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

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Famine and Häxprocess should be much higher and Nepenthe lower IMO.

[Ben_Jamin]

Move Slither up to the second or third place and I could live with that ranking.

The lack of love for Slither makes me a very sad panda.

It is sad the love is low. But its more sad my faves are all low.

[Mladen]

Damn, I love Heritage. 

I'm cool with that order, especially with The Lines in My Hand being that high.

[TioJorge]

Marrow Of The Earth is so beautiful. It might be my favorite track on the album. It just hits home for me, without saying a goddamn word. Those petty little words. This lil' track dude is like "Hey, follow me into this here decayed forest of lore and ancient wanderings of beings so corrupt, Satan knows to not look into their eons-old eyes. Well, if Satan were real, y'know. You know. Let's go. Through the forest of ancients." And then we do and it's awesome.

[Zydar]

I keep thinking why Pyre was relegated as a mere bonus track, I find it to be great enough to be a "regular" album track.

[Silver Tears]

I'd say The Lotus Eater is one of the more overrated songs on the album. It's not bad, but I can't help but feel that it's so high up because it's the most progressive/weird song on the album.

 I feel the same. Coil is still my favorite piece of music on Watershed with Burden 2nd.

Yeeees Coil and Burden are so beautiful, they were my favourites when I was first getting into Opeth

[glaurung]

Yep, Burden was my favorite Opeth song at first too. Back when I didn't really care for the growls yet.

[Zantera]

Watershed was my first Opeth-album, and the first thing I fell in love with was the contrast between Coil and Heir Apparent. One of the most memorable song-combos I've ever heard. By that I'm not talking about just quality, but rather the shift in dynamics from a very light and beautiful ballad, to a dark and scary beast of a song.

[Ben_Jamin]

Watershed was my first Opeth-album, and the first thing I fell in love with was the contrast between Coil and Heir Apparent. One of the most memorable song-combos I've ever heard. By that I'm not talking about just quality, but rather the shift in dynamics from a very light and beautiful ballad, to a dark and scary beast of a song.

"Yes I can see you, running through the field of sorrow" then bam, darkness covers the fields.

[glaurung]

Watershed was my first Opeth-album, and the first thing I fell in love with was the contrast between Coil and Heir Apparent. One of the most memorable song-combos I've ever heard. By that I'm not talking about just quality, but rather the shift in dynamics from a very light and beautiful ballad, to a dark and scary beast of a song.

One of my favorite Opeth moments. And one of the big reasons I stuck around while getting used to the growls.

[Onno]

That's why both Coil and Heir Apparent are among my favourite Opeth songs 

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Last night's setlist

Nice to see they finally played Famine! The rest of the song picks, while not surprising, are good as well, except for BWP. I bet they'll save the special songs for the acoustic shows. Now if only they and Anathema could come to Finland... What kind of "Scandinavian tour" doesn't include any Finnish (or Norwegian) dates? Even the support band there is Finnish (Von Hertzen Brothers).

[Onno]

Last night's setlist

Nice to see they finally played Famine! The rest of the song picks, while not surprising, are good as well, except for BWP. I bet they'll save the special songs for the acoustic shows. Now if only they and Anathema could come to Finland... What kind of "Scandinavian tour" doesn't include any Finnish (or Norwegian) dates? Even the support band there is Finnish (Von Hertzen Brothers).

Holy shit, epic setlist!

[DebraKadabra]

Dat setlist

[Zantera]

I'm seeing them Unplugged in a few weeks. Can't wait to see what they will play.
Isolation Years and I would die happy.

[black_biff_stadler]

Man, they REALLY like Napalm Death.

[Zantera]

Yeah, You Suffer is like the longest song in the history of mankind.

[Zydar]

They like the song so much they played it twice in a row.

[krands85]

Going to see them tonight in Glasgow with Anathema 
 
Bit of a last minute thing, I forgot about the gig then checked for any upcoming shows in Glasgow because I've got a couple of days off this week. A nice surprise to those 2 bands 

[Mladen]

That's one fine setlist. Wouldn't mind seeing White cluster, Deliverance and Hessian peel at all. 

[skydivingninja]

THAT IS THE SETLIST I NEED TO SEE.  DAMMIT OPETH.

[DebraKadabra]

THAT IS THE SETLIST I NEED TO SEE.  DAMMIT OPETH.

I KNOW, RIGHT?!

[adace]

One of their best setlists in a long time.

[Big Hath]

yeah, that looks pretty sick.  And lol at the comments about the back-to-back Napalm Death.

[TioJorge]

I almost want someone who went to the concert to come in here saying "Nah, that's no screw up...they really played that song twice. In a row".

Last time I saw Opeth, which was way too long ago in '08; their setlist solidified me as a devout zealot. Setlist from that concert for anyone interested. But this is a good return to glory for the guys, and I'm wondering how much of this is for the fans, or if the band is getting back into their old groove. Either way, good stuff; wish I could have seen it.

[Big Hath]

I almost want someone who went to the concert to come in here saying "Nah, that's no screw up...they really played that song twice. In a row".

that would be 

[DebraKadabra]

Last time I saw Opeth, which was way too long ago in '08; their setlist solidified me as a devout zealot. Setlist from that concert for anyone interested.

ZOMG so JELLY

[TioJorge]

  It was truly remarkable! When TNATSW came on I just about lost it, I never thought I'd hear that song live, and the show was right after I had really started to get into them. I really don't think I'll feel the way I did at that concert at any other one. It was like I took a Viagra for the soul and ecstasy for the ears.

[Mladen]

Setlist from that concert for anyone interested.

Whoa, The Night and the silent water! That's quite a set list as well, I'm sure my neck would hurt like hell after the first three songs. 

[Orthogonal]

Setlist from that concert for anyone interested.

Whoa, The Night and the silent water! That's quite a set list as well, I'm sure my neck would hurt like hell after the first three songs. 

That looks like the setlist I saw at my one and only Opeth concert a couple years ago. It was awesome. Hope to see them again, with Michael in his true form again.

[Sketchy]

HARLEQUIN FOREST

Ohgodohgodohgod I remember they played that when I saw them on PN09 in London. It was the first time I'd heard any Opeth (I'd not even heard any of their albums, but I picked up BWP and Watershed that night), and I remember being fascinated and blown away by the bit at the end (and I still have not managed to get the rhythm right, but it's amazing).

Yeah. Love that song so damn much.

My mother and cousin also thought it was amazing (because those are totally the people who you take to prog metal festivals).

[Big Hath]

Setlist from that concert

yeah, that's the same setlist I saw during the Watershed tour in Raleigh.  Awesome show.

[black_biff_stadler]

Last time I saw Opeth, which was way too long ago in '08; their setlist solidified me as a devout zealot. Setlist from that concert for anyone interested.

Not to be a dick or anything, but the setlist from when I saw them the next day in New Orleans kinda owns the shit outta the one you posted.

[Big Hath]

Last time I saw Opeth, which was way too long ago in '08; their setlist solidified me as a devout zealot. Setlist from that concert for anyone interested.

Not to be a dick or anything, but the setlist from when I saw them the next day in New Orleans kinda owns the shit outta the one you posted.

you mean the exact same setlist?

[TioJorge]

Last time I saw Opeth, which was way too long ago in '08; their setlist solidified me as a devout zealot. Setlist from that concert for anyone interested.

Not to be a dick or anything, but the setlist from when I saw them the next day in New Orleans kinda owns the shit outta the one you posted.

Dayyyuuuuum, Blackie!! That setlist is the shit, I must concede to you, brethren. 

P.S. It being in a HOB kinda does make it srsly better; I didn't like the venue I was at all that much. Not bad, but could have been a lot better.