More like 'oh look, another harmonied vocal WOOHOO'. There is nothing on that clip that shows Deadwing will in any way outshine, or possibly even match up to In Absentia. What's with the shitty pseudo-hard rock riffs anyway? Leave that to the countless talentless acts who seem to do it better.NineFeetUnderground said:Boring? Hardly. ive listened to it 4 times since first downloading without watching the video, and every time it makes me want the album more.
The hard edged riffs, the mellow guitarlines, the floydish spacey atmosphere, layered and harmonized vocals, the lush piano melodies, the reinvented radhioheadish structures at times, even the crisp to gritty at times production that engulfs it is interesting...what exactly here is "boring" to you?
you know what im "sick" of? People having this pent up anger with Opeth's latest material, and using Steven Wilson as a scape goat, and then letting it spill over onto porcupine tree material as some sort of unjustified and overzealous criticism. Either way, everyone has their right to their opinion...but i think maybe 1 out of 20 people on this board IF that, were porcupine tree fans before In Absentia came out...so to act like he needs to completely reinvent the wheel already for you seems pretty insane. One could argue the same thing about Opeth and their trademark styles...would anyone care to bring that up? I wont, because im not bitching about either band...but i personally was impressed with this trailer...and am indeed looking forward to it. Obviously some people arent going to like deadwing...and i perfectly understand that...but to go on slagging the band, the album and the past style of the material based on a one minute clip makes it seem like theres more to this than you just disliking what you heard. And for the record...id debate whether its "filler" or not anyway...but 9 times out of 10, id prefer a lush piano melody to some chugged Open E riff you hear so often....so whats the issue?Moonlapse said:More like 'oh look, another harmonied vocal WOOHOO'. There is nothing on that clip that shows Deadwing will in any way outshine, or possibly even match up to In Absentia. What's with the shitty pseudo-hard rock riffs anyway? Leave that to the countless talentless acts who seem to do it better.
What's a lush piano melody? You mean those things that have been used as filler on every PT release? Yeah, I'm really glad to be hearing more of them.
But to be honest, I am so sick to death of those harmonized vocal melodies. It isn't enough to only do it in PT, so he does it with Opeth, and even that is not enough and they keep reappearing on the upcoming release. C'mon, give it a rest Steve.
So in a nutshell, seeing as we seem to have heard it all before from PT, I'd say all of it is quite boring. I'm hearing nothing new, nothing to match up with the sonic soundscapes they created on previous releases... all I hear is some pseudo-hardrock garbage with those never ending 'open' wheeeee 'a harmonized vocal' parts.
But hey, it is just a trailer, so who knows. But as I said, nothing on the trailer has impressed me.
Moonlapse said:More like 'oh look, another harmonied vocal WOOHOO'.
Jon Snow said:That's like listening to an opeth album and saying 'oh look, another death vocal WOOHOO'.
lol, wow....someone wasnt hugged enough as a kid.Moonlapse said:I believe it's the talking near the start. You know the part that undermines any vocal talent he may have.
That's quite the interpretation. But no, all I said was that it undermines his vocal talent ie. I don't like it. There were no implications beyond that, so I'm really not sure what you're talking about. I still hope to hear Mike's voice used to its full effect when I get the CD.NineFeetUnderground said:lol, wow....someone wasnt hugged enough as a kid.
From what it seems youre implying...is that Steven wouldnt have Mikael "sing" or do anything good, because it would hurt his ego too much right? Thats why BLATANTLY on the Opeth DVD, Steven goes on about how Mikael has one of the best voices of his generation of singers...alongside Buckley and Yorke. This alone, in my opinion is astounding...for i feel Buckley is more or less in a leage of his own compared to the rest of the singers of his generation.
Either way, i have respect for you...and i dont mean to be a dick, but seriously...get over yourself?
NineFeetUnderground said:lol, wow....someone wasnt hugged enough as a kid.
From what it seems youre implying...is that Steven wouldnt have Mikael "sing" or do anything good, because it would hurt his ego too much right? Thats why BLATANTLY on the Opeth DVD, Steven goes on about how Mikael has one of the best voices of his generation of singers...alongside Buckley and Yorke. This alone, in my opinion is astounding...for i feel Buckley is more or less in a league of his own compared to the rest of the singers of his generation.
Either way, i have respect for you...and i dont mean to be a dick, but seriously...get over yourself?
Moonlapse said:That's quite the interpretation. But no, all I said was that it undermines his vocal talent ie. I don't like it. There were no implications beyond that, so I'm really not sure what you're talking about. I still hope to hear Mike's voice used to its full effect when I get the CD.
By the way, it's more like I wasn't hugged enough this morning. I was hitting the weights for a good few hours yesterday and totally raped my body. Save to say, I'm feelin it all today, more than usual.