What are your comments on this review of Blackwater Park? Obviously, a shallow man's opinion.
Yep, you're thinking, "Opeth, aren't they death metal? The 'Basement don't usually cover grave rock...hmmm.." Well, truth be told, we had reservations approaching the album. Yet, somehow, word got out that the band has developed their sound away from the gargle growling and diversified into a unique, indescribable sonic exploration. Well, that's sorta true. The first two cuts have the usual Cookie Monster vocals but soon, it's slides under the cover of acoustic, progressive Heep a la "Lady In Black" or "The Park." This is the approach on "Harvest" and "The Drapery Falls", two graveyard creep out campfire tunes that offer up the best side of the disc. But the fire breath of death returns on "The Funeral Portrait", another unintelligible mass of tongue spasms cluttering up what is rather interesting, soaring musical undertows. A mixed bag that will fit well into the manic depressive's library if nothing else. -Rev Dude Rock
Yep, you're thinking, "Opeth, aren't they death metal? The 'Basement don't usually cover grave rock...hmmm.." Well, truth be told, we had reservations approaching the album. Yet, somehow, word got out that the band has developed their sound away from the gargle growling and diversified into a unique, indescribable sonic exploration. Well, that's sorta true. The first two cuts have the usual Cookie Monster vocals but soon, it's slides under the cover of acoustic, progressive Heep a la "Lady In Black" or "The Park." This is the approach on "Harvest" and "The Drapery Falls", two graveyard creep out campfire tunes that offer up the best side of the disc. But the fire breath of death returns on "The Funeral Portrait", another unintelligible mass of tongue spasms cluttering up what is rather interesting, soaring musical undertows. A mixed bag that will fit well into the manic depressive's library if nothing else. -Rev Dude Rock