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Zitro 
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 Topic: Free new Opeth song to listen - legal
Posted: April 22 2008 at 09:01 |
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Roadrunnerrecords 'leaked' one of the songs from the upcoming Opeth album. So that makes it legal to listen and distribute. You can also download it from there.
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.co.uk/free/opeth/
EDIT: removed song analysis.
Edited by Zitro - April 22 2008 at 09:11
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Genesister
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Posted: April 22 2008 at 15:17 |
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Awesome song is awesome.
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River-peth
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Posted: April 22 2008 at 15:37 |
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This is however an edited version, the actual version is slightly longer and a TON more proggy
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Zitro
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Posted: April 22 2008 at 21:17 |
Apparently not, look at the track lengths: - "Coil" - 3:07
- "Heir Apparent" - 8:51
- "The Lotus Eater" - 8:51
- "Burden" - 7:42
- "Porcelain Heart" - 8:01
- "Hessian Peel" - 11:26
- "Hex Omega" - 6:59
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Drew
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Posted: April 22 2008 at 21:22 |
 Zitro wrote:
Apparently not, look at the track lengths:
- "Coil" - 3:07
- "Heir Apparent" - 8:51
- "The Lotus Eater" - 8:51
- "Burden" - 7:42
- "Porcelain Heart" - 8:01
- "Hessian Peel" - 11:26
- "Hex Omega" - 6:59
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Looks like this album is going to be over WAY too fast  But from what I have heard- it sounds like 5 FAT GLITTERY stars. 
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Zitro
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Posted: April 23 2008 at 11:13 |
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c'mon, it's still around 55 minutes! I generally think that it's the ideal album length (between 55 - 65 min)
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: April 23 2008 at 11:53 |
^ agreed ... can't wait to get the 2 disc vinyl edition. 
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N Ellingworth
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Posted: April 23 2008 at 13:49 |
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If The Lotus Eater is anything to go by Watershed is going to be excellent.
If a vinyl version is produced I'll probably buy it but it all depends on how much cash I've got as I did just spend over £40 preordering the ltd ed version of Schoolyard Ghosts by No-Man, plus I've got the CD on order and a preorder placed for The Pinapple Thief's next album. Then there's the next Russian Circles album.....
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Nightfly
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Posted: April 23 2008 at 15:58 |
Excellent track! Can't wait for the rest. 
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Zitro
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Posted: April 23 2008 at 17:07 |
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well, they just have now a music video of their single, Porcelain Heart. Unfortunately it's all chopped up like "The grand Conjuration" but the editing doesn't kill it as much as the previous song (and the video is not as cheesy). However, there are some youtube links with the full song.
It's not as direct, but it grew on me, the only problem I found was that it had a riff similar to Grand Conjuration (tho it works better here)
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sean
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Posted: April 23 2008 at 17:24 |
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sounds awesome. i can't wait to hear it.
i agree that the songs are rather short...for Opeth, but still a decent length, I'm sure it'll be great.
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laplace
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Posted: April 23 2008 at 17:55 |
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ye gods but for change
Opeth seem like they're going to sound as Opeth as usual...
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Moatilliatta
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Posted: April 23 2008 at 18:07 |
Whoa! Blast beats! And that key part - first time I think I've ever had a good "ha!" from an Opeth song before. This song has nearly convinced me that they may very well top Ghost Reveries and win album of the year for me.
And I think that 55 minutes is definitely a good length for the album.
Edited by Moatilliatta - April 23 2008 at 18:08
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burritounit
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Posted: April 23 2008 at 20:13 |
I just saw their new video from their myspace and it's kind of weird but the song's cool. 
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"I've walked on water, run through fire, can't seem to feel it anymore. It was me, waiting for me..."
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Zitro
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Posted: April 23 2008 at 21:59 |
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but the song [porcelain heart] is not as good as the full version, it sounds like a bunch of underdeveloped ideas due to it being 3 minutes shorter.
And I agree with the others, these 2 songs sound really great and we might have one of their best albums, despite the lineup changes.
laplace, it will of course sound like Opeth, but apparently they're experimenting within their sound. Blast beats, spooky outro, keyboard solo, clean vocals over brutal music (near the end), etc.
Edited by Zitro - April 23 2008 at 22:00
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Dominic
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Posted: April 24 2008 at 02:14 |
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Wow, i must admit, i'm a bit disappointed. It sounds good, but not nearly as elaborate as i was hoping it to be. I suppose that this is the new style Mikael mentioned he was going for. Well, it's only one example, i'm sure that i'll end up buying it anyways.
Edited by Dominic - April 24 2008 at 02:22
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sleeper
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Posted: April 24 2008 at 11:30 |
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Well, Lotus Eater and Porcelain Heart are two very good songs, and they played Heir Apparent last night when I saw them, another quality song there. I may have heard Hex Omega or Coil last night as well, I dont know what there opening song was but it was good. I think this 'll be a good album then.
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Abstrakt
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Posted: April 24 2008 at 12:36 |
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It sounds a bit extreme for me
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Padraic
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Posted: April 29 2008 at 10:12 |
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I downloaded Porcelain Heart from Amazon mp3. I miss Lopez behind the kit a little bit, but I really liked what I heard. Mikael does a clean vocal throughout on this one.
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