The New Longplayer

[JustCallMe...Lucifer]

Mikael said it's gonna be a very heavy, black-metallish album.
Okay.

 

[Demilich]

I think a lot of fans agree lately that for this album to be what it should be, Steven Wilson must go, he may be a great musician and producer, but not the right one for this band anymore. Bring back Dan! (haha yea right!)...
who would do best as a replacement?

 

[Frost-Shatraug]

I think a lot of fans agree lately that for this album to be what it should be, Steven Wilson must go, he may be a great musician and producer, but not the right one for this band anymore. Bring back Dan! (haha yea right!)...
who would do best as a replacement?

Considering the high regard that Opeth hold Steven Wilson in, and the increasingly rived relationship between Mikael Åkerfeldt and Dan Swanö, I don't think that they're in a rush to replace their producer. Steven has an unequivocal influence on the albums he's been involved with, and a large number of fans are growing impatient with the sounds of the later albums. Mikael has made it abundantly clear that the band does not write music for any purpose other than to compose what they, and they alone, think is good music.

On the bright side, I don't think the band was as pleased with the Deliverance and Damnation albums as they'd like to have been. From all that I've gathered, the entire process was rushed and thin. It's likely that they learned a lot from it, though.

There's been a lot made of some of Mikael's comments at the live shows and in a few interviews. He's mentioned occult and black metal themed albums, but I think most people that know both black metal and Opeth realise that they probably aren't going to sacrifice as much of their established identity as would be needed to create a simple, agressive, christ-raping black metal album.

Ideally, they'll finish up their tours in the beginning of next year, take a few months off, and then compose music as a band. Perhaps they can get back to basics, and apply what they've learned over the years. They would enter the studio without having to worry about the major aspects of learning the new material. Here's to an Orchid-Blackwater Park hybrid..

 

[Katabasis]

Does anyone know specifically what Mikael has said about the upcoming material? I've heard the rumours of black/occult themes, but is there anything more specific? When did he say these things? What interview?

Thanks.

 

[Hondo]

SW had very little to do with Deliverance. So if you don't like that, don't blame him. As for the next album, the occult/black metal thing is just from random concert interviews. Mikael wasn't ever very specific or definite about it.

 

[chaveta]

so.. what does EP stand for?

 

[Staffan]

HE have said that the next album will probably be the most extreme! I hope that means taking the heaviness AND calmness to an extreme!

 

[AbsentFriend]

At the damnation gig I went to he said this:

"actually we're a death-metal band and the next album will probably be too heavy for you wimps to consume"

or something like that...

I think it will be a heavy concept blackish doom-like album with a lot of beautiful folkish acoustic passages....I HOPE! I think maybe with keyboards, so that Per Wilberg can join them for good. Call me Nostradamus....

 

[Dev]

I'd sign for that

 

[ffanatic]

so.. what does EP stand for?

 

[Frost-Shatraug]

so.. what does EP stand for?

Once again, I may be wrong, but I believe the terms EP and LP came from the days of vinyl records. An EP had less material than an LP, but the size of the record was the same. So instead of wasting the space that was left over, the audio data was 'extended'(thus the extended play acronym), which meant it had to be spun faster. Likewise, an LP is a long play, and it needs to be spun at a lower speed. The terms don't really apply anymore, other than the general standards of an EP being a short, few song release, and an LP being a full length album.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[Abou]

Once again, I may be wrong, but I believe the terms EP and LP came from the days of vinyl records. An EP had less material than an LP, but the size of the record was the same. So instead of wasting the space that was left over, the audio data was 'extended'(thus the extended play acronym), which meant it had to be spun faster. Likewise, an LP is a long play, and it needs to be spun at a lower speed. The terms don't really apply anymore, other than the general standards of an EP being a short, few song release, and an LP being a full length album.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

Nah, you are right. An LP was spun at 33 and a 1/3 RPM while an EP I believe was at 66 and 2/3 RPM

 

[Post_Scriptum]

if they do that heavy stuff they told you about...

im going to be freakin happy

 

[Super Mahrio]

Well...whatever makes the guys happy and whatever sounds good to my ears, i aint gonna complain!
EP stands for Extended Play and LP stands for Long Play...


damn kids

 

[Spike]

Well...whatever makes the guys happy and whatever sounds good to my ears, i aint gonna complain!
EP stands for Extended Play and LP stands for Long Play...


damn kids

Yaeh, we all knew what it STANDS FOR, but it doesn't really make much sense as to what it MEANT until Frost and Chaveta went over the revolutions thingy!

Logically 'Extended Play' would be longer than 'Long Play'... but Meh.

 

[jester00]

mikael had his tounge in his cheek with those comments. so of it may be true.. but i doubt we will see a full on black metal album.

 

[Hondo]

Are they? Name one.

 

[Tranquillian]

Nah, you are right. An LP was spun at 33 and a 1/3 RPM while an EP I believe was at 66 and 2/3 RPM

45 RPM.