Return of black metal screams in Opeth

[Land Of Grey And Pink]

I hardly think Darkthrone and Emperor sound alike.

And I really doubt Opeth will play primitive black metal, but you never know I guess.

i wasnt saying emperor and darkthrone sound alike...i was simply giving examples of 2nd wave black metal versus 1st wave.

 

[Nico]

Wouldnt hurt to have a bit of variation in his growls... though I dont quite see Mike doing screams, but some higher pitched growls like in the early albums, mixed in with his more recent gutteral growls could give a good effect.

 

[Ermz]

I've always thought having Ihsahn as a guest on an Opeth album would be brilliant.

 

[DE]

Ihsahn's new stuff (post-Emperor) is great.

 

[ViCyniC]

I want Mike to do a laughing growl.

 

[DE]

What exactly is one of those?

 

[all_sins_undone]

akercocke use them quite a bit

"HO HO HO HO" *pounding guitar riff*

 

[illidurit]

:bumpstrosity:

 

[Reyals]

Yes! That'd be sick.

 

[hibernal_dream]

OMG YES. And they should return to the blastbeats as well!

 

[shanky]

Opeth should do some King Diamond stuff.

GRANDMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!! WELCOME HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMEEEEE!!!!!

 

[CadenZ]

akercocke use them quite a bit

"HO HO HO HO" *pounding guitar riff*

HAHA!! Mike should've thrown in some of those on Damnation.

I think there already are some bass-mid-treble variations in Mike's growls, f ex: sometimes he accentuates a word or syllable in a phrase by pitching it a little higher.

 

[Opion]

Where did this quote come from exactly?

 

[all_sins_undone]

who is jack frober

 

[MR REAPER]

you

 

[Pessimism]

If you're referring to Orchid/Morningrise/Crimson vocals...then FUCK YES.

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[Anarkissed]

I woudln't mind a bit of early-Opeth style screams to add a bit of variety.

'twould be interesting to have a few blastbeats too - not too much, of course, but just a few here and there.

 

[Guttmann]

HAHA!! Mike should've thrown in some of those on Damnation.

I think there already are some bass-mid-treble variations in Mike's growls, f ex: sometimes he accentuates a word or syllable in a phrase by pitching it a little higher.

like "your face was like a photograph, painted WHITE" sort of thing?
+1

 

[CadenZ]

like "your face was like a photograph, painted WHITE" sort of thing?
+1

Yup, exactly. A few examples from Ghost Reveries:

Ghost of Perdition
2nd verse: Holding her DOWN
approx. 6:40: A saint's premonition's unCLEAR
...
Keeper of HOLY WHORES

The Baying of the Hounds
I hear the baying of the HOUNDS (well, semi-)
2nd verse: His eyes spew forth a darkness that CUT through and paralyze (great example, with one very short pitch shift Mike makes the whole sentence sharper and gives it a nice composition/structure, as he accentuates the also-in-it's-own-meaning sharp verb which also is a significant word in the sentence, being situated at approximately the golden ratio/cut. I know I'm over-analyzing but hey, that's my handicap )
...
His MOUTH is a vortex
...
Reached OUT in false dismay (another great example)

Etc etc etc...there are lots of those higher-pitched screams in there, there's just so many things going on that maybe one doesn't think about it as much.

 

[Dseven]

I've always thought having Ihsahn as a guest on an Opeth album would be brilliant.

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