Last nights Opeth/Porcupine Tree received a 10 count on the meter. When Opeth played Closure, I think spikes came out of my spines, and various mountain ranges could be identified in the goosebump clusters. As I stated in my review thread of the concert, I feel there is a difference between the sweaty pumped up feeling you get after seeing most metal shows, and the goosebump/chills feeling. Slayer pumped me up in a major way. So did Enslaved. But Opeth, and especially on this Damnation tour, gives me the feeling of musical genious as judged by the inner feeling I get when seeing them perform. I don't think I'll ever believe that a Death/Black metal band can do the things that Opeth does, but they do it flawlessly.
I can honestly say Opeth is the only band I've ever seen that continually tips this goosebump/chills scale (3 times now). So many songs by them live give me the major chills - The Drapery Falls, Deliverance, Closure, Faces of Melinda, Bleak, Windowpane. And the rest of their act keeps my skin feeling bumpy as hell.
I've seen so many concerts, yet only a handful of artists have challenged this scale. Santana has. Emerson, Lake & Palmer has. Opeth has perfected the tipping of this scale. The rest of the bands I've seen use the pump me up scale, or the completely boring scale.
I can honestly say Opeth is the only band I've ever seen that continually tips this goosebump/chills scale (3 times now). So many songs by them live give me the major chills - The Drapery Falls, Deliverance, Closure, Faces of Melinda, Bleak, Windowpane. And the rest of their act keeps my skin feeling bumpy as hell.
I've seen so many concerts, yet only a handful of artists have challenged this scale. Santana has. Emerson, Lake & Palmer has. Opeth has perfected the tipping of this scale. The rest of the bands I've seen use the pump me up scale, or the completely boring scale.
