OPETH "Blackwater Park"
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Topic: OPETH "Blackwater Park"
Posted By: Bryan
Subject: OPETH "Blackwater Park"
Date Posted: July 26 2004 at 14:11
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I couldn't help noticing how we had a lengthy, informative discussion on the album Damnation by Opeth. However, it got me to wondering. How many people on here have discovered that Opeth has other albums? How many have been courageous |
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Posted By: James Lee
Date Posted: July 26 2004 at 15:40
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Blackwater Park was the first Opeth album I heard, and either that one or Morningside (oops, I mean Morningrise...must be the Phantasm in me) was the album that came closest to making me an Opeth fan. Damnation was a step away from a lot of th |
Posted By: diddy
Date Posted: July 26 2004 at 17:17
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So it's different with me. Before I came to prog I was a fan of Metal and Classic Rock such as Uriah Heep, Roy Harper or Led Zep. I listened to Metal, but not everything relating to the genre. You can say that I was attracted by either mo ------------- If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear... George Orwell |
Posted By: PsychoDad
Date Posted: July 28 2004 at 04:16
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Blackwater Park is without a doubt one of Opeth's greatest albums, but personally i think Still Life is their best. Maybe because that was the first Opeth album i heard. |
Posted By: JoshroTull
Date Posted: August 03 2004 at 17:05
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Blackwater Park is the only Opeth album I have heard, and I loved it. It gave me a new appreciation for the heavier side of prog. ------------- Please donate pies to the Monkey Institute. |
Posted By: Spanky
Date Posted: August 23 2004 at 21:08
Nice, I would have to say I ma in the |
PsychoDad wrote:Posted By: spirit.of.radio
Date Posted: August 25 2004 at 10:38
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that album is worth every penny for the first bars of "Dirge For November" alone. the first time i saw Opeth live, on their tour for this album, i was blown away. not only is it astoundingly heavy in places (appealing to the little metalhead in everyone's ------------- "acoustic" does not mean "deep and meaningful" |
Posted By: Petra
Date Posted: September 01 2004 at 17:29
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My first introduction to Opeth was with BlackWater Park and although I adore the music, i found the growling vocals a little off putting. But i have grown to love it. I agree Dirge for November is amazing! Just recently obtained Damnat |
Posted By: frenchie
Date Posted: October 09 2004 at 18:41
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i really wanna check out some of their other stuff but i havent got around to it. I loved blackwater park. Its incredible how they can use acoustic guitars and then build up into death metal screams and riffs. The vocals are so good. ------------- The Worthless Recluse 
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Posted By: Disonant1
Date Posted: October 11 2004 at 02:19
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I discovered Opeth about 2 years ago and devoured everything I could find by them right down to a stellar cover of Celtic Frost's "Circle of Tyrants" and an Iron Maiden cover. I think they have done nothing but improve over the last 5 ------------- One of the Girls Who Rock Prog! |
Posted By: doomsoldier
Date Posted: October 16 2004 at 02:35
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Blackwater Park is amazing, but even after extensive listening to all of Opeth's albums, I've never wavered from my belief that Orchid is still their best. Man, fantastic songs like Forest Of October never get old, and they're rea ------------- "At the mere sight of the shade, so did I quail Hearing him; yet his hintings of disaster Shamed me to valour, as a hind may be Bold in the presence of an honoured master." |
Posted By: goose
Date Posted: October 16 2004 at 13:13
| I didn't find Still Life as interesting as I'd hoped, I'm always left with the impression that they play each riff too many times. (I'm not saying it's terrible, the sound is lovely in both the lighter and the heavier parts, I could just have listened to i |
Posted By: Svein-Frode
Date Posted: October 28 2004 at 10:33
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Hi folks! I got into Opeth when I accidentaly heard a track from Still Life on national radio. I have since acquired all their releases on CD and DVD. I still think Still Life is their best album, but their catalogue have very few weak spo |
Posted By: philippe
Date Posted: October 31 2004 at 12:11
 JUST AN OTHER BAD ALBUM MADE BY A BAD METAL BAND!!! editID>------------- 
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Posted By: goose
Date Posted: October 31 2004 at 12:30
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So being metal makes it automatically bad then, regardless of any other qualities it has? |
Posted By: Bryan
Date Posted: October 31 2004 at 14:00
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[QUOTE=philippe] |
Posted By: Disonant1
Date Posted: October 31 2004 at 15:45
 Whatever, Philippe. Are you so "prog" that you can't see the extensions of prog in the metal genre? Usually, I respect others opinions, but it's pretty hard when it is so narrow minded. G ------------- One of the Girls Who Rock Prog! |
Posted By: philippe
Date Posted: November 01 2004 at 08:27
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[QUOTE=Disonant1] |
Posted By: Bryan
Date Posted: November 01 2004 at 21:12
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[QUOTE=philippe] [QUOTE=Disonant1] |
Posted By: philippe
Date Posted: November 03 2004 at 03:54
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I don't want to waste my time explaining to an unuseful idiot that he is wrong! You are free to think what you want about opeth. I just disapprove totally with the description you make about their music. I'v heard their album Blackwater Park -------------
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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: November 03 2004 at 07:44
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How about the Damnation album, Phillipe? I've not seen you on the forums that much recently, but I know in the past I have respected your generally well considered opinions, so it came as a surprise so see such a vehement put-down of what is ------------- 
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: November 03 2004 at 08:59
^ Kissy kissy! ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: November 11 2004 at 03:44
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Cheeky bugger! -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |