Time for a Name Change?
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huh!?
are you talking about GR?
lets say you do, because of one album they now arent representing quality and artistic vision?
You're gonna get a keelhauling followed by a live gutting on international TV.
Tubbs
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You want a keelhauling yourself? I'm not a GR fanboy, BWP is my favourite, though GR is still a very good one.
Seance
Still Writes in Crayon
MR is probably my favorite, but I still think GR is a good album. What do you guys have against GR?
In my opinion, they haven't done anything note-worthy since "Still Life", and even that showed signs of the decline. As for artistic vision, well, that really doesn't even need explaining!
Tubbs
Bi-weekly top album:
Crimson Velvet:
dont be surprised tomorrow morning when youll be hanged from the tallest tree in your continent.
no artistic vision? WTF!? where the hell have you been when BWP came out!? and why are you still in there!?
dont be surprised tomorrow morning when youll be hanged from the tallest tree in your continent.
no artistic vision? WTF!? where the hell have you been when BWP came out!? and why are you still in there!?
Arjen W.
Member
Well, it didn't show the same progress in music direction as previous albums; it was a twist of the ideas shown on "MAYH". Still, an excellent album, but it is evident that they started losing momentum at this point.
Arjen W.
Member
The same could be said for Orchid and Morningrise then. I think Still Life is quite a progression from MAYH (fair enough, not as much as MR > MAYH), it's more complex, layered and 'progressive', imo. BWP is excellent too, also quite a progression from SL, a lot of fresh ideas, and definately no lack of 'artistic vision', or whatever you wanna call it.
I think MAYH/SL/BWP was their prime, and none of those albums show any sign of declining quality, I think.
I think MAYH/SL/BWP was their prime, and none of those albums show any sign of declining quality, I think.
Triton
In Solitude
Hmm maybe we should make a thread like the one in the In Flames forum, putting Opeth into 3 periods of their work...1st period:Orchid and Morningrise,
2nd period:MAYH, Still Life, BWP and 3rd periodeliverance, Damnation, and GR...
2nd period:MAYH, Still Life, BWP and 3rd period
eliverance, Damnation, and GR...
Arjen W.
Member
Triton
In Solitude
Orchid and Moningrise is vastly different, if you only look beyond the obvious aesthetic similarities (vocals, acoustics and production, if I remember correctly). The song writing took a massive leap, in that they went from being disjointed and immature, to the more predictable but structured, "using each riff once before moving on" setup that they had on Morningrise.
And I'll agree that "Still Life" is by no means a carbon copy, and a very nice little album in its own right. It's just that The 'Peth had already found their sound at this point, and weren't going out of their way to progress, like they had in their past. And this is, in my humble opinion, even more obvious on BWP. I'm not saying it is bad, per say, it's just not as interesting or fresh as their earlier outputs.
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