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Watershed is on par with everything else they have done. Not my favourite album though, not to say I don't enjoy it! Still Life, Ghost Reveries, and Blackwater Park get the most plays I would say. Orchid the least.
Now ... some months have passed, and do you still listen to it regularity? Do you think its an Opeth-Classic?
I didnt listen to it for 4 Weeks or so, i dont know why but i prefer listening to mayh, still life or BWP in my car, or when i play videogames. what do you think?
+1Watershed is on par with everything else they have done. Not my favourite album though, not to say I don't enjoy it! Still Life, Ghost Reveries, and Blackwater Park get the most plays I would say. Orchid the least.
I still listen to it too !! It's awesome actually.But...it needs more heavy parts, i wanna enjoy Mike's clean vocals as much as the growling.
btw..Orchid kicks ass ! i don't think that there was any other band who played such stuff in the early 90s.it's the album that thrust me into Opeth.
you're wrong, dark tranquillity and in flames played the same kind of twin lead scream/growl metal, very similar to orchid and morningrise.
Opeth and other bands all used those elements yes, but you can hardly say that early In Flames or Dark Tranquility actually sounded the same as Opeth ... Very different kind of compositions, far less accoustic work, very different kinds of riffs, and less beautiful melodies. Opeth DID stand out already then, even though they fitted within a certain style.
This post expresses exactly what I feel about this record. It could't be better.i am a big opeth fan... but nope, it's like 2 month or more that i dont listen watershed anymore...
The reason?
I like the album overall, it's a mature evolution of the band, but sincerly i prefer the old albums, because there is a continuous unespected evolution of the melodies that keeps me addicted until the last note of every song when i am listening, again and again after years....
I Think that Watershed lacks about this, probably for a "more ordinary" way of composing the songs.. Yes, in my opinion maybe this the first opeth boring record... and maybe if they putted more songs and ideas it would be still in my cd player..but the reality is that it's in his package tacking dust.
But i like it nevertheless..
Opeth and other bands all used those elements yes, but you can hardly say that early In Flames or Dark Tranquility actually sounded the same as Opeth ... Very different kind of compositions, far less accoustic work, very different kinds of riffs, and less beautiful melodies. Opeth DID stand out already then, even though they fitted within a certain style.
Opeth did not stand out back then I think. Early In Flames and Dark Tranquillity albums own Morningrise and Orchid. Opeth blossomed later on with very successful albums consequtively where Dark Tranquillity became repetitive and In Flames went way mainstream..Opeth and other bands all used those elements yes, but you can hardly say that early In Flames or Dark Tranquility actually sounded the same as Opeth ... Very different kind of compositions, far less accoustic work, very different kinds of riffs, and less beautiful melodies. Opeth DID stand out already then, even though they fitted within a certain style.