byrne
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in limbow said:deliverance- complex, genius arrangements, haunting lyrics and death metal vox, brutal yet beautiful
ghost reveries- the most mature opeth album, most songs are finely crafted and spellbinding, keyboard adds a new dimension to the heavy sound
Deliverance isn't even close to being genius. In fact, it is quite the opposite.
Ghost Reveries is only "the most mature", because it is the most developed Opeth sound (i.e. due to the time of it's release, it is as developed as they have become). If it had been released first, it would be ignored for all eternity. That and the songs aren't at all finely crafted. The keyboards are cop-outs and cover up the flaws of the album - that being that without heavier use of keyboards, it would have been Deliverance part 2.