That ending left me on the verge of tears during the first listen, could be because of being their fan from such a long time & with all that debate (hatred) on their new musical journey. How could you dislike such a prestige music? Doesn't matter if it's Old Opeth or New Opeth, I have always felt connected to this band's magic and it's enough for this lifetime. Anyway, next suggestion - "Opeth - Faith in Others" :)

@jonkwape3097

2 жыл бұрын

+1 for Faith in Others.

@timdemeyer7738

2 жыл бұрын

First time i heard this i had the damn same reaction. Goosebumps and a drizzle of fluid running from my eyes..and i don't know why :)

@thanksthe5505

2 жыл бұрын

same here... I love both old and new stuff from Opeth and hate this debate over their musical style... It's unique

@Johnytomm

9 ай бұрын

unique doesn't mean good though @@thanksthe5505

I'd love to see you finish the rest of the newpeth poll, especially moon above sun below :)

As to where to go from here, I would say do the rest of the songs from the past Opeth poll. They are all fantastic songs.

Not sure if you've done it yet, but I think you'll really like Katatonia. My Twin - Katatonia Or July - Katatonia

The first album that had no growls was Heritage in 2011 and there's been none on any album since. Heritage was pretty polarizing among Opeth fans at the time, I think it's a little more well received now. Btw, I love Street Spirit, but would never leave an Opeth song for it lol

@dragonmasterlance123

2 жыл бұрын

Technically Damnation was the first, though I suppose you could argue it's just the other half Deliverance. Heritage is more their first full on prog rock album.

@alund1306

2 жыл бұрын

@@dragonmasterlance123 True, but yeah I guess I just don't count that because it was essentially a double album with Deliverance

@therionkp36

2 жыл бұрын

@@alund1306 nope.

Heritage was the turning point, that's a beautiful weird masterpiece in my opinion. My favorites: Famine and Folklore

I'm die-hard all Opeth. Flying to Boston to see them next month. This is my personal favorite of anything from Newpeth. Highly worthy of a re-listen with no pausing.

@MusicCatsandCoffee

2 жыл бұрын

@15:02 :)

@bryanmack5410

2 жыл бұрын

@@MusicCatsandCoffee yup...as I was typing, I thought "She usually re-listens," but then I thought "I should pick up more BBQ sauce this weekend," and I hit Reply. Mah bad.

@Jim.G

2 жыл бұрын

I think the whole album is worthy of a listen with no pausing. It's my favorite of the newpeth, atm.

Eternal Rains Will Come

The Lotus Eater

Seeing this live was an amazing experience.

Definitely check out Moon above Sun below 😎

A great song indeed, And I get the Street Spirit vibes as well, I love this song too.

I voted for this just for the ending honestly; even though Opeth is my favorite band, they rarely invoke emotions, but that ending always makes me feel emotional. I'll leave the suggestions to the other fans since I love old and new Opeth equally. Also, the more you listen to newer albums the more similarities you'll notice, they kept a lot of their old sounds.

While I do miss the growls, Mikael's vocal abilities grew a lot since he switched to cleans only. And I'm not saying losing growls did that, I just suppose he had to get better with cleans to convey the emotions without the growls..

Awesome, you've finally gotten to their later stuff. Mikael's vocal skills have reached another level on this album. Nearly every song on this album has it's own sound with Mikael stretching his peak vocal skills to the max. Lovelorn Crime, Next of Kin etc.. all great tracks. Whether it's Oldpeth or Newpeth, I love both equally. My mood at the time decides which era I'm going for when listening to Opeth. Their first non-metal album was Damnation (2003) and was a one-off thing, paired with Deliverance (originally planned to be a double album but the label said no... it's since been released as the double album Mikael wanted). After that they released Ghost Reveries and Watershed, their last two demon-vocal albums. After the Watershed album and tour Mikael began writing the music for their next album in the same style as Watershed but his heart wasn't in it anymore and he wasn't happy with anything he had written and deleted it. He actually wanted to write songs/albums like Heritage, Pale Communion etc. years earlier but he was afraid that it would lose their fanbase completely. After having so much anxiety ridden trouble writing yet another metal album with demon vocals the bass player, Martin Mendez, told him to just follow his own heart and do what he actually wanted to do. Which he did. When Heritage was released three years after Watershed it caused a major divide among the Opeth fanbase. Many just refused to have anything to do with anything they released after Watershed while many others really got into the new prog rock style, still tinged with the dark Opeth'y stuff we love. As time passed it seems that some die hard fans that previously didn't want anything to do with the new direction softened up to the new style since it was still so well written by top tier musicians. As of today Opeth is just as big and respected (if not bigger) as they were when they released Ghost Reveries. Many new fans flocked to the band and a lot of them worked their way backwards from their Newpeth era to the older stuff and got into their older style, getting used to the "demon" with time since the music itself was still brilliantly awesome. Cheers Lauren and all fellow Opeth fans. :)

Beautiful don't you feel? Try Cusp Of Eternity, Scorceress or The Wild Flowers. I have to admit by the way that I love Oldpeth a bit more, but Newpeth still sounds beautiful.

You asked where to go from here? Heritage album start to finish, Pale Communion album start to finish, then Sorceress album start to finish.

Alright Alright i got it mate up all night thinking of it Mocha Hates the Knots of Slip. Boom!! Top of the charts Top seller ;)

The other vocals you are hearing is Fredrik Åkesson who is the other guitarist. He does backing vocals on this album.

Opeth - Moon Above, Sun Below.

Opeth - Moon Above, Sun Below

I agree with doing the rest of the poll. It's a great song, it just doesn't fit in my playlist of Opeth songs I listen to constantly, which is basically their first 8 albums. Street spirit is an amazing song on an equally amazing album. I would like to see you check out where they started, and by their 3rd album My Arms Your Hearse, you could tell they were just getting better and were going to be a monster of a band, and it's no surprise that their 4th album Still Life is regarded as one of their best if not their best. But Orchid, their first album with songs like In the Mist she was Standing, The Twilight is my Robe, Forest of October, and Apostles in Triumph showcase an incredible talent that knows where it want to go. My favorite is My Arms Your Hearse. Maybe try a poll of each album?

Please react to Black Rose Immortal by Opeth. It's a twenty minutes song from the Morningrise album that will surely amaze you.

How about trying some Swedish Opeth? Like “Hjärtat vad handen gör” or their cover of ”Den Ständiga Resan” Or anything else really, they’re great

Opeth are like a band that grows at the same time we do. I cannot deny the influence of Porcupine Tree frontman Steven Wilson had on the bands direction and vice versa. This album was magnificent and exactly what was needed

NewPeth! Ha, love it

Lovelorn crime will be a good next pick from this album

The Procupine guy just reunited his band Porcupine Tree (Or Porcupine "Three", since it's only 3 from the original guys). Got a new song out, too. Just saying!

I honestly started with the newpeth stuff so I just settled into everything smoothly. Its cool to hear how much Mikael has progressed with his vocals so much tho.

@mellertid

2 жыл бұрын

I sometimes wish they'd rerecord some early clean vocals, but maybe that's not really what I want to happen. 🤪

Cusp of Eternity

"Fil-thy ve-gaaaaans!" - someone once commented, and I haven't been able to hear anything but that ever since :>

You can actually see a lot about their new direction in the Watershed album itself. Just that it has growls and the heavy songs in Watershed are REALLY heavy. Eventhough Watershed is one of my favourite albums, I could not care less about Heritage, the first Newpeth album. They have improved eversince. Pale Communion has some great songs and so does their last album. "Faith in others" and "Heart in Hand" are good songs to listen to, other than the songs already suggested here.

🎶🥰

The change caught some people by surprise, but it wasn't really sudden. I mean, in 2002/3 they put out an all clean vocals non-metal prog album called "Damnation". Their last couple death metal growling albums following that also had some tracks that showed definite signs of change. But the complete shift happened around 2012, I think, when "Heritage" came out, and it's been that way on the three following albums. Mikael has said in no uncertain terms that he and Opeth are done with growling and death metal in general (although I assume they will still perform some of their old stuff at live performances). Almost the entire band is different from their full death metal days- only Mikael and the bassist remain.

I really like the intro to this song, though the rest of it didn't do a whole lot for me as a first listen. As for the final lyric, it's very thought provoking and relatable. I can say that I have had everything end and have returned home, metaphorically speaking. The question of "is it worth it" took some time to be answered, but it was a "yes". It's never too late.

It was him that mikeal😆 His vocal improved superbly

:D

Ok now you owe me for making it impossible to listen to my second favourite Opeth song without thinking about my favourite Radiohead song

@MusicCatsandCoffee

2 жыл бұрын

Mwahahaha! Sorry. :)

I think it's interesting to compare clean songs from Oldpeth to Newpeth. Because like people have said - it's not necessarily the absent of growls that makes some fans disinterested in Newpeth, it's that the atmosphere, vibe and "Opethness" that we all love is absent. In its own Newpeth is great but I understand the shift is too much for some to handle. So I recommend Hours of Wealth, Benighted and Harvest.

The music sounds like a little like Sabbath in the Dio years

😅

React to some fear factory. Drones, corporate cloning, replica is their classic. Regenerate is a good one.

How about Master's Apprentices. They do an awesome live version.

You should react to Something Wicked by Starset :)

It’s strange that you say it doesn’t sound like Opeth considering they’ve been on this path for decades it feels like. Try songs from Watershed and/or Pale Communion

Opeth’s sound took a turn towards jazz fusion beginning with their 2011 Heritage album, followed up by their Pale Communion & Sorceress albums, all of which have clean vocals throughout. Even their most recent album, In Cauda Venenum has clean vocals but the songs in this album are less jazz fusion sounding. To me, I’m not a fan of those three previous albums. Yes, there are a few great songs within each but I do like the music throughout In Cauda Venenum. I would suggest reacting to Dignity or Heart In Hand off the same album.

@TheApsodist

2 жыл бұрын

Nah they don't sound jazz fusioney at all! Very prog but not jazz. Arguably the last album was the most jazzy though

I wasn't really disappointed when I first heard Heritage. (The first album not to feature death vocals) None of their albums disappoint me. The second time I saw them, they weren't doing "demon" voices. Still an outstandingly great show.

@jonkwape3097

2 жыл бұрын

Ackchyually it was not the first one, my friend:) Damnation was the one, but I don't think anyone complained then, as that was kind of part of their sound, and also there was no statement from the band that they leave the growls behind forever. Looking back though, Heritage is a musical masterpiece imo, and though I'm emotionally more attached to Pale Communion, I think Heritage might be the best one they made since Watershed.

@morlokkurak4763

2 жыл бұрын

@@jonkwape3097 you are completely right, but my thinking was Heritage is a little more "harder"musically than Damnation. Damnation didn't have distortion (I believe. I have the album, but I haven't heard it for a while) where as Heritage did, but it was toned down a little bit. Their subsequent mellow albums have had distortion, but not as much as, let's say, Orchid or Morningrise, for example. I hope that more fully explains my previous comment. Thank you for your time. METAL!!🤘🤘

@jonkwape3097

2 жыл бұрын

@@morlokkurak4763 True, I agree with that, you are right. Just in case, I didn't mean that as any kind of offense, just fellow Opeth fans chatting:) Have a good day, sir:)

@morlokkurak4763

2 жыл бұрын

@@jonkwape3097 No offense taken, sir. May the Metal Gods bless all your endeavors. 🤘👍🤘😎

personally i think the Sorceress album is what you should be listening to... sorceress, will o the wisp or the wilde flowers.

Very weird to hear it in english. They wrote the album in Swedish and have two versions (Swe and Eng). I feel the Swedish vocal line is a little better. But that might just be me being used to it..

@mellertid

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it may be. But I agree, this song in particular. And the Fredrik singing live is another level up, I must say. 🤟

Yes its all him on vocals......and street spirit is good but come onnn... :)

The last 4 albums definitely have a different feel to them, as they stopped trying to be a metal band and are much more along the lines of the whole 70's prog rock scene.

Sorry I haven't really gotten into this album. Heart in Hand is pretty good but this newest Opeth just isn't Opeth. It isn't the lack of growling but the lack of movement, the lack of the awesome never ending guitar riffs and amazing drumming. Opeth once wisely used harmonic structures and dissonances heard in classical music of the late 19th and early 20th century composers. You could hear Webern, Schenberg and Stravinsky ideas in some of their earlier stuff. Opeth was never really a band that did a lot of shredding nor needed to be. Just their rhythm guitar parts were enough to keep the most skilled guitarists guessing on how they were doing it. Not to mention some absolutely wonderful acoustic work. This stuff is just way too static and while their production is always top notch, I find it lacking in the emotional roller coaster ride their earlier work provided.

I think it's not old-new opeth, there are at least three stages. But assigning categories is often pretty useless...