Opeth’s Ghost Reveries

Good work!  Found it on that same tracker myself, then I saw this thread.  

I'm not going to listen to it until I buy it.

That said, I found a couple of legal/official mp3's from the album which I posted here, if anybody wants to hear those without spoiling the entire thing for themselves.

I like the idea of using swf (Flash) - it's tricky to convert that to mp3.

Man Overboard wrote: I'm going to be buying it when it comes out at the end of August. Ty, those aren't legal.  People who post those on the official Opeth forums get banned, and yes, I know one of 'em is from the street team's site.

That's odd... I know the Grand Conjuration one is legal, seeing as it's right on Roadrunner's site and can be accessed by anybody. I wasn't so sure about the other one, but I guess Opeth doesn't want us listening to it. It's strange that Roadrunner would put them up, but I guess this is probably similar to the Octavarium samples incident where the record label released the material without the band's consent.

No matter. Ghost Reveries is only a month away, anyways .

Tony wrote: Well, I found the album on a P2P network and so far I'm not impressed. I'm a huge Opeth fan though... I guess it'll need many more listens. Somehow this sounds way more "american" than previous albums. I find that it incorporates too many elements from ProgMetal bands like DT... meh

if i want to listen to an album that sounds like Opeth's old stuff... i'll listen to Opeth's old stuff. i'm about half-way through my first listen of the album, and i like the slightly different sound. isn't that what prog is all about? a band progressing it's style and incorporating loads of different sounds?

I'll need a few more listens to make up my mind, but I've been pleasantly surprised by the lack of overlong plodding riffs and that self-parodical, formulaic approach to 'quiet interludes'. There's less of THAT atmosphere, but still...

Lovely keys. Mellotron samples abound!

MikeEnRegalia wrote: The real problem about those pre-release leaks is: Why the hell does it take 2 months to release the album? I'm pretty sure that the album art, booklet etc. can be done simultaneously to recording the album, or at least between recording and mixing. It should only take 2-4 weeks to print the CDs and ship them to the stores ... and they don't need to send promo copies to magazines for reviews. They're OPETH ...

Hahahahah, even Opeth needs promo copies.

I love the new sound of the album.  They are finally comfortable to write music in major some now.

Ty1020 wrote: MikeEnRegalia wrote: The real problem about those pre-release leaks is: Why the hell does it take 2 months to release the album? I'm pretty sure that the album art, booklet etc. can be done simultaneously to recording the album, or at least between recording and mixing. It should only take 2-4 weeks to print the CDs and ship them to the stores ... and they don't need to send promo copies to magazines for reviews. They're OPETH ...  It's all about when the label feels it's best to release the album. If they just released every album that was finished at the very second it was completed they'd have an uneven release schedule that would go through droughts every so often, but if they intersperse all their releases evenly, they'll have a good amount of stuff to put out year round. That said... I wish it was coming out sooner .

Ok, I see your point. But they could schedule that delay to be between recording and mixing ...

Hmm, surprised progarchives.com allows this to be posted.

Most sites do not.

Anyway, its such a good album and Im definately buying it the day it comes out.

I gotta support my favorite band...Im just too impatient to wait til release.