You are stuck in a beautiful future

thats really
you are stucc in a route of confusion

and i have no idea how anyone got that other interpretation.. that just sounds gay..

but i will say that Porcelain Heart.. even though i like it.. is very catchy and mainstream

and none of you have to listen to my opinion but thats just what i think..

this is one of my favorite albums now mainly because its a different side of opeth i havent seen much of, they are becoming something different but i dont think that in a bad way

At the same time, there’s a new Opeth that we’re seeing for the first time, and a lot of us are really enjoying that.

You’re all living in the past FFS. How can you expect a progressive metal band to not progress?

Excellently written review. Rock on.

ps. comparing Opeth to Journey is absolutely ridiculous.

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Sure, Opeth are gods. But this CD is a fucking dud. I don’t ever expect to hear BWP again (I know I should like SL and MAYH more, but fuck you, I don’t), but I like what I like.

There sound has been shifting over the past several albums, and it’s now undeniable that they’re going somewhere else, and I don’t know that I want to follow that.

I had a great girlfriend a few years back who got really into Opeth’s music… then she read the lyrics to “Bleak” and laughed so hard she cried. I was never able to get her back into metal after that experience. Mike’s lyrics suck.

Burden is a “major piece of maudlin dead weight”!? it’s the greatest ballad that king crimson never wrote. and why the fuck are you reviewing opeth if you don’t like 70s prog anyway.

yeah, it’s less brutal and more proggy and mature. it’s understandable why mike wanted to go in a different direction after 5 similar sounding albums.

While you’re taking it on the chin regarding your review (I have yet to finish mine), you can add my voice of dissent as well. The jazz influence on this record is more prominent. It’s more progressive. It’s a softer album but the soloing is phenomenal. The lyrics are just as corny and cliched as always.

The drumming, though, is actually pretty straightforward. It’s solid drumming just not very flashy (except a few minutes into “Porcelain Heart” where he just goes crazy – a highlight).

I actually think this record is better than their last four or five. It sounds better, the compositions get more interesting with every listen and the music generally sounds more heartfelt than it ever has.

I don’t belong to an “Opeth board.” But that’s my take.

Anyways, interesting review. Drummers are…well drummers. I will miss the Martin’s contributions. He couldn’t tour with the band and quit. Hey, does anyone know what the Martins’ sideproject sounded like? So full of promise, but then again doesn’t Mike A write all the music in Opeth? Too bad the new guy isn’t as good as the old guy. But then again, it is just a drummer. The guitarist is another matter. Peter is so hard to replace. Maybe he just needs more time to gel with the band. After all, it took Megadeth a while to get a guitarist that could gel after Chris Poland left.

I wrote off Opeth after Ghost Reveries (I thought it was weak when it came out), but I might give this one a try.

The lyrics picked out in the review are definitely the simplest on the album, but it kind of gives a false perspective. Here are the lyrics to Heir Apparent, should give a little clearer idea how non-cheese this album really is:

So many years to clean the slate
Endless despair within its wake
His touch soiling what used to be clean
His gaze burning on the edge of our dreams
No more

And again he rides in, it’s September and he covets the gullible
Skeletal wish – hunter
A thousand lies, cast from the throne of secrecy

Hear him spewing forth a meaning to miserables lies
See the twisted hand of doubt seal the affair
The insect trust – believer
Your body a vehicle to

Pearls before swine they are nothing but blind
Submit to nothing and swallow my spit of scorn
Invisible king – dying
Procession of woe, struck down by sorrow

A burden so great weighs heavy on old and withered beliefs
The swift solution crumbles beneath the mock notes of a masterpiece
Death in his eyes – waiting
Spiralling judgement, provoked in the rains

This futile test drowned in the levee of deception

In the year of his sovereign
Rid us of your judgement
Heir apparent

Opeth probably isn’t a band you’ll enjoy much, save for a few tracks.

Opeth has always had a pretty minor tone to it. Most of the songs sound either Sad, or Evil. You have to understand that different people listen to music for different reasons. The times I’ve enjoyed Opeth most was when i was going through a breakup from a serious relationship. Opeth is an extremely emotional band, and is best listened to when you’re able to appreciate that emotion.

Bands who dwell on melodramatic content definitely annoy me.That might explain why it’s been a few years I hear about Opeth’s excellency and I have trouble listening to more than a few of their songs.

I might give this one a chance but if this makes me feel depressed rather than somewhat energized the way death metal makes me feel…I wonder what’s the point in listening to it.Maybe I’d appreciate the music more,without these fucking lyrics atop.

Maybe I’ll convince myself to give it a shot,but yeah,that’s not a strong maybe…

Totally.