GHOST REVERIES

Ive been into Opeth since they put out Blackwater park... I had read a review about them in some mag and they just sounded cool...Im a 38 year old metal head....Sabbath..Maiden, Venom,Savatage.... so I was blown away by that first cd I bought...And with Damnation and Deliverance.. I was hooked...Ive never liked death metal cookie monster vocals but the way Mikael Arkerfeldt comes across is cool ...Now I have in my hands on an advanced copy of Ghost Reveries.. Im still soaking it all in....Ive only had a few days...but its good...very good... The band is as tight as ever...and evil and doom-contoled....in a progressive kinda way...with every release I keep thinking they get a bit closer to a black metal Pink Floyd....and I really feel that way now....it really has the vibe of Blackwater Park... but with some anctient wanderings thrown in....ghosts...the occult....dark memeories... it sems like music youve never heard ...but then again its there in your brain... like a dead friend reaching out to you...Opeth stands far above the rest of metal and even the progressive scene..... Just go by it and slip into the warm bath of the darkness and beauty... Opeth...Ghost Reveries.