Recent content by ReverieUnfold

Aesthetically, Morningrise or Deliverance; lyrically, Watershed or Blackwater Park; in overall concept, Deliverance but probably Watershed.

In D.C., 02/04: "We've been doing a lot of crack cocaine and heroin."

I received my limited edition copy of The Roundhouse Tapes DVD today. While the epic package mesmerizes, I was dismayed to find upon watching on a MacBook and listening with headphones that the volume levels of the audio recording itself fluctuate pretty badly throughout most of the show. While...

Indeed, I've thought before that Opeth's title Still Life might have been inspired by that of Van Der Graaf Generator as possibly as by Still Life's self-titled album. Also, Orchid is a Black Sabbath instrumental and Morningrise a song by English shoegaze group Slowdive.

Anyone passing through the Pittsburgh area on their way? I'd appreciate being able to contribute less gas money to a ride than I would money to a Greyhound ticket otherwise. This might be my fifth Opeth show.

... This is the Roundhouse Tapes premiere, as indicated on the official Opeth website, Blabbermouth.net, etc.

Based on these still lacking distinctions between 'melody' and 'riff', I'd say Moonlapse Vertigo is arguably the winner. Most of its guitar melodies are stretched across multiple measures, and repeated for similar numbers; it almost creates a notion of true movements within the piece. One...

The setlists thus far (or rather, given accounts of the one setlist Opeth have to my knowledge stuck with) are in main page topics, but: Heir Apparent The Grand Conjuration Serenity Painted Death Hope Leaves The Lotus Eater Bleak The Night and the Silent Water Deliverance Demon of the Fall...

Tablature in which numerical notes are directly above or below each other denotes chords in those instances; those notes are played simultaneously on the strings referred to by each line of dashes. That means '3 and 4' are played at the same time, followed by '5 and 6' then '7 and 8' -- all on...

Google "marijuana alzheimer's".

Lopez is/was a confirmed stoner; I've seen numerous pictures even just on this forum of him and a fan after blazing, after emerging from woods having blazed, etc. Similar stories of Mendez come as no surprise; I believe it's inferable from some chapter of the Opeth biography that the Martins...

While I agree with your (and most others') notion that each Opeth album differs significantly from the rest, your defending points are a bit flawed: Ghost Reveries has more psychedelic influence (esp. on tracks 2-4) than any Opeth album except -maybe- Watershed. While Damnation is indeed...

Before noticing this thread has three pages rather than just one, there were several defenses and user-specific replies I wanted to make. Having now read the rest and seen some of what I'd in mind 'taken care of', this is all that's left: 18 of the 30 normal threads -- all polls -- on the...

At Opeth's headlining Prog Nation show in Pittsburgh, I bought a Watershed tour t-shirt printed by O-Merch. Being very picky about clothing, particularly shirt quality -- e.g., how fine is the material, how easily does it fray, how clear is the print and how does it hold up -- I was pleased to...

"Harvest" is lovely, but I think "Patterns in the Ivy II" is the most supremely beautiful song I've ever heard. Patterns.