all_sins_undone
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As long as you don't listen to the snare drum, i think... uke:
isnt that still life?
As long as you don't listen to the snare drum, i think... uke:
Exactly. Steven's best achievement was having his name written on the back of an opeth album
SW is cool but i'd favor Swanö as producer.
nah. steve wilson for the win. swano production sounds slightly weak and thin imo...........whereas wilson's work on bwp and d/d has a really rich and lush sound to it.
It's hard to gauge without knowing the extent of Steven's involvement with Opeth. I think the album's that he produced ended up getting a very distinct Porcupine Tree vibe. There are sections very reminiscent of things PT have done on In Absentia. One very notable one is the clean, harmony vocal section in the middle of Master's Apprentice. The chorus to Bleak also springs deja vu etc.
I liked what Opeth were able to achieve with the dude who did Ghost Reveries, even if most of it was self-produced. I think Opeth are at a stage where they don't really need an outside, 3rd party influence telling them what direction to take their albums. Mike is more than musically mature enough to produce his own stuff.
It's hard to gauge without knowing the extent of Steven's involvement with Opeth. I think the album's that he produced ended up getting a very distinct Porcupine Tree vibe. There are sections very reminiscent of things PT have done on In Absentia. One very notable one is the clean, harmony vocal section in the middle of Master's Apprentice. The chorus to Bleak also springs deja vu etc.
I liked what Opeth were able to achieve with the dude who did Ghost Reveries, even if most of it was self-produced. I think Opeth are at a stage where they don't really need an outside, 3rd party influence telling them what direction to take their albums. Mike is more than musically mature enough to produce his own stuff.
Moonie as always is spot on. SW is infamous for affecting the sound of albums he produces for other bands. If Mike could just have a word to Steve and say, "Look, just produce, no experimenting," then maybe it could work out. But somehow I think that won't happen.
I figure I should add that I really enjoyed Steven's contribution to the Damnation record.
I just looked at the booklet and realized that as well as producing, he engineered, mixed and mastered the entire thing. To this day, Damnation IMO is Opeth's best 'sounding' record from a technical and production standpoint.
I think the ideal thing for Opeth to do for their next release is to get Steven to produce it (and I mean just produce) but get a more metal savvy guy to do the engineering and mixing. That way you get all the little flourishes that Steven would add, but with the power and precision of a proper metal mix (like what was done with Ghost Reveries, or hell even something like what Andy did with Deliverance).... and yes I do realize that this totally contradicts what I was saying earlier about Opeth being able to produce themselves... I don't know.. I just can't keep a single track of mind lately, haha.