Orchid

[beast from the east]

I must admit, the first two albums don't keep my attention all that much. I like both albums, and I like Orchid better than MR, but they just aren't up to the standard of the albums from MAYH on, IMHO.

 

[in_my_time_of_disease]

Orchid is one of the best debut albums period imo. Certainly very high up in terms of debut metal albums, if not thee.

 

[Lethe78]

A lot of the duel guitar bits are under-appreciated on this album and I admit I didn't fully appreciate them until I learnt to play them myself.

+100000. I always thought they sounded cool, but when I learned how to play them, I appreciated them way more.

 

[EternalDamnation06]

I could never see why alot of people prefer Morningrise to Orchid....


Orchid is a masterpiece. Not my favorite from Opeth ,but it is without a doubt amazing. I had even more respect for it after seeing them play "Under The Weeping Moon" live.

 

[isolation_years]

I think The Twilight is My Robe is one of the best songs ever written.

agreed, i love orchid, it was the last album i bought(i rarely like debut albums) but i wasnt disappointed, i loved it, i find it tends to be a bit more prog, but thats just me........and its not like you can mesure prog haha

one of my favorites, although i love their new stuff too.......i just love everything

 

[Adramelech2012]

orchid>watershed

 

[OpethAllenPoe]

I actually prefer Orchid over MR and MAYH...not to say those albums are bad at all. I mean in mist she was standing, under the weeping moon, forest of october, the twilight is my robe...silloutte or however you spell it, such beautifle songs!

 

[BrutalD]

I think The Twilight is My Robe is one of the best songs ever written.

+10,000

Orchid is badass, probably my second or third favourite.

 

[BefriendedUnit]

and i still can't believe that mikeal was just 21 years old when orchid was released

Makes you kind of feel shitty about your own life. Then again, Mikael's more than just a man, so it's alright.

 

[The Wooden Doors]

Orchid is great. I put it above Damnation, Deliverence, and Ghost Reveries imo.

"Forest of October"
Nuff said

 

[chrisdoig24k]

LOL
YOU ARE THE WOODEN DOORS!

I Am The Wooden Doors > half of Opeth's stuff

I SEE WHAT YOU DID THAR!

 

[liquidcow]

I'm giving Orchid a listen today, I think I've only ever listened to it a couple of times before actually. It was the last album I bought when I first got into them and started to collect their back-catalogue. Can't say I've ever been that keen on it. The production is so trebbly, I'm not really into the twin-harmony guitar thing, and the songwriting is so stilted, it's just one bit after another with no real flow. Actually on listening to it today it's not that bad, but it's hard to believe it's the same band and it doesn't really have any of what drew me to Opeth in the first place.

 

[opeth_353]

Possibly Opeth's worst album.

Yes it was pretty original and impressive as a debut, but very immature song writing and some piss awful riffs/sections.

 

[zacmenta]

I've still actually not heard this album, other than the track Silhouette. Have been meaning to get it for fucking ages, every other album of theirs is amazing, but I've yet to check this one out, for no particular reason.

PS. When Mikael reads these forums, his head must swell to immense proportions

 

[isolation_years]

orchid was the last one i bought as well, i never gave it a real chance (got MAYH at the same time) until a while ago, but i love it now, its not my favorite but its not my least favorite best debut ever

 

[Requiem960]

Orchid is my third favorite Opeth album behind MAYH and Still Life. I first heard it when I was in high school around '97. I had a buddy turn me onto them with Twilight is My Robe. I'd never heard anything like it. So, I bought the album and picked up Morningrise a few months later.

I don't listen to it as much these days. But, it still hold the fact that it's the album that got me into the band.