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Johnny salutes you
crimsonfloyd said:Amazing that for a very high percentage of the people here, Opeth was their introduction to death vocals, and its funny that almost all of us have said the same thing, we hated the vox at first, now we love them!
Crimson Floyd, cool to see you listening to Dylan--one of my favorites.
A year and a half ago or so I was checking out newer Euro metal bands on Amazon. I'm a late 80's thrash/classic metal guy myself, plus I listen to folk and singer/songwriter stuff. The descriptions of acoustic/metal intrigued me so I ordered Still Life. I was really impressed my the Moor, but it took a couple months to completely warm to their music as a whole. I appreciated it what didn't really connect with it. I wasn't quite getting my head around it. The songs tended to sound the same. I was impressed but not seduced.
When Deliverance came out I was really hungry for ambitious dark metal--my tastes were becoming open for something more extreme--and I saw it sitting in the shop and on a whim I grabbed it. Something about the dark cover and song titles fit my mood, and I'd been thinking recently that Opeth *could* click with me if I gave them a fresh chance, since I have a taste for the extremes of music: acoustic folk and metal. And something about that album hooked me--the riffs, clarity, the prog production touches--and I became obsessed, and here I am today, having seen them all three last tours... he he he...
Plus, getting into Opeth helped introduce me to all those Swedish metal bands and helped my tastes move towards the more extreme. While I was used to and enjoyed shrieking & screaming like Kreator, the more drawn-out, low register growl of death metal took a little getting used to. But not much getting used to, 'cause it's so well-done, unlike most death metal bands IMO.
BTW, can't wait for the new Dark Tranquillity DVD to arrive from the End.