First of all, the GEPR accepts contributions from anyone. It's not meant to be a source of "objective" information, since anyone can send a review of her favourite progressive band. How can one objectively describe music ? (see my self-descrpition, hehe) You'll forever be in-between the artist's intention (which is unknown to anyone BUT the artist) and your personal view of the music, no ? Can you write a sentence about Opeth which would be universal and agreed upon by everybody ?
OK, the "he" refered to in the next four quotes is me, so I'll respond.
He claimed that no riff ever repeats in MAYH everyone knows Credence repeats 2 riffs and they are almost exactly the same ( no variation ).
OK, so does a riff in April Ethereal and Amen Corner and probably somewhere else, but it's always in an A-B-A sequence, so I don't think it should be mentioned. "Oh, no riff ever repeats, except this and that and that and another, but only after one other riff". I don't think a review needs this.
His Mornigrise review is exactly what I thought about this album after first listening. He dind't bother to listen to it again.
Those review are shallow and are focused only on technic.
Don't even bother to read that crap.
I've listened to Morningrise quite a lot - more than I've listened to Orchid, by the way, and almost as much as the last three - not EXACTLY as much, because it's not my favourite. Unfortunately, unlike the other 4 Opeth albums, Morningrise does not improve for me with each consecutive listen - probably even the opposite. I did note in the end, that many Opeth fans have this album as their favourite - here's your "objectivity" gizmo.
Technic ? Sorry ? Please cite an example. I've been focusing on style, composition and the feelings I get from the music. I hope you understand that Opeth is not a wank-band that relies solely on technicality.
I think he should extend his great thoughts.
If Morningrise tracks are wasted becasue of their "unrelated parts structure" the I dare to say that most of the music out there is wasted by releasing it on CDs that contain may unrelated songs.
Wow, even Lenin couldn't have said it better. Sorry, this one reeks of panic and should be discarded.
Noooooooooooo! I can't stand that!!
He says that BWP is a cold apathy.
Do something and delete those horrible reviews!
If you read it more carefully, you'll see that the BWP review is POSITIVE (that means "GOOD" !)... and the word "apathy" is right next to "scorn" and "disillusionment" - it takes great talent to reflect these feelings in music with such tremendous effect. Refer to Mikael's recent interviews - these are not only my subjective feelings from this album. And to avoid any misunderstandings, BWP is in my top 5 of all time.
D Mullholand