The official Opeth thread v. Bring on the new album!

[aprilethereal]

Germany sucks so hard sometimes

[Sketchy]

I heard the full version of Ghost of Perdition on the radio today

Can Britain share Finnish radio too, please?

[?]

A station called Radio Rock has had a "top 1000 rock songs of all time" list (based on a listener poll) going on this year and they reveal a certain amount of songs every week. GOP appears in it, which is why it was played. Demon of the Fall and Deliverance also made it to the list, but I don't think any Opeth songs would be played if they hadn't received votes in the poll. Then again, I never really listen to the radio, so I don't know

(off-topic, but aprilethereal, Punish My Heaven by the other DT has appeared in that list as well, which is a pleasant surprise!)

[aprilethereal]

Still don't own The Gallery



And stop making me even more jelly

[Scrub206]

My Opeth Discog is now complete... Gotta listen two Orchid and Morningrise now

[Rattlehead]

They're both great albums. They definitely took a little more time to grow on me than most of Opeth's other stuff, but that's probably because I listened to them for the first time long after I had heard their more recent albums like SL, BWP, GR, etc.

[Scrub206]

Yeah i went ass backwards with the discog. Heritage got me into Opeth, so i went from the most clean vocals and built up to the harsh stuff.

[Onno]

Orchid and Morningrise are cool, but they're my 2 least favourite Opeth albums, even though I've listened to them many times.

[aprilethereal]

I really love Morningrise, especially Advent, The Night And The Silent Water and To Bid You Farewell, but Orchid is my least favourite album of theirs.

[Scorpion]

Morningrise is amazing. To Bid You Farewell might just be my favourite Opeth ballad.

[black_biff_stadler]

I like Orchid and Morningrise better than anything released after Blackwater Park by a very large margin.

[Mosh]

Not a big fan of Morningrise, it's probably my least favorite Opeth album. Orchid has some really awesome stuff though, would be cool if they redid the whole thing with better production.

[Orthogonal]

Morningrise is fairly underrated imho, mainly because the rest of their catalog is so stellar, but it's actually a pretty solid album. Orchid is ok, but clearly MA is just getting his feet wet.

[Scrub206]

Is there any way to get non MP3 Versions of "Pyre" and "Face In The Snow" I purchased the deluxe edition or whatever of Heritage and it has the songs on the DVD but not as audio tracks. Also it came with a ticket that was like "go to this website for the download" .. that expired like a year ago D:

[black_biff_stadler]

Scrub, I'll preface this by saying this post has nothing of value to aid you in your pursuit and is just a rant.

It's pretty bogus to shell out money for a special/deluxe/whatever edition yet still have the record label expecting you to jump through hoops just to get something that EASILY could've fit on the CD itself just so they can use you as a pawn in their marketing game to generate traffic and ad money for their website. Funny thing is, the songs were actually kinda boring anyway so I'll just say fuck it for now since I couldn't get 'em back then anyway since my computer wasn't working properly at the time. I'll just torrent them if I ever warm up to them.

[aprilethereal]

Is there any way to get non MP3 Versions of "Pyre" and "Face In The Snow" I purchased the deluxe edition or whatever of Heritage and it has the songs on the DVD but not as audio tracks. Also it came with a ticket that was like "go to this website for the download" .. that expired like a year ago D:

That sucks


I'm not a fan of Heritage at all, so I never felt the need to check out the bonus tracks anyway

[Scrub206]

Scrub, I'll preface this by saying this post has nothing of value to aid you in your pursuit and is just a rant.

It's pretty bogus to shell out money for a special/deluxe/whatever edition yet still have the record label expecting you to jump through hoops just to get something that EASILY could've fit on the CD itself just so they can use you as a pawn in their marketing game to generate traffic and ad money for their website. Funny thing is, the songs were actually kinda boring anyway so I'll just say fuck it for now since I couldn't get 'em back then anyway since my computer wasn't working properly at the time. I'll just torrent them if I ever warm up to them.

I agree, It is kinda BS. But I listened to them on the DVD and I reallllllly enjoyed Pyre which is why I'm trying to get them. I tried emailing RR and asking but no response

[pogoowner]

I find that sort of system highly irritating as well, but I do like both tracks, and I include them as if they were always part of the album when I listen to it.

[Shadow Ninja 2.0]

I've mostly given up on bonus tracks. I can't afford to buy every special edition Japanese album these bands put out.

[seasonsinthesky]

Is there any way to get non MP3 Versions of "Pyre" and "Face In The Snow" I purchased the deluxe edition or whatever of Heritage and it has the songs on the DVD but not as audio tracks. Also it came with a ticket that was like "go to this website for the download" .. that expired like a year ago D:

DVD Audio Extractor. although i'm fairly sure all the audio on the DVD is AC3, which is basically the same as an MP3 anyway.

[Onno]

"New Opeth album: Heavier, sinister, expensive..."
Link to whole interview (in Swedish, unfortunately) is included.

[Zydar]

Mikael will be producing. He loves the sound of Dio's Holy Diver, that early 80s sound where the 70s is still around but there is more weight in the whole production. Right now he's interested in getting a similar sound, one that is not retro but it sounds like real instruments and has a little more weight than Heritage.

[Onno]

That's cool, thanks for the translation/info

[aprilethereal]

I'm excited and afraid at the same time

Heritage made me lose all hope for the band when it came out, and I fear that happening again.

[Onno]

Heritage is my #3 Opeth album 

[Mosh]

Yea Heritage is good. Would be nice to get something with a little bit more bite this time.

[adastra]

Opeth is one of my favourite bands.  Ghost Reveries must be in my top10  best albums ever.
Pretty excited about the upcoming album... Excited and afraid.
IMO  Heritage is horrible ._.   0/10  .  I hated it .   But of course I completely understand if Åkerfeldt wants to evolve his music away from death metal.

[Onno]

Opeth is one of my favourite bands.  Ghost Reveries must be in my top10  best albums ever.
Pretty excited about the upcoming album... Excited and afraid.
IMO  Heritage is horrible ._.   0/10  .  I hated it .   But of course I completely understand if Åkerfeldt wants to evolve his music away from death metal.

0/10? Wow...  How many times have you listened to it? I need 20 listens to like it, but then I immediately loved it.

[wolfking]

Heritage is horrible ._.   0/10  .  I hated it .

0/10.  Come on? 

[aprilethereal]

I'd say 6/10. Ghost Reveries is barely a 7/10 IMO. Watershed on the other hand is about a 9.5/10 for me.

[adastra]

Opeth is one of my favourite bands.  Ghost Reveries must be in my top10  best albums ever.
Pretty excited about the upcoming album... Excited and afraid.
IMO  Heritage is horrible ._.   0/10  .  I hated it .   But of course I completely understand if Åkerfeldt wants to evolve his music away from death metal.

0/10? Wow...  How many times have you listened to it? I need 20 listens to like it, but then I immediately loved it.

I have listened to it about 10 times during this 2 yr period.  I know its propably not enough to really get "into it".

Heritage is horrible ._.   0/10  .  I hated it .

0/10.  Come on? 

I like every other Opeth album but this one just too hard for me
First time I listened to it, I had to take couple of months before even touching it again.

It's rare that I come across album that despise so much
Maybe some day I'll get into it... maybe not.. I'll take a spin today and try to get thru it

[ariich]

Why have you listened to it 10 times if you genuinely rate it 0/10. If I hated something that much I wouldn't even listen to it a second time.

[Mosh]

I dunno, if it's a band I like I'm willing to give it a chance even if I hate it on first listen.

[Zantera]

I don't see the problem since there has been plenty of albums I disliked at first but grew to really love. And on the other hand the albums that clicked the most on first listen tends to fade a lot. So I can totally see why someone would keep spinning an album like that.

[adastra]

Why have you listened to it 10 times if you genuinely rate it 0/10. If I hated something that much I wouldn't even listen to it a second time.

I've been trying to get into it.

I have to edit my post a little bit;
"It's rare that I come across album that despise so much"

I meant that;
"It's rare that I come across album made by one of my favourite artists that despise so much