Antithesis of Opeth in your collection

[John Gargo]

What bands are represented in your collection that you see as the COMPLETE antithesis of Opeth...

Hammerfall
Dokken
Motley Crue :Spin:

Those are about as un-Opeth as you can get I'd say.... anyone else?

 

[L0bster]

Dunno really. Most stuff actually feels related to opeth, in one farfetched way or another. But since I bought a lot of albums beofre my opethian time, and since I have bought lots of album during opethless times thereafter there's bound to be some antithesis-records.

Can't think of any obvious, maybe "Danzig - s/t" aint that opethish?

 

[EveOfDarkness]

Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory (THE gateway metal album) hehe

 

[Disgustipated]

Well, seeing as I listen to ALOT of shit that is not metal, and even more that's nothing like Opeth, there'd be a helluvalot.. a few:

Sigur Rós
Bach
Beethoven
Mozart
Armin van Buuren (!)
Frenzal Rhomb
John Butler Trio (before they were popular - motherfuckers)
Mötley Crüe
Nirvana
R.E.M
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Ben Harper
etc etc etc...

..but then again, in many ways, many of these bands/artists could be considered very much like Opeth..

 

[BannedLOL]

nobody can come up with anything that's not a metal band?

 

[Disgustipated]

nobody can come up with anything that's not a metal band?

*see my post*

 

[BannedLOL]

*see my post*

see the times on our posts. i clearly started typing mine before you submitted yours PWND

 

[Disgustipated]

see the times on our posts. i clearly started typing mine before you submitted yours PWND

Whatever, lamoid.

 

[Mr. Josey Wales]

van halen....

 

[John Gargo]

nobody can come up with anything that's not a metal band?

I listen to a lot of prog rock, but in my opinion that stuff is very much related to Opeth's sound.

 

[dew]

Given the way some Opeth fans act...

Dream Theater.

 

[todd1726]

The Cure
Duran Duran
Dido
Bad Brains
Nirvana

pretty much anything that doesn't put the focus on long song arrangements, heaviness, being progressive, being a complete virtuoso on your instrument, etc.

-Todd

 

[blinkgreenozzy]

uhhhh probly slipknot sadly and a britney spears cd my grandma bought me way back in 6th grade which is collecting dust somewhere

 

[:Wreath:]

Rage Against The Machine....


So kill me

 

[Hügelgräber]

I think those would fit in the most:

Rammstein
Herbert Grönemeyer ¿
Roxette (can't even remember where or when I bought it )
Guns'n'Roses
...the classic stuff

 

[harvest_moon]

Most of my music collection now stems from the discovery of Opeth and the journey that led me on. But erm... the offspring, slipknot, ya know all the shit we all listened to when we where kids.

 

[Kenneth R.]

Bob Marley
Björk
Third Eye Blind
Marillion
Yanni

etc.

 

[FUBAR]

Morrissey
Uncle Tupelo
The Cure
Tangerine Dream
Smiths
Nick drake
Johnny Cash
Sigur ros
Mogwai

 

[vampyrouss]

Personally for me The Locust with songs clocking in at 1 minute compared to Opeths 10 minute songs. They couldn't be more different really.

 

[liquidcow]

Maybe Autechre because it's entirely electronic, usually very mechanical and cold sounding, sounds nothing like Opeth generally, and they say they know nothing about musical theory, wheras Opeth clearly know a lot. However, both are quite progressive, and Autechre do have quite a few very long tracks.

Other than that, um, Fourtet, Tori Amos, LCD Soundsystem, Plus-Tech Squeezebox, Susumu Yokota, Saul Williams, they're all about as far removed from Opeth as I can think of in my collection being as they're mostly non-guitar-orientated and prone to shorter songs. Still, I'd say most of those could be described as progressive in some way.