By the pain I see in Opeth...

[Demonspell]

Damn, this song is full of elements that have not manifested themselves on previous Opeth albums...the supremely evil sounding watery growl, the acoustic interlude with the organ sound (I think) that could have been lifted from a Camel or early Genesis album, the part with the growls and guitars trading off one another, and the vocal montage outro. All add up to an awesome song.

I also can't get enough of those tremolo guitars on A Fair Judgement...

 

[Thorns of Sorrow]

cool man...

Hey Demonspell are you going to see Porcupine Tree at Irving Plaza this comming week? Ill be there.

 

[Static]

The 'carnival' but blows my mind.

Outside in the park...
The days move along,
and nothing ever changes...

Its the best bit EVER!

 

[Demonspell]

Yes, I will be at the PT show...hopefully I'll arrive an hour before showtime.

 

[Bleakest Harvest]

ouuutside in the park
the daaaaays move on
but noooothing, eeever, chaaangeeees.....

Yup, it's fucking brilliant alright

 

[Chaostar]

8 fucking days left, and I'll finally understand what you're talking about.... arghhh !!!

 

[Ermz]

'They know nothing of us.... but we always knew... that nooooothing eeeeeever chaaaaaangeees'. Yeah carnival music rules

A Fair Judgement owns me however. Have you people noticed that its the only 'heavy' Opeth song without growls?

 

[Bleakest Harvest]

Holy shit, it's that tiem already?! How time flies when you're having fun (ie listening to Deliverance)

 

[Duvall]

That vocal outro is TRIPPPY.. Hope we get some nifty shit like that on Damnation!

I also love around 3:00 when it goes all lo-fi, then phases into this amazing double-bass riff.. yaaar, I think I stopped walking for a minute when I first heard it. I'm sure everybody was looking at me.. It's worth it!

 

[Gregsmack]

The first minute of this song makes me think of cars going really, really fast.

 

[Useful Idiot]

Uh...carnival music? Someone explain.

 

[wach0052]

It's like a waltz! one two three, one two three, one two three.... it's cool how it's preceded by a minute and a half of the same time signature. You almost don't notice it until the keyboard part. I like this song. On the rare occasions that opeth experiment, they do it tastefully.

 

[Static]

Yeah, definately, the way it flows into that bit is awesome.

Only Godheads Lament is better to me.