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As far as the bass player arguments:
Guess what folks? Mike wrote all those basslines for Johan. And guess what else? Mike writes most of Mendez's too. What makes Johan better than Mendez? Mendez plays the old basslines just like Johan. He's just as good, if not better cause he doesn't try to stick out as much tone wise. There may be flashier basslines on the first two albums, but that's cause Mike wrote flashier basslines for the first two albums than the last five. There's really no question of muscianship here when both guys have someone else to write the majority of the stuff they play and Mendez plays the old basslines exactly like Johan.
And as far as Morningrise worship, you're all a bunch of dorks. Morningrise is a great album, but so are the other 6. To say it's so far ahead of the others is pretty lame considering every Opeth album is a different evolution from the last (if anything ist's alot like Orchid with slightly better production). Live in the present. I don't understand why people come on here and complain how Opeth will "never reach the pinnacle they did with Morningrise again," yet still claim Opeth fandom. Why do you still listen to Opeth then? Face it, they'll never make another album like that (at least, according to Mike's statements). Stop whining and buy some black metal cds, you babies!
As far as the bass player arguments:
Guess what folks? Mike wrote all those basslines for Johan. And guess what else? Mike writes most of Mendez's too. What makes Johan better than Mendez? Mendez plays the old basslines just like Johan. He's just as good, if not better cause he doesn't try to stick out as much tone wise. There may be flashier basslines on the first two albums, but that's cause Mike wrote flashier basslines for the first two albums than the last five. There's really no question of muscianship here when both guys have someone else to write the majority of the stuff they play and Mendez plays the old basslines exactly like Johan.
And as far as Morningrise worship, you're all a bunch of dorks. Morningrise is a great album, but so are the other 6. To say it's so far ahead of the others is pretty lame considering every Opeth album is a different evolution from the last (if anything ist's alot like Orchid with slightly better production). Live in the present. I don't understand why people come on here and complain how Opeth will "never reach the pinnacle they did with Morningrise again," yet still claim Opeth fandom. Why do you still listen to Opeth then? Face it, they'll never make another album like that (at least, according to Mike's statements). Stop whining and buy some black metal cds, you babies!
