GMD Poll: Opeth’s Discography Ranked

[Phylactery]

Blackwater Park is way better than Still Life. I don’t know what the obsession is with Still Life from Opeth fans. Starts off well enough with The Moor and Godhead’s Lament (even though some of the clean vocal sections make me cringe). I actually quite like bits of Moonlapse Vertigo, even though as Old Wainds said parts of it do border on porno music. And then the last two tracks are awful. Can’t take that meatheaded pinch harmonic riff seriously in Serenity Painted Death, especially when Mikael does that comical fucking “EEEEEYYYYYYY-OOOOOO” growl. Embarrassing.

I was pondering on perhaps changing my order of Orchid and Blackwater Park because The Leper Affinity is just that good. But I was too late. Don’t think it would have changed anything anyway. The funny thing about The Leper Affinity and Opeth devotees is the convoluted lyric meanings they come up with instead of admitting it’s a song about rape. Because such “intellectual artists” as Opeth are above writing about such things or some shit.

 

[Sophii]

Blackwater Park is peak-Opeth. They did everything right with it.

I like Still Life's mixing/production more though. I think its their best "chamber" sounding mix they have.

 

[Phylactery]

The Leper Affinity was the first Opeth song I ever heard actually and I loved it then and I still love it now. At the time I tortured my poor parents’ ears growling along to the “DEAFENING SHRIEKS PIERCED THE NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGHHHHHHHHTTTTT-UHHHHH!” section on a daily basis.

 

[Sophii]

BWP is like their Dark Side of the Moon.

 

[crimsonfloyd]

It's more like their Wall. Still good, but not an elite album but for some reason still get hyped to no end. Harvest= worst ballad of the first 5 albums. Dirge for November and Drapery Falls basically rely on the clean sections, but the metal parts are flat. Patterns in the Ivy= filler. The other four songs absolutely slay.

 

[Sophii]

Yeah thats a better retrospect. I havent listened to BWP in a long time. -shrug- i just remember it being really fucking good. It came out at the right time for the band, I think thats why its so revered, yet overrated. Right album at the right time.

 

[Manic Ferocity]

Not a fan. I liked them back in the day and respect them for being a good gateway band but their songwriting is atrocious.

 

[crimsonfloyd]

Yeah thats a better retrospect. I havent listened to BWP in a long time. -shrug- i just remember it being really fucking good. It came out at the right time for the band, I think thats why its so revered, yet overrated. Right album at the right time.

That I agree with. I couldn’t tell you why, but the world seemed prime for a prog death metal band at that time. Also, it had the crossover appeal with Steve Wilson doing the production.

 

[Sophii]

I think that was a very unique relationship for the band. Honestly I think it helped synergize both bands (Opeth and Porcupine Tree) and that also helped open the floodgates for bands like Agalloch, Woods of Ypres, newer Katatonia, Ghost Brigade...just all these bands to become popular.

 

[Sophii]

Not a fan. I liked them back in the day and respect them for being a good gateway band but their songwriting is atrocious.

They do have some pretty fucked written songs I wont deny.

 

[no country for old wainds]

The Leper Affinity was the first Opeth song I ever heard actually and I loved it then and I still love it now. At the time I tortured my poor parents’ ears growling along to the “DEAFENING SHRIEKS PIERCED THE NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGHHHHHHHHTTTTT-UHHHHH!” section on a daily basis.

also it has That Riff. first time i heard that my mind was fucking blown tbh

edit: fuck, i love the first 193 seconds of this song. might be the best sustained passage they ever wrote.

 

[Allfader]

BWP was the introduction to Opeth for many, but it's a shit sandwich album. MAYH is by far their most consistent and features some of their very best tracks. Kudos to Lindgren for writing the best Opeth riff ever on Demon of the Fall.

 

[jimmy101]

Still Life was my introduction to Opeth.

Followed shortly by MAYH & BWP.

 

[no country for old wainds]

my favourite thing about 'demon of the fall' is that psychotic acoustic break right after the chorus. probably my favourite opeth song nowadays, in album context anyway. i get why 'the moor' is probably the most iconic though.

 

[jimmy101]

Bored right about now, so here's a list of my favourite song from each Opeth album that I've listened to.

Orchid: Forest of October
Morningrise: Advent
MAYH: When?
Still Life: The Moor
BWP: The Leper Affinity
Deliverance: Deliverance
Damnation: Closure
Ghost Reveries: Ghost of Perdition
Watershed: Hessian Peel

 

[Allfader]

Bored right about now, so here's a list of my favourite song from each Opeth album that I've listened to.

Orchid: Forest of October
Morningrise: Advent
MAYH: When?
Still Life: The Moor
BWP: The Leper Affinity
Deliverance: Deliverance
Damnation: Closure
Ghost Reveries: Ghost of Perdition
Watershed: Hessian Peel

Omitting Watershed, I would only change:

Demon of the Fall from MAYH
To Rid the Disease from Damnation

 

[J.]

I can accept MAYH being #1, but BWP is drivel other than the title track.

 

[crimsonfloyd]

Orchid: In the Mist She Was Standing
Morningrise: The Night and the Silent Water/ Nectar/Black Rose Immortal (all three are musical perfection. I can’t pick).
My Arms Your Hearse: Demon of the Fall (honorable mention to The Amen Corner)
Still Life: The Moor
Blackwater Park: Blackwater Park
Deliverance: Deliverance
Damnation: In My Time of Need
Ghost Reveries: Ghost of Perdition
Watershed: Porcelain Heart
Hertiage: N/A
Pale Communion: Eternal Rains Will Come
Sorceress: Sorceress (I guess...)

 

[jimmy101]

If I had to choose a song from Heritage it would be "Famine".

That flute solo is pretty bad-ass.

 

[Bruticus]

Deliverance makes it in at 6th eh.
Sorry but lol. Just lol. That someone would have it at 2 or 3, why not. But there are 5 Opeth albums better than Deliverance are there, wow, what a fkng band.