Korlich
So Judah fucked it up
Well Opeth are quiet repetetive, and if u dont like the riffs (I of course do), then I can why they could sound boring.
Well Opeth are quiet repetetive, and if u dont like the riffs (I of course do), then I can why they could sound boring.
I don't understand this statement.If you're looking for repetitive stuff, try some Metallica. The later the album the more they stretch the same three riffs.
That guy blows dogs for quarters.
You must consider where he's coming from though. He is reviewing the album PURELY from a progressive fans stance, for a progressive fans benefit.
And he has a point, when you think of it in that way (especially considering the lyrics and the chord structures - which are still quite metal in damnation). He is obviously quite annoyed that opeth are being branded as prog, when he listens to not much else but 70's prog genius. Thats fair enough.
People who listen to nothing else but genesis, floyd and other giants from where prog classics came from are bound to sneer at a band like opeth who have been labeled as prog, just because they did an album with some mellotrons on them.
Get over it....people are biased because they like to feel they have superior taste. Its a fact of life. No biggie.
Give him credit though, he did say he very nearly gave GR 4 out of 5. Which is something considering he gave damnation 1 ( which was extremely harsh, but there you go).
This is not HEAVY FUCKING METAL the way it is supposed to be played - nothing comes out and screams "On your knees!! I want you on your knees!" like metal is supposed to do.
There are precisely zero really fucking memorable riffs here - in fact, most of the riffs aren't even metal riffs, they sound like badly recycled 70s rock riffs.
ON The Leper AffinityThe clean vocals are awful - they're just too "nice".
Oh and then there's a piano bit. Which genius came up with that one? Want to hear a GOOD piano part, listen to the intro to WASP "Thunderhead". Now THAT is emotional right there.
Most of this isn't even metal. Go ahead, tell me Harvest is metal. (It's a silly acoustic interlude that manages to be 6 minutes long, but contain about one minute worth of ideas!) Then do yourself a favour and listen to some Iron fucking Maiden or something.
When one listens to “The Leper Affinity” and a “heavy” mallcore song, the thing you’ll notice in repeated listens is that “The Leper Affinity” and the mallcore song have the same song structure, a la, heavy part of a song = harsh vocals, mellow part of same song = mellow, singing vocals, coincidence? Listen to Linkin Park and then listen to this song and you’ll know what I mean.
It’s just mallcore with Heavy Guitar work that isn’t drowned in distortion but diluted enough to satisfy those who don’t know who sang in Iron Maiden before Bruce Dickinson but hate mallcore enough to search for heavier music.
Getting back to song length, it seems that Opeth might be trying to go for that epic feel that is ever-present in the Prog world. Unfortunately, as stated before, the lack of transition between passages quickly eliminates any epic feeling to this album. If you want something epic, go buy an Ayreon album.
The guys are really trying hard to be prog - you've got to give them that. Trouble is, the underlying material is pure metal - repeated riffs.