Well the new album has been leaked, finally.
This is definitly the most mellow Opeth release, excluding Damnation. There's 3 songs that have only clean vocals -- Atonement, Hours of Wealth, and Isolation Years. I think Hours of Wealth is one of the most unique Opeth songs I've ever heard... it's almost straight up jazz. Mike's singing is top notch, of course. Definitly the best since Still Life, I think.
Ghost of Perdition is still my favorite new song, but I really like them all, except for TGC, which I am still not liking a whole lot. I don't like Atonement a whole lot yet either, it sounds just like something Steven Wilson would write.
I've only listened to it once all the way through so far, so I really can't say how I'd rank it among other albums, but it's definitly a damn fine one.
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