What would you call Opeth?

[Immortal Death]

if i may..ill go by what Wal-Mart said- Adult Contemporary

LMFAO!!!!

 

[forest of october]

We could give them a lot of really cool names for their sound. I call them progressive death, because generally speaking, thats what they are.

And you have almost no idea what black metal is. lol.

 

[OblivionOcean]

Progressive Melodic Death Metal.

 

[Super Mahrio]

if i may..ill go by what Wal-Mart said- Adult Contemporary

LMAOPMP! Thats a good one!

 

[random_phil]

Opeth are almost as hard to pin down as my band. I'd say they're 'Progressive melodic Death/Doom', but that's still nowhere near explaining them.

 

[Kate Bush Rules!]

Progressive Metal

 

[Lethe78]

I would call Opeth.... music. It would be very hard to define them.

 

[skyshock1]

I don't think you can categorize them.

The closest anyone I've heard describe them is the Led Zepplin of the death metal world. But even that is a stretch...

 

[illbeleavinnow]

Wouldn't they be more like the Pink Floyd of the death metal world?

 

[skyshock1]

Progressive Metal

See, when I hear Prog Metal though, I think of bands like Fates Warning, Dream Theater, etc... with those Castrati Opera singers who sing above Mariah Carey. Usually something to do with their missing balls.

Isn't Mikael a baritone singer? He sounds like he's below Tenor...

 

[skyshock1]

Wouldn't they be more like the Pink Floyd of the death metal world?

Possibly in some aspects. But Pink Floyd never really had any out and out ROCK songs. Just about all their stuff was pretty laid back, although they could get QUITE heavy at times. But I think Opeth is a bit more aggressive, so that's why I'd stick to the 'Zep comparison.

Like I said though, it's still a bit off I think.

 

[genizah]

Progressive extreme jazzy melodical dark metal

 

[Deserted]

Quote: Originally Posted by ChrisEmerson
i call them Progressive Death Metal.​

yes

oh yes

 

[City_of_da_Moon]

im with GroteZK "Extreme Progressive Metal"

 

[DE]

Progressive/Melodic Death

 

[nevershine]

and really, what is Forest metal?

opeth definately arent forest metal. bands like empyrium are forest metal (i think they made up the name).
the closest thing (it has been argued down to in the past) is melodic death metal.

OPETH have been described as "forest metal", I've noticed that some other bands (like DAWN, interviewed within these pages - Cd) use that description. This seems to fit OPETH as the music is hard to pin down, much like the term "forest metal."
Hrmm... It was actually Jonas from OCTOBER TIDE who came up with that description. It was only meant as a joke when he desperately tried to catagorize the sound of OPETH. When you mention it, it is really a better description on our sound than death/black metal. Our music is a great tribute to the deep & mystic woods. We speak the words of the entity that hides in the trees! I have not heard of that band called DAWN. Actually, I think it is pretty embarrassing how bands try to label themselves. "Cool" catagories like "wind metal" will soon exist. OPETH is just some kind of strange metal, that's all!

This is from an old interview with Åkerfeldt which I read years ago. I remembered correctly the forest metal part...

I'm not arguing. I really don't care how to categorize Opeth. Just letting you know where I got the "Forest Metal" from...

http://b2b.jeffro.net/archive/opeth/interview2.html

 

[Kate Bush Rules!]

See, when I hear Prog Metal though, I think of bands like Fates Warning, Dream Theater, etc... with those Castrati Opera singers who sing above Mariah Carey. Usually something to do with their missing balls.

Isn't Mikael a baritone singer? He sounds like he's below Tenor...

"Progressive" isn't defined by the range of the singer. You aren't prog if you sound like an existing band. In fact, being a Dream Theater clone makes you less progressive. To be genuinely progessive, a band has to be original and their sound has to be changing with each album. Two bands can sound totally different and still both be prog.