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Junges
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My favorite is the obvious one, Blackwater Park.
My least favorite from the "good" era is Damnation. My least favorite from the "bad" era is... any. Well.. probably Pale Communion and In Cauda Venenum are the least worst. I couldn't care much for the rest, including their latest.
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^ So you are all in on the Cookie Monster?
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I haven't heard the new one, or some of their early records, but my favourite is their unique one called "Damnation". I'm also a huge fan of "Blackwater Park" and "In Cauda Venenum" the Swedish version.
Least favourite has to be "Sorceress". I just felt like some of the new stuff they tried didn't work. |
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I can't really answer that properly, as I haven't bothered giving any album more than one listen after Watershed (which is my least favorite "growl-era" album of theirs). Its not that I need those growls, but I do think Opeth's music is less memorable, less unique as a "normal" Prog Rock band without them. To me Åkerfeldts "pretty" vocals and their vocal harmonies had a greater effect on me when they were contrasted with sinister growls. The material comes off as a little samey and unengaging - like they've lost more than just the growls in the process. Ive only heard two songs from The Last Will and Testament. While it was pleasing to hear the "return to form" none of the songs exited me very much. Ill give the full album a listen soon.
Blackwater Park is my favorite (followed by Deliverance) and from memory I remember thinking Sorceress was a little extra underwhelming. But as I said that's based on checking it out once and dismissing it, so it's not really "a fair judgement".
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Whatever they do, being that death metal or "prog," Opeth's music has always been one-dimensional and dull to me. An extremely overrated band, in my opinion.
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To me they are like the Flower Kings: album after album of sameyness until one comes off unique and somewhat enjoyable like Damnation, Still Life, or PC. I quite like Morningrise as well. Perhaps a little overrated
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They've never released a bad album.
Least favorite - Watershed. Favorite - Damnation I also love the early Opeth.
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What I can tell here is that I like Damnation.
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quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond
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Not a fan of this kind of rock nevertheless I like Windowpane (a nice track full of mellotron)
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I have heard six of their albums. I like Heritage a lot. OK it didn't exactly revolutionise prog, but it's just an album I like to listen to. Some of their earlier albums like Morningrise and Blackwater Park are very good, although I tolerate the growls more than I like them. I didn't like their first album. (I realise Heritage and Sorceress, the two more recent albums I know, are lowest rated among their later stuff, so I should probably check out some more of that.)
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I'm not a fan of grunting, but I think my favourite of their classic albums was Watershed (I guess exactly because it had less grunting than previous albums)... though my favourite song is definitely The Drapery Falls (live version from Lamentations), despite it having growling. I find Sorceress very enjoyable too, and I appreciate In Cauda Venenum being sung in their mother tongue.
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For the first time I watched a bit of Opeth live from Bloodstock. I find what Arkefeldt does quite remarkable. It looks like a magic trick how he can just do the death growls whenever he wants. I presume he must have a vocal coach. I did also wonder whether he took a break from them to protect his vocal chords. We know a lot of rock singers can destroy their voice by generally overdoing the delivery (not just death growls). Generally I've never been an Opeth fan. I do have all 4 'Newpeth' albums and can barely remember anything accept the fantastic track Sorceress. It has a very original twidly guitar/ keys intro followed by an amazing riff. I love that. I get the feeling that they like do a concept album, something I'm not all that bothered by and never have been accepting Aphrodite's Child remarkable 666 but that's another thing altogether. Not big on prog metal either although this year I've quite enjoyed the albums by Wheel, Turbulence and Night Verses but they seem to occupy a very different space. A lot of what I've heard from Opeth sounds 'sludgy' as well. I don't like this sound in general. I'm not as bothered by the death growls as I used to be. I'm still listening to the most recent album but it's just not resonating yet with me on any level.
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My favorite is probably the ome I’ve played the most, Ghost Reveries. Blackwater Park, Still Life and Deliverance are probably the other contestants for me.
Least favorite is more difficult, but since I don’t listen much to death metal more, Orchid may take that spot. I’m not crazy about the Heritage-to-In Cauda albums, but much more likely to play than the first two. |
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He’s stated that he didn’t think the growls fit the music of that period. They still played songs with growls live, so it’s not like he stopped growling for all those years.
https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/opeths_mikael_kerfeldt_explains_why_he_quit_growling_for_a_long_time_the_music_just_didnt_call_for_it.html |
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Easy one for me! Least favorite: Orchid/Morningrise Most favorite: Ghost Reveries/Deliverance Honorable mentions: Blackwater Park/In Cauda Venenum/Watershed
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I've heard a couple of Opeth albums in the past...
... I wouldn't care to repeat the trauma...
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