What Mike Portnoy said about Opeth & Damnation...

[OpethPat]

From MP.com forum:

OPETH

After delivering (no pun intended!) one of my favorite Metal releases of 2002, I am already totally digging the new, upcoming release "Damnation" (coming in March)

It is unbelievable how diverse this band can be!!
With Deliverance sounding very Progressive/Gothic/Death Metal (Testament meets Cynic meets Sabbath), Damnation is a whole other side to the band...totally beautiful and melodic (Porcupine Tree meets the Moody Blues!)
And yet somehow, they manage to miraculously still sound like the same band between the two!!

Not many bands would be able to pull a stunt like this off, but they've totally succeeded!

MP

FYI, Mike is the drummer of Dream Theater

 

[Kushantaiidan]

Testament meets Cynic meets Sabbath? No.

But still.. I can't wait..

 

[Crimson Death]

He must've been blindfolded when he heard them.

 

[ProgMetalFan]

sabbath? wtf!

 

[Thorns of Sorrow]

There is alot of sabbth in Opeth stuff. Just listen to "Funeral portrait", "Blackwater park", "Moonlapse vertigo" etc etc etc. Cynic, no, Testament, no.

 

[Speedkill]

At least he said Damnation sounds like the same band, that's the only thing I was worried about.

 

[Furious B]

So who really cares what this fruity ass butt-rocker has to say about Opeth anyway?

 

[Ermz]

I dont think he deserves to get the pre-release copy of Damnation...

 

[Thared]

GREAT!

 

[KielbasaSausage]

Originally posted by ProgMetalFan
sabbath? wtf!

not all of black sabbaths material sounds like iron man/paranoid you know... id have to say Black sabbath is still one of my very favorite bands today because of how diverse their music is.

 

[Mariner]

its a weak comment from Mike! I mean each metalband owes Black Sabbath something.... T
anyway i'm glad he likes them

 

[Pierogi]

Originally posted by OpethPat
FYI, Mike is the drummer of Dream Theater

For You Imbeciles ???

 

[opethpainter]

there's a lot of black sabbath in almost every metal release, i think...

 

[godmachine12]

Originally posted by KielbasaSausage
not all of black sabbaths material sounds like iron man/paranoid you know... id have to say Black sabbath is still one of my very favorite bands today because of how diverse their music is.

True true. Why does everyone think that is the only 2 songs they ever did? And I agree, just about every metal band owes them something and it's no shame to be compared to them.

 

[Demonspell]

I don't hear any Testament in Opeth either...

 

[KielbasaSausage]

Originally posted by godmachine12
Why does everyone think that is the only 2 songs they ever did?

i dunno, but whenever i come to those tracks i usually skip them. those 2 songs are too overrated.

oh which reminds me, black sabbath should be releasing a new studio album end of this year with ozzy on vocals. how many years since their last album with ozzy on vocals? 25 years? haha damn they are old geezers.

 

[blakmetalemp]

Good thing Mike didnt say it sucked, he would have really got flamed then.

 

[ProgMetalFan]

Originally posted by KielbasaSausage
not all of black sabbaths material sounds like iron man/paranoid you know... id have to say Black sabbath is still one of my very favorite bands today because of how diverse their music is.

yeah, i am quite familiar with sabbath's catalogue... i used to own all their stuff from "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" through "Born Again"

 

[Useful Idiot]

Originally posted by Crimson Death
He must've been blindfolded when he heard them.

Was this a serious comment?

 

[Opethfan1980]

Good lord, this board bitches about everything.

Bye.