GHOST REVERIES

Opeth

Tech/Extreme Prog Metal

4.28 | 1854 ratings

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Giving this album the same rating as Blackwater Park because it has more ballads and therefore less growling which I enjoy more BUT the instrumentation and general atmosphere isn't as good as Blackwater Park's. Ghost Reveries is the follow-up to the Damnation and Deliverance records that worked as opposites. Ghost Reveries really isn't that revolutionary or innovative and basically continues the same Opeth sound again. It has some strong songs in it for sure. Of course if you like growls you will enjoy this much more.

My favorite tracks are: Hours Of Wealth, which has a depressive vibe and a nice acoustic section with a guitar solo around the middle, Isolation Years which closes the album with a nice chorus and yet another depressive vibe, and Soldier Of Fortune which is ANOTHER depressive song that has a nice verse and chorus. All these songs are very simple but they don't have growls so I can dig them more.

Just like with Blackwater Park, it's an essential record for fans of this band. If you like growls you will enjoy it more than I do.

Ian McGregor | 5/5 | 2021-7-29

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