Are Opeth really a metal band?

[The Master]

Or are they really a progressive rock band that happens to be heavily influenced by metal?

I'm tending towards the latter. Maybe I'm insane.

Discuss.

 

[NFU]

Or are they really a progressive rock band that happens to be heavily influenced by metal?

I'm tending towards the latter. Maybe I'm insane.

Discuss.

uhh.

Theyre a metal band.....whos heavily influenced by progressive rock.


just think about it....please.....just for a minute.....

 

[Prognostic]

BAKA BAKA BAKA.

 

[Luz]

What Joey said.

 

[TehLeperAffinity]

Metal band.

 

[Ermz]

They're a metal band with influences in progressive rock. If they're heavily influenced by it, it certainly isn't reflected in their music.

 

[Phormula]

I blame this assumtion on Steven Wilson, but I love the bastard.

 

[The Master]

They're a metal band with influences in progressive rock. If they're heavily influenced by it, it certainly isn't reflected in their music.

Certainly not. Damnation? What? No, that wasn't Opeth. Certainly not. They certainly didn't just get a permanent keys player that certainly doesn't only play on the non-metal songs and passages of songs.

I'll agree that they are a metal band, I'll even admit I was playing devil's advocate to an extent when I posted this thread (even though I did seriously think about it). But to say they're not heavily influenced by progressive rock is foolish.

 

[The Master]

this island earth was a pretty disappointing choice for the MST3K movie

Possibly, but then again, an MST3k movie is kind of redundant.

 

[deliverance]

i like ulver.


oh, and opeth is a fucking ice cream band.

 

[Taurui]

Ice cream! I scream!

....... all right, I'm stopping already =)

 

[Ermz]

Certainly not. Damnation? What? No, that wasn't Opeth. Certainly not. They certainly didn't just get a permanent keys player that certainly doesn't only play on the non-metal songs and passages of songs.

I'll agree that they are a metal band, I'll even admit I was playing devil's advocate to an extent when I posted this thread (even though I did seriously think about it). But to say they're not heavily influenced by progressive rock is foolish.

Are you implying that Damnation was prog-rock?

Children of Bodom also have a keyboard player that plays during the slow and heavy parts of the songs. What point are you trying to make?

 

[Botfly]

Clearly, there is a disagreement here.

 

[Shadows Skulk]

opeth is a rubber band LOLO

 

[R0l0]

opeth is a rubber band LOLO

HAHAH that actually made me laugh

 

[Deadlift]

Who the fuck cares. They sound good.

 

[Nuk3m]

Are Opeth really a metal band?

Yes.................the end?

 

[LoboUivante]

eventually some idiot will post that opeth is opeth and who the fuck cares... since i'm sick of seein that kind of comments, i'll make it... so no other idiot posts it.

so....

*opeth is OPETH, who the FUCK CARES??*

ok. i did it.

 

[Ermz]

I think they're a forest, who's influenced by metal.

 

[Donnie Darko]

They certainly didn't just get a permanent keys player that certainly doesn't only play on the non-metal songs and passages of songs.

First off, Damnation was a one time album, it is not their permenant style. It was supposed to be released with Deliverance to contrast it. Second, lots of metal bands use keyboards, look at Emperor, Dark Tranquillity, Children of Bodom, and many power metal bands