I had a debate on the Symphony X forum with some guys that were ardent in their claim that Opeth isn't a death metal band, but a prog metal one. What do you think?
Personally I don't try to over think this stuff, to me Opeth is Opeth, a metal band that has it's own style and which I love to listen to.
I'd go with progressive death
Taken from http://www.metal-archives.com/ they're "extreme progressive metal"...I'd go with progressive death
[KOTNO]Narrot;8094638 said:best thread in a while. glad to see the good threads coming back
It's clearly death metal, how can you not find it? Not only the growls, but also SO many riffs, and songs... it's hard to believe some people are so ignorant about that. Also, death metal is a pretty vast category.. just underlining it. If you think death metal = Cannibal Corpse, then alright, Opeth isn't death metal, but you sure are dumb.