Let me explain:
I'm not talking about how much you love a song, or your favorite guitar solo in an Opeth song. I'm talking about an instant in time - probably instances that occurred the first time you heard an Opeth song.
Here's two of those instances that come to my mind - and these moments occurred the first time I heard either of these songs:
1. Demon of the Fall - so here I am listening to a heavy deep song with Mikael growling at his finest. Then comes that "moment": I arrive at this bridge, and this incredible change from a heavy pounding to this amazing guitar bridge. I swear at that moment, my spine stood up.
2. Closure - I'm not usually listening to lyrics too closely, but I'm gripped the first time listning to this song. Then the words: "In the rays of the sun, I am longing for the darkness" which for whatever reason, I just immediately fall in love with that verse. Little did I know that was the ending of the build-up: again, as in Demon of the Fall, the first note of the outtro is struck, and I feel this shock of amazement go through me - it was like I was struck hard with an invisible beam of music.
So - any "moments" you'd like to share?
I'm not talking about how much you love a song, or your favorite guitar solo in an Opeth song. I'm talking about an instant in time - probably instances that occurred the first time you heard an Opeth song.
Here's two of those instances that come to my mind - and these moments occurred the first time I heard either of these songs:
1. Demon of the Fall - so here I am listening to a heavy deep song with Mikael growling at his finest. Then comes that "moment": I arrive at this bridge, and this incredible change from a heavy pounding to this amazing guitar bridge. I swear at that moment, my spine stood up.
2. Closure - I'm not usually listening to lyrics too closely, but I'm gripped the first time listning to this song. Then the words: "In the rays of the sun, I am longing for the darkness" which for whatever reason, I just immediately fall in love with that verse. Little did I know that was the ending of the build-up: again, as in Demon of the Fall, the first note of the outtro is struck, and I feel this shock of amazement go through me - it was like I was struck hard with an invisible beam of music.
So - any "moments" you'd like to share?