opeth decadence

Well, everyone is entitled to their opinion ... but apparently most people think it's their best album, and I'm one of them.

I can hear absolutely NO Dream Theater elements in Ghost Reveries ... some Tool, some Dead Soul Tribe maybe ... but definitely no Dream Theater.

Why don't you write a review? Or maybe you should give it some more time ... I don't know how long you've been listening to the album.

King of Loss wrote: MikeEnRegalia wrote: Well, everyone is entitled to their opinion ... but apparently most people think it's their best album, and I'm one of them. I can hear absolutely NO Dream Theater elements in Ghost Reveries ... some Tool, some Dead Soul Tribe maybe ... but definitely no Dream Theater. Why don't you write a review? Or maybe you should give it some more time ... I don't know how long you've been listening to the album.  Well said, Mike. How is Opeth not a Progressive Metal band?

After hearing all the hype about these guys, what would you say is a good album to start on, King of Loss? I'm becoming.....interested in them.

sabian wrote: First of all, i would like to wonder if Opeth are a really prog band. I think that they have such elements in their music in order to admit their progressiveness, but the discussion field could remain open, as well, because i sill see them as a death metal band more than a prog band. Anyway, i would like to comment that opeth have ceased to be in their last album, which i do find it completely boring, and which it shows a full lack of inspiration. In my personal opinion, it seems that they have abandoned their absolutely great style of playing metal (i think they have been the best metal band in the last 15 years) in order to put a lot of "dream theater" elements in their music that... doesn't suit them. I am not against style evolution and those things, but my impression about opeht's new release is that they've lost their "surpriseness" and "freshness", if we compare "Ghost reveries" with any of their predecesors... I comment all this because i have only seen excellent reviews about their last album here, and the question is that i am afraid that it is their worst work ever.

you're wrong. about everything.

opeth are a prog band.
ghost reveries isn't boring.
ghost reveries shows bucketloads of inspiration.
opeth haven't abandoned their stlyle of playing metal, they've just added to it and hugely improved it.
i dont hear any dream theater.
ghost reveries surprised me, because it was completely fresh; i was expecting opeth to become more mainstream, they haven't.
ghost reveries deserves the high reviews, it's their best work to date.

usually i try to respect other people's opinions when i post, but i truly believe that every point you made was completely wrong. sorry.

Ed_The_Dead wrote: Arsillus wrote: King of Loss wrote: MikeEnRegalia wrote: Well, everyone is entitled to their opinion ... but apparently most people think it's their best album, and I'm one of them. I can hear absolutely NO Dream Theater elements in Ghost Reveries ... some Tool, some Dead Soul Tribe maybe ... but definitely no Dream Theater. Why don't you write a review? Or maybe you should give it some more time ... I don't know how long you've been listening to the album.  Well said, Mike. How is Opeth not a Progressive Metal band? After hearing all the hype about these guys, what would you say is a good album to start on, King of Loss? I'm becoming.....interested in them. Ya like extreme metal or art rock? Try Damnation & Blackwater Park (pond) maybe...

Thanks.

First of all, i would like to wonder if Opeth are a really prog band. I think that they have such elements in their music in order to admit their progressiveness, but the discussion field could remain open, as well, because i sill see them as a death metal band more than a prog band.

Anyway, i would like to comment that opeth have ceased to be in their last album, which i do find it completely boring, and which it shows a full lack of inspiration. In my personal opinion, it seems that they have abandoned their absolutely great style of playing metal (i think they have been the best metal band in the last 15 years) in order to put a lot of "dream theater" elements in their music that... doesn't suit them. I am not against style evolution and those things, but my impression about opeht's new release is that they've lost their "surpriseness" and "freshness", if we compare "Ghost reveries" with any of their predecesors...

I comment all this because i have only seen excellent reviews about their last album here, and the question is that i am afraid that it is their worst work ever.

My definition of Opeth = progressive BLACK metal, not prog metal...

...But Opeth is a unique band - nothing sounds like Opeth...