**moved the review for short attention span purposes
This album has caught me off guard. I expected it to be heavier, since we were shown just how heavy they could be on "Blackwater Park" and this album has been touted as the "heavy" album between the double release.
Instead, I think it's more accurate to say that this album encompasses everything that Opeth has done on all previous releases, and has moved forward at the same time.
What more could we ask for?
The album is fantastic. As I've been reading some of the other posts about it, I realized I've already gone through the stages that have been posted by other forum members:
1. Didn't really like some parts or songs / dissapointed that it wasn't what you expected
2. Listened to the album a little more and started liking it more
3. Come to the Realization that, like all the other Opeth albums, this record is fucking awesome and stands out as a thing of beauty in your head.
The vocals are sick. The guitar playing ridiculously good. The rhythm section is steady and tasteful as always (Martin on drums really steps up here, there is some great kick work and some badass fills throughout this album, no blast beats though, as reported on Sonic Death's review...)
Lots of nice production tricks, some new different styles (for Opeth) of singing and guitar pieces approached (ex: The Beach Boy vocal harmonies on "Master's Apprentices" that are immediately followed by the harshest sounding growls on the whole cd!)
But we still get the same stuff from other albums that we've come to love, like long badass outro's, perfectly executed guitar solo's, guitar melodies that reek of emotion while Mikeal screams his throat raw.
Basically, it's Opeth. Initially, this is the kind of album I had thought they would put out before we were told it was going to be "heavy, heavy, heavy, heavy." "Deliverance" is an evolvement of their sound, which of course has always been heavy.
Buy it. It's a classic, just like all the other ones.
Love,
Niel
This album has caught me off guard. I expected it to be heavier, since we were shown just how heavy they could be on "Blackwater Park" and this album has been touted as the "heavy" album between the double release.
Instead, I think it's more accurate to say that this album encompasses everything that Opeth has done on all previous releases, and has moved forward at the same time.
What more could we ask for?
The album is fantastic. As I've been reading some of the other posts about it, I realized I've already gone through the stages that have been posted by other forum members:
1. Didn't really like some parts or songs / dissapointed that it wasn't what you expected
2. Listened to the album a little more and started liking it more
3. Come to the Realization that, like all the other Opeth albums, this record is fucking awesome and stands out as a thing of beauty in your head.
The vocals are sick. The guitar playing ridiculously good. The rhythm section is steady and tasteful as always (Martin on drums really steps up here, there is some great kick work and some badass fills throughout this album, no blast beats though, as reported on Sonic Death's review...)
Lots of nice production tricks, some new different styles (for Opeth) of singing and guitar pieces approached (ex: The Beach Boy vocal harmonies on "Master's Apprentices" that are immediately followed by the harshest sounding growls on the whole cd!)
But we still get the same stuff from other albums that we've come to love, like long badass outro's, perfectly executed guitar solo's, guitar melodies that reek of emotion while Mikeal screams his throat raw.
Basically, it's Opeth. Initially, this is the kind of album I had thought they would put out before we were told it was going to be "heavy, heavy, heavy, heavy." "Deliverance" is an evolvement of their sound, which of course has always been heavy.
Buy it. It's a classic, just like all the other ones.
Love,
Niel
