Feel the 'power' of Weakness

[Koi]

Dev: So opeth is like every other band?

 

[wankerness]

Damnation should have ended with 'Ending Credits' which is, of course, the best track of the whole album

Yeah, that stupid album has too many endings. A third of the album is "last songs," first "To Rid the Disease" sounds like a closer, and then there's "End Credits" which is like OK THIS IS THE END CREDITS AFTER THE LAST SONG, and THEN there's weakness at the end. I fix this problem by always turning it off after end credits

 

[Dev]

Dev: So opeth is like every other band?

No but they aren't more experimental than 10000000 other bands. They have their sound , slightly evolving with each album and that's it.

 

[CAIRATH]

There is absolutely nothing experimental about any aspect of Weakness. If you really think so then you need to broaden your musical horizons a bit. It's just a bit of ambient noodling. And not a very interesting bit at that (certainly not when you take into account it's coming from gifted writers/musicians like Mikael and Steven). To me it just sounds like a "Well, we need something to fill up a few more minutes, let's just make something up on the spot so we can go home" kind of track. It's not unbearable, but also not interesting in any way. And I agree with Hypnos that Ending Credits should have been the end of the album. It sounds like a closer (both musically and the track title). Weakness is just an anti-climactic ending.

 

[RamsesBringerOfWar]

Yeah I think its a great song

It really grew on me, I didn't care for it at first but I love it now

Listening to that just before Wreath or The Leper Affinity is

I really don't think Orchid is that good lol. In Mist She Was Standing, Forest Of October, Requiem .. those are the only tracks i adore on that album.

wtf is wrong with you?

LOL

Have you even heard The Twilight Is My Robe? One of Opeth's most headbangable moments

 

[Hypnos]

There is absolutely nothing experimental about any aspect of Weakness. If you really think so then you need to broaden your musical horizons a bit. It's just a bit of ambient noodling. And not a very interesting bit at that (certainly not when you take into account it's coming from gifted writers/musicians like Mikael and Steven). To me it just sounds like a "Well, we need something to fill up a few more minutes, let's just make something up on the spot so we can go home" kind of track. It's not unbearable, but also not interesting in any way. And I agree with Hypnos that Ending Credits should have been the end of the album. It sounds like a closer (both musically and the track title). Weakness is just an anti-climactic ending.

well said. point.

 

[Sadpoet]

Weakness is beautiful and also very sad. I've cried to it a few times actually. It reminds me of a Nine Inch Nails song, although i'm not a big fan of them at all.
I adore the simplicity and sadness of Weakness. Not very many people it seems appreciate that. What a bummer.

And yes, forests are awesome. Hehe.