Opeth is a great band

[Matt]

Ghost Reveries > BWP > Morningrise > etc

 

[Vitor]

Ghost Reveries > BWP > Morningrise > etc

 

[Hatebreeder]

Ghost Reveries > BWP > Morningrise > etc

I'd put GR in the number three position. Fuck the haters. Maybe it's because it was the first album I owned from them, but the songwriting is excellent.

 

[Ender Rises]

Totally. For me Orchid is their 2nd worst while Morningrise is their best.

People only rate Orchid highly because it's the debut, while the songwriting is completely amateur standing next to Morningrise.

To Bid You Farewell is amazing.

 

[Vacant_Planets]

It is mainly the boring over-drawn out riffs and awful transitioning that often ruins any mood that may or may not be achieved.

Same here and more..

 

[TylerTheNuke]

I have to defend orchid here. It isn't very coherant and is rather amateurish, but it is amazingly inventive. All the other albums just build on the sound of this album. No other opeth album was as bold or daring as this one. My favorite album is morningrise, but this album deserves no disrespect whatsoever. Not even close to worst opeth album.

 

[Gold]

orchid is a very good album, i'd have to say damnation is probably the worst while GR, BWP, or MAYH are the 3 best

 

[Belligerent]

orchid is a very good album, i'd have to say damnation is probably the worst while GR, BWP, or MAYH are the 3 best

Orchid does nothing for me. Always put Blackwater and Still Life on top of my list. Opinions are always varied when It comes to a band as great as Opeth.

 

[J.]

Orchid is my favorite. To call it their best seems rather immature, since everyone has a different favorite. Older fans prefer the complex first two, while newer fans prefer the easier-to-digest current era.

It also seems rather ludicrous to assume people prefer Orchid simply because it's the debut. What the hell does that prove? My first was MAYH, but I never warmed to it, then I got the first two, and loved them, and to this day, they are the only two I own or care to own.

Morningrise is a bit too polished, something that does not hinder Orchid.The imperfections of Orchid bring out the character, whereas perfecting those imperfections for Morningrise robbed the album of feeling.

As far as the actual band, they are not that great. THey simply are fairly easy listening and a good "gateway band". No they are not classic, nor are they as bad as some would have you believe.

 

[thisisaformicatable]

 

[wandering_taco]

Older fans prefer the complex first two, while newer fans prefer the easier-to-digest current era

I am a newer Opeth fan (been into them about a year), and I love the first two just as much as all the new stuff, I favor different albums at different times.

 

[rfe]

Haha.

 

[Vitor]

who r u in this pic?

 

[Alter]

Yea great pointless comment. These stupid posts make the board seem immature.

My only grip with Opeth is that the riffs grow to long at points. Damnation is a great album though. I love how mellow it is.

 

[Hell Awaits Us All]

damnation = wonderful album, though my favorite is morningrise and BWP

 

[rfe]

I liked how in Damnation, the songs were short but also made their point without being a year long. Damnation was definitely their best '00s album.

 

[Hatebreeder]

who r u in this pic?

Nice.

 

[Vitor]

Nice.

thanks

 

[King Richard]

haahah i just re-read what you said, and not only did I understand it, but it was mildly funny

 

[Vitor]

haahah i just re-read what you said, and not only did I understand it, but it was mildly funny

great, but ya could be better in your coment... you could say:

Dude, what you said was awesome, great, incredible... but just mildly funny???

btw, i'm joking