GHOST REVERIES

Ghost Reveries kinda feels like a more diverse, less heavy Blackwater Park, and I blame that on the keyboards which make the whole album sound alot more cheesy. This album also sounds a lot like Dream Theater (a band I'm personally not very attracted to, most of the time) with its pompous riffs and keyboard solos. Surprisingly, even though the album isn't too unpredictable, there's still some amazing tracks in it.

The opener Ghost Of Perdition is probably the best song the band has ever made. It perfectly synthesizes what the album and Opeth are all about. Heavy riffs, mellow sections, Growl vocals, soft vocals, dark lyrics, all in one song. The Baying Of The Hounds and Harlequin Forest are very solid and diverse tracks, with the latter having a great acoustic section in the middle. Beneath The Mire and Grand Conjuration are good metal tracks, but they're on the worse side of the album, the latter being very repetitive and uninteresting. Hours Of Wealth and Isolation Years are great mellow ballads. Atonement is the worst from the album and honestly really bad.

I would still recommend it if you like growls, I think this is one of Opeth's best releases.