Opeth: The Love / Hate Band

[J.]

really? then humanity is lost.....

 

[Black Winter Day]

my opinion is better than your opinion

 

[J.]

k

 

[Black Winter Day]

wow, that was fast!!!

 

[J.]

that's what she said.

(and if you're gay - that's what he said)

 

[Black Winter Day]

if you were a basketball PLAYER, you'd be three second in the lane, then double-dribble

 

[JayKeeley]

My Arms Your Hearse is the definitive Opeth cd. Especially the covers of Circle Of The Tyrants and Remember Tomorrow!!

What Circle of The Tyrants cover!? If I remember right, I only have Remember Tomorrow on mine.

 

[SonOfNun]

What Circle of The Tyrants cover!? If I remember right, I only have Remember Tomorrow on mine.

Its on the tin edition I believe. I have the original version so I don't have any cover songs on mine.

And yes, My Arms, Your Hearse completely rules.

 

[SonOfNun]

Starting to listen to some of these to make a pick for the bug out bag. It's probably gonna be Deliverance, Morningrise, or Orchid. Those are the ones that I've had some desire to reach for over the last year.

I have found Blackwater Park dull on recent listens (was never a huge fan), but I haven't had much of an interest in pulling out MAYH or Still Life either. We'll see.

 

[J.]

Only the first two are real

#clichebuttrue

 

[Krilons Resa]

Starting to listen to some of these to make a pick for the bug out bag.

Damn, you're takin' this shit srsly.

I hope you like toast!

 

[SonOfNun]

That's generally my problem. I have literal OCD so I take making lists and ranking things very seriously. I get into this systematic way of approaching things that is really too much. It's probably why I have 2,000 posts instead of 20,000

 

[NAD]

Hate: Morningrise

I started really enjoying this album about 2 months ago.

Never give up! Never surrender!

 

[einride]

still life is easily their best and most coherent album. "the moor" is the definitive opeth song, i don't think they ever tried harder than that to actually make coherent riff progressions

morningrise second

dont really give a fuck about the rest, in theory i kinda like most of it but in practice i never listen to any of it

 

[SonOfNun]

Still Life was my favorite at one point but I got MEGA burnt out on it.

 

[J.]

i never really liked any of them beyond the 1st two. MAYH was my 1st, and it never clicked and I was always wondering what everyone else heard.

then I got orchid and morningrise from Blockbuster Music (remember them?) and that was that. the others lack any adventure and that funky jedi bass player

 

[Ellestin]

Everything up to Still Life is highly listenable. Doesn't mean it's listened to. Can't remember the last time I put an Opeth record on. I can assert with near 100% certainty that it was My Arms your Hearse and it was probably an instinctive grab after hearing the line in "Drip Drip"

 

[DarkGift]

Only the first two are real

#clichebuttrue

Haha, those are their two weakest metal-era albums for me actually. Maybe it's a black metal vs death metal thing? I'm much more into dm than bm, so.

I loved all Opeth albums right up until the dreaded switch that happened in 2011 with Heritage. These days, the only album I can say that I dislike outright is Sorceress, but the last 4 albums got nothing on their mid era ones.

Best for me is Still Life, Ghost Reveries, My Arms, Your Hearse (BWP gets honourable mention for getting me into the band, and just being a generally great album)

 

[J.]

Haha, those are their two weakest metal-era albums for me actually. Maybe it's a black metal vs death metal thing? I'm much more into dm than bm, so.

makes sense. Im much more of a bm duder

 

[Reign in Acai]

Orchid destroys their entire discography. Band ceased to exist after Damnation.


Bastids were great live, one of my faves to see.