Opeth... Metal... Progressive... Hiphop?

[Benighted Joe]

OMG!

 

[Black Paragon]

Heres their promo pic.

 

[Powers]

The title is a joke. But has anyone else noticed that Opeth employs alot of "Death Row" West Coast hip hop grooves? Listen to To Rid The Disease... Namely the verse. But I suppose that comes more from Jazz influence? Probably the same things Dre was listening to in the 70s.

Another example... the infamous drum and bass section of Baying Of The Hounds. Always creepy, always dark, but always with a groove. Just an observation. I'm sure I'll be called a poser or something

What Dre and other Hip Hip artist would have listenend to while they were young would have been Mo Town, fair enough they probably listened to some Jazz.

Early Hip Hop (the earliest being the Sugar Hill Gang) comes from fusion of Jazz, Mo Town and Reggea, the rythm of most early hip hop reflects Reggea more than anything.

As for a Hip Hop motif in Opeth? i suppose at the most basic level you could say that, fairpoint made.

 

[affinityband]

the most basic thing to say would be they both use voices. other than that, i really dont think that it has anything to do with any Hip Hop motif, because most music has a beat too it.

 

[HazeM*]

Didnt u know Mike and boys mosh out to 50cent and falloutboy when there not playing there hiphop

 

[RDreamer]

Mike should bust out the first song he ever wrote, "I Hate Hip Hop", at the next Chronologies show!

 

[BANNEDadrian]

SERENITY PAINTED DEF

 

[N-MAYH]

The title is a joke. But has anyone else noticed that Opeth employs alot of "Death Row" West Coast hip hop grooves? Listen to To Rid The Disease... Namely the verse. But I suppose that comes more from Jazz influence? Probably the same things Dre was listening to in the 70s.

Another example... the infamous drum and bass section of Baying Of The Hounds. Always creepy, always dark, but always with a groove. Just an observation. I'm sure I'll be called a poser or something

POSER!!!
seriously tho... they do mosh out to fiddy

 

[Sanzen]

I read somewhere once that Dr. Dre had formal knowledge of music theory...I could be wrong, though.

he IS a doctor.

 

[Fredy_Brown]

Mike should bust out the first song he ever wrote, "I Hate Hip Hop", at the next Chronologies show!

Why?

 

[RDreamer]

Why not? It would be funny, and it would be pre-Orchid. And as we all know, the more unknown and old and obscure a song is, the better it is. It would be the greatest Opeth track ever heard by human ears.

 

[Kenneth R.]

he IS a doctor.

that was awesome

 

[FullMetalCornflake]

Another example... the infamous drum and bass section of Baying Of The Hounds. Always creepy, always dark, but always with a groove.

You know, the first thought that came to my mind when I heard that part (love that part) was "That's some straight Elfman shit right there!!"

but then, sometimes I listen to too much oingo boingo...

 

[Jon Snow]

The closest Opeth come to rap is the 'chorus' of Serenity Painted Death.

 

[rrjii2000]

they should make a video of to rid the disease, with mike driving in a lowered el dorado throwing up gang signs with steven wilson in the passenger seat with a do rag on and girls in thongs shaking their ass in front of the cameral..that would be tight:hotjump:

LMFAO at Steve Wilson in the Passenger Seat!

 

[Gunt Piddlesworth]

doesn't akerfeldt steal from enough genres that he shouldn't have to dip into rap?

 

[Sanzen]

LMFAO at Steve Wilson in the Passenger Seat!

heh. I thought this was real funny.

 

[Id]

gay thread btw

 

[shark22]

If Mike listened to 50 cent that would be funny!

 

[Frosties]

If that would happen, suddenly the whole board would be full of 50 cent appreciation threads...