Opeth
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Topic: Opeth
Posted By: yeshead777
Subject: Opeth
Date Posted: May 25 2009 at 14:56
| I am a new member here on the forums but have visited the site for years. I've been a PROGHEAD for about 35 of my 47 years, but most recently gotten into some of the harder edged stuff. Even some including growl/screaming vocals. I know what most of you Symphonic Proggers like me are gonna say. But if you don't at least check out bands like Opeth-you'll regret it later. They are not only incredibly talented musicians, but songwritiers, and performers too. And you won't find a more professional and discip[lined band that has struggled for years, and its actually paid off, to their pure metal fans, and the proggers, when leader Mikael Akerfeldt started using his apprecciation for prog more and more in Opeth's music.2003"s "Damnation" produced by Steven Wilson is the only Opeth record with all clean vocals and very proggy musically.2005's Ghost Reveries and their latest Watershed also have plenty for the prog lover. I am now a full blown Opeth fan after seeing them live for the first time last week. i was totally blown away. How Akerfeldt goes back and forth from growls to clean(and really good)vocals-you have to see and hear to believe. The sound,lights,venue,everything was top notch-this is a class act Sweedish black metal/progressive metal/scandavanian folk/jazz avant garde/prog band! check em out! |
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Posted By: angelmk
Date Posted: May 25 2009 at 15:32
| Thanx for the recomendation , we will check them out, they must be good as you are saying |
Posted By: Evolutionary Sleeper
Date Posted: May 25 2009 at 16:25
 Oh my.
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Posted By: topofsm
Date Posted: May 25 2009 at 17:39
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Never heard of them. Metal you say? I've always assumed that metal was just a bunch of screamers, but you've put everything in a new perspective for me. ------------- 
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: May 25 2009 at 17:43
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^hey guys! He's new! They're just kidding... |
Posted By: topofsm
Date Posted: May 25 2009 at 17:50
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^Sorry, couldn't resist. Yeah, Opeth is pretty much the most popular band that is completely metal here. Ghost Reveries, Still Life, and Blackwater Park are all in the top 100 albums here. -------------
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Posted By: Statutory-Mike
Date Posted: May 25 2009 at 18:04
Going to see them for the 3rd time tommorrow, they've pretty much become my favorite band over the past year or so  ------------- 
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Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: May 25 2009 at 18:54
Great band 
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Posted By: Plankowner
Date Posted: May 25 2009 at 22:48
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The Prog Metal Team approves this message. |
Posted By: Avantgardehead
Date Posted: May 26 2009 at 03:56
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Look at me, I'm Mikael Åkerfeldt!! *plays clashing blues riffs and sings about how very sad I am* [/light-hearted teasing post] But in all seriousness, this band has chops and Mikael is a great vocalist. Music isn't quite melodic or indie enough for me, though. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Avantgardian |
Posted By: Petrovsk Mizinski
Date Posted: May 26 2009 at 04:10
I really hate party pooping. This place isn't that funny in the first place and doesn't need to be turned into a soulless machine by party pooping. Don't ruin the fun please next time Cacho  ------------- 
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The Quiet One wrote:Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: May 26 2009 at 06:01
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I think most people here know about them
But thanks anyway for the post, and welcome to PA ------------- 
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Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: May 26 2009 at 09:06
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Welcome to PA......home to Dream Theater, Opeth, and a few Genesis fanboys. You'll fit right in. ------------- You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all. |
Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: May 26 2009 at 20:17
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I am also in my 40s and a fan of the 'peth.
------------- "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken |
Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: May 28 2009 at 13:13
| ^ Me too though it took ages before I got used to the Death growls. |
Posted By: Staker
Date Posted: June 01 2009 at 14:31
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I was quite quick with the death growls. I guess it kinda tracks my passage into metal - the first stuff which could be classed as metal I heard was DragonForce (flame me all you like :P), which then evolved towards other bands (Sabbath, DT, Ayreon, Gallery). Then, in comes Metallica, which started to get me into more "exotic" vocals (they're not really growls but they can just be generally louder/more moody), then a bit of Riverside, then soon my friends are reccomending me heavier and heavier stuff. Opeth was inevitable. Got into them in the space of 2 weeks, now I love these growls :P ------------- I > You. |
Posted By: darksideof
Date Posted: June 01 2009 at 22:18
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My 39th birthday will be in 25 days and I also love Opeth all their albums are superbly great. My favorites are Still Life, Damnation, deliverence, Black Water Park and their last.. I really can't believe that i really got into them. Growing up in a Catholic and Christian home, this type of music specially Death Metal wasn't totally allow and un Godly. In other words Satanic music. I still don't play their music when the family is around. Well, most Metal bands were and maybe that was the reason I didn't get into metal in the 80's as a teen. I remember the first time I heard Opeth's Deliverance I really liked the album, but the lyrics and Mike's vocals scared the hell out of me and it was very disturbing. Until I heard Damnation I was totally embraced and convinced that Opeth was a very special and incredibly talent band. I stopped judging their songs lyrics. It took about 2 years to really enjoy and praised Mike growls. I really liked everything else except his vocals. I also saw them live last winter and they were incredibly awesome live. Now I think Opeth are one of the most original bands out there. As Gentle Giants were in the 70's. This past Saturday I bought my first Opeth T. Shirt. Can you believe it? If you were to tell me that in 2009 I was going to wear a fan T.shirt of a Metal band? I would say that you are totally insane. ------------- http://darksideofcollages.blogspot.com/ http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Darksideof-Collages/ |
Posted By: Jake Kobrin
Date Posted: June 01 2009 at 23:57
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Other than Ghost Reveries there's nothing the least bit satanic about Opeth's music.
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Posted By: Dim
Date Posted: June 02 2009 at 15:54
I think he was reffereing to the stereotype that all bands with harsh vocals are "satanic". My Mom thinks so too, and it's extremely aggravating! She tried banning the music from the house, but the effort was futile, and now basically 90% of the metal I listen to invoves screaming of some sort.
Opeth kind of opened the doors for me as far as extreme metal goes, but I'm really not much of a fan. Like most progressive groups, they've put themselves in a point of no return, where every song and album follows a trend or formula. Heavy, soft, heavy, soft, heavy soft. It would be nice if they were to experiment more, or try something new with the instrumentation... but I dont think it will happen. ------------- 
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Posted By: angelmk
Date Posted: June 02 2009 at 18:30
i considered bying Opeth t shirt also, but the salesman realy piced me of telling me my t shirt stucked somewhere in Czech republic, so i still didn't get it
 . i'am waiting.. and i have also that problem like yourself my family consider death metal growls as insane , so they are yelling to me all the time , but that music rooted deeply inside me so no matter their screaming to me i keep listening it and just ignore their rage , maybe some day they will understand me , hopefully .. but i doubt that |
Posted By: darksideof
Date Posted: June 03 2009 at 00:58
yeap that was my point.. thanks ------------- http://darksideofcollages.blogspot.com/ http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Darksideof-Collages/ |
Posted By: darksideof
Date Posted: June 03 2009 at 01:02
Well I am not to that level yet of playing it while they are around. I guess I never will.
becuase for the past 20 years I had never played real early pink floyd music and avant garde songs from John Coltrane or Ornette Coleman when my family is around.------------- http://darksideofcollages.blogspot.com/ http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Darksideof-Collages/ |
Posted By: darksideof
Date Posted: June 03 2009 at 01:08
I am sorry to hear that buddy! ------------- http://darksideofcollages.blogspot.com/ http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Darksideof-Collages/ |
Posted By: bsms810
Date Posted: July 07 2009 at 18:08
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Ah the mighty Opeth, my fave band... glad theres a fair bit of appreciation for them on this forum despite the growls (which I personally enjoy) as they thoroughly deserve it in my humble opinion ------------- 'when was the last time you had a girlfriend?' 'I dont look at it as when, I look at it as who...and why' - David Brent |
Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: July 07 2009 at 18:18
Haha, clearly a newbie.  Welcome to the 'chives, man.  |
Posted By: Michelle1PA
Date Posted: July 08 2009 at 10:54
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I can't claim to be a big fan of Opeth, but I do enjoy some of their music. They are in the category of music that kind of "fills out" my musical collection. I tend to listen to some overly similar bands, so when I have the urge for something different, they're one way to go. I can't claim to really "like" the growling yet, but I can tolerate them now, and I think Ackerfeldt has wonderful clean vocals. My preferred Opeth album is Still Life, and I like their softer album Damnation. My other favorite songs are Bleak and The Leper Affinity(cool song name too!) off of Blackwater Park. |