Top 10 Softer/Hardcore songs

[James Hetfield]

So folks what are you favorite's songs softer and hardcore from opeth?

My's are:

Soft side

10. Ending Credits
09. Coil
08. Windowpane
07. Harvest
06. Hours Of Wealth
05. Credence
04. Reverie Harlequin-Forest
03. Closure
02. A Fair Judgement
01. To Bid You Farewell

Dark side

10. Under The Weeping Moon
09. Heir Apparent
08. In Mist She Was Standing
07. Wreath
06. Blackwater Park
05. Ghost of Perdition
04. When
03. Abril Ethereal
02. The Apostle In Triumph
01. Deliverance

 

[Necropeth]

Hardcore
Anyways I can't choose!

 

[Mantraschism]

Seriously, did you have to use the word 'hardcore'?

Anyway, let's see if I can compile a list:

Light side:

1. Coil
2. Windowpane
3. Harvest
4. Hours of Wealth
5. Benighted
6. Hope Leaves
7. Patterns in the Ivy II
8. Credence
9. Isolation Years
10. To Bid You Farewell

Dark side:

1. Karma
2. Demon of the Fall
3. Ghost of Perdition
4. Bleak
5. Blackwater Park
6. Serenity Painted Death
7. The Night and the Silent Water
8. In Mist She Was Standing
9. Heir Apparent
10. Wreath

Not in any kind of order.

Edit: By the way, I'd like to point out that 'soft' is not an antonym for 'dark'.

 

[Necropeth]

Gald to see Coil is getting some appreciation!

 

[Fragon]

Soft Side:

1. Burden
2. Rid to Disease
3. Windowpane
4. Face of Melinda
5. Ending Credits
6. Hope Leaves
7. Harvest
8. Credence
9. Isolation Years
10. Death Whispered A Lullaby

Dark side:

1. The Leper Affinity
2. The Moor
3. Heir Apparent
4. Forest of October
5. Blackwater Park
6. Serenity Painted Death
7. Black Rose Immortal
8. Ghost of Perdition
9. Deliverance
10. Wreath

 

[Nathan_lol]

Soft:

10. Benighted
09. Windowpane
08. Harvest
07. Death Whispered A Lullaby
06. Hope Leaves
05. Hours Of Wealth
04. To Rid The Disease
03. Coil
02. Isolation Years
01. A Fair Judgment

Not soft:

10. Demon Of The Fall
09. The Leper Affinity
08. Deliverance
07. The Moor
06. The Baying Of The Hounds
05. Master's Apprentices
04. Bleak
03. Serenity Painted Death
02. Blackwater Park
01. Ghost Of Perdition

 

[Unbelievable21]

Is A Fair Judgement "Soft" or "Hardcore", or neither?

 

[SpitOfScorn]

Gald to see Coil is getting some appreciation!

Coil keeps playing on my stereo. At first it seems simple enough, but really grew on me.

 

[SpitOfScorn]

Is A Fair Judgement "Soft" or "Hardcore", or neither?

If there is visible penetration, it is hardcore and costs extra.

 

[Slayer101]

Soft:
1. To Bid You Farewell
2. A Fair Judgement
3. Requiem including the beginning of Apostle
4. Face of Melinda
5. Harvest
6. Hope Leaves
7. Hours of Wealth
8. Burden
9. Closure
10. Patterns in the Ivy I and II

Heavy:
1. Advent
2. Apostle in Triumph
3. Leper Affinity
4. Wreath
5. Heir Apparent
6. Black Rose Immortal
7. Forest of October
8. Godhead's Lament
9. Nectar
10. White Cluster

 

[Vega Skater]

Many of the heaviest have lighter moments than the 'light' songs, so I see no point in trying.

 

[in_my_time_of_disease]

^Yes this just another very slightly different way of ranking songs.

 

[Sad Madrigal]

soft

10.Epilogue
9.Isolation Years
8.Face of Melinda
7.Credence
6.Silhouette
5.In My Time of Need
4.Burden
3.Windowpane
2.Harvest
1.To Bid You Farewell

hard

10.Harlequin Forest
9.The Drapery Falls
8.Serenity Painted Death
7.April Ethereal
6.Ghost of Perdition
5.Demon of the Fall
4.The MOOR
3.De-Li-Ver-Ance
2.BlackRoseImmortal
1.WHEN

 

[Blackwater Demon]

light (in no order)

Harvest
Credence
In My Time Of Need
To Rid The Disease
Closure
Windowpane
Coil
Burden
To Bid You Farewell
Hessian Peel

dark (in no order)

When
Demon Of The Fall
April Ethernal
The Lotus Eater
The Drapery Falls
Bleak
Heir Apparent
Black Rose Immortal
Ghost Of Perdition
Forest Of October

 

[Wander]

I don't exactly categorize Opeth songs, cause more often than not they are a mixture of mellow and heavy.

 

[99tollap]

Soft:
1. In My Time Of Need
2. A Fair Judgment
3. Harvest
4. Coil
5. Hours Of Wealth
6. Ending Credits
7. To Bid You Farewell
8. Closure
9. Benighted
10. Face of Melinda

Heavy:
1. When
2. Ghost of Perdition
3. The Leper Affinity
4. Godhead's Lament
5. Harlequin Forest
6. Dirge for November
7. Beneath The Mire
8. Black Rose Immortal
9. Forest of October
10. The Baying of The Hounds

Its stupid calling Opeth songs 'soft and dark'. Is there any Opeth song which isn't dark?!

 

[Iki-ilkkuja]

Soft songs: Heavier ones:

Coil Ghost of Perdition
Isolation Years Deliverance
Hours of Wealth The Lotus Eater
Benighted Godhead's Lament
To Bid You Farewell April Ethereal
Windowpane The Night and The Silent Water
Weakness Serenity Painted Death
Face of Melinda The Baying of the Hounds
Atonement Heir Apparent

 

[BrutalD]

Soft:

To Bid You Farewell
Face of Melinda
Hours of Wealth
Harvest
Patterns in the Ivy II
For Absent Friends
Credence
Hope Leaves
Windowpane
Still Day Beneath the Sun

Dark Side (These are the particularly heavy, not average):

Heir Apparent
Masters Apprentices
Apostle in Triumph
Demon of the Fall
Under the Weeping Moon
The Night and the Silent Water
Forest of October
When
Hessian Peel
Deliverance

 

[Nightmare_Heaven]

In no order for each

Soft:
To Bid You Farewell
Credence
Hope Leaves
Weakness
Atonement
For Absent Friends
Madrigal
Windowpane
In My Time of Need
Face of Melinda

Heavy:
April Ethereal
When
Wreath
Deliverance
The Night and the Silent Water
The Twilight is My Robe
Bleak
Master's Apprentices
Nectar
By The Pain I See in Others

 

[SerenityNow!]

I can't do this categorizing thing, but I think I've seen only one person mention Still Day... <--- Bless you.

I love that song!