Atonement - Influenced by Vedic Chants ?

[metalspree]

Atonement - After having listened to this song it was deja-vu for me. The progression of the intial guitar piece follows exactly an 'INDIAN VEDIC SCALE'...dont know wether this was coincidence or influence...but m curious to know.

 

[westknadrian]

worst opeth song period

 

[opeth fan]

Such a relation is an example of a common understanding of structure and organization of Pitch and Rhythym. I played Atonement continously when I first got the Ghost Reveries CD, I'm playing it right now, still can't get enough of it.

 

[westknadrian]

rhythym

 

[CorpseDeception]

rhythym

Yeah, didn't you know? That's the new spelling.

 

[tgrude]

worst opeth song period

Thats what you think..

 

[Dalkaen]

worst opeth song period

wtf. Why?

 

[beast from the east]

wtf. Why?

Yea, I don't quite get that either, but to each his own.

 

[Sheckles14]

Different strokes for different folks.

 

[Seance]

are you guys finished sucking each other off and patting each other on the back now?

 

[metal_wrath]

The song is obviously influenced by Middle Eastern music of some sort. The progressions seem to follow a Middle Eastern scale.

IMO the song IS probably Opeth's worst, not saying it is bad though. If you disagree, I would be interested in hearing what you think is Opeth's worst song

 

[opeth fan]

Yes obviously Mid-Eastern influenced after all there is over 250 Indian Classical scales. IMO Opeth doesn’t have a worst song.

 

[god9]

One of my favourite songs on guitar to play, I must have listened to this song about 100 times in one night, figuring out the notes, then playing it.

 

[Pavelent]

I'm pretty sure it has a Middle-Eastern influence. Very good song, soothing too.

 

[griev0r]

worst opeth song period

Awesome awesome album, just doesn't fit with the record. Don't really like that song at all
While on this topic, Beneath the Mire seems Indian or Egyptian influenced as well (in the begining). But it gets awesome after that though.

 

[metalspree]

True, closure to an extent has egyptian influence towards he end. The album Damnation is pretty neat. It was one album that kinda brought an abrut change between Deliverance & Ghost Reveries. Neat.

 

[hibernal_dream]

worst opeth song period

Are you insinuating that GR is less than perfect? Right! Instant ban! Not allowed to criticize GR around here! Anything else, of course, is fine - slander, pedophilia, homosexuality, but under any circumstances no independent thinking whatsoever. Clear?

 

[Dalkaen]

I dunno, Atonement's not my favorite Opeth song but no idea why anyone would call it the worst

 

[Black Session]

India is not in the Middle East ... (Vedic Chants are Indian)
Indian music has nothing to do with Egyptian music ...
define Egyptian influences???? (we don't even know how old Egyptian music sounded like, perhaps you mean Nile influences? )
or perhaps you mean islamic music? well, lots of differences there ... or perhaps you mean modern day Egyptian music??

the world really is one big blur to you people isn't it?

 

[Sheckles14]

While on this topic, Beneath the Mire seems Indian or Egyptian influenced as well (in the begining). But it gets awesome after that though.

Haha! I knew that "Beneath the mire" would get flamed for that opening riff. The working title for the riff was "The Russian" and never was intended to sound like fucking "Kashmir" which I still don't think it does.

So I would say, that BTM wasn't influenced by Indian/Egyptian influences