An Idea for Opeth's 8th album

[DemonOfTheFall]

Why not make a double-disc live album? I've always loved Iced Earth's "Alive in Athens". That would just kick ass, I mean, seeing Opeth live just blew me away. If I thought I had heard the best music in the world by listening to their cd's, I was wrong, once I saw them in the flesh and heard it from their amps, I've considered that the ultimate form.

+: plus, if their puzzled as what to do next, this would be a logical step; they have more than enough material to do it (I mean 7 albums including Damnation, that's A LOT!). And think they're big enough to play a set long enough for that too.

 

[Protected Witness]

I like that Idea!

 

[Nugent Goes AOL]

IMO, live albums are nothing special. not that i wouldnt want to hear an opeth live album, but i'd rather hear more studio material...

 

[murderedbysound]

possibly all Insrtamental stuff

i like that idea..not that i dont like Mikes vox or anythnig..just when they go off its just so badass

 

[DemonOfTheFall]

Originally posted by Nugent Goes AOL
IMO, live albums are nothing special. not that i wouldnt want to hear an opeth live album, but i'd rather hear more studio material...

More studio material?? Well I might be able to understand that from the viewpoint of thinking live albums aren't anything special. But doesn't anybody else agree Opeth's last studio experience earns them a break from being enclosed in a small room for many months on end? I mean we all know what happens if you don't take a break from the studio. And look, they're releasing three albums in three consecutive years. ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?! (sry, too much Gladiator...)

I don't know, I think they might not do this (as the next step, like Dodens said), but I just think it'd be a good idea. That is of course, as long as the quality doesn't mirror that of the Tokyo Showdown, but more like Alive in Athens (some of the best live recordings quality-wise, imho).

 

[IanDork107]

I don't want a live album. It's a waste.

 

[ProgMetalFan]

For Opeth's 8th album... I'd like to see them pursue a more electronic trip-hop direction.... some urban night music. Gentle, delicate, morose... slightly disturbing and avant garde.

 

[blakmetalemp]

Originally posted by IanDork107
I don't want a live album. It's a waste.

Maybe to those who have actually got the chance to see Opeth, to those like me who havent and may never a live album is the next best thing.

 

[Sfarog]

Mike said he doesn't like live albums, they're boring. (and i agree)

Sorry for killing your thread





p.s. He said would think about a live DVD though.

 

[DemonOfTheFall]

Originally posted by blakmetalemp
Maybe to those who have actually got the chance to see Opeth, to those like me who havent and may never a live album is the next best thing.

Trust me man, it isn't a waste. I've seen them live, and that's more of a reason I'd like to have a live album of theirs.

 

[DemonOfTheFall]

Originally posted by Sfarog
Mike said he doesn't like live albums, they're boring. (and i agree)

Sorry for killing your thread





p.s. He said would think about a live DVD though.

That doesn't kill this thread man, ppl will speculate nonetheless. And now that I think about it, I'd rather a live DVD than a live CD, so that gives me more hope than doubt.

 

[Parasite]

OR how about for an 8th album they just make another album as good as Morningrise? Sounds good to me.

Really though, I think live albums are dumb.

 

[Jim LotFP]

Live albums are only worth it if:

They change the songs somehow (else what the fuck is the point? That's what I hate about metal concerts... DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITH THE FUCKING SONGS!), therefore giving you something different than what you've already got... many Opeth songs have great possibilities for jams... and frankly, there's plenty of an opportunity for an Opeth concert to be one long jam, weaving in and out of parts of their songs to make one cohesive whole.

OR

... they play songs live that have not yet been recorded (I wish a band would be courageous enough to do a live album of stuff that will NEVER be done in a studio...!)

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY

No overdubs. I defy anyone to name me live albums with no studio fucking about (Unleashed in the East's vocals were done in Ozzy's house in England, Live After Death's guitars weren't live, etc)... if you fuck up, either keep it on record, or go play another fucking concert to record.

Otherwise, fuck live albums. Lied about studio recordings, with crowd noise over them, of songs I already have on CD are a waste of my goddamn life.

 

[ProgMetalFan]

Originally posted by Jim LotFP
Live albums are only worth it if:

They change the songs somehow (else what the fuck is the point? That's what I hate about metal concerts... DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITH THE FUCKING SONGS!), therefore giving you something different than what you've already got... many Opeth songs have great possibilities for jams... and frankly, there's plenty of an opportunity for an Opeth concert to be one long jam, weaving in and out of parts of their songs to make one cohesive whole.

When attending concerts, I prefer to hear live interpretations that are faithful to the recorded versions. Also, I loathe jamming. I pay to hear the songs I love by a band I love... not some inane jamming.

 

[frayededges]

Originally posted by Sfarog
Mike said he doesn't like live albums, they're boring. (and i agree)

Sorry for killing your thread





p.s. He said would think about a live DVD though.

You beat me to it. Yes. Mike's not particularly interested in live releases, he says.

Personally I don't care WHAT they do for their next album, as long as I can get my twitchy fingers on it when it comes out. Heh.

 

[Jim LotFP]

Originally posted by ProgMetalFan
When attending concerts, I prefer to hear live interpretations that are faithful to the recorded versions. Also, I loathe jamming. I pay to hear the songs I love by a band I love... not some inane jamming.

Didn't you already pay to hear the songs in a more perfect version on record?

This is why I don't understand concerts.

 

[Till Fjalls]

I have a better idea!

They should write the next album, then record a live version of it, and release that. Let the live version sit for a few months so we can all digest it, then they head into the studio and record the actual album, with all their layers and nuances added...It'd be cool to experience music that way, going from minimalism to completeness, as opposed to the opposite. Plus, they'd actually have the music down and rehearsed(due to the live performances), so the final result might be quite amazing!

But that'll never happen.

 

[Jim LotFP]

Originally posted by Till Fjalls
I have a better idea!

They should write the next album, then record a live version of it, and release that. Let the live version sit for a few months so we can all digest it, then they head into the studio and record the actual album, with all their layers and nuances added...It'd be cool to experience music that way, going from minimalism to completeness, as opposed to the opposite. Plus, they'd actually have the music down and rehearsed(due to the live performances), so the final result might be quite amazing!

But that'll never happen.

I'd buy that for a dollar.

 

[Bleakest Harvest]

I wouldn't really care too much for a live album. I have practically a full set of Opeth bootlegs from their last tour, so thats enough. A live DVD with extra shit (perhaps video clip or two) would be phenomenal however

 

[Mariner]

uhm, i would prefer a dvd then...
or like Within Temptation did, a live dvd with a CD as well with the same sounds that would be ace