WATERSHED

Opeth

Tech/Extreme Prog Metal

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Evolver
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Here it is, the long awaited positive Opeth review from Evolver.

The album is tithed "Watershed", and a watershed it is. This is the type of album that this band seems to have been moving towards with their last few releases. Much less death metal, and much more subtlety and texture. Sure, the "growling", or as I have been calling it "vomiting" vocals are still there, but they are few and far between. The best use of this "technique" is in Hessian Peel, where it is used for emphasis only a couple of times, and the stark contrast to the normal vocals makes the effect work.

And the compositions to me are much better than usual. There is quite a bit of fine acoustic guitar work, and more good keyboards that I can recall on the other Opeth albums I have heard.

I understand the die hard (pun intended) fans of Opeth may be disappointed in the direction they are going, but I like it.

Evolver | 4/5 | 2010-9-1

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