like a fully developed song just called Patterns In The Ivy...it's so damn good.

oh, and Dirge has the best Opeth lyric ever:

Like the wings of a dove, folding around
I fade into this tender care

So sweet when it's growled.

[Burning_Angel]

I like to include:

Grant me sleep, take me under,
to
Like the wings of a dove, folding around
I fade into this tender care

to me, those lines are awesome.

[stratman_mjc]

Dirge for November is actually one of my favorites of BWP. Seriously, how can you not love the heavy guitar harmony after the intro?

[Metal_link111]

And i love you for loving that album, Come to holland and convert the woman here please we need more like you :p:

:haha why thankyou very much! I don't have any female friends (bar one) who is into metal!! Totally sucks I think...I hope it changes here too!!

[Emenius Sleepus]

I didn't think I looked that much like a girl... [/bad joke]

anyhoo. I happen to like Dirge for November - even though Mikael goes off-key at the start, the melody is really sweet, and the notes seem to float in the air. And the heavy part sounds quite dramatic.

[Davidian]

:haha why thankyou very much! I don't have any female friends (bar one) who is into metal!! Totally sucks I think...I hope it changes here too!!

Most metal woman here are over 30 and only like slayer in terms of hard bands. :p:

When i do try and talk to a girl my pickup( :rolleyes: :p: ) line mostly consist of letting them hear my music(that i make) or such so i have a reason to nick their mp3 and hear what they like.

It mostly ends in me hearing a CoF song or such and having to fake a phonecall and get the hell out of there :p:


But to not completly spam this topic: Who hear actually likes Anders his drumming to? I mean in terms of style Anders and Lopez had some simelarities but lopez feld more at home at the harder stuff.

[Metal_link111]

Most metal woman here are over 30 and only like slayer in terms of hard bands. :p:

When i do try and talk to a girl my pickup( :rolleyes: :p: ) line mostly consist of letting them hear my music (that i make) or such so i have a reason to nick their mp3 and hear what they like.

It mostly ends in me hearing a CoF song or such and having to fake a phonecall and get the hell out of there :p:


But to not completly spam this topic: Who hear actually likes Anders his drumming to? I mean in terms of style Anders and Lopez had some simelarities but lopez feld more at home at the harder stuff.

:haha well I don't pressume that it would be much different here although its better now when I get to go to the over-18 shows and escape the girls who probably know very little about the bands they are about to witness.

Opeth: I think Lopez has a very unique style of playing drums when you compare him to other drummers who have been/are in Opeth. I think what I liked best about him was his variation and the way he could swap and change with the song without sounding off-beat or discomforting. But then again I am no drumming expert.

[Emenius Sleepus]

^pretty much. I loved the latin influence he brought to Opeths' music as well

[Spynal]

best Opeth lyric ever:



Devotion eludes
And in sadness I lumber
In my own ashes I am standing without a soul


ftw.

[LedZeppelin]

What song?

[Wounded Hamster]

^^TBYF FTW!


acronyms ftw!

[Spynal]

What song?

:eek:

"To Bid You Farewell"

[Wounded Hamster]

Dude, I like said it in a much more cryptic manner... what the hell...

[Burning_Angel]

to bid you farewell is awesome. i prefer it to any other song on Morningrise.

[Bodom_Shredder7]

best line ever is the final lyric of blackwater park:

"the sun sets forever over Blackwater Park"

[gimme_fuel_89]

^yeah, that gives me the chills.

Also:

A step from oblivion
Moving into the dim lights - The Leper Affinity

A lullaby for the one's who've lost all
Reeling inside - The Drapery Falls

BWP appears to be the best album, lyrically.

[Burning_Angel]

Yeah. easily.

I love growling the last two lines of BWP.

"Sick liaisons raise this monumental mark,
The sun sets forever over black water park"

[LedZeppelin]

:eek:

"To Bid You Farewell"

I don't have Morningrise :(

*ashamed*

[Davidian]

Respect -1

[SGRocker0791]

I don't have Morningrise :(

*ashamed*

*hands Pat $16 e-dollors*

Go to your nearest FYE and buy that awesome album!!!

[las7]

If you are going to give out money send some my way. I hear that the Mars Volta album is pretty good.

[fallenangel20]

I don't know why, but I love this line,

"Spiraling to the ground below,
like autumn leaves left in the wake to fade away."

I don't know if it's the placement in the song, of what, I just love it.

And of course, the next line,

"Waking up to your sound again,
and I lapse into the ways of misery"

I think that's how it goes. That whole song's lyrics are just awesome.

(Deadly badgers made my wrearth. :haha:haha)

[jesusgonewrong]

Best set of lyrics by Opeth...hmmm...Probably:

"I stand motionless
In a parade of falling rain
Your voice I cannot hear
As I am falling again"

[clockwork555]

If you are going to give out money send some my way. I hear that the Mars Volta album is pretty good.

I have amputechture and its not their best but still pretty good.

neway ive always wondered about the band. when u got Lopez and Mendez from Uruguay and the rest of the guys from sweden, what ****ing language do they use to communicate between each other. Do they just use english despite it being their 2nd language as a common base or did the other 2 just learn swedish.

[SGRocker0791]

Best set of lyrics by Opeth...hmmm...Probably:

"Best made tacos on the earth!"

[/lyrics topic]

[las7]

Best set of lyrics by Opeth...hmmm...Probably:

"I stand motionless
In a parade of falling rain
Your voice I cannot hear
As I am falling again"
It would be pretty sad if those are Opeth's best lyrics

[Davidian]

Pfff noobs

"I pwn taco's from afar"

[rankine]

It's probably been asked before but I can be arsed to scroll through 137 pages to find the answer, so what is Opeth's best album?

[Gman400]

Start with Blackwater Park and if you like that get Morningrise (IMO).

[rankine]

OK, I'll check them out. I've got Deliverance at the moment, and I'm loving it, especially the title track. I'm to see them next month :D

[Davidian]

If you like opeth that get Morningrise (IMO).

There i fixed it for you.

[kirkisking]

Get Ghost Reveries. It's their best album.

[Gman400]

I think a lot of people would disagree with that...unless your just spewing more of your sarcastic bullcrap >_> Not that it's a bad album, just kind of odd.

[kirkisking]

I was being sarcastic, obv.

No goddamn way in hell I would say that Ghost Reveries is their best album.

[LedZeppelin]

*thinks GR really is their best album*

[Spynal]

*thinks GR really is their best album*

I could not disagree more

*listens to Ghost Reveries again*


Yes, still bad.

[LedZeppelin]

:haha

It is a very odd album, I'll give it that, but I really like it for whatever reason.

[Spynal]

:haha

It is a very odd album, I'll give it that, but I really like it for whatever reason.


I like St. Anger for similar reasons, but I would never, EVER call it the best. The album just pisses me off with the randomness as opposed tot he usually much appreciated gradual progressions.

Also, the riff in the first song that was stolen almost directly from Tool pisses me off ot no end.

[SGRocker0791]

I like GR a lot, but I wouldn't call it their best IMO.

[masterofmuppets]

My Arms, Your Hearse is their best - I've been saying that for years.

GR is good, better than Deliverance imo., but nowhere even near their best.

[«ÃFireÏnside»]

Don't know what everyone has against Ghost Reveries...was the first album I ever heard from Opeth, so it kind of has a different meaning to me than to all you who knew them long before it was released.

[ThePeacefrog]

opeth are sweedish btw..

[SGRocker0791]

opeth are sweedish btw..

1) it's Swedish.
2) Thanks for the info:

http://www.frontiernet.net/~joe14580/captain%20obvious.jpg

;)

[slipknot369]

:haha

[jesusgonewrong]

t3HP34C3Fr0g g0t TeH pWnZ0rZ bY SgR0cK3r0791!!!!1111121

[las7]

I only like GC off GR it's a good song and I do enjoy most of the drum work on GR