sammorgz Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Looks like they're doing these dates with Deftones & then onto Euro fests (inc Download). Surprised they're supporting as I thought they'd be playing big rooms themselves given their lack of activity over here. Yeah, thought as much. I'll consider doing the day of Download that they're playing depending on who else plays that day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merzbow Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Any Opeth fans on here? I've only really heard the track "sorceress", which I really liked. Any albums worth grabbing? Â Blackwater Park is possibly their best work but you can't really go wrong with any album, they've been a solid band throughout. Damnation is real great prog-rock album, not metal whatsoever but my personal fav of theirs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Bellenda Carlisle Posted November 28, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted November 28, 2016 Any Opeth fans on here? I've only really heard the track "sorceress", which I really liked. Any albums worth grabbing? Deliverance is my fave, the last few minutes of the title track is one of my favourite bits in music ever. I like Ghost Reveries too but I don't think it's considered one of their best. They've become a very different band now, they used to use lots of Death metal "dirty" vocals and heavy sections interchanging with softer jazz and prog style stuff. They've completely dropped the heavy death metal aspect on their last couple of albums however and gone in a much more 70s prog direction. They're still talented guys and I respect them doing what they want but for me the heavy parts were a big part of their appeal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.E Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Ahh cool ok. I have been given a few albums (I think up until, and not including, Heritage?) so will check them out. Â The prog stuff I'm "ok" with, as I like that sort of stuff anyway. Where does the "BWOOOOOR" style vocals drop off, as whilst I don't mind that in small doses, if its like all the time, I'll probably skip some of those albums hah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Bellenda Carlisle Posted November 28, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted November 28, 2016 I might have been wrong about Ghost Reveries not being one of their best received albums  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobra_gordo Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 (edited) I remember Ghost Reveries being really well received, all the metal magazines were all over it in end of year awards. It's a good album but they've never topped Blackwater Park for me. Still Life is great too. Edited November 28, 2016 by cobra_gordo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Opeth one of my all time favourite bands, and got the emblem covering most of my upper arm. Ghost Riveries is a great album, as are virtually all of them come to think of it, but Blackwater Park is considered both their masterpiece and a groundbreaking metal record to boot. They've received an unfair amount of flack over the last three albums because they've headed in a different direction. If people were able to their head out of their arses they'd see that they (Heritage, Pale Communion and the most recent Sorceress) are great albums in their own right. If you have Spotify, search 'Metal Talk' and you'll find a two part interview going over the history of the band in great detail and they have tunes from the periods they cover along the way too as you listen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Bellenda Carlisle Posted November 28, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted November 28, 2016 Opeth - They've received an unfair amount of flack over the last three albums because they've headed in a different direction. If people were able to their head out of their arses they'd see that they (Heritage, Pale Communion and the most recent Sorceress) are great albums in their own right. I agree that the albums aren't a bad listen, the problem for me is like you said, they were a groundbreaking band. Now they're so dedicated to doing a tribute to 70s prog rock that They have a song in the style of the band Goblin and they called it Goblin. I think it would probably be the best day of Mikael Akerfelt's life if someone heard Opeth on the radio and thought it was a 40 year old record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 (edited) Don't get me wrong, my "head out of arses" comment wasn't aimed at anyone on here, more a general comment on the people who like to have a moan that they're not a death metal band anymore, which they never totally were to begin with, they had so much going on and were influenced from so many different things which is what drew so many to them in the first. The change in direction could be due to a number of factors, such as lineup chsnges over the years, but even then it is still very much Mikael's band the same way that Metallica is James' & Lars' band, Iron Maiden is Steve Harris' band and KISS is Gene & Paul's band. They're at the stage now were they can do what they want to do, 12 albums in they're as big as they're going to get unless they wrote a new Dark Side of the Moon. Edited November 28, 2016 by WyattSheepMask Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merzbow Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 The problem with modern Opeth is that it's not a patch on Damnation from 2003 which did the prog thing almost perfectly before they decided to take that path indefinitely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 KISS UK Tour 2017: May 27th - Glasgow SSE Hydro May 28th - Birmingham Barcleycard Arena May 30th - Manchester Arena May 31st - London O2 Arena Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted November 29, 2016 Author Paid Members Share Posted November 29, 2016 Any Opeth fans on here? I've only really heard the track "sorceress", which I really liked. Any albums worth grabbing? yeh, like everyone else is saying if you like that track you're probably better off starting with the newer stuff and working backwards. I like Opeth but i wouldn't consider myself a massive fan, mainly down to not have put the time into digesting the back catalogue, it's a hefty chunk of listening. I love Blackwater Park and Ghost Reveries though, great albums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 (edited) Hellfest has revealed its 2017 lineup: Edited November 30, 2016 by WyattSheepMask Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.E Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 That looks pretty insane! Might have to check with Mrs.E about a trip to France..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted November 30, 2016 Author Paid Members Share Posted November 30, 2016 yeh, i went to Hellfest last year, it's worth a trip. Â I ain't going next year but that lineup is insane again. The Warzone stage which pretty much consists of the bands on the bottom section of the poster is amazing, it's a tiny little arena on it's own that's set up to look like a rusty old prison camp, great setting and the sound it crushing. Great stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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