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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #1330 on: September 18, 2013, 02:24:08 AM »
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #1331 on: September 18, 2013, 03:12:03 AM »
He doesn't want to accept that Ghost Reveries is a top 3 Opeth album :biggrin:
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #1332 on: September 18, 2013, 03:19:14 AM »
Quote from: ? on September 18, 2013, 03:12:03 AM
He doesn't want to accept that Ghost Reveries is a top 3 Opeth album :biggrin:

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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #1333 on: September 18, 2013, 03:45:55 AM »
1 great song (The Baying Of The Hounds), 3 really good but unspectacular ones (Ghost Of Perdition, Harlequin Forest, Hours Of Wealth), 3 forgettable ones (Beneath The Mire, Atonement, The Grand Conjuration), and then there's Isolation Years which is nothing but horrible by Opeth standards. Without IY, the album would be good, but the way it is I can't even listen to it all the way through. How does that compare to the genius of Morningrise, MAYH, Still Life, BWP, Deliverance, Damnation and Watershed? What the fuck :angry:
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #1334 on: September 18, 2013, 03:52:53 AM »
Aww, Isolation Years is one of my favorites on the album. Overall I'd say it's their second best after Still Life.
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #1335 on: September 18, 2013, 04:08:04 AM »
Ghost of Perdition is the best Opeth song ever IMHO. The rest of the album is consistently good, the only bit I dislike is the intro to Beneath the Mire. The soft songs are actually great and the bonus cover of Soldier of Fortune adds a nice touch.

For me Ghost Reveries is only behind Blackwater Park and in the same class as Still Life and Watershed.
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #1336 on: September 18, 2013, 10:28:06 AM »
I randomly decided to listen to Blackwater Park last night before I went to bed. Hadn't listened to it in ages, so it was fun to remember how absolutely brilliant that album is. :metal :biggrin: :tup

In a way, I think it's a bit of a disservice to Opeth to strictly view them as a metal band. Sure, they're insanely heavy and it's the closest single genre you could categorize them as, but I feel like Opeth transcends the genre. They're not strictly speaking metal; they're the musical culmination of absolute darkness. It's like there's this endless void of black in the musical world and Opeth is in the absolute center of it.

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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #1337 on: September 18, 2013, 10:36:47 AM »
I don't care much for The Grand Conjuration and Isolation Years but :heart the rest.
The Baying of the Hounds is my favorite Opeth song :hefdaddy
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #1338 on: September 18, 2013, 11:02:30 AM »
Ghost Reveries kicks so much arse the entire way through. Nowt forgettable 'bout that one.
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #1339 on: September 18, 2013, 11:06:01 AM »
Quote from: Sketchy on September 18, 2013, 11:02:30 AM
Ghost Reveries kicks so much arse the entire way through. Nowt forgettable 'bout that one.
This

And I will say over and over and over. Ghost Of Perdition == Quintessential Opeth and if you don't love it I don't know you anymore(not really I still love you :hearts:)
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #1340 on: September 18, 2013, 11:07:54 AM »
Quote from: Sketchy on September 18, 2013, 11:02:30 AM
Ghost Reveries kicks so much arse the entire way through. Nowt forgettable 'bout that one.

That.

And Isolation Years is one of the most beautiful songs ever. IMHO.
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #1341 on: September 18, 2013, 11:11:04 AM »
Speaking about "quintessential song", just for curiosity, what is general consensus within Opeth fans about it?
Like, for DT, the consensus is that it is Metropolis pt.1.
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #1342 on: September 18, 2013, 11:12:05 AM »
Ghost of Perdition


Like DAYUMN.

Demon Of the Fall is pretty much titacular as well.
If Ghost of Perdition didn't exist, it'd be so hard to choose.
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #1343 on: September 18, 2013, 11:12:51 AM »
Quote from: Outcrier on September 18, 2013, 11:11:04 AM
Speaking about "quintessential song", just for curiosity, what is general consesus within Opeth fans about it?
Like, for DT, the consensus is that it is Metropolis pt.1.

I'd say the quintessential Opeth song is either The Moor, Ghost of Perdition or Blackwater Park.
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #1344 on: September 18, 2013, 11:16:23 AM »
Tough call, there are so many great songs that embody everything they are. You'll probably get a lot of different responses.

For me, it would be something like Ghost of Perdition, The Drapery Falls or Serenity Painted Death.

Ghost of Perdition is my personal favorite in their catalog, but I don't know that it's the "quintessential" song.

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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #1345 on: September 18, 2013, 11:33:19 AM »
Deliverance
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #1346 on: September 18, 2013, 11:36:11 AM »
I would say either of: Deliverance, The Drapery Falls or Demon of the Fall. But that's just the general vibe I'm getting, and not my own top 3.
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #1347 on: September 18, 2013, 11:55:22 AM »
First time I saw Opeth was on Gigantour,  and Mikaels guitar didn't make any sound during the first soft part in Ghost of Perdition.
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #1348 on: September 18, 2013, 11:58:45 AM »
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I randomly decided to listen to Blackwater Park last night before I went to bed. Hadn't listened to it in ages, so it was fun to remember how absolutely brilliant that album is. :metal :biggrin: :tup

In a way, I think it's a bit of a disservice to Opeth to strictly view them as a metal band. Sure, they're insanely heavy and it's the closest single genre you could categorize them as, but I feel like Opeth transcends the genre. They're not strictly speaking metal; they're the musical culmination of absolute darkness. It's like there's this endless void of black in the musical world and Opeth is in the absolute center of it.

Thoughts?

That explanation is why I enjoy Opeth and consider Heritage their most sinister album.
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #1349 on: September 18, 2013, 01:38:38 PM »
Probably "Deliverance". The only thing it's kind of missing is the beauty Opeth's capable of.
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #1350 on: September 18, 2013, 10:56:00 PM »
Bleak for me as well as a decent chunk of folks from what I recall.
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #1351 on: September 18, 2013, 11:10:12 PM »
Bleak is my favorite, though I don't know if I'd call it the quintessential. Maybe Ghost Of Perdition or Deliverance.
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #1352 on: September 19, 2013, 04:35:01 AM »
The Moor for me. Not because it's my favorite Opeth song, but because I really thing it has everything the band is about.
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #1353 on: September 19, 2013, 06:11:56 AM »
Blackwater Park, Master's Apprentices, The Moor, The Night And The Silent Water, Ghost of Perdition and Death Whispered a Lullaby are my fav. Can't really pick one.
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #1354 on: September 19, 2013, 06:30:14 AM »
Quote from: eviljust on September 17, 2013, 06:13:55 PM
Quote from: Cygnus17 on September 17, 2013, 12:21:54 PM
Just starting to get into this incredible talented band.  Took a while with the growling vocals, but getting used to them

Your mind will be blown. No matter which album you're gonna listen to.

@TioJorge: I really can see your point of view, but I really hope they will create something closer to their roots. Just 'cuz I miss them that way, Heritage has anything to do with it.

Is Blackwater Park the album you guys would suggest starting with?  Then maybe Ghost Reveries?  I keep hearing those two raised here.
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #1355 on: September 19, 2013, 06:41:42 AM »
Yeah..I'll say Blackwater Park, definitely.
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #1356 on: September 19, 2013, 07:13:52 AM »
Blackwater Park, yes. I'd say skip Ghost Reveries :D
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #1357 on: September 19, 2013, 07:17:27 AM »
Get Blackwater Park and then Still Life. :metal :tup
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #1358 on: September 19, 2013, 07:22:50 AM »
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Blackwater Park, yes. I'd say skip Ghost Reveries :D

I saw that coming :lol
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #1359 on: September 19, 2013, 07:26:54 AM »
Stevie Wonder saw that coming :P
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #1360 on: September 19, 2013, 07:30:38 AM »
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #1361 on: September 19, 2013, 07:42:36 AM »
Quote from: Cygnus17 on September 19, 2013, 06:30:14 AM
Quote from: eviljust on September 17, 2013, 06:13:55 PM
Quote from: Cygnus17 on September 17, 2013, 12:21:54 PM
Just starting to get into this incredible talented band.  Took a while with the growling vocals, but getting used to them

Your mind will be blown. No matter which album you're gonna listen to.

@TioJorge: I really can see your point of view, but I really hope they will create something closer to their roots. Just 'cuz I miss them that way, Heritage has anything to do with it.

Is Blackwater Park the album you guys would suggest starting with?  Then maybe Ghost Reveries?  I keep hearing those two raised here.

Blackwater Park is probably the quintessential Opeth album, so yes. From there, if you move forward the production gets better whereas if you move backward, the production gets worse but you hit on their other masterpieces, Still Life and My Arms, Your Hearse.
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #1362 on: September 19, 2013, 07:42:36 AM »
Quintessential Opeth song?

My heart wants to say Ghost of Perdition, but my head is telling me The Drapery Falls or Bleak.
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #1363 on: September 19, 2013, 07:46:33 AM »
Quote from: senecadawg2 on September 19, 2013, 07:42:36 AM
Quintessential Opeth song?
 

Deliverance.  It has everything that makes Opeth so good.  :metal :metal :metal
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #1364 on: September 19, 2013, 07:56:07 AM »
Quote from: KevShmev on September 19, 2013, 07:46:33 AM
Quote from: senecadawg2 on September 19, 2013, 07:42:36 AM
Quintessential Opeth song?
 

Deliverance.  It has everything that makes Opeth so good.  :metal :metal :metal

Yeah. Damn I forgot when I mentioned my songs  :censored
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