The New album is called Watershed : Out June 2nd

[Maggai]

I love blast beats. But they have to be used right. If Opeth are finally doing some after all these years, I'm sure it will be tasteful and will be integrated as a musical part in the song that serves it in a positive way.

 

[Obtuse]

Some bands use them too much... but I also have the feeling that Opeth will be able to master them, like they master everything else!

 

[RollMyCoaster13]

singing over blastbeats??? how about The second half of The New Black by Strapping Young Lad?

 

[Stimuli]

"Watershed" is also the name of the new K.D. Lang album...

 

[BurningSky]

If this guy was so dead wrong about the blastbeats thing, then its possible he was a bit off in his descriptions of other stuff. Not that anything he said didn't excite me, but at least now i feel like i dont know as much as i could.

 

[Jon Snow]

This is off topic, but we should all praise Jon Snow's signature picture

absolutely, best sig ever eos. I didn't make it though.


Definitely excited to hear this album. I have no doubt it's going to be album of the year. :fanboy:

 

[Jester-Race]

i just hope everyone knows that if this cd sucks the world will explode, everything positive will turn into negative and implode on its self, flip universii and explode into a rotating pattern that will only cause multiple parallel universe situations which will burst into fractals, and on each of those planes of existence the same thing will happen, indefinitely. so watch out.

 

[Existenzleid]

i just hope everyone knows that if this cd sucks the world will explode, everything positive will turn into negative and implode on its self, flip universii and explode into a rotating pattern that will only cause multiple parallel universe situations which will burst into fractals, and on each of those planes of existence the same thing will happen, indefinitely. so watch out.

I can totally imagine Meshuggah (or Fredrik Thordendal solo) delivering the soundtrack to that

 

[Jon Snow]

good thing it's not going to suck

 

[Maggai]

You always have to take these early review things with with a good deal of salt. I remember some journalists who heard st.anger early said that the album had blast beats. The album of course has no blast beats at all. It does have some fast parts, which proabably what they mistakingly refered to as blast beats. My point is that people often does not have a clue what they're talking about.

 

[Blind Guardian]

i just hope everyone knows that if this cd sucks the world will explode, everything positive will turn into negative and implode on its self, flip universii and explode into a rotating pattern that will only cause multiple parallel universe situations which will burst into fractals, and on each of those planes of existence the same thing will happen, indefinitely. so watch out.

Talk about having pressure on you,Mikael

 

[cheechonaleash]

i just hope everyone knows that if this cd sucks the world will explode, everything positive will turn into negative and implode on its self, flip universii and explode into a rotating pattern that will only cause multiple parallel universe situations which will burst into fractals, and on each of those planes of existence the same thing will happen, indefinitely. so watch out.

As cool as that would be to see, I doubt it's going to happen, because the album is going to rule.

 

[Vile Serenity]

Hell, Akercocke play an acoustic guitar over a blastbeat. It's not that unique - everything you can possibly do with the human voice, a guitar and a drumkit has already been done.

I was just about to mention Axiom.

You always have to take these early review things with with a good deal of salt. I remember some journalists who heard st.anger early said that the album had blast beats. The album of course has no blast beats at all. It does have some fast parts, which proabably what they mistakingly refered to as blast beats. My point is that people often does not have a clue what they're talking about.

True, but considering Axenrot's style and all, I wouldn't doubt that he would blast beat on Watershed.

 

[Obtuse]

Considering he's spent years in a fairly respectable death metal band... yeah, blast beats seem like a possibility.

 

[Black Session]

when Mikael was still writing stuff for the album, some guy on this forum begged to put blastbeats on the album and asked what Mikael thought of them. Mikael responded that he actually likes them ... unconscious influence during writing?? hehe

 

[bens0n]

I can totally imagine Meshuggah (or Fredrik Thordendal solo) delivering the soundtrack to that

lol

 

[IntoPhagist]

Thordendaal is god

 

[Victorialand]

As the PR said, there are blastbeats in one song.

 

[Victorialand]

Jason's vocals are awesome! He sings in tune..

The fact stands, clean vocals over a blast is not anything new in musical terms..

New for Opeth though.

On Antichrist? Good god, he sounds like a dying seal in parts.

 

[Obtuse]

Quick question, Victoria.
Is Watershed "heavier" than GR?

It's funny, because in one way we know what to expect,
because it's Opeth. But at the same time we don't know
what to expect because it's Opeth!