Bands every Opeth fan should be exposed to.

[NFU]

Cathedral. (and no, not the doom metal band.)

 

[MestHoop]

Vaginal incest > Anal cunt

 

[YaYo]

I'll second Dark Suns. Isis, Winds, Embraced are all good and not yet mentioned. When Day Descends

 

[Ermz]

Emperor.
Athela (ahahaha).

 

[The Dude]

Toto

 

[Busted]

This thread fails.

Essential listening other than Opeth is: Dimmu Borgir

no?

 

[Botfly]

This thread fails.

Essential listening other than Opeth is: Dimmu Borgir

I think I am going to die from AIDS.

 

[Pitiless Wanderer]

Lost Horizon

 

[ThinkAboutYourEnd]

Into Eternity
Extol
Mastodon

 

[AmirH]

What's with that Ulver?

um... I don't get it. Ulver=good.

 

[x_OPETH_x]

don't forget Extol...they actually toured with Opeth a year or two ago.

 

[Liquid Tension]

Pain of Salvation....They write emotional music just like Opeth does.

Disillusion...Don't know if they've been mentioned already and their sound isn't the same as Opeth but I think that they are worth checking out.

 

[Oakenpalace]

Agalloch!!!
Nest!!
Pink Floyd!
Tenhi

 

[Sadguru]

Francis Cabrel

 

[Longinus]

Why wouldnt Pain of Salvation be mentioned? Dear jesus.

 

[NFU]

Why wouldnt Pain of Salvation be mentioned? Dear jesus.

because theyre really nothing special. that probably has something to do with it.

 

[ErikSchierboom]

because theyre really nothing special. that probably has something to do with it.

*gnawing-teeth mode
Haha, PoS are nothing special? Well, you've just won the prize for most ignorant listener of the year! Congrats to you!
*/gnawing-teeth mode

Well, as for recommendations of Opeth-like bands, I'd name Katatonia, Dark Suns, In Flames and Novembers Doom.

 

[shadowNINE]

Previously UNMENTIONED...
Diabolical Masquerade
Necrophagist
Virgin Black
Meshuggah (Particularly Destroy Erase Improve.)

Previously mentioned...
Katatonia (Especially Brave Murder Day)
My Dying Bride (The Light at the End of the World has some rather Opethian moments.)
Emperor
Camel (Although their style is different, they are remarkable and one can hear how they influenced Opeth.)
Bloodbath
At the Gates
Ulver
Porcupine Tree
Tool
Agalloch

 

[Ermz]

I don't really know why an Opeth fan would necessarily appreciate Necrophagist and Meshuggah. They play two very extreme, technical and unique styles which in my opinion totally rock, but I just don't see any correlation with Opeth.

I can't imagine, back when I was in Opeth-rocks-the-world mentality, why I would have appreciated Necrophagist.

 

[shadowNINE]

I don't really know why an Opeth fan would necessarily appreciate Necrophagist and Meshuggah. They play two very extreme, technical and unique styles which in my opinion totally rock, but I just don't see any correlation with Opeth.

I can't imagine, back when I was in Opeth-rocks-the-world mentality, why I would have appreciated Necrophagist.

I did notice that both of those bands are extreme and technical. I tried to think of bands that create an intensity and sometimes a dynamic in heaviness similar to that which Opeth creates...as well as awesome bands that an Opeth listener might end up enjoying for one reason or another. Stylistically the bands I mentioned are very different, but they are excellent, and are fitting for the thread topic, I'd say.

(Also -- I had to add Diabolical Masquerade.)