Master's Apprentices

[Funeral Portrait]

Am I the only one who thinks Master's Apprentices is one of Opeth's coolest songs? I don't know what I like about it so much but it just kicks ass.

 

[Stormwatch]

That was the song that REALLY got me into Opeth. I had enjoyed Deliverance (my first album) up until that song started, but when THAT opening riff kicks in I decided I had to have everything by Opeth! It's a fucking HUGE riff!! One of the best ever IMO. Best song on Deliverance I'd say.

BTW, you're one handsome guy.

 

[illbeleavinnow]

My first Opeth album was Deliverance, and my favorite songs on it were, in this order, and still are in this order:

Deliverance
Master's Apprentices/By the Pain I See in Others
A Fair Judgment
Wreath

So yeah I like the song but now that I have the other albums I can honestly say that the whole album doesn't compare to the rest. It's amazing and I love the melodies (it is much more melodic than the rest) but in terms of overall quality it's weaker than Opeth's other work.

 

[L0bster]

Yeah. It's brilliant. One of my fav opeth tunes

 

[estimate]

It's one of my favs as well. The last 6 minutes are some of the best opeth has

 

[ucsbdude]

Every time I hear that I feel like killing, hehe

 

[coronerox]

It is one of the coolest!!!

 

[Ermz]

It's too repetative... the first riff in particular... if it was a hugely varied droning thing like say, the middle of 'Dirge for November', then that would be fine... but they just drone out the same (really simple) riff for a minute or so, with only the vocals slightly changing.

When it goes into that sombre part with the guitar lead though, that's when the song really steps up a notch.

 

[illbeleavinnow]

Well what I like about it is the midsection and the outro. The intro is pretty appealing, but I never loved it (and I'm not just bitching about the repetition, that doesn't bother me).

 

[Colonial Boy]

The intro is boring and the guitars sound too clean for it to be evil IMO

 

[illbeleavinnow]

Not all Opeth is intended to be evil. THe whole Deliverance album uses clean[er] guitars and it isn't evil at all.

 

[The Master]

My favorite song off Deliverance right now. Totally great.

 

[Scourge of Malice]

its fucking badass. i love that song.. i love it at around 2:00.. such a rock out riff.. and at like 2:23

 

[Demonspell]

The abrupt ending of the acoustic section is a classic Opethian moment IMO...great song.

 

[Beth]

The abrupt ending of the acoustic section is a classic Opethian moment IMO...great song.

yes.
I love that whole part, and it's ended in the best way.

 

[Funeral Portrait]

well hey, good to see im not the only one who loves it! oh and by the way TakinTheMusicBack, funny you mention that picture, i found it on uglypeople.com...haha

 

[DrX]

Master's Apprentices definitely has some of Opeth's best acoustic/folk elements. Overall I like Deliverance, but I think By the Pain I see in Others is one of the worst Opeth songs.

 

[mbarys]

Really? I think it is one of their best IMO. Maybe because I have always liked faster drumming (the thrash era of the 80's), this songs kicks ass. Oh and for my two cents, Master's Apprentices was the first Opeth song I heard from them and is what got me hooked.

Matt

Master's Apprentices definitely has some of Opeth's best acoustic/folk elements. Overall I like Deliverance, but I think By the Pain I see in Others is one of the worst Opeth songs.

 

[Immortal Death]

Fucking excellent song... my 4th favorite on Deliverance.

 

[Hondo]

The beginning seemed to long to me, but then I got into it more. The outro with Martin doing drum fills is great too.