If the new Opeth cd leaks before the official date...

[MetalManCPA]

I'll download it, and I'll buy it. I can't see the day coming that I won't like Opeth, so it's a given I will continue to own their entire catalogue. This whole "getting it early ruins it" thing is something I don't see. It's not like I'd stand in line overnight just to be at the record store when it opens the day of the CD's release.

 

[TheFourthHorseman]

Yes but there's something more real in hearing it the first time when you're strolling through the city or listening to it in the listening booth rather than sitting in your computer chair...

 

[ChrisEmerson]

the new in flames IS shit.

i got the single, and quite liked that, but the rest of the album is awful.

 

[KevyCanavan]

this might sound a tad contravertial but i think we as costomers have every right ot try before we buy. I will deffinalty download the opeth tracks as soon as they are made available. Don't see all that much merit in sitting there with the cd booklet in one hand and your cock in the other...I like metal and i'll listen to it as soon as i can get my hands on it

 

[ggggggu]

deffinalty

wow

that's a new one

 

[MetalManCPA]

Yes but there's something more real in hearing it the first time when you're strolling through the city or listening to it in the listening booth rather than sitting in your computer chair...

Not if your computer audio rivals a decent home stereo (which mine does).

 

[Lakestream]

never trust a D/A that's in a soundcard you get with your comp

 

[The Benighted Martyr]

No. I just don't enjoyed listening to downloaded or even burned music compared to the real thing. I don't find it hard at all to wait.

 

[MadTinus]

Definitely, but still buy it the day it comes out.

 

[the alumnus]

of course, how else would i know to buy it?

 

[Midwinter_melancholY]

No way.

There's nothing quite like sitting alone, opening the new CD, taking out the booklet, and then hitting the play button. I just would never ruin that by listening to it early....

 

[Martyr]

I've told myself that I wouldn't, and I'm gonna make sure I don't, it's rare that I buy a cd I haven't heard, so it'll fun to not hear it before I buy it.

 

[stefan86]

Downloading it and also buying it if its up to usual Opeth quality

 

[RebirthInRapture]

I downloaded all of Deliverance before I bought it (I bought it on the day it came out), and that might have ruined it a bit, but it was still awesome.

I have noticed that downloading even a few songs (such as for the latest Morbid Angel album) kinda ruined the "surprise", which is sad, so I don't really do any pre-listening anymore. The only time that worked out was with the latest Nevermore album... I shit myself for that one, although I had only heard the title track previously.

 

[DreamingofUr]

no.