This has probably been discussed before, but how does everyone feel about the synthesized strings in alot of Opeth's songs? Personally I feel like I'd rather hear real strings rather than the synth ones... Dont get me wrong i dont want a full orchestra (although i think an orchestral Opeth album would kick ass) because i know the stigma that comes from bands that use orchestras, but just a small string section. Its just that in some of the songs that really use the synth alot like near the end of Reverie/Harlequinn Forest Im almost totally focused on the synths and it gets distracting because it could never sound as real as real strings.