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What are your three favorite Opeth records?

Orchid
7 (1.1%)
Morningrise
15 (2.3%)
My Arms, Your Hearse
26 (4%)
Still Life
81 (12.3%)
Blackwater Park
161 (24.5%)
Deliverance
43 (6.5%)
Damnation
53 (8.1%)
Ghost Reveries
152 (23.1%)
Watershed
66 (10%)
Heritage
21 (3.2%)
Pale Communion
32 (4.9%)

Total Members Voted: 224

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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #735 on: May 28, 2016, 02:46:37 AM »
I don't really mind the idea of Opeth not making metal with growls anymore as I mind the idea of them making 70s sounding prog rock. I think there is a way for them to move forward, sound fresh without being metal, it's more the retro thing that bothers me.

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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #736 on: May 28, 2016, 06:19:15 AM »
I don't care what it sounds like, what direction they are headed, etc.  PC is awesome, that is all.
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #737 on: May 28, 2016, 06:35:11 AM »
I don't care what it sounds like, what direction they are headed, etc.  PC is awesome, that is all.

Yep, this big time.
This first band is Soen very cool swingy jazz fusion kinda stuff.

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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #738 on: May 28, 2016, 07:13:50 AM »
I don't care what it sounds like, what direction they are headed, etc.  PC is awesome, that is all.

Agreed. I was in the "it is really good" camp prior, but after given it some spins this week after having not listened to it for a while, I now agree that it is pretty awesome.

And the retro thing is largely overstated. 

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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #739 on: May 28, 2016, 10:19:26 AM »
I'm most bothered by the lack of good melodic guitar riffs on their last two albums. That's a huge thing in their earlier stuff, and I wouldn't mind the reduced heaviness if it was still there in bigger quantity.
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #740 on: May 28, 2016, 05:55:50 PM »
Big time. Their use of melody used to really make me feel. Now it just makes me feel disappointed most of the time.
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #741 on: June 04, 2016, 01:20:11 PM »
https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/i_only_joined_opeth_because_they_had_a_cool_logo_-_mikael_kerfeldt_recalls_bands_early_days.html

This came out a couple of days ago, and I didn't see it posted anywhere. Pretty interesting interview, with the big news being that there's a new record on the way:

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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #742 on: June 04, 2016, 02:57:37 PM »
Yey... recording. So there will be new music recorded when the tour starts in November. Wonder if it will also be released....

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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #743 on: June 05, 2016, 09:24:01 AM »
I assume they'll have single/preview released before tour and will play it there. They did it with Cusp Of Eternity iirc.
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #745 on: June 15, 2016, 09:25:35 AM »
Title sounds a bit cheesy but I am hyped!

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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #746 on: June 15, 2016, 09:30:38 AM »
Niiice :tup
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #747 on: June 15, 2016, 09:32:32 AM »
Think I will always buy a new Opeth album, regardless of what the previous one sounded like. I'm not a huge fan of Heritage but did like Pale Communion a lot more. So, yeah, I'll be all over it.

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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #748 on: June 15, 2016, 09:36:21 AM »
But isn't Nuclear Blast a metal label? :neverusethis:

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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #749 on: June 15, 2016, 10:31:17 AM »
But isn't Nuclear Blast a metal label? :neverusethis:

That was my initial thought. Maybe a return to heavy?? Or just a troll to get all 'those' fans out of the woodwork.

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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #750 on: June 15, 2016, 11:07:41 AM »
YESSSS!!! Can't wait!! :metal :metal

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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #751 on: June 15, 2016, 11:22:46 AM »
Interesting and unexpected (kind of)! I'm excited to hear what it sounds like. I'll be honest, I haven't been into the type of music they've been playing recently even though when it released I loved it. I've been into a heavier scene lately. Then again I also haven't been into their older work for quite a while (rather, haven't been in the mood). So I'd love it if they came out of left field and did a mixture of sorts but I'm pretty certain by now that hoping for anything close to their past material is pretty damn daft considering they've all but tried to hammer down like fucking Mjolnir that they're not doing that anymore.

Even so, maybe this will be the softer music that I need to balance out the immense heavy that I've been into recently.  :millahhhh :tup

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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #752 on: June 15, 2016, 11:25:56 AM »
Exciting title, but hey, I'm a sucker for some cheesy stuff.
This first band is Soen very cool swingy jazz fusion kinda stuff.

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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #753 on: June 15, 2016, 11:30:36 AM »
Will be interesting to hear the direction they take with the new album.I'll pick it up but I'm not as excited for a new Opeth album as I would have been say 10 years ago.

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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #754 on: June 15, 2016, 11:32:34 AM »
Interesting.
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #756 on: June 15, 2016, 11:49:20 AM »
Not sure  what to expect, Heritage was boring, Pale Communion was actualy quite good. Will the new music be in the same vein?

Sorceress is not a title I would associate with Opeth but I'm excited nevertheless.
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #757 on: June 15, 2016, 11:58:46 AM »
But isn't Nuclear Blast a metal label? :neverusethis:
Their roster also includes Blues Pills, which isn't exactly a metal band and is in fact even more retro than modern Opeth. ;) It seems that as the (arguably) biggest indie metal label Nuclear Blast is snatching all the big names these days - just yesterday Paradise Lost announced they were signing with them as well.

It's interesting that we're getting a new Opeth album so soon, because the gaps between the previous records have usually been 3 years. I wonder which direction they're heading in and whether the album will be in stores by the time the fall tour starts.

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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #758 on: June 15, 2016, 12:26:31 PM »
Yeay.... hope I have it in my hands before 2016-11-05.... got tickets for the first date of the tour

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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #759 on: June 15, 2016, 12:38:44 PM »
Monte Connor works at Nuclear Blast, wasn't he Dream Theater's A&R guy for awhile?
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #760 on: June 15, 2016, 08:33:47 PM »
Loved Pale Communion and can't wait to hear what this one sounds like.  :coolio :hat

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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #761 on: June 15, 2016, 11:05:26 PM »
Just relistened to Heritage and Pale Communion. Both very underrated albums. Faith in Others is an amazing song.

Looking forward to Sorceress. This year is a great year for music.

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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #763 on: June 17, 2016, 01:05:05 PM »
Mikael cracked me up at the end of that. :lol

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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #764 on: June 18, 2016, 08:37:14 PM »
A snippet. Sounds awesome IMO.

https://www.facebook.com/Opeth/videos/vb.7496603409/10154310778973410/?type=2&theater

Sounds good so far, but it's kinda hard to tell from that if we're getting another album in the vein of Heritage and Pale Communion or if Mikael is gonna shift back towards a heavier sound (albeit with entirely clean vocals). I'm assuming it's the former.

Also, I've been in an Opeth mood lately. It's been ages since I last listened to Blackwater Park and Still Life! :metal
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #765 on: June 21, 2016, 06:56:27 AM »
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #766 on: June 21, 2016, 09:51:09 AM »
really bummed there's no LA-area date for this tour, my guess is that it's due to a proximity clause from their set at Ozzfest.  Maybe Vegas or SF?


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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #767 on: July 05, 2016, 08:56:46 PM »
Just thought I'd bump this thread and say that I'm totally stoked for the new album. I'm going to see them in NYC on October 1st  :metal

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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #768 on: July 18, 2016, 09:47:13 AM »


1. Persephone
2. Sorceress
3. The Wilde Flowers
4. Will O The Wisp
5. Chrysalis
6. Sorceress 2
7. The Seventh Sojourn
8. Strange Brew
9. A Fleeting Glance
10. Era
11. Persephone (Slight Return)

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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #769 on: July 18, 2016, 09:49:03 AM »
Cool artwork.