Opeth isn't a metal band anymore????

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In several interviews i heard Mike saying that metal doesn't do that much for him,yet he still playing heavy stuff !!!! why lol? to please us? he always say that he do what pleases him first !
Btw, this is my first thread ! shitty? maybe? :p
 
he says that hes still into metull, but i think he just cant identify himself with metal in its origin way anymore...

understandably
 
Just because he doesn't listen much to metal, doesn't mean he can't write metal.

Anyway he said in the 20 min. interview thing, that he listened to Sabbath Bloody Sabbath quite often. And that's metal isn't it?
 
^ who's the asshole that said that it is NOT a metal album? :p but..i dunno...i thought the music he listens to inspire him ! and if u listen to the beatles/zombies/comus and camel and u write things like Mike does, you must be genius !!!!!!
 
Well being inspired by some artist doesn't mean that the stuff you come up with sounds like that artist.

There's countless examples of bands that sounds quite different than their inspirations.
 
I can tell you that it is perfectly fine to write metal and not be so into listening to metal/heavy stuff because I'm exactly the same way. I enjoy writing and I enjoy playing metal more than anything (maybe it's because that is the music I am good at), but nowadays it's not this kind of music that I spend most of my time listening to.
 
If I understand, Mike doesn't like most of the current metal scene. He still loves metal, but what's out there right now isn't rocking his boat. So he's turning to other sources for music.
 
Opeth isn't really "metal" by today's standards and definitions... but that is what makes Opeth great. They surpass barriers and they don't follow trends. Mike is totally into prog and you can hear that in Opeth's music more than you can hear any modern metal influence.
 
If I understand, Mike doesn't like most of the current metal scene. He still loves metal, but what's out there right now isn't rocking his boat. So he's turning to other sources for music.

Yeah ! same here actually ! i don't like the current metal scene, I'm listening more the 80s 90s stuff ! they are better i think.And I believe that there are loads of amazing underground bands.just like in early 90s ! so imo it's a bad time for metal scene, with bands like Slipknot lol ! sorry for those who like em.It's my opinion after all :)
 
The past what....5 years at least has been a flood of really the same stuff over and over. Once in a great while you might pick up something that is worth listening to. But at the moment I can't recall much in the past year that I have that is labeled as "new". Bands like Opeth give us something different to listen to that's still labeled as "metal". I really do hope we can ditch all of the hard core bands and emo bands soon. Hot Topic has way to much shit to sell
 
Bands like Opeth give us something different to listen to that's still labeled as "metal".

Opeth has been giving us roughly the same style of music since Still Life, though. Sure, Watershed showcases their versatility more than their past albums, but you can definitely tell it's Opeth just by the way the songs are structured and the riffs are written. The only thing that really changed is that Watershed can't be described as "a progressive death metal album with a few gentle moments scattered here and there."

All their old styles have been put on display with equal prominence this time rather than one style overpowering the others. They didn't do anything really "new" on Watershed, though, unless you count that as new.

Porcupine Tree is another band that I always hear people say can't be catergorized, but it's the same thing there. They/Wilson started off as a psychedelic outfit (just like Opeth started off with huge Black metal influences), then they went to awesome pop rock (just like Opeth went on to a more Death metal sound with My Arms, Your Hearse), and then they added some metal to their sound (like Opeth started incorporating more soft moments in Still Life). But Porcupine Tree's last 3 albums have been the same style, and that style is merely a mixing of all of Wilson's past styles. Porcupine Tree hasn't done anything to truly revamp their sound since In Absentia, and even that album was just a blending of Wilson's old stuff with some metal thrown in.

Not dissing either Opeth or Porcupine Tree here. Both of those bands are in my all-time favorites list. But neither are bringing anything new to the music scene anymore. Not that they really need to... just because they aren't revolutionizing the music world like they did in the past doesn't mean the new stuff isn't good. Both Watershed and Fear of a Blank Planet are among my favorites from each band.
 
Opeth has been giving us roughly the same style of music since Still Life, though. Sure, Watershed showcases their versatility more than their past albums, but you can definitely tell it's Opeth just by the way the songs are structured and the riffs are written. The only thing that really changed is that Watershed can't be described as "a progressive death metal album with a few gentle moments scattered here and there."

All their old styles have been put on display with equal prominence this time rather than one style overpowering the others. They didn't do anything really "new" on Watershed, though, unless you count that as new.

Porcupine Tree is another band that I always hear people say can't be catergorized, but it's the same thing there. They/Wilson started off as a psychedelic outfit (just like Opeth started off with huge Black metal influences), then they went to awesome pop rock (just like Opeth went on to a more Death metal sound with My Arms, Your Hearse), and then they added some metal to their sound (like Opeth started incorporating more soft moments in Still Life). But Porcupine Tree's last 3 albums have been the same style, and that style is merely a mixing of all of Wilson's past styles. Porcupine Tree hasn't done anything to truly revamp their sound since In Absentia, and even that album was just a blending of Wilson's old stuff with some metal thrown in.

Not dissing either Opeth or Porcupine Tree here. Both of those bands are in my all-time favorites list. But neither are bringing anything new to the music scene anymore. Not that they really need to... just because they aren't revolutionizing the music world like they did in the past doesn't mean the new stuff isn't good. Both Watershed and Fear of a Blank Planet are among my favorites from each band.

They are slowly changing their sound. To my ears anyway.
 
If I understand, Mike doesn't like most of the current metal scene. He still loves metal, but what's out there right now isn't rocking his boat. So he's turning to other sources for music.

Deathspell, Akercocke, Gojira, Agalloch... some pretty good metals around today.
 
bla bla bla.. They surpass barriers and they don't follow trends. bla bla bla..

Linkin Park and all do just that, don't they? and they suck...

i don't like the new opeth albums much (the liking keeps decreasing with every new album after bwp)