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saut · 05-09-2005, 07:59 PM

I don't agree with you on Damnation not being a good first exposure to Opeth. That's the album that got me interested in the band (although I wasn't a full fledged fan until I got into Still Life). That is, unless you're already a fan of metal and are accustomed to the growling, which really puts a lot of people off.

Here's how I rank Opeth's albums (quite different from you, 90degree):

Still Life
Blackwater Park
Morningrise
Deliverance
Damnation
Orchid
MAYH

To be honest, I don't know why MAYH is the favorite for so many people. The songwriting isn't up to par with any of their other work, Mike's melodic voice is not so great (he had a cold!), none of the riffs are memorable, and the acoustic/melodic parts aren't very good either. I mean, when you look at an album like Still Life, which is just oozing with atmosphere, great riffs, great songwriting, great melodic parts (folk section in Godhead's Lament > entire MAYH album), plus Mike's singing is really great.

Anyway, I can't wait for the new album. It's really hard to say where Opeth's sound is heading, especially after D1/D2. I imagine that we'll see a sort of logical progression from those two albums, with the more Porcupine Tree-ish feel to the melodic parts (see: Damnation), and a more brutal approach to the heavy parts (see: Deliverance). The only thing I know for sure is that there are going to be church bells and organs, which could definitly be interesting. Organs are just fucking evil sounding. And church bells... well, just listen to Part III of Agalloch's "She Painted Fire Across the Skyline" for how to use bells in a metal song. It's fucking epic. Opeth are already fucking epic, though, so correct placement of bells on the new album is going to be like a 25 on the Richter scale of epicness.

Sweet moses I'm excited.

05-09-2005, 07:59 PM	#26 (permalink)
saut Registered User Location: Pittsburgh	I don't agree with you on Damnation not being a good first exposure to Opeth. That's the album that got me interested in the band (although I wasn't a full fledged fan until I got into Still Life). That is, unless you're already a fan of metal and are accustomed to the growling, which really puts a lot of people off. Here's how I rank Opeth's albums (quite different from you, 90degree): Still Life Blackwater Park Morningrise Deliverance Damnation Orchid MAYH To be honest, I don't know why MAYH is the favorite for so many people. The songwriting isn't up to par with any of their other work, Mike's melodic voice is not so great (he had a cold!), none of the riffs are memorable, and the acoustic/melodic parts aren't very good either. I mean, when you look at an album like Still Life, which is just oozing with atmosphere, great riffs, great songwriting, great melodic parts (folk section in Godhead's Lament > entire MAYH album), plus Mike's singing is really great. Anyway, I can't wait for the new album. It's really hard to say where Opeth's sound is heading, especially after D1/D2. I imagine that we'll see a sort of logical progression from those two albums, with the more Porcupine Tree-ish feel to the melodic parts (see: Damnation), and a more brutal approach to the heavy parts (see: Deliverance). The only thing I know for sure is that there are going to be church bells and organs, which could definitly be interesting. Organs are just fucking evil sounding. And church bells... well, just listen to Part III of Agalloch's "She Painted Fire Across the Skyline" for how to use bells in a metal song. It's fucking epic. Opeth are already fucking epic, though, so correct placement of bells on the new album is going to be like a 25 on the Richter scale of epicness. Sweet moses I'm excited.