Is Damnation going to be ALL acoustic guitars?

[batmura]

Anyone have info on this? I wonder if they'll use some electro leads here and there, that would be real cool, IMO. An all acoustic album....would be quite the unusual thing to get from Opeth, but they always offer their fans something different.

That's what makes them one of a kind.

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[Immortality]

No, electric guitars will be used also.

 

[batmura]

That is soooooooo cool! Thanks!!

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[IcemanJ256]

it's been mentioned that mellotrons will be used a lot as well.

 

[Elysian Blaze]

I could listen to an entire album of "For Absent Friends" styled music.

 

[Heliologue]

straightfoward acoustic folk a la Kveldssanger is cool, but i'm hoping for some freaky, spaced-out prog, myself.

 

[Speedkill]

Alright, forgive my ignorance, but what are mellotrons!!

 

[Demonspell]

Originally posted by saturnix
straightfoward acoustic folk a la Kveldssanger is cool, but i'm hoping for some freaky, spaced-out prog, myself.

Damnation will undoubtedly fall into the middle ground between these extremes...

 

[inferenzum]

Peter said Damnation is going to be entirely acoustic and clean with no distortion at all except for a few lead guitars. i tend to believe the guy.

 

[[KOTNO]Narrot]

if it so, it is going to be amazing!

 

[batmura]

So it is going to be all acoustic then? Oh well.

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[inferenzum]

yeah, he said it's not going to be "metal" at all

 

[batmura]

I wonder if it's going to be 'prog' or are we to expect an entire album with songs like "Harvest"?

I personally hope not.

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[DivideByZero]

I would like to hear a full-length instruMENTAL from Opeth. These 1-2 minute sound bites simply aren't enough.

 

[Speedkill]

Hey, people, mellotrons, what are they?

 

[StillLife]

i believe mellotrons are early samplers/keyboard type thing...jpj from led zeppelin, i know used them in many songs...and steve played some on deliverance...listen in by the pain i see in others, you'll hear some i believe

 

[/Z/]

Does he mean that the song will only be acoustic or that he whole album will be acoustic?

 

[IanDork107]

Damnation, from the recent interviews with parties involved, will be mostly clean guitars (electric and acoustic) with some distorted moments here and there. It will be prog rock in a very 70's manner, hence the mellotron, but also because of the songwriting/production style. There won't be any death vocals. Martin Lopez said it's his favorite Opeth record so far, so I doubt it'll dissappoint.

 

[Schraiber]

I hope Damnation doesn't end up being like standard alternative rock and IS really really prog. It'll be very interesting, hopefully.

 

[Speedkill]

Thank you, StillLife. Now I know what you people are talking about.