Where to start with Opeth

[Janga666]

I've been interested in getting into some Opeth. Strangely enough I've never heard anything by the band before. Can you guys recommend the best album to start with?

 

[waif]

My Arms Your Hearse
Still Life
one of those. probably mayh.

You can trust me because I'm not one of these asshole opeth-discussers that clogs up every thread with "no ghost reveries is better" crap.

Speaking of which, Ghost Reveries is crap. Don't get it.

 

[mutantllama]

Black water park

 

[genocide roach]

black water park

the special edition has the best acoustic song from a metal band ever...
~gR~

 

[Blind Guardian]

Yeah both Still Day Beneath The Sun and Patterns In The Ivy II are incredible. Shows a musical sofistication that metal doesn't really have, sounds like something Nick Drake would come up with.

 

[Uthark]

My Arms Your Hearse
Still Life
one of those. probably mayh.

Agreed. Their best material by far is on those two albums.

 

[MasterOLightning]

Blackwater Park

 

[The Ozzman]

Blackwater Park

followed by:
My Arms, Your Hearse
Damnation

then everything else.

 

[Janga666]

Thanks guys, judging by most reponses I'm guessing Blackwater park may be the best place to start. I think I'll pick it up tomorrow.

 

[genocide roach]

Yeah both Still Day Beneath The Sun and Patterns In The Ivy II are incredible. Shows a musical sofistication that metal doesn't really have, sounds like something Nick Drake would come up with.

still day is perfect

Thanks guys, judging by most reponses I'm guessing Blackwater park may be the best place to start. I think I'll pick it up tomorrow.

remember, special edition!
~gR~

 

[Holocaust on the Moon]

Still Life and Ghost Reveries.

And Ghost Reveries isn't crap, go buy it.

 

[CF87]

Still Life.

 

[Black Friday]

Still Life, don't listen to the faggots who said BWP.

 

[supseudonymous]

Opeth are what I like to call a Fibonacci band. The only way to truly understand them is to listen to their albums in the sequence 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13. All albums not falling within this sequence are shit and can safely be ignored. Of course they haven't put out their 13th release yet but when they do it will surely kick ass.

 

[genocide roach]

Still Life, don't listen to the faggots who said BWP.

oh, you gotta explain that one...
~gR~

 

[Anom@nder Rake]

I got into Opeth through Blackwater Park in their popularity explosion back in 01. It's a pretty good starting point and is almost as good as My Arms and Still Life. These days I only listen to their first two albums.

 

[CF87]

Ghost Reveries is by no means crap and one of their best albums. Watershed is their best album imo.

 

[Black Friday]

oh, you gotta explain that one...
~gR~

Blackwater Park bores me. On a completely unrelated note, the Slipknot advertisement at the top of this screen sucks ass and should be removed.

 

[mutantllama]

Inserts Ozzman quote on how awesome adblock is.

 

[Omni]

Listen to their albums in chronological order, but stop after the second one.