Recent content by Porcupetheaterpplin

I like growls, but enjoy Damnation more than any other Opeth album because of the large Steven Wilson influence.

I have been growling like cookie monster since I was five, but have trouble screaming high, like Devin Townsend. Can anyone give advice on developing a higher, more black metal scream.

I attended the May 16th show in Columbus, which was with Progressive Nation and not a headlining gig, and they played the following songs: 1. Master's Apprentices 2. The Baying of the Hounds 3. To Rid the Disease 4. Wreath 5. Heir Apparent 6. The Drapery Falls

I want to learn Planet Smasher and Wrong Side and would greatly appreciate tabs.

I shall save my Watershed virginity until purchase. I had heard Ghost of Perdition and The Grand Conjuration about a million times before Ghost Reveries came out, causing my first time listening to the album to resemble this: 1. boring, 2. badass, 3. badass, 4. badass, 5. badass, 6...

I agree with you. Censorship reflects ignorance about music (or any other medium) and a disregard for personal responsibility.

Neither group makes me want to go out and buy its albums. As a fan of classic rock, and Black Sabbath, I never really understood how either of them were supposed to have followed in Sabbath's footsteps. They both sound much too European (to my American ears) and much too "metal" in the cheesy...

The solo in White Cluster amazes me, but I think Serenity Painted Death the better song, both more brutal and more beautiful.

First, a lot of Scottish and Irish (Celtic) peoples did immigrate to the U.S. (obviously). Some of my ancestors came from Virginia to Kentucky, then finally to Southern Ohio. In Tennessee they sing Irish folk songs so old they have died out in Ireland itself. Second, I merely used Scottish as...

My Danish uncle (and fellow Opeth fan) and my aunt who lived in Denmark and speaks Danish have both told me they can understand Swedish and Norwegian. I can hardly imagine understanding a foreign language without having to study it. I struggle enough to understand Scots who talk fast. What a...

A friend came back from college and introduced me to Opeth while I was still attending high school. I have no idea what album he put on. The most extreme metal I had ever heard was Metallica so I hated the screaming. He went to college, but a month or 2 later I downloaded some Opeth (I know I...

Okay... I restrained myself from posting an enormous political diatribe, but I must respond to Black Session's remark, "Maybe its about time a war is waged in your country, perhaps then you'll learn." Maybe its about time you WIN a war in your country, perhaps then you'll learn the value of a...

I thought this appropriate for the forum (Guitar World), but it has probably been answered previously. It interests me because I recently started playing guitar. Mikael and Fredrik, how did you develop your guitar technique and style? By what process did you go from knowing nothing to...

I never heard that line.