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Poll Question: Your favourite disc?
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    Posted: March 25 2005 at 08:29
i am addicted to this band at the mo, and i know they have many fans on this forum. I dont think they have had a single bad album, i love them all but BWP is their masterpiece in my opinion, i'm interested to see what other people think.

also the lamentations dvd should be added to the archive.
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Still Life is still my favorite album of theirs.
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deliverance sucks.. exept for a fair judgement.. It's all wilson's fault!

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Deliverance is my favourite at the moment,, though ask me another day and i  might say BWP, that Akerfeldt/Wilson combo is unbeatable 
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Damnation is very good.Dont like the Death metal growling on BWP!Dead



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Blackwater Park is a masterpiece, with Damnation and Deliverance not far behind.
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Um, what's a good 1st album from them?  I will say that the whole Death Metal Growl turned me off of them, but I do respect the vocalist's ability to change his singing so well. 
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I seriously don't see why people keep quoting Dream Theater as best prog metal band... since frankly, OPETH BEATS THEM ALL. It's one of the best active prog bands existing right now.

As far as albums go, every single one of them has memorable songs, but the Deliverance/Damnation pair was the most brilliant up to this day.
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Originally posted by alan_pfeifer alan_pfeifer wrote:

Um, what's a good 1st album from them?  I will say that the whole Death Metal Growl turned me off of them, but I do respect the vocalist's ability to change his singing so well. 

There is no growling on 'Damnation'. Other than that, go for 'My Arms/Your Hearse' (my favourite), 'Deliverance' or 'Blackwater Park', but you can't really go amiss with any of the others, either.
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intersting. I thought damnation might be favoured, just dont forget guys that they are a death metal band that want to growl hehe! Its a shame, yet totally realistic, that people are put off the growling. I think they are one of the best metal bands out there, who actually considering trying to appeal to the non metal fans as well!
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Originally posted by frenchie frenchie wrote:

intersting. I thought damnation might be favoured, just dont forget guys that they are a death metal band that want to growl hehe! Its a shame, yet totally realistic, that people are put off the growling. I think they are one of the best metal bands out there, who actually considering trying to appeal to the non metal fans as well!
 
I think, which also associates with Mikael's statements, that Opeth is a Death Metal band and FANS of Progressive Rock, especially Mikael...
And Damnation was a dream coming true, a complete prog album. Furthermore nearly all other albums contain at least prog ingredients (apart from Orchid and My Arms, your Hearse)...
But they're still more Death than Prog...but they definitely ARE prog


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Originally posted by Reed Lover Reed Lover wrote:

Damnation is very good.Dont like the Death metal growling on BWP!Dead



Damnation is the only album I like by them, because of the non-killing-cat-with-rusty-razorblad-death-metal-voice.
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Originally posted by Prog_Bassist Prog_Bassist wrote:

Originally posted by Reed Lover Reed Lover wrote:

Damnation is very good.Dont like the Death metal growling on BWP!Dead



Damnation is the only album I like by them, because of the non-killing-cat-with-rusty-razorblad-death-metal-voice.

I agree, but as much as I don't like the growl of Akerfelt (sp), I respect the fact that he can actually change between the two very easily and still be able to be understandable.
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Damnation is very good, but BWP is their best effort to date from them i Think

By the way, when is going to be a new release of Opeth?
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Their growling and clean vocal combination just makes them that much more progressive...
Its kind of like good(clean) vs evil (growling)

The vocals used to bother me but now I can enjoy them just as much as the clean parts.
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Mine goes to "Damnation"

 
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Originally posted by alan_pfeifer alan_pfeifer wrote:

Originally posted by Prog_Bassist Prog_Bassist wrote:

Originally posted by Reed Lover Reed Lover wrote:

Damnation is very good.Dont like the Death metal growling on BWP!Dead



Damnation is the only album I like by them, because of the non-killing-cat-with-rusty-razorblad-death-metal-voice.

I agree, but as much as I don't like the growl of Akerfelt (sp), I respect the fact that he can actually change between the two very easily and still be able to be understandable.

That's the beauty part of his vocalizations. Even when he does the death-metal growling, you can actually understand what the hell he's saying, unlike, say, the vocalists for Cannibal Corpse or Mobid Angel or any of that other crap. The music is good, but the singers (?) I can do without. As far as Opeth, Damnation is a beautiful album, but I love Blackwater Park. My favorite songs off of that album is "The Drapery Falls." Akerfeldt knows when to sing and when to growl. I'm not too big a fan of it, but for him, I like it, because it fits with the mood and I can understand him and I don't need a translator for it.
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Its a toss up between Blackwater Park and Still Life with Blackwater Park just by a hair.
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I can always see Damnation as an album that even people who don't like the band can actually listen to without having to hear any death-metal growling. I think it's a beautiful album, with a little help from Mr. Porcupine Tree himself, Steven Wilson, who never does anything short of amazing.
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OPETH are great live and have released thus far, 7 great albums & 1 great DVD.

I'm at a dead-tie with "My Arms, Your Hearse" & "Still Life" as my favorite album of theirs. Basically, these are 2 of the finest metal albums of ALL-TIME!

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