| Author |
 Topic Search  Topic Options
|
OpethGuitarist 
Prog Reviewer
Joined: June 25 2006
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 1655
|
 Posted: August 11 2006 at 00:40 |
 Kleynan wrote:
Equality 7-2521 wrote:
Kleynan wrote:
It has it's tool
moments indeed. Put it is one of their best efforts. Probably their
third best album. |
Where? The claim seems utterly ridiculous to me. |
To name one:
"Ghost of Perdition", when he sings "Darkness by her
side/Spoke and passed her by". The drums are pretty similar to Tools.
Also the end of "Beneath the Mire", and there are more.
I also remember, around the time the album was being produced,
Mikael had Laterelus in his playlist. And he's been praising them
countless times in interviews. I'm sure he borrowed some influence, and
I'm not criticising. Ghost Reveries was my favorite Opeth album for
months.
|
what he said and I said previously...
of course, one can't forget Opeth's use of the Camel song Never Let Go in Benighted
a fine tribute i think
|
|
back from the dead, i will begin posting reviews again and musing through the forums
|
 |
Equality 7-2521
Forum Senior Member
Joined: August 11 2005
Location: Philly
Status: Offline
Points: 15784
|
Posted: August 11 2006 at 13:10 |
|
Alright but they are in fact moments. I thought you were trying to suggest something on a grander scale.
|
|
"One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. "
|
|
Kleynan
Forum Senior Member
Joined: January 28 2006
Location: Denmark
Status: Offline
Points: 720
|
Posted: August 11 2006 at 22:31 |
Equality 7-2521 wrote:
Alright but they are in fact moments. I thought you were trying to suggest something on a grander scale. |
Nope. Only in rare cases. 
|
You've just had a heavy session of electroshock therapy, and you're more relaxed than you've been in weeks.
|
|
Silhouette
Forum Groupie
Joined: August 17 2006
Location: Sweden
Status: Offline
Points: 84
|
Posted: August 17 2006 at 10:03 |
|
It's a hard decision, but I'll vote for Mikael Åkerfeldt. He's a great composer, guitar player, singer and growler.
|
|
|
|
Dirk
Forum Senior Member
Joined: August 11 2005
Location: Netherlands
Status: Offline
Points: 1043
|
Posted: August 17 2006 at 10:35 |
|
Overall Steve Wilson, but if it comes to metal then i prefer Ghost Reveries over Deadwing.
|
|
Gravity Eyelids
Forum Senior Member
Joined: August 12 2006
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 357
|
Posted: August 17 2006 at 15:47 |
|
Wilsion for me. I love all of his projects.
|
|
Into this wild Abyss the fiend
Stood on the brink of Hell and looked a while,
Pondering his Voyage.
|
|
Fitzcarraldo
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator
Joined: April 30 2004
Location: United Kingdom
Status: Offline
Points: 1835
|
Posted: August 18 2006 at 21:40 |
swilson wrote:
All our old stuff should be available in the US through Navarre distribution, but of course I'm disappointed to hear that even one person had trouble finding it, that's not good. Stupid Dream has just been reissued as a 2 disc set, with a 5.1 surround sound mix added to a pristine stereo remaster. Lightbulb Sun will get the same treatment sometime next year - I just need to get around to doing the 5.1.
S
|
How about making a start in January?  Seriously. I've wanted a copy for the last couple of years. It's a shame the album has been unavailable for so long. The fact that the second-hand price is as high as it is should tell you something.
|
|
|
|
Forgotten Son
Forum Senior Member
Joined: March 13 2005
Location: United Kingdom
Status: Offline
Points: 1356
|
Posted: August 18 2006 at 22:30 |
|
I was really lucky as I managed to pick up a brand new copy of Lightbulb Sun last year for less than £10.
|
|
cuncuna
Forum Senior Member
Joined: March 29 2005
Location: Chile
Status: Offline
Points: 4318
|
Posted: August 18 2006 at 22:43 |
|
Wilson. You'll never hear anything like "Begonia seduction scene" comming from Opeth.
And... it is actually very nice to see some posts of Mr. Wilson. I really enjoy PT early albums. Sadly, from "Lightbulb Sun", I stop enjoying. Hopefully, more experimental sounds will come from other projects that I still havent got.
Edited by cuncuna - August 18 2006 at 22:55
|
|
¡Beware of the Bee!
|
|
THE_POLE
Forum Senior Member
Joined: June 29 2006
Location: New Zealand
Status: Offline
Points: 198
|
Posted: August 19 2006 at 05:23 |
|
Mikael Akerfeld, but only just.
I am yet to get Stupid Dream and Lightbulb Sun. They're very hard to
get hold of here in New Zealand. My friend is trying to get them for
me, i am dying to hear them. I cant wait to hear the studio version of
Russia On Ice. I love that song.
|
|
|
|
Epitath
Forum Senior Member
Joined: June 09 2006
Location: Denmark
Status: Offline
Points: 127
|
Posted: August 25 2006 at 14:58 |
|
Mhm now this is really hard! Theyre both amazing in different ways, Mikael is just amazing singer guitarist and songwriter, so i chose him! Because i prefer opeth.. but i still see wilson as one of the best songwriters in the world so yeh, took me some time to decide!
|
|
|
|
Joren
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator
Joined: February 07 2004
Location: Netherlands
Status: Offline
Points: 6667
|
Posted: August 26 2006 at 09:32 |
|
Åkerfeldt
|
|
Matt Dickens
Forum Senior Member
Joined: March 12 2006
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 185
|
Posted: August 27 2006 at 23:02 |
Mikael Akerfeldt for singing, guitar playing, and song writing
Steven Wilson for production
so my vote goes for Akerfeldt
|
|
If it ain't broke don't break it.
|
|
Jim Garten
Special Collaborator
Retired Admin & Razor Guru
Joined: February 02 2004
Location: South England
Status: Offline
Points: 14693
|
Posted: September 04 2006 at 15:40 |
Difficult one -
Opeth & Porcupine Tree are both great bands, but overall, I'd say Opeth have had a more limited sound over the years - PT, however have gone from tranced out LSD madness with 'Voyage 34' through god knows how many styles, but retained quality control, so overall - Steve Wilson (who in a way, introduced me to Opeth via his production work on 'Damnation', from which I discovered Opeth's other works...).
I still say Porcupine Tree are prog-rock, though
+++hides+++
|
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012
|
|
SolariS
Forum Senior Member
Joined: October 27 2005
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 891
|
Posted: September 04 2006 at 18:02 |
|
I voted for Akerfeldt. Steve Wilson's albums sometimes feel 'over-produced' to me.
|
|
|
|
Prog-man
Forum Senior Member
Joined: February 22 2006
Location: Argentina
Status: Offline
Points: 350
|
Posted: September 10 2006 at 01:42 |
My vote goes for Steve Wilson.
(But Mikael Åkerfeldt is another genius).
Let's not forget the importance that Steve Wilson had in Opeth's sound change... Even we can notice it at present (Ghost Reveries), in spite of that already he does not work with them... 
Also Wilson took Opeth's certain influence. This provoked that " In absence " and "Deadwing" had stronger moments...
|
|
Arriving somewhere but not here
|
|
Wolf Spider
Forum Senior Member
Joined: August 04 2005
Location: Poland
Status: Offline
Points: 1617
|
Posted: September 10 2006 at 05:25 |
A hadr choice indeed. They are both great musicians and composers. Opeh is influenced by Pocupine Tree and Porcupine Tree is infuenced by Opeth  But I guess Wilson can`t growl so my vote goes to Akerfledt
|
|
|
|
Uroboros
Forum Senior Member
Joined: February 25 2006
Location: Oxford
Status: Offline
Points: 912
|
Posted: September 10 2006 at 09:05 |
|
I like Opeth a lot, but I honestly think Wilson is miles ahead as a songwriter. Add to that his skills as a producer and the choice is easy.
|
|
Tous les chemins
qui s’ouvrent à moi
ne mènent à rien si tu n’es plus là
|
|
Benjamin_Breeg
Forum Senior Member
Joined: September 05 2006
Location: Brazil
Status: Offline
Points: 229
|
Posted: September 10 2006 at 11:28 |
|
Mikael "Metal Jesus" Akerfeldt ^^
|
|
|
|
Melomaniac
Prog Reviewer
Joined: May 07 2006
Location: Canada
Status: Offline
Points: 4088
|
Posted: September 10 2006 at 15:58 |
SolariS wrote:
I voted for Akerfeldt. Steve Wilson's albums sometimes feel 'over-produced' to me.
|
Even though I really love Ghost Reveries, I'll be damned if it's not Opeth's most overproduced album, even though Wilson did not work on it.
|
|
"One likes to believe in the freedom of Music" - Neil Peart, The Spirit of Radio
|
|
Donate monthly and keep PA fast-loading and ad-free forever.
/PAlogo_v2.gif "Progarchives.com Homepage")
Åkerfeldt vs. Wilson
