Cool video. Have Opeth given up harsh vocals permanently? Or just for this album?

Cool video. That said, the new album really hasn't resonated with me yet. It just sounds like a different band, it's not BAD... maybe I need to give it a few more listens.

I remember the first time I listened to A Fair Judgement, the first Opeth song I ever heard. It knocked me off my farking chair it was so awesome. And as I've become a real fan of the band the albums that I like the most are Blackwater Park, Ghost Reveries (Harlequin Forest FTW), Deliverance and Damnation. Damnation is an album that I can (and have) listened to on infinite repeat for weeks on end while driving to and from work. It really is a flawless album.

I appreciate what Opeth is doing with the new album but it just hasn't done anything for me yet. Watershed didn't blow me outta the water either but I still like it more than Heritage, it's still a fairly solid album in its own right.

Like I said, maybe I gotta give it a few more listens.

Interesting.

I usually get shiat out of "SHMHC", but this band (or this song, at least) is reminiscent to me of Uriah Heep. Takes me back, man. That was a band I found by innocent accident when my mother dragged me out to a weekend garage sale in, mmm, maybe '83 or something. I guess the cover of the "Demons and Wizards" LP seemed innocuous enough to her. Those SOBs could *sing*. Any occasional screaming was well fit to the music, not the whole act itself.

Maybe there's some hope left for "HM".

I like the new album. I'm more than a little surprised to see it on SHMHC because it barely fits even the broadest definition of heavy metal (the heaviest bits sound a bit like Deep Purple I suppose), but Akerfeldt's made no secret of his worship of early 70's Euro prog (Blackwater Park was originally the name of an obscure English prog rock band) and it was inevitable that he'd make an album like this.

That said, I hope they follow this up with something heavy and a little more straightforward.

I heard the track that Mikael did for the latest God of War game, and when I heard that he was dropping the usual metal fair and going without the death growls, I knew where they were headed. I LOVE the new album. So much energy and adrenaline.

/it did take me a few listens to get the feel for it. But when I did... just makes me excited to see what they do next.

Quite pleasant. Not that I know much about this young-folks music, but isn't it a bit, er, mellow for the genre?

I'm not a big fan of Heritage, but Opeth gave us some of the best metal albums of the last two decades. I'm not going to complain if Mikael wants to write a love letter to his record collection.

Listen to:

Ouroboros (new window)

Beyond Creation (new window)

Thurisaz (new window)

It was awful.

HighZoolander: For any fans of Black Pyramid, their new album is out - buy it here and support the band and a very good label: Allthatisheavy (new window)

The band may not be completely finished, but the very public meltdown of their singer has been one of the more sad/interesting things I've ever read on the internet (it's not hard to find if you do a google search for Black Pyramid).


/I haven't heard the album yet, still waiting for my copy to arrive

Thanks for the heads up, loved their other album.

What is this, I don't even...

farkingismybusiness: Cool video. Have Opeth given up harsh vocals permanently? Or just for this album?

It seems as though that they have. (new window)

It's the first time I've heard anything off their newest album and thought it was pretty good. While I like Opeth I never really kept up with them, may check this one out now.
As for the video, smoking that bowl before watching it was entirely worth it.

envirovore: farkingismybusiness: Cool video. Have Opeth given up harsh vocals permanently? Or just for this album?

It seems as though that they have. (new window)

It's the first time I've heard anything off their newest album and thought it was pretty good. While I like Opeth I never really kept up with them, may check this one out now.
As for the video, smoking that bowl before watching it was entirely worth it.

That sucks. Some of their best stuff is when he mixes both styles of vocals. Although Damnation was a great album without the need for harsh vocals, I'll still miss it if he gives it up entirely. I still need to pick up Heritage. I've only heard a little bit from Spotify.

Well, that sucked. The video was amateurish and the music simplistic.

We were flying and hit something in the air.

BenJammin: We were flying low and hit something in the air.

/DOA'd that for you.

RatOmeter: BenJammin: We were flying low and hit something in the air.

/DOA'd that for you.

Thanks... brain and hands not yet fully communicating that early in morning.

I like that kind of music up until the moment that the vocals start. I never understand why such talented musicians don't find equally talented vocalists. Is there any metal with a decent singer ?

bukijin: I like that kind of music up until the moment that the vocals start. I never understand why such talented musicians don't find equally talented vocalists. Is there any metal with a decent singer ?