What do you think of that band?
What do you think of the new album?
Do you listen to them before Steven Wilson's work with Opeth?
What do you think of the new album?
Do you listen to them before Steven Wilson's work with Opeth?
Porcupine Tree
- Thread starter Thortyir
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Mmmh, "Lightbulb sun" and "Stupid dreams" are very good!
The older material is more experimental... But quite nice too
The older material is more experimental... But quite nice too
opethpainter
the psychedelic servant
when i first listened to them i was like 
when i first listened to in absentia i was like
and no, i listened to them because of opeth's blackwater park issue
when i first listened to in absentia i was like
and no, i listened to them because of opeth's blackwater park issue
COnsiderateApathy
took the Left Hand Path
Originally posted by opethpainter
when i first listened to them i was like
when i first listened to in absentia i was like
Heheheh that's exactly how I felt! And let me add this:
When I first saw them live I was like
I got into Porcupine Tree because of Steven Wilson's involvement in 'Blackwater Park'. I'd never heard of them before that, but I'm infinitely grateful to Opeth for opening up another musical avenue for me to explore. I now own Porcupine Tree's entire catalogue on CD (major albums I mean) and listen to them on a regular basis, just like Opeth's releases. And I've been to see them live twice, and they are *AMAZING* live. Check them out they ever come around your area!
Isn't it great to see the different paths that musical discovery takes?
Sengir*Buendia
Baron of Macondo
I got to know them through Opeth (ohh!) but unlike everyone here, I found In Absentia boring and unoriginal !!
Deliverance, on the other hand, is godly.
Deliverance, on the other hand, is godly.
Demonspell
cheating the polygraph
ProgMetalFan
In the attic
Speedkill
Holy Handkerchief!
Even though I like PT, it's good to see someone that doesn't. That way it's not all fanboy worship around here.
Lina
kickass elizabethan style
I'm not a fan. They aren't particularly original, they're just one band of an entire genre. Seems like Opeth fans go gaga over them simply because of the Mikael-Steven connection. They aren't bad, but I don't see what all the fuss is about and no one's ever been able to explain it to me satisfactorily, though I'm sure some of you will try. 
They are fucking great.. just got In Absentia a week ago or something, and I just realized I got a nice long time ahead of me getting their back catalouge
It's goodly!It's almost a debate, everyone has his arguments to explain his "I like" or "I don't like"...
I'm very happy to see it...
And I understand both of you, it's not a worship-thread, even if it was started by a fan of both Opeth & PT
Chromatose
Squid pro quo
I listened to porcupine tree BEFORE stevie wilson stuck his nose in Opeth's business .. but mostly just their older albums, the opeth thing got me interesting in finding out what else Wilson was up to these days and got me listening to their newer stuff.
IN ABSENTIA .. its pretty good..... but not better than Stupid Dream.. lightbuld sun.. RECORDINGS ...
he's good for opeth.. gives them that little extra push towards making real prog, that mikael needed, and probably wanted.....
IN ABSENTIA .. its pretty good..... but not better than Stupid Dream.. lightbuld sun.. RECORDINGS ...
he's good for opeth.. gives them that little extra push towards making real prog, that mikael needed, and probably wanted.....
shivering corpse
Ty Cobbb
i only have in absentia
good album, but given all the hype many people have given it, it's a little bit more hit and miss than i thought it would be
blackest eyes, trains, lips of ashes, gravity eyelids, heartattack in a layby, and collapse the light into earth are all excellent
good album, but given all the hype many people have given it, it's a little bit more hit and miss than i thought it would be
blackest eyes, trains, lips of ashes, gravity eyelids, heartattack in a layby, and collapse the light into earth are all excellent
Bleakest Harvest
\m/Misanthropic Hippy\m/
In that case you must be deaf
I'm going to see them on March 3rd, cannot wait! In Absentia was my fav non-metal albvum of 2002
I'm going to see them on March 3rd, cannot wait! In Absentia was my fav non-metal albvum of 2002
COnsiderateApathy
took the Left Hand Path
Go see them live, then get back to me on what 'all the fuss' is about. Some bands are just better live than in a recorded setting. They put on an amazing live show, with strobes and colors and lots of great riffs and harmonies and it's enough to make one feel like they're on an acid trip.Originally posted by Lina
I'm not a fan. They aren't particularly original, they're just one band of an entire genre. Seems like Opeth fans go gaga over them simply because of the Mikael-Steven connection. They aren't bad, but I don't see what all the fuss is about and no one's ever been able to explain it to me satisfactorily, though I'm sure some of you will try.
On a side note, and I'm sure it's been discussed before, but did anyone else notice the similarities between the main riff in 'Blackest Eyes' and the riff in 'Blackwater Park'?
