The official Opeth thread v. In Cauda Venenum

[Fritzinger]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAlDEcQMLio

I'm always amazed when I hear this, that's why I want to leave it here. There are few live recordings I know that sound better than this one. Truly a perfect performance.

The whole concert is amazing. And like (almost?) every Opeth live release, it contains a technical problem, this time during Demon Of The Fall. But this technical error only made this specific part more suspenseful. Fantastic live album, Garden Of The Titans.

[Ben_Jamin]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAlDEcQMLio

I'm always amazed when I hear this, that's why I want to leave it here. There are few live recordings I know that sound better than this one. Truly a perfect performance.

The whole concert is amazing. And like (almost?) every Opeth live release, it contains a technical problem, this time during Demon Of The Fall. But this technical error only made this specific part more suspenseful. Fantastic live album, Garden Of The Titans.

And it was freezing balls, apparently.

[Fritzinger]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAlDEcQMLio

I'm always amazed when I hear this, that's why I want to leave it here. There are few live recordings I know that sound better than this one. Truly a perfect performance.

The whole concert is amazing. And like (almost?) every Opeth live release, it contains a technical problem, this time during Demon Of The Fall. But this technical error only made this specific part more suspenseful. Fantastic live album, Garden Of The Titans.

And it was freezing balls, apparently.

Not sure I wanna know what parts of the guys you've seen to know that

[Kwyjibo]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAlDEcQMLio

I'm always amazed when I hear this, that's why I want to leave it here. There are few live recordings I know that sound better than this one. Truly a perfect performance.

The whole concert is amazing. And like (almost?) every Opeth live release, it contains a technical problem, this time during Demon Of The Fall. But this technical error only made this specific part more suspenseful. Fantastic live album, Garden Of The Titans.

The sound and the playing is good. But while the rest of the band is moving and grooving at least sometimes, Mikael's standing still. I know he plays guitar and sings, so it's hard for him, but seeing him standing there like a statue sucks a lot of energy out of the performance imo.

[Ben_Jamin]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAlDEcQMLio

I'm always amazed when I hear this, that's why I want to leave it here. There are few live recordings I know that sound better than this one. Truly a perfect performance.

The whole concert is amazing. And like (almost?) every Opeth live release, it contains a technical problem, this time during Demon Of The Fall. But this technical error only made this specific part more suspenseful. Fantastic live album, Garden Of The Titans.

And it was freezing balls, apparently.

Not sure I wanna know what parts of the guys you've seen to know that

 

He mentions it after Era...

"Thing is you've never seen Jon fucking Bo...Uh...Jon Bon Jovi, freeze one stage...I guess I'm not him."

[KevShmev]

While I think In Cauda Venenum was a clear upgrade over Sorceress, it still isn't an album that stuck with me very long as a whole.  The Garroter and Universal Truth are killer songs, but I rarely go back to anything from it now.  Feels like Still Life through Pale Communion will always be that sweet spot for me with this band.

+1

 

And heads-up, DTF, the long-standing adage is that whenever KNH and I agree on something, it has to be true, so I rest my case. 

[Fritzinger]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAlDEcQMLio

I'm always amazed when I hear this, that's why I want to leave it here. There are few live recordings I know that sound better than this one. Truly a perfect performance.

The whole concert is amazing. And like (almost?) every Opeth live release, it contains a technical problem, this time during Demon Of The Fall. But this technical error only made this specific part more suspenseful. Fantastic live album, Garden Of The Titans.

The sound and the playing is good. But while the rest of the band is moving and grooving at least sometimes, Mikael's standing still. I know he plays guitar and sings, so it's hard for him, but seeing him standing there like a statue sucks a lot of energy out of the performance imo.

I don't mind that a bit. As you mentioned, he is singing AND playing the guitar. And I think his stage presence is fine like it is. Based on the live videos and the one live concert I saw of the band, he is never really running around or rocking out. He still got a lot or charisma. He really IS the steady constant in the middle of the band 

[Kwyjibo]

Yes, he's got charisma and when actually being there it's probably better, but this is metal  , so move at least a little bit when not singing. 
It's just that I prefer more action on stage with this kind of music.

[twosuitsluke]

Nah, I love Mikael's general stage presence and demeanor. I think it fits perfectly with his dry, deadpan sense of humour. Literally wouldn't want it any other way 

[emtee]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAlDEcQMLio

I'm always amazed when I hear this, that's why I want to leave it here. There are few live recordings I know that sound better than this one. Truly a perfect performance.

The whole concert is amazing. And like (almost?) every Opeth live release, it contains a technical problem, this time during Demon Of The Fall. But this technical error only made this specific part more suspenseful. Fantastic live album, Garden Of The Titans.

Didn't know anything about this show until this post. I've listened twice now. Amazing show! I love how MA  almost acts as a conductor. He lets the show breathe, ebb and flow. Great set list and fantastic sound. And the band is tight!! Such a funny guy too. He cracks me up.

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

I usually don't watch reaction videos but I did stumbled upon this channel. I think he has some interesting thoughts and is also genuinely curious about the music.

Classical Composer Reacts to Reverie/Harlequin Forest

[kirksnosehair]

While I think In Cauda Venenum was a clear upgrade over Sorceress, it still isn't an album that stuck with me very long as a whole.  The Garroter and Universal Truth are killer songs, but I rarely go back to anything from it now.  Feels like Still Life through Pale Communion will always be that sweet spot for me with this band.

+1

 

And heads-up, DTF, the long-standing adage is that whenever KNH and I agree on something, it has to be true, so I rest my case. 

*checks notes*


Can confirm 

[LudwigVan]

I didn't think much of Sorceress at first, but it has grown on me big time. That dirty-sounding distorted production makes the album rather unique.

[kirksnosehair]

It's got some great tracks on it but it really drags a lot in the middle.  I usually have to skip forward a few times when I listen to it.  I think they got better and better at this style as they progressed. 

[emtee]

Good timing. I recently ran through the entire discography. Deliverance is the only album I didn't love hearing again. Something about that album feels too repetitive. GR is among the best metal albums ever created. Watershed and Damnation are close behind. Nobody does contrast between heavy and mellow like Opeth.

[Zantera]

Good timing. I recently ran through the entire discography. Deliverance is the only album I didn't love hearing again. Something about that album feels too repetitive. GR is among the best metal albums ever created. Watershed and Damnation are close behind. Nobody does contrast between heavy and mellow like Opeth.

That's interesting because Deliverance might be the best to me. Title track, A Fair Judgement, Master's Apprentices and Wreath are so good. Easily a better album than Blackwater Park for my money.

[Buddyhunter1]

why does nobody like by the pain i see in others that's a good song too

[Kram]

I didn't think much of Sorceress at first, but it has grown on me big time. That dirty-sounding distorted production makes the album rather unique.

Sorceress is OK but In Cauda Venenum is much better IMO

[Mladen]

why does nobody like by the pain i see in others that's a good song too

That song is the one that puts Deliverence at the top of the list for me. Yeah, we are pretty much all aware of how amazing Master's apprentices, Wreath and the title track are, but By the pain is the underrated gem. 

[Lonk]

I usually don't watch reaction videos but I did stumbled upon this channel. I think he has some interesting thoughts and is also genuinely curious about the music.

Classical Composer Reacts to Reverie/Harlequin Forest

Thanks for sharing. He makes some good analysis of the song. Always impressed with people than can identify a chord so easily.

[Fritzinger]

I usually don't watch reaction videos but I did stumbled upon this channel. I think he has some interesting thoughts and is also genuinely curious about the music.

Classical Composer Reacts to Reverie/Harlequin Forest

Thanks for sharing. He makes some good analysis of the song. Always impressed with people than can identify a chord so easily.

I saw some videos of him reacting to metal tracks, for example The Odyssey by Symphony X. It's interesting to hear his point of view because he clearly has some idea of most of what he's talking about.

My only problem with him is: He just doesn't like 16th note double bass attacks and whenever a drummer does that for a few bars, he goes "drummers! There's other things to do on your kit than this!" and then proceeds to ignore everything else the drummer does during the rest of the song 

[faizoff]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAlDEcQMLio

I'm always amazed when I hear this, that's why I want to leave it here. There are few live recordings I know that sound better than this one. Truly a perfect performance.

The whole concert is amazing. And like (almost?) every Opeth live release, it contains a technical problem, this time during Demon Of The Fall. But this technical error only made this specific part more suspenseful. Fantastic live album, Garden Of The Titans.

Didn't know anything about this show until this post. I've listened twice now. Amazing show! I love how MA  almost acts as a conductor. He lets the show breathe, ebb and flow. Great set list and fantastic sound. And the band is tight!! Such a funny guy too. He cracks me up.

I love Garden of the Titans, such a great vibe for the whole show. All Opeth live shows are fantastic watches and each one is unique even if some of the songs are repeated.

[Kram]

I usually don't watch reaction videos but I did stumbled upon this channel. I think he has some interesting thoughts and is also genuinely curious about the music.

Classical Composer Reacts to Reverie/Harlequin Forest

Thanks for sharing. He makes some good analysis of the song. Always impressed with people than can identify a chord so easily.

I saw some videos of him reacting to metal tracks, for example The Odyssey by Symphony X. It's interesting to hear his point of view because he clearly has some idea of most of what he's talking about.

My only problem with him is: He just doesn't like 16th note double bass attacks and whenever a drummer does that for a few bars, he goes "drummers! There's other things to do on your kit than this!" and then proceeds to ignore everything else the drummer does during the rest of the song 

Yes, I watched a reaction video of his for Dance of Eternity, and he said the same thing about the double bass drumming.  He was very impressed with JP, JR and JM though

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

I usually don't watch reaction videos but I did stumbled upon this channel. I think he has some interesting thoughts and is also genuinely curious about the music.

Classical Composer Reacts to Reverie/Harlequin Forest

Thanks for sharing. He makes some good analysis of the song. Always impressed with people than can identify a chord so easily.

I saw some videos of him reacting to metal tracks, for example The Odyssey by Symphony X. It's interesting to hear his point of view because he clearly has some idea of most of what he's talking about.

My only problem with him is: He just doesn't like 16th note double bass attacks and whenever a drummer does that for a few bars, he goes "drummers! There's other things to do on your kit than this!" and then proceeds to ignore everything else the drummer does during the rest of the song 

Yes, I watched a reaction video of his for Dance of Eternity, and he said the same thing about the double bass drumming.  He was very impressed with JP, JR and JM though

It's very much a big part of metal music these days but as a drummer I can definitely see why some would find it annoying to hear alot of the same type of 16th note doublepedal pattern being used everywhere. He will get used to it though. 

[Fritzinger]

I usually don't watch reaction videos but I did stumbled upon this channel. I think he has some interesting thoughts and is also genuinely curious about the music.

Classical Composer Reacts to Reverie/Harlequin Forest

Thanks for sharing. He makes some good analysis of the song. Always impressed with people than can identify a chord so easily.

I saw some videos of him reacting to metal tracks, for example The Odyssey by Symphony X. It's interesting to hear his point of view because he clearly has some idea of most of what he's talking about.

My only problem with him is: He just doesn't like 16th note double bass attacks and whenever a drummer does that for a few bars, he goes "drummers! There's other things to do on your kit than this!" and then proceeds to ignore everything else the drummer does during the rest of the song 

Yes, I watched a reaction video of his for Dance of Eternity, and he said the same thing about the double bass drumming.  He was very impressed with JP, JR and JM though

It's very much a big part of metal music these days but as a drummer I can definitely see why some would find it annoying to hear alot of the same type of 16th note doublepedal pattern being used everywhere. He will get used to it though. 

I would have understood it if he had reacted to songs where there's double bass 16th notes most of the time. But in those two examples, there are a few parts where it just fits, and those parts are always just a few bars long.

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

I guess if it fits is subjective. Using double bass to enhance rythms in metal is standard and I guess he haven't heard it that much or he just reacted spontaneous.

Anyway, here's another fun one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ycf6OjlwZE&ab_channel=DougHelvering

What he says at 12:03 and onwars is spot on.

[MinistroRaven]

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[Fritzinger]

From Twitter:

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I already have the black vinyl of Blackwater Park.

But gawddamnit I couldn't resist buying that dark smokey edition 

[twosuitsluke]

From Twitter:

★ The 20th-anniversary celebration of Swedish metallers
@OfficialOpeth's game-changing magnum opus is upon us. ✰

New moon symbol EXCLUSIVE Dark Smokey Vinyl
Writing hand Initial Orders w/ Signed Print
🕯 New Range Of Merchandise

https://opeth.tmstor.es

I already have the black vinyl of Blackwater Park.

But gawddamnit I couldn't resist buying that dark smokey edition 

I'm so tempted! I really shouldn't but it looks beautiful

[TM172003]

I would have understood it if he had reacted to songs where there's double bass 16th notes most of the time. But in those two examples, there are a few parts where it just fits, and those parts are always just a few bars long.

Fair enough, but listening to metal and moaning about double bass in general is a bit silly to me. What does he expect? It’s like shooting yourself in the foot and moaning that you can’t walk.

[gazinwales]

From Twitter:

★ The 20th-anniversary celebration of Swedish metallers
@OfficialOpeth's game-changing magnum opus is upon us. ✰

New moon symbol EXCLUSIVE Dark Smokey Vinyl
Writing hand Initial Orders w/ Signed Print
🕯 New Range Of Merchandise

https://opeth.tmstor.es

I already have the black vinyl of Blackwater Park.

But gawddamnit I couldn't resist buying that dark smokey edition 

I'm so tempted! I really shouldn't but it looks beautiful

I had a look and apart from the colours nothing new, no 'mastered for vinyl' and an uninteresting bonus track (live) that could/should have been the bonus studio cuts for this album.

[Elite]

I already have this album twice; one is the 'Legacy Edition' that features the exact same bonus track and a 5.1 Mix of the album on an extra disc. Weird that they're releasing it yet again.

[pfillion]

White Stones new single is out today (Martin Mendez new band)

https://youtu.be/sL16VQsD0ec

[gazinwales]

White Stones new single is out today (Martin Mendez new band)

https://youtu.be/sL16VQsD0ec

First time hearing WS, this is far better than anything Opeth have done since Watershed.

[LithoJazzoSphere]

Wow, Opeth is one of my absolute favorite bands, but I guess I've been out of the loop on Mendez' side projects.  First time checking them out myself, and that was pretty impressive, kind of in-between Opeth's older and newer sounds.  I enjoy newer Opeth material quite a bit, though not quite as much as the older stuff (especially BWP-GR).