Something I've noticed about Opeth...

[Schraiber]

In between the greatness of most of their songs, some songs just have really BAD parts. I mean, they just sound crappy. A good example would be in Nectar, when Mikael says "Leave me speachless, Release my yearning..." through "...And from that moment, I witnessed your beauty, felt your death." The riff is just horrible and that's just a bad part of the song. It's amazing how they can go from such amazing portions as the verse previous to what I mentioned to that crap. Oh well. No one can be perfect, right?

 

[Furious B]

Originally posted by Schraiber
In between the greatness of most of their songs, some songs just have really BAD parts. I mean, they just sound crappy. A good example would be in Nectar, when Mikael says "Leave me speachless, Release my yearning..." through "...And from that moment, I witnessed your beauty, felt your death." The riff is just horrible and that's just a bad part of the song. It's amazing how they can go from such amazing portions as the verse previous to what I mentioned to that crap. Oh well. No one can be perfect, right?

I disagree with that, the ONLY riff that left a bad taste in my mouth, I feel was in "The Apostle In Triumph". It's that part at exactly 7:25 Through 8:20. Almost a minute of that crappy riff .... I think that it is pretty amazing that I only found one riff to displease me though ...

 

[Hondo]

Oddly enough. That part in Nectar never bothered me, and that part in Apostle is one of my favorites in the song. I can't think of anything that I'd call BAD or makes me cringe. Well, maybe that "THROUGH THE VAST ENCHANTED FOREST, RAAARRHHGH" line, but it's funny and endearing instead.

 

[Cyclonus]

All that pisses me off is that some parts can really drag on...

 

[Ermz]

Start of Black Rose Immortal... listening to that you'd in no way guess that the song progresses to the sounds you hear later on. Totally spoils the song in my opinion.

 

[Slayed Necros]

"Start of Black Rose Immortal... listening to that you'd in no way guess that the song progresses to the sounds you hear later on. Totally spoils the song in my opinion."

Agreed..It should have a better introduction.

 

[samoniac]

I like the beginning of BRI.

Can't think of any particular part I dislike. I'm sure there are some, but they just don't pop to my mind right now.

 

[DogVomit]

White Cluster really made me cringe when I heard it... I love it now though.

 

[Jo]

I don't hear any bad parts. I listen to Opeth because of the extreme range of emotions the music influences.

 

[Rusty]

Originally posted by Jo
I don't hear any bad parts. I listen to Opeth because of the extreme range of emotions the music influences.

Agreed.

 

[Id]

That part in Nectar is the only one I really hate.

 

[crimsonfloyd]

The metal parts of "Drige for November" and "The Drapery Falls" are rather boaring, but not bad. The other thing I don't like is the riff that starts at 3:24 of "Forest of October", even though the rest of the song is great.

 

[Infinite Reach]

For me the one song part that always stuck out was at 5:50 to 6:10 of "The Drapery Falls". I love the song but that one little transitional part always makes me cringe... reminds me of nails on a chalkboard or something.

 

[Hondo]

That part's meant to sound horrible though.

 

[Gnuckell]

There are some progressions off the BWP album that i find is a little bit too repetative, other than that, it's all basically fine to me.

 

[InMyKingdomCold]

Theres nothing in Opeth's music that I hate, I love it all!

 

[Of My Darkest Hour]

Funeral Portrait...the very beginning got on my nerves...and in Leper Affinity right before the solo early on in the song gets on my nerves...but Lepper Affinity is one of my favorites of all time anyway.

 

[Gnuckell]

Well, i think that the snare is tuned quite high on Still life and BWP, but i figure it fits with the rest of the mix

 

[KielbasaSausage]

Originally posted by Light
You are some seriously fussy fuckers, really. I mean honestly. Come on. What about the snare drums? Do you like them?

hopefully they're not THAT fuckin picky haha

 

[Vortex]

Originally posted by Schraiber
In between the greatness of most of their songs, some songs just have really BAD parts. I mean, they just sound crappy. A good example would be in Nectar, when Mikael says "Leave me speachless, Release my yearning..." through "...And from that moment, I witnessed your beauty, felt your death." The riff is just horrible and that's just a bad part of the song. It's amazing how they can go from such amazing portions as the verse previous to what I mentioned to that crap. Oh well. No one can be perfect, right?

I'm sorry, but the leave me speechless part literally does leave me speechless. It's one of the band's emotional high points and another example of the power of simplicity. It's a breathtaking melody they got there...

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