Author Topic: The official Opeth thread v. In Cauda Venenum (Read 179034 times)

PolarizeMe · « **Reply #35 on:** July 21, 2014, 10:31:26 PM »

I'd say Windowpane is my top 10 favorites, but I have the feeling that it can also be considered an overrated song off of Damnation by some. I just love End Credits though...might be my favorite of the few Opeth instrumentals.

Onno · « **Reply #36 on:** July 22, 2014, 02:43:36 AM »

Thanks Kev for creating this thread!

ZKX-2099 · « **Reply #37 on:** July 22, 2014, 07:48:43 AM »

Demon Of The Fall

Tomislav95 · « **Reply #38 on:** July 22, 2014, 08:36:32 AM »

When

Also, I love Dirge for November but The Funeral Portrait didn't click with me (yet).

KevShmev · « **Reply #39 on:** July 22, 2014, 08:57:41 AM »

Quote from: Ultimetalhead on July 21, 2014, 10:05:42 PM

Ghost of Perdition is ridiculously good. Seems like it's one of those songs where it's just a given that it's everyone's favorite.

Agreed. Same thing with Bleak and The Drapery Falls, which is why I think some like to point out how much they love the other songs on Blackwater Park. It's kind of like, "Hey, there are other great songs on that record, too!"

Quote from: Onno on July 22, 2014, 02:43:36 AM

Thanks Kev for creating this thread!

TAC · « **Reply #40 on:** July 22, 2014, 09:04:14 AM »

Quote from: Ultimetalhead on July 21, 2014, 10:05:42 PM

Ghost of Perdition is ridiculously good. Seems like it's one of those songs where it's just a given that it's everyone's favorite.

OK. I am NOT an Opeth guy. I hate the growls, and while I yearn for clean vocals, Ackerfedt's are terrible. Enough depreciating.

A few years back I asked a guy at work to make me an Opeth Compilation, and Ghost Of Perdition stood out. I bought Ghost Reveries, and I do like that. Reverie/Harlequin Forest is my favorite.

I have a copy of Watershed, but have only listened once.

ThatOneGuy2112 · « **Reply #41 on:** July 22, 2014, 09:11:49 AM »

Quote from: TAC on July 22, 2014, 09:04:14 AM

Quote from: Ultimetalhead on July 21, 2014, 10:05:42 PM
Ghost of Perdition is ridiculously good. Seems like it's one of those songs where it's just a given that it's everyone's favorite.

OK. I am NOT an Opeth guy. I hate the growls, and while I yearn for clean vocals, Ackerfedt's are terrible. Enough depreciating.

A few years back I asked a guy at work to make me an Opeth Compilation, and Ghost Of Perdition stood out. I bought Ghost Reveries, and I do like that. Reverie/Harlequin Forest is my favorite.

I have a copy of Watershed, but have only listened once.

If you don't dig Mikael's vocals (which are THE SHIT btw), then Opeth might not be for you unless you enjoy the instrumentation and musicianship enough to overlook them, so it doesn't surprise me that Ghost Reveries has stood out for you.

Watershed might also jive well with you, as well as certain songs from Blackwater Park such as Harvest or Patterns in the Ivy.

TAC · « **Reply #42 on:** July 22, 2014, 09:22:09 AM »

Quote from: ThatOneGuy2112 on July 22, 2014, 09:11:49 AM

as well as certain songs from Blackwater Park such as Harvest or Patterns in the Ivy.

I'll check them out over lunch.

425 · « **Reply #43 on:** July 22, 2014, 03:12:02 PM »

I would also recommend Dirge for November, also from Blackwater Park. It's a largely instrumental song, with a few lines of clean singing at the beginning and a growled passage towards the end. But the growls in this particular track aren't like Mikael's usual growls—in this song, he's way more subdued than usual and it's way more atmospheric than "brutal." It was the first Opeth song with growls that I learned to like.

PixelDream · « **Reply #44 on:** July 23, 2014, 06:06:53 PM »

I've been a fan since BWP, and Windowpane has grown to be my absolute favorite Opeth song. I still don't know what's so great about it.. Maybe because it's chill and doesn't try too hard to be anything. Maybe it's the vocal melodies or the nice guitar tones. It just straight out rules my world forever.

black_biff_stadler · « **Reply #45 on:** July 23, 2014, 06:07:12 PM »

PolarizeMe · « **Reply #46 on:** August 13, 2014, 09:38:15 AM »

senecadawg2 · « **Reply #47 on:** August 13, 2014, 10:14:45 AM »

In the article I saw, Mikael said that this will be the first of two NA tours. Hopefully there will be shows closer to me in that one.

Dark Castle · « **Reply #48 on:** August 13, 2014, 10:20:55 AM »

Quote from: PolarizeMe on August 13, 2014, 09:38:15 AM

Opeth are touring in the US this December with In Flames. Opeth will headline each night. List of tour dates are below:

12/3 - Riviera Theater | Chicago, IL
12/4 - Mill City Nights | Minneapolis, MN
12/5 - Sokol Auditorium | Omaha, NE
12/6 - Ogden Theater | Denver, CO
12/8 - Warfield | San Francisco, CA
12/9 - Palladium | Los Angeles, CA
12/10 - The Marquee Theater | Tempe, AZ
12/12 - Warehouse Live | Houston, TX
12/13 - Gas Monkey Live | Dallas, TX
12/15 - Tabernacle | Atlanta, GA
12/17 - Electric Factory | Philadelphia, PA
12/18 - Terminal 5 | New York, N.Y.
12/19 - Palladium | Worcester, MA
12/20 - Metropolis | Montreal, QC
12/21 - Koolhaus | Toronto, ONT

Red Fang is also part of this tour, and the only band I'd want to go an see

? · « **Reply #49 on:** August 13, 2014, 10:25:36 AM »

Interesting bill... Both Opeth and IF have a death metal background (from which they've shifted away), yet they sound nothing alike.

PolarizeMe · « **Reply #50 on:** August 13, 2014, 12:22:05 PM »

Quote from: Dark Castle on August 13, 2014, 10:20:55 AM

Red Fang is also part of this tour, and the only band I'd want to go an see

Red Fang? Really?! Heard a couple of their songs, they're very good indeed. I'm looking more forward to seeing them than In Flames to be honest!

Zantera · « **Reply #51 on:** August 13, 2014, 12:30:57 PM »

It's kinda telling how Opeth has surpassed In Flames and are now headlining. In this case not even so much Opeth becoming better with each album, but In Flames has been in a steady decline for 15 years or so, and the last 3 albums or so have just been painful. Come Clarity was their last decent album IMO. Clayman/Whoracle/Colony is where its at.

Dark Castle · « **Reply #52 on:** August 13, 2014, 12:40:00 PM »

Here's a poster that has Red Fang on it.

By the way, if you live in the Minneapolis/St.Paul area, Mill City Nights is a wonderful venue.

fadetoblackdude7 · « **Reply #53 on:** August 13, 2014, 04:14:05 PM »

CANNOT wait for this! Definitely be at that Chicago show!

black_biff_stadler · « **Reply #54 on:** August 13, 2014, 04:31:18 PM »

Yo Nelly, you down for another show if they come our way? Also are you down TOX?

? · « **Reply #55 on:** August 13, 2014, 11:25:10 PM »

Quote from: Zantera on August 13, 2014, 12:30:57 PM

It's kinda telling how Opeth has surpassed In Flames and are now headlining. In this case not even so much Opeth becoming better with each album, but In Flames has been in a steady decline for 15 years or so, and the last 3 albums or so have just been painful. Come Clarity was their last decent album IMO. Clayman/Whoracle/Colony is where its at.

Actually it's a co-headlining tour, hence the name Communion of Sirens.

But yeah, I agree with you on In Flames. Most of the post-Reroute to Remain stuff is pretty uninspired (Come Clarity is alright though) and Anders' attempts at singing can be pretty awful at times.

Dark Castle · « **Reply #56 on:** August 13, 2014, 11:28:08 PM »

Quote from: ? on August 13, 2014, 11:25:10 PM

Quote from: Zantera on August 13, 2014, 12:30:57 PM
It's kinda telling how Opeth has surpassed In Flames and are now headlining. In this case not even so much Opeth becoming better with each album, but In Flames has been in a steady decline for 15 years or so, and the last 3 albums or so have just been painful. Come Clarity was their last decent album IMO. Clayman/Whoracle/Colony is where its at.
Actually it's a co-headlining tour, hence the name Communion of Sirens.

But yeah, I agree with you on In Flames. Most of the post-Reroute to Remain stuff is pretty uninspired (Come Clarity is alright though) and Anders' attempts at singing can be pretty awful at times.

One might say the same for Opeth's latest releases.

#DrunkShotsFired

? · « **Reply #57 on:** August 14, 2014, 12:18:08 AM »

Maybe, but at least Opeth haven't turned into radio rock for teenagers...

Dark Castle · « **Reply #58 on:** August 14, 2014, 12:41:51 AM »

Quote from: ? on August 14, 2014, 12:18:08 AM

Maybe, but at least Opeth haven't turned into radio rock for teenagers...

At least In Flames haven't milked the 70's as much as they possibly could
*ohhhhh snap, I should probably go to bed and stop drunk posting*

TioJorge · « **Reply #59 on:** August 14, 2014, 12:42:29 AM »

Dark Castle · « **Reply #60 on:** August 14, 2014, 12:47:58 AM »

Tio, that is not acceptable, I expect a 5 page rebuttal by 8 am.
You will not pass the class if you cannot complete this.

black_biff_stadler · « **Reply #61 on:** August 14, 2014, 01:41:33 AM »

Quote from: ? on August 14, 2014, 12:18:08 AM

Maybe, but at least Opeth haven't turned into radio rock for teenagers...

Not defending either band's horrid decline but I don't think that point makes their recent albums any less crappy than Opeth's.

Zantera · « **Reply #62 on:** August 14, 2014, 02:11:32 AM »

I think the main difference is that In Flames have put out a couple of just plain bad albums, and their decline has been really sad to see. I don't think you can say the same for Opeth. I don't LOVE the direction they're taking, but Heritage is a fine album quality-wise. It's just that I don't have any interest in the 70's route personally, so even if they make a 5/5 album within that genre, I still might not care a lot.

senecadawg2 · « **Reply #63 on:** August 14, 2014, 06:18:52 AM »

Quote from: black_floyd on August 13, 2014, 04:31:18 PM

Yo Nelly, you down for another show if they come our way?

You know it! I loved loved loved that last show, and definitely look forward to a repeat.

black_biff_stadler · « **Reply #64 on:** August 14, 2014, 08:47:47 AM »

I will bring punch and pie.

Dark Castle · « **Reply #65 on:** August 14, 2014, 08:51:25 AM »

Tio, I will need to see you after class, we have to talk about Summer School options.

Big Hath · « **Reply #66 on:** August 14, 2014, 10:00:32 AM »

Quote from: Dark Castle on August 14, 2014, 08:51:25 AM

Tio, I will need to see you after class, we have to talk about Summer School options.

bout to crash · « **Reply #67 on:** August 14, 2014, 06:11:26 PM »

Ew, In Flames? Hmmm. I can go to this or the Rebirth Brass Band the same night down the street. Fuuuuck.

EdenHazard · « **Reply #68 on:** August 18, 2014, 10:09:49 AM »

Pale Communion is up for pre-release streaming!

https://prog.teamrock.com/news/2014-08-18/opeth-stream-pale-communion

Onno · « **Reply #69 on:** August 18, 2014, 10:10:59 AM »

Still going to wait for the CD, but thanks

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