askinkg for advice

[TheFourthHorseman]

So Steve wilson proposed the idea of having two albums at once a heavy and mellow album one each. KOCH records were not easily convinced, but in the end Damnation and its brotherly record Deliverance were released one month apart (basically at the same time in a record calllendar). Damnation is not the true Opeth so to speak.

Bollocks. Jonas Renkse introduced the idea of making two albums, a soft and a heavy one. Oops, just what Post_Scriptum said. Oh well.
About the trueness of Damnation, it may not be a 'true' Opeth album, but it certainly is a 'true' Åkerfeldt album, more than any other Opeth album.

 

[Deadly Badgers]

I Say: start off with Blackwater Park

It worked for me

 

[Land Of Grey And Pink]

Bollocks. Jonas Renkse introduced the idea of making two albums, a soft and a heavy one. Oops, just what Post_Scriptum said. Oh well.
About the trueness of Damnation, it may not be a 'true' Opeth album, but it certainly is a 'true' Åkerfeldt album, more than any other Opeth album.

Uhh, Mikael has said many times that the Death Metal influence is just as important to him as the acoustic and progressive influence. So i wouldnt agree with your assumption necessarily.

 

[TheFourthHorseman]

I said that a bit hastily I guess.