Opeth= best band in the world.

Brisk.

Dont be silly, pearl jam are better than opeth - at any time

opeth are ok

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I BrisK I wrote:

Dont be silly, pearl jam are better than opeth - at any time

opeth are ok

i love pearl jam more than anything else in the world... but being honest... they don't come even close to what opeth can do... music, vocals, everything is better done by opeth, pearl jam has better lyrics, i must admit.

Echoes

Man I don't know the name of anyone in Opeth but they are phenoms at what they do. Some of the acoustic guitar work they have is flat out amazing.

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Echoes wrote:

Man I don't know the name of anyone in Opeth but they are phenoms at what they do. Some of the acoustic guitar work they have is flat out amazing.

Mikael Akerfeldt- vocals, guitar
Peter Lindgren- guitar
Martin Mendez- bass
Martin Lopez- drums
Per Wiberg- keyboards (new addition)

i found it funny that by the time boom joined pearl jam, per joined opeth... something weird going on between my two favorite bands, hehe

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Echoes wrote:

Man I don't know the name of anyone in Opeth but they are phenoms at what they do. Some of the acoustic guitar work they have is flat out amazing.

and talking about the acoustic guitar work... listen to "benighted" ... DAMN!! if you pay attention to what they are playing you will be amazed at how good they are

i know it's not "acoustic" , but listen to Windowpane and tell me it's not one of the best songs ever written!!!

Echoes

They've sounded like they have moved away from the MDM sound that they used to be known for. Ghost Reveries is a pretty progressive piece of work at parts. I can't name specific songs, but it definately does not sound like Death Metal to me.

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Echoes wrote:

They've sounded like they have moved away from the MDM sound that they used to be known for. Ghost Reveries is a pretty progressive piece of work at parts. I can't name specific songs, but it definately does not sound like Death Metal to me.

calling opeth death metal is just as wrrong as calling pearl jam grunge. it's just stupid!

but again... i don't know what kind of music they play... i guess it's a genre all of their own... maybe progressive melodic metallic stoner rock? or something like that, hahaha

i'm a fan of some metal, death metal, black metal and stuff... but opeth is not a part of those bands, besides they don't use stupid lyrics like: i will suck your eyeballs out and swallow your blood through the wounds, all in the name of my darkest master satan... or shit like that.

Echoes

Lyrics do not define a death metal band in the least. It is just plain ignorant to think they do. It may be popular opinion, and there are crtainly bands that tend toward gory lyrical themes, but you are just plain pigeonholing Death Metal bands

I've heard Opeth called progressive death metal, and that is as good of a moniker as any for me. They definately show some melodic influences, from bands like At The Gates

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Echoes wrote:

Lyrics do not define a death metal band in the least. It is just plain ignorant to think they do. It may be popular opinion, and there are crtainly bands that tend toward gory lyrical themes, but you are just plain pigeonholing Death Metal bands

I've heard Opeth called progressive death metal, and that is as good of a moniker as any for me. They definately show some melodic influences, from bands like At The Gates

I agree, i'm sure i was stretching it too much, but you get what i'm trying to say. And yeah, i think At The Gates pretty much defined the style of music that all these Swedish bands are playing. (especially Soilwork, IMO)

Anon

not impressed....

all4

Pearl Jam and toast

terrible.

ugh.

BrotherLoveBone

I usually don't like music with death vocals but Opeth is different coz the dark vocals give such a nice contrast to the softer parts and make the songs more intense. It's not just constant growling, which can get boring after a while.

Saw them live a while ago and they sounded excellent. Wouldn't say they are the best or compare them with PJ both are great in what they're doing. Good music can be done in so many different ways but from progressive metal bands i've began liking Opeth more than Tool or Dredg.

Thought that seeing NIN play Hurt live would be the best live experience of the year for me but Demon of the fall really blew me away.

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BrotherLoveBone wrote:

I usually don't like music with death vocals but Opeth is different coz the dark vocals give such a nice contrast to the softer parts and make the songs more intense. It's not just constant growling, which can get boring after a while.

Saw them live a while ago and they sounded excellent. Wouldn't say they are the best or compare them with PJ both are great in what they're doing. Good music can be done in so many different ways but from progressive metal bands i've began liking Opeth more than Tool or Dredg.

Thought that seeing NIN play Hurt live would be the best live experience of the year for me but Demon of the fall really blew me away.

You're right, i think all those bands are great at what they do, NIN has been one of my best live experiences, especially Hurt, of course not as good as pearl jam live...

and man... i envy you!!! demon of the fall live... how did you come out alive from that?!

by the way... check this out:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1077205075356637823&q=opeth

the sounds sucks, it's terrible, but it's a good way to see how fucking cool opeth are live

BrotherLoveBone

worldwide_suicide wrote:

You're right, i think all those bands are great at what they do, NIN has been one of my best live experiences, especially Hurt, of course not as good as pearl jam live...

and man... i envy you!!! demon of the fall live... how did you come out alive from that?!

by the way... check this out:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1077205075356637823&q=opeth

the sounds sucks, it's terrible, but it's a good way to see how fucking cool opeth are live

Well it was pretty intense. They are pretty popular here sold out 3 nights in a row and their album was in the top10 for a while so they had no problem getting the crowd going.

The sound really sucks in that link but
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=opeth&btnG=Search+Video
at least drapery falls sounds ok

Cheers!

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BrotherLoveBone wrote:

Well it was pretty intense. They are pretty popular here sold out 3 nights in a row and their album was in the top10 for a while so they had no problem getting the crowd going.

The sound really sucks in that link but
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=opeth&btnG=Search+Video
at least drapery falls sounds ok

Cheers!

Thanks for the link, i can see it's part of the lamentations DVD,a MUST, everyone should check out that link BrotherLoveBone gave us!!!

viggs20

A better link : [url=mms://straum.nrk.no/Musikk/2003-06-16/Opeth_300k.wmv]mms://straum.nrk.no/Musikk/2003-06-16/Opeth_300k.wmv[/url]

Or go to http://bootleg.freakin.nl and look for Opeth video.

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viggs20 wrote:

A better link : [url=mms://straum.nrk.no/Musikk/2003-06-16/Opeth_300k.wmv]mms://straum.nrk.no/Musikk/2003-06-16/Opeth_300k.wmv[/url]

Or go to http://bootleg.freakin.nl and look for Opeth video.

damn, it's not working here!! what's the song they're playing?

viggs20

worldwide_suicide wrote:

damn, it's not working here!! what's the song they're playing?

Its a whole concert video from their Deliverance tour I believe...the first song is Godhead's Lament.

Echoes

I just listened to Blackwater Park for the first time.

Hooooooly shit. That is a fucking amazing album.

transplant

worldwide_suicide wrote:

Yes. they are.

comments?

at the moment, yes. they are. Saw them twice this year. at times you can't believe what you are hearing.