Is Orchid the best Opeth Album?

[Wolff]

Thoughts?

 

[affinityband]

God only knows

 

[Header]

What a question...

 

[Jonsii]

Opinions.. Opinions!

 

[Jon Snow]

No.

 

[Wolff]

What a question...

Yes it's a question.

 

[Khayman666]

No. It's definitely one of their best though.

 

[annt]

I guess it's mostly a matter of taste, but I'd say that it's their most immature album (which is quite natural, it being their first one), it has some very weak drumming and the potential in the songs isn't delivered quite as well as later on... BUT it's also a good album, it sounds like Opeth, it has some fine and unpredictable moments, and it has an amazing balance between versatility and retaining a certain style and mood, at least for such a young band. It definitely suggested that this band would become great.

 

[dreaming neon darkspot]

Personally, I think it is because I'm just a whore for atmospehere, and listening I get lost in those songs ... I can actually visualize the rain-soaked forests at sunset in Autumn and whatnot *dodges tomatoes and flames and garbage*

 

[Zlatan_Ibrahimovic]

My Arms, Your Hearse is the finest volume the boys have produced up to this point.

They've made a lot of great music, but that one stands above all.

 

[FRUGiHOYi]

Orchid is the worst Opeth album.

 

[Zlatan_Ibrahimovic]

"Worst" is the wrong word. It implies that it's the lesser of other bad things.

Orchid is simply their least focused album and meandered all over the place with a bit of over-pretentiousness here and there. While those atributes may seem like faults at times, it's what makes the album sort of special. Very atmospheric. It's like psychadelic-death! Great stuff to zone out too.

 

[Jon Snow]

Deliverance is the worst Opeth album.

right on bro

 

[FRUGiHOYi]

right on bro

Gah, stop putting words in my mouth! Okay, Orchid is not the "worst," it's the least good.

 

[Zlatan_Ibrahimovic]

lol!

warning headed

 

[opeth_353]

Not in my opinion at least. One of the worst.

 

[Benighted Joe]

I dont think Orchid is Opeth's best archievement. But still it's a awesome album! It's one of those albums that really is a "listening journey"

 

[Ikil]

^^^^ HAHAHA

But in regards to the question. No, an awesome album, but no. The thing I don't like about Orchid and Morningrise (both are amazing) is the way the songs are structured, songs that have about 20-25 riffs in each song but they never go back to a riff in the song therefore making each song seem more like a track of just showcasing riffs. I prefer it when Opeth repeat riffs in a song, it seems more like a song then.

Ikil

 

[FRUGiHOYi]

^^^^ HAHAHA

But in regards to the question. No, an awesome album, but no. The thing I don't like about Orchid and Morningrise (both are amazing) is the way the songs are structured, songs that have about 20-25 riffs in each song but they never go back to a riff in the song therefore making each song seem more like a track of just showcasing riffs. I prefer it when Opeth repeat riffs in a song, it seems more like a song then.

Ikil

I know what you mean, I'm currently writing a song and I'm at a point where I've gone through like 5 different riffs and I think it's time for me to go back to a riff or it will seem like I'm just throwing together riffs with no direction.

 

[sweet majestic darkness]

"Worst" is the wrong word. It implies that it's the lesser of other bad things.

Orchid is simply their least focused album and meandered all over the place with a bit of over-pretentiousness here and there. While those atributes may seem like faults at times, it's what makes the album sort of special. Very atmospheric. It's like psychadelic-death! Great stuff to zone out too.

That says it all.