Just Got Into Opeth , what would they be labeled as? Even though i dont like labeling

[SonsOfNorthernDarkness]

Hey whats up people , I just got into Opeth , I'v known of there existence since "Orchid" but now Im finally giving them a chance and they are quite excellent at what they do. The music sounds like something you would heandbang one minute then fall asleep happily the next. What type of music would you guys say Opeth is? I say progressive.



Tommy "Chaos Ignitor"

 

[JesterOfDeath]

Progressive is a good word to describe them. Brilliant is another.

 

[Rosa Negra Imortal]

I really don't know...
Maybe we can label them as DEATH PROGRESSIVE.....DEATH because of the vocal lines with growls and PROGRESSIVE because of how the songs are constructed (it's not a simple construction...you know what I mean?)
I don't like to label, I prefer to call everything "rock"...it's easier.

 

[reltiH flodA]

Most death metal is more "progressively" structured than Opeth...

They're not even remotely death metal, and they're not really progressive either. Something like "dark metal" would suffice.

 

[Autumn Falls]

Adolf is wrong.. but he's pretty cool so don't mind him. Other then than that I just call them progressive folky death metal. Whatever.. they rock my socks.

Brandon

 

[Autumn Falls]

Uhmm.. I don't know.. they are progressive though.

Brandon

 

[Hondo]

Mikael's description: "Progressive extreme metal."

Calling it extreme metal is good, so you avoid the whole "IS IT BLACK OR DEATH OR SYMPHONIC DOOM METAL?!"

The metal side is much more dominant than the softer side, and a lot of metal has some (much less) thrown in anyway, so it's not contradictory.

 

[Belial]

I usually describe them as weeping-silently-alone-in-the-dark-moonlit-forest metal.

 

[Parasite]

"Wandering through a cold, dark, forest in the dead of night" Metal. In other words....Opeth are their own genre. This question always sparks arguments.

 

[Ermz]

Yeah it does. The thread is old and will never be resolved... until of course Opeth become 'Nick Drake' metal, haha, just kidding

 

[Parasite]

Ah, I love Nick Drake no matter what people say.

 

[Ermz]

I never said anything bad about Nick Drake...

 

[Parasite]

Hehe, mk, I thought you were referring to his change in vocal singing, and their turn of music, which everyone complains about constantly.

 

[Ermz]

Well the 2 new songs sound very 'Drakish' and if they do actually decide to take this direction in their music, I figure I'll be calling them 'Nick Drake Metal'

 

[Thorns of Sorrow]

progressive goth metal, im sticking to that.

 

[Heliologue]

opethian metal.

i say swedish neoclassical.

my friend says progressive death metal.

my mother says 'turn that down'

 

[Velya]

Originally posted by SonsOfNorthernDarkness
Hey whats up people , I just got into Opeth , I'v known of there existence since "Orchid" but now Im finally giving them a chance and they are quite excellent at what they do. The music sounds like something you would heandbang one minute then fall asleep happily the next. What type of music would you guys say Opeth is? I say progressive.



Tommy "Chaos Ignitor"

I belive a wise CPA once said

"i hate genres, i love music"

 

[Don Corleone]

progressive death is apt.

i hate genres too, but sometimes you need such labels to describe it to someone else.

 

[demon talented]

Progressive death metal, but it can transcend genre because of how good it is.

Another seemingly useless quote:
"Great music completely obliterates any conceptions of genre" -Billy Corgan

 

[Hobo]

my mother says 'turn that down'

for future references, i´ll use that one...