There comes a point in one’s life when Opeth becomes your favorite band and you never look back. What an absolute masterpiece

@ihsahnakerfeldt9280

2 ай бұрын

I remember when I first heard this incredible masterpiece that I kept stopping it and gasping in amazement. I'd heard all the classics by that time and I'd never thought they could outdo themselves like that. A truly peerless band.

@charlesajones77

2 ай бұрын

This was the album that got me into Opeth, and it is still my favorite. It's a shame that they don't do the "death metal" vocals anymore. Mikael Åkerfeldt was the best at doing them I've ever heard. Watershed is the "transition" album between old Opeth and new Opeth, which is probably why I like it so much. I wish they would make another album like it.

6 string, standard tuning, and they churn out this... Mikael is the MacGyver of heavy riffs.

@braindamage7128

5 жыл бұрын

I love that its in standard. Fucken most of master of puppets is standard save thing

@IEIAI

5 жыл бұрын

I had no idea that this song was in Standard tuning ! This band is short of being creative and in how they deliver riffs and melodies so eloquently.

@Rodrigoooous

5 жыл бұрын

where does that low note comes from, in the opening chord, then? Is that a growl?

@alexandremarchand8815

5 жыл бұрын

@@Rodrigoooous The oppening Chord is 0-1-2-3 starting from the low E string. Try it if you want ! Sounds pretty evil :P

@PZMaTTy

5 жыл бұрын

@@alexandremarchand8815 0-1-2-3, that sound like a diminished chord right?

I wrote my PhD thesis listening to this album over and over again.

@maranathashalom9402

3 жыл бұрын

**bangs head frantically along velocity formulas**

@13superdude2

3 жыл бұрын

Ahahahaahaahahhaahhahaahaha

@Felipejvcsful

3 жыл бұрын

so are you the guy from the cover?

@cowboycalicojakk9685

3 жыл бұрын

fuck yes

@untill1289

2 жыл бұрын

That's awesome. What was your thesis on?

This is a great alarm You have 80 seconds to get up or there will be a hellhole in your room

@fencingisb

5 жыл бұрын

Cabeza de Huevo 1:20 sorry, I had too

@ruinsane100

5 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@jessbian3385

5 жыл бұрын

Actually you have 0 seconds

@sanderdavid8626

4 жыл бұрын

doesn't it sound like shit on mobile tho? Ill try it in any case :D

@guillaumeroussel4845

4 жыл бұрын

I prefer Ghost of perdition -> 7 seconds lmao

The ending of this song haunts me

@nataliee6410

7 жыл бұрын

Right?! Ugh.

@GhANeC

7 жыл бұрын

the ten second ending or the whole outro?

@williamiceman9939

3 жыл бұрын

@@GhANeC the part from 0:00 to 8:51 I’m sure he was referring to

@aaronbones4290

3 жыл бұрын

The bass bruh the bass

Mikael Åkerfeldt mastered every genre he ever touched, death metal, prog metal, prog rock, folk, etc. He is the ONE

@Paniekzaaiertje

Жыл бұрын

And now Eurovision pop

@Celestial_Being666

Жыл бұрын

One of the goats

@Luxalim

Жыл бұрын

Now he just needs to rap over some trap beats

@Celestial_Being666

Жыл бұрын

@@Luxalim terrible joke

@RouxusLeGueux

Жыл бұрын

@@Celestial_Being666now he needs to rap to a trap beat

5:37 "INVISIBLE CAT!"

@socialabuse104

5 жыл бұрын

DYINNG

@Merlin0fCamelot

5 жыл бұрын

And now you know why all of the dishes be flying out of your cupboards n shit. 😹👌

@lorz8940

5 жыл бұрын

Rip invisible cat

@Jesterlee995

5 жыл бұрын

Jebus!

@thomashinds3308

4 жыл бұрын

You laugh now but you would be wise to heed Mikael's warning, the invisible cat was once one of the greatest threats to mankind

The transition from Coil to Heir Apparent is nothing short of magical.

@dekideron5199

9 ай бұрын

It's sound like a bomb fell it jumpscared me the first time I heard watershed

@giblaz

7 ай бұрын

Akerfeldt somehow has managed to put these kinds of transitions into almost every album many times over. He is simply one of the best to ever do it.

if you are a musician, look into the music notes and see the amazing mastery of Opeth; they put notes that hate each other together and force them to make love.. i keep falling in love with opeth over and over

@MAFiA303

6 жыл бұрын

nice words past me

@bithon5242

5 жыл бұрын

God, that's the most beautiful description of Opeth I read thus far.

@toprak3479

5 жыл бұрын

What's great about Mikael's writing is that he always uses some "nicer" chords right after dissonant chords so it resolves nicely and you wait for the next attack of dissonance at the end of the musical phrase. This song goes crazier with the dissonance though.

@rsmeaton

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, there's a transition in Baying of the Hounds that really comes to mind when you say that - with 2 guitars playing in unison, but a minor 2nd apart.

@XiyuYang

5 жыл бұрын

There’s no such thing as notes that hate each other, there are resonance and dissonance, Opeth knows how to use dissonance, that’s all there is to it.

I started learning this song, and my jaw dropped when I found out that it was recorded in standard E tuning. So heavy!!!

@jewzyjesse311

6 жыл бұрын

Danny bearblaster damn that’s impressive on their part

@karenpato1

6 жыл бұрын

That's a good thing.

@victorhernandez5149

5 жыл бұрын

Standard is they reg tuning

This song is one of the metal's finest

@DarkMustard1337

8 жыл бұрын

i wish the cd started with this song

@skepticmonkey6923

6 жыл бұрын

it does...

@knightsolaire5348

5 жыл бұрын

@@skepticmonkey6923 It starts with Coil, this is the second track

@skepticmonkey6923

5 жыл бұрын

@@knightsolaire5348 bit late man, between your reply and my comment ive listened to the album at least 3 times.

@Haxprocess

5 жыл бұрын

@@knightsolaire5348 not sure if this is correct but i think coil is an intro to this song. Could be wrong tho

Lol, I bet Mikael was sitting there for 3 hours trying to write some ridiculous riff, trying to find his inspiration for a song, then just gave up and played the opening chord.

@terrybronson2674

6 жыл бұрын

MurphyMonster sounds like satan barfing into my speakers \m/

@trichila6397

6 жыл бұрын

DISSONANCE!!!

@thebadger1252

5 жыл бұрын

Coil is essentially the intro to this song.

@R3adybreck

5 жыл бұрын

Jeeeeeesus WEPT

@prmfirestorm0863

5 жыл бұрын

Hahaha, it takes years of playing to make a chord like that... before then, it sounds like shit.

Jesus christ.... This track annihilated me.

@DingusKhan3434

4 жыл бұрын

@@tenebrisangelus2379 ok

I totally love the part from 0:40. It creates this weird tension, anxiety. Where you know the heavy part is comming.

@OljeiKhan

7 жыл бұрын

As if the intro isn't heavy AS FUCK lol

@timirdas2905

4 жыл бұрын

Actually the most haunting part of the song..

One of the most hard hitting tracks by opeth, perfect blend of bloodbath brutality and opeth ambience.

This song is a masterclass in how to write a heavy song

that outro... I've rarely heard music (metal, classical, rock, wtvr..) that depicted sadness so romantically with so much simplicity, that lead is nothing technically, yet *SOOO* effective. Superb tail-riff also, awesome buildup. Pure.

@lordiblees

9 жыл бұрын

yoe91 Well-said. Akerfeldt has a special knack for doing outros.

@samiranroy2245

8 жыл бұрын

+yoe91 This was the best explanation for the outro.:D

@GhANeC

7 жыл бұрын

Funny, I don't get that sadness or romanticness vibe off of that outro at all. Specially compared to such other songs like Isolation Years or Faith In Others. I do find it very beautifully melodic, though. Awesome riff. Mikael has always been a master of those.

@MegaTattoo79

6 жыл бұрын

This one is great, but the outro of "Floods" by Pantera is my favourite! Dimebag's essence.R.i.p.

@pfisterbuddy

6 жыл бұрын

These guys are master composers. The Mozart and Beethoven’s of our time.

2:30 One of the most devastatingly unholy riffs I ever did hear.

@samwisebagcheese7207

5 жыл бұрын

Was...until 5:29 came around.

@adrianstoreide7029

5 жыл бұрын

@@samwisebagcheese7207 Alternate picking doesn't count IMO

@H.E.M.

4 жыл бұрын

Za3boor but isn’t tremolo just alternate picking really fast. 😂

@nickforshaw4286

3 жыл бұрын

@@samwisebagcheese7207 love that part but not even close man. That's just a bunch of chuggas

@heliosophist334

2 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite riffs of all times. Such a pleasure to hear and play.

Gotta love the tritone

@randytauren

7 жыл бұрын

one of the most beautiful things in music

@TheAskald

6 жыл бұрын

I love how it's just three notes but you can make an infinite amount of memorable riffs with it.

@Danmashinigamikuro

6 жыл бұрын

+TheAskald A tritone is two notes, it's the name of an interval.

@TheAskald

6 жыл бұрын

Barri cade I was talking about the tritone interval actually, it's true that it's just an interval between 2 notes, but it's often used twice at the same time (0-1-2 on E A D string or 7-8-9). It never gets old.

@Danmashinigamikuro

6 жыл бұрын

That would also be two notes as adding another tritone would make you end up on the octave.

My favorite folk band of all time.

@josuemoran16

Жыл бұрын

Opeth Is Death Metal! Swedish Death Metal from Orchid to Ghost Reveries which are the best albums

@youreokayboah2128

Жыл бұрын

@@josuemoran16 Very much so, Progressive death metal.

@Esmeagolly

11 ай бұрын

@@youreokayboah2128the fun thing with progressive is anything goes and reprisals.

@DMT1985

11 ай бұрын

isfolk!

@toprak3479

10 ай бұрын

Yeah Watershed is definitely my favourite hardstyle / trance album

This is produced by Steve Wilson . Huge tones on everything. Great Mix. the drums are massive . The best sounding tones on this album .

@DentApSten

9 жыл бұрын

NICK MENZA Actually only Blackwater park, Damnation and Deliverance are produced by mister Wilson. Jens Bogren produced Watershed and Ghost Reveries.

@ancientruinsofficial

9 жыл бұрын

Hey Menza, this is Paul from Ancient Ruins from the LA OC area. I would love to play some shows with you and get you in the studio. Looking for a permanent drummer. I'll send you over a track ( Evil will always pervail ) let me no if it's your style of music.. Its a comanation of Iced earth, Death and Iron Maiden. Definitely looking forward to hearing from you or just you thoughts...Thank You for your Time.

@rodrigoandrade3715

9 жыл бұрын

NICK MENZA Steven Wilson "just" mixed the album, not produced

@SirRunk666

9 жыл бұрын

+NICK MENZA Jens Bogren produced it.

@rahbeat9785

8 жыл бұрын

+NICK MENZA hey man . what do you mean "tones " ??

Mikael is a god. These tempo changes and riffs are simply way ahead of us and far away from where anyone else is today.

@jshaw1503

6 жыл бұрын

Scriptorification those are both fantastic suggestions, I’m gonna throw animals as leaders in there as well. Btbam is such a good fucking band.

@jooplin

4 жыл бұрын

@Klangedin Morgan Honestly it's good new music but it just doesn't scratch the itch, never had goosebumps

@marcusking8507

4 жыл бұрын

Great call with BtBaM; Parallax II and Automata are easily on the level of Blackwater Park and Ghost Reveries.

@DonSampa

4 жыл бұрын

@@marcusking8507 not even close

@truthseeking3818

2 жыл бұрын

Mikael is a fantastic musician… but FAR from a God. There is only one God. Nobody could ever compare to the infinite one.

Started listening to Opeth way back in high school, around 2011~2012, for literally a decade. I started with their 'metal' era with, beginning with "Ghost Reveries", which made me go down a rabbit hole and listen to everything they'd released. In this decade of constantly following up with their sound, they were there during my ups and downs, helping in so many aspects of my life, metal-wise. I had to deal with personal issues, I felt lonely a bunch of times in those years, and even struggled with depression and suicidal thoughts. Opeth's music to me was an escape from reality, I could always go back and find comfort, I felt connected with so many of Mikael's lyrics, it made me rethink my life decisions and start to improve. Thankfully I've found a way to deal with my inner problems and traced a well tough path for my life. I managed to overcome my depression, which I never felt ever again so far, managed to get my bachelor's degree, and started to take care of my body by eating healthy, exercise and and stopping using drugs. And all and all never abandoned listening to their music. It helped me a lot. I mean it. Got me an Opeth tattoo on my arm, I dunno, I am grateful for knowing this band, thankful for all the good times I had with them, and plus, ITS FUCKING AWESOME In ten years, I have not been able to attend an Opeth concert, because they rarely played in my hometown, Sao Paulo, Brazil. And this was on my bucket list, for years I've been wanting to see them live for the first time. But the universe granted me my wish, next year, on February 8th, 2023, Opeth will play a gig in Sao Paulo and guess what, I got the tickets!!!! I am so happy that I will watch my favorite band for the very first time!!!! I feel so good Thank you, Opeth

@jocelynadkins3320

Жыл бұрын

You are in for a real treat. They are amazing live. I also have the O tattoo.

@anselmohenrique7289

Жыл бұрын

Po mano, que foda! É incrível o poder da música na vida de uma pessoa. Felizmente ou infelizmente, conheci Opeth há poucos meses (queria ter conhecido eles antes) e todo dia fico impressionado com o som dos caras. Os caras são mestres demais. Espero que o show tenha sido top.

@tikhongilson3770

5 ай бұрын

The Opeth logo must be a killer tat.

Don't get me wrong, but after all the brutality going on in this track, the ending is like a well-deserved clearance that gives you goosebumps from outer space... nails me every single time!!!

@Daniel.Miranda

4 жыл бұрын

It's like a well deserved bonus stage for listening to such a mester piece

I love this song for a lot of reasons -- but I also see it as Mikael's last hurrah when it comes to death metal. I know there were other heavy songs on the album, but because this was their last death metal album, and this was not only the heaviest song on it, but one of the only songs ever of theirs to feature no cleans, I have to imagine he was like "Okay, I'm going to write my last death metal song ever, and this is going to be one of my best". That's what I tell myself.

@toprak3479

2 жыл бұрын

Considering they were planning to write another prog death album after this, but scrapped it halfway through the process, this is most likely not what happened. But it certainly feels that way.

someone need to make a lovecraftian horror movie and get opeth on the soundtrack

Opeth's most brutal song.

@edamix3184

8 жыл бұрын

+racewiththefalcons1 And most awesome !

@tymongoji

8 жыл бұрын

Also their only song to feature no clean vocals of any kind.

@chrisstone-streetlightinte5629

8 жыл бұрын

+tymongoji I never thought about that before...it really is there only song to feature nothing but growling.

@lorenzopratolli6877

8 жыл бұрын

+Christopher Brickwedde That's not true, there are a few Opeth songs without cleans. Blackwater Park is the biggest example.

@mrdeathamore

8 жыл бұрын

+racewiththefalcons1 Serenity Painted Death imo.

7:21 Opeth melody ® max quality

@tremal-naik7897

5 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of past albums.classic sound.

Even this song isn't downtuned. Opeth is obviously doing witchcraft.

@toad15fan

7 жыл бұрын

Nerenthil I can believe it.

@HELLCHILDFAN101

6 жыл бұрын

standard E

@pritsky4219

6 жыл бұрын

It's because they actually use a bass guitar.

Watershed will always remain one of my favorite albums. This album has some of the best memories attached to it.

@ved2859

7 ай бұрын

I remember seeing them at the glass house at a sold out show right after this album came out 👌

@eon14873

2 ай бұрын

Going on cycle rides in the countryside very stoned with this in my ears. Magic

6:41 is one of the greatest things I've ever heard

SO MANY YEARS TO CLEAN THE PLATES

@lije927

4 жыл бұрын

Adrian Storeide 🤣

@petegrusky2715

3 жыл бұрын

"What happened to a life-guard" - Deliverance. ;)

@Carguylogan

3 жыл бұрын

"I will outrun this guy" April Ethereal

@Haxprocess

2 жыл бұрын

"There is a penis I am certain" - Master's Apprentices

@tikhongilson3770

5 ай бұрын

So many years to pray to Satan.

When i first discovered this song my neck was sore for a week

This song is so heavy, it does not compare to the feeling of being hit by a ton of bricks nor is it similar to the pain of being hit by a tank, the only thing that is equivalent to the heaviness of this song is the one of the most powerful forces in this world and that is adulthood... And everybody knows that once you get hit by adulthood, you are never the same again.

@ieatplaydo

9 жыл бұрын

BrokensCam so it's about as metal as adulthood is what you're saying?

@Brokenscam

9 жыл бұрын

Hello, my friend, thank you so much, for responding to my previous statement; when I made this comment, I was trying to compose a metaphor, on the impact that this song has on me as a member of the audience, because I think in my opinion that this has not only change my view on music of genre but on music in general, which is a change that is forever unchangeable, like the progression of adulthood.

@ieatplaydo

9 жыл бұрын

BrokensCam ha, what a pleasant and eloquent comment. Cheers!

@Brokenscam

9 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, it has been an honour and a privilege speaking to you, thank you.

@louiscritchie

9 жыл бұрын

BrokensCam Yes, exactly BrokensCam! Once you see the beauty in heavy music, you can never un-see it.

The production on this album is just amazing.

@junkawakami3193

3 жыл бұрын

Jens Bogren is the man!

YES! They played this song last week here! And to top it off, their closing song was Deliverance. I felt like I was on music heaven. Thank you Opeth.

@gozdeylmaz2977

3 жыл бұрын

Reading this during pandemic... I hope we go back to these days.

My favourite Opeth song. It's a tough call, but I always come back to this one. Brutal as fuck.

God that outro is really something from another dimension. Every single member of the band, from Axe to Mendez, is so prominent during that section, playing their parts with such excellence. Absolutely, hauntingly magnificent piece.

Hair Appointment is probably my favourite song by Opeth. It doesn't have any weak points or gets bogged down in repetition.

Darkness is so comfortable and this song is a perfect companion at 3 am while writing with a single candle lit and tripping hard on lsd. Great artists.

@heliosophist334

2 жыл бұрын

Can relate!

This has to be the best death metal song ever.

@maxpain8569

4 жыл бұрын

Ezequiel Santos Symbolic

@isaacsalsberry417

4 жыл бұрын

My picks gotta be left hand path by entombed

@dominicross96

3 жыл бұрын

not really death metal. I can't classify opeth, so I just call it metal.

@Yashiro-nene_dies

3 жыл бұрын

@@dominicross96 they've been classified as progressive death metal.

@joshuachristopher9039

2 жыл бұрын

Your so wrong...opeth has other songs aswell😉

I misread that as Hair Appointment

@ryankurtbass9904

10 жыл бұрын

You think that dude's wavy locks happen on accident?

@SeanAmunsen

10 жыл бұрын

Ryan Kurt Bass hahahahahahahaha

@brantjensen2517

10 жыл бұрын

lmao, you guys win the internet!

@mrinalpramod913

9 жыл бұрын

You would need a hair appoinment after headbanging to this.

@martinvanerp99

9 жыл бұрын

got no hair

Listening in 2022, 8 years later and this album hasn't aged a minute.

The intro riff is so evil may face gets stuck in a huge psycho smile.

@sonricssss

5 жыл бұрын

Accurate profile picture haha Have you listened to Flesh & Metal from the new DOOM game? And the Cyberdemon one, or Rip & Tear. Check them out

@cowboycalicojakk9685

3 жыл бұрын

samsies...

I just love how they hit you with this beast right after Coil.

Does it occur to people that Mikael is a Swedish Metal God

@binvantbajwa9101

7 жыл бұрын

He is dude! He is!!!!!

@marc2000z

6 жыл бұрын

The Swedish “Rob Halford”

@TheAskald

6 жыл бұрын

I love how he looks like the chillest guy ever, that funny skinny friend everybody has. But when he growls holy shit...

@joshysgyfte

5 жыл бұрын

He legit is

@icaro9382

5 жыл бұрын

yes he was

That changing on end of the song, incredible..

2:30 - 3:30 , Brilliant portion in the song... What a groove, and then again what a solo following it!

@bettastudios7078

3 жыл бұрын

couldn't agree more

@frugihoyi

Жыл бұрын

It's one of the best metal riffs ever written, if not the best.

this is one of the heaviest songs ever made

@toprak3479

Жыл бұрын

The intro's gotta be among the top 5 heaviest standard tuning riffs

@almost3869

Жыл бұрын

Can't forget Deliverance

@youreokayboah2128

Жыл бұрын

@@toprak3479 Even in standard tuning, it blows most black metal out the water that’s for sure.

@fifthhoven

Жыл бұрын

@@youreokayboah2128 Black Metal ain't not heavy be, but at most strangely groovy. Death Metal doth the heaviness hath.

@DMT1985

11 ай бұрын

meshugga strenght can dual with it, but yeah!uright

7:20 I want this to be played at my funeral.

It's already 10 years that I'm listening to this. Never got tired of this song, of this album or even of everything ever done by Opeth.

This album is very underrated it's one of their best ones imo

4:08 beautiful, just beautiful

crushing all !

@yigitzeren714

9 жыл бұрын

Oh, happy to here Nick, i dont know, you are listen Opeth really?

Heir Apparent, Blackwater Park and The Grand Cojuration must be my three favorite metal songs ever. And all three from the same band. Way to go Opeth!

All I can say is that this song is heavy as balls and has some of the best growling I've heard in a long time, it's definitely a 9/10 for me and is one of my favorite Opeth songs besides maybe bleak or isolation years.

Best song on Watershed.

@spodermanVEVO

7 жыл бұрын

hessian peel

@Doener2go

7 жыл бұрын

i cant decide which song is best, because every song on this album is so awesome

@GhANeC

7 жыл бұрын

I find The Lotus Eater to be one of Opeth's best and most accomplished songs ever.

@jackrobber2527

7 жыл бұрын

you are all wrong - the best one is still Black Rose Immortal xDD

@matiasbazaese.7725

7 жыл бұрын

When everyone names different songs, you realize that it's a great album.

This song belongs in top 5 of their career , every single riff is outstanding , no fillers and this song goes so hard and that haunting piano melody is just icing on the cake!!

So epic, best song on the record.

Opeth use the most elegant and beautiful chords and weave such tragic yet lovely melodies. The outro is a wonderful example. These guys are the real deal. I’m incredibly inspired by their music

By far my favorite Opeth album. Such an excellent release. that fucking production too

@MrJordwalk

9 жыл бұрын

Isis are also an amazing band! Panopticon and Wavering Radiant are two of my favourite albums of all time.

@UntEyEHero

9 жыл бұрын

My favorite Opeth album is STILL LIFE.

@6Mega6Man6

9 жыл бұрын

Cole Jordan WR is deep. Took like 5 listens before I "got it"

@Anan66157

9 жыл бұрын

Deliverance

@LostCake94

9 жыл бұрын

Endless Static I agree, Watershed is my favourite too. Everything in this album is in balance, both the death metal and the prog rock elements

this song is awesome while lifting.. also recommend oldschool gojira

@paulpv7

6 жыл бұрын

'L Enfant Sauvage' and 'The Heaviest Matter of the Universe' will make you lift twice as heavy at least.

@francismcalister7811

6 жыл бұрын

If it's old gojira we're talking about, I'd recommend Clone/Lizard Skin/Fire is Everything as well

@ricardomartins3791

3 жыл бұрын

@@francismcalister7811 and Space Time

@NooDLES411911

3 жыл бұрын

New gojira is good as well though but yeah the vocals were a bit more brutal in their early days.

@thegallyfreyanfujoshi3389

3 жыл бұрын

@@francismcalister7811 If you want older stuff, listen to Possessed or Victim, they were Godzilla at the time. Even heavier.

cool detail: he says "heir ap" on the left and then "parent" on the right at 5:28

Opeth's best album, contrary to popular opinion.

@anonymousceleb1148

3 жыл бұрын

Ironically your opinion is still an opinion

@TenebrusI07

2 жыл бұрын

This one and ghost reveries for me.

This is easily one of the coolest opening riffs of all time.

Opeth is proof that if you down tune your guitar, you're not heavy enough.

@foolishball9155

9 ай бұрын

This song is in standard tuning and one of the heaviest songs ever

Ive listened to all extreme metal genres but never heard such monsterous,savage, animalistic riff. And its in standard tuning. The whole song is one big metal masterpiece. Opeth is speccial

7:20 Best thing you can get after an outro like that! Heavy, melodic, soulful riffs.

I love how heavy this song is. This song features some of Mikael's best growling for sure.

@Celestial_Being666

Жыл бұрын

Compared to like Blackwater Park? No way

@BTBAM819

11 ай бұрын

@@Celestial_Being666 No need to compare them. This song is heavy on its own beautiful way. But of course, nothing beats Blackwater

5:58 and the outro are some of the best guitar playing on this album. Classic beautiful Opeth

@krismutiny1

8 жыл бұрын

I agree if not just some of the best music they have written

@Meshuggapeth

8 жыл бұрын

Yep. Morningrise aside, I think Ghost Reveries and Pale Communion are their best albums, despite being completely different. They have matured so much.

I so love the deconstruction at 7:03 and then back to such a beautiful strong melody...just really great writing and great musicianship....

Opeth gives me a new life everyday... I grew up listening to Opeth and i will never stop listening to such high quality and top notch musical experience..

Possibly the heaviest band I've heard in standard tuning. The drumming on this track(like so many others) is fucking immense !

Just another perfect song.... wow

I don't really think I've heard a band better at producing an atmosphere in music, they really get across the mood of the song so perfectly.

@NooDLES411911

3 жыл бұрын

Tool IMO is better at atmosphere. OPETH atmosphere is always dark forest serial killer vibes lol

@anonymousceleb1148

3 жыл бұрын

@@NooDLES411911 Hasty generalisation

@aggelosmanolis5689

11 ай бұрын

​@@NooDLES411911love tool but Opeth is lightyears ahead

Mezmerizing song from start to finish. Sickest intro, and the most breathtaking outro.

a masterpiece of modern metalry

Remember that moment when you were listening to this for the first time and you thought the song was over at 7:16 Then it hit you like life? Yep me too

@Heatwave9000

Жыл бұрын

I like the ending but it doesn't fit the song.

4:39 holy shit

@redemption3111

6 жыл бұрын

Stragos how can anyone put such a fine melody of different tones together in a so perfect way is beyond me... That 4:39 part is definitely my fav.

It is an ultimate masterpiece. Can't deny it.

My husband has been instructed that, if I am on my deathbed and unable to communicate, he is to play a predetermined soundtrack that includes this song. I want to hear this during my final moments of life so that my soul finds its escape through divine resonance. The dissonance is energetically identical to my brainwaves.

@teamatfort444

4 жыл бұрын

wow that is both beautiful and dark also do you have voice of the soul by death on that playlist? it would make a great fit

@ezekielgoldbergstein857

Жыл бұрын

You are a wonderful woman

Fantastic album. One of the best songs ever.

Man that outro is the best outro ever!! I find it perfect and beautiful the whole structures of this song is perfect all sets different moods and personality

The first two and a half minutes of this song are absolutely maddening

This is for me the best outro in any Opeth song. Even better than Deliverance, Reverie/Harlequin Forest, The Drapery Falls or Demon Of the Fall.

@amanshelare719

4 жыл бұрын

Same feelings man. Goosebumps material

@alessandromariani99

Жыл бұрын

This, Burden and Leper Affinity.

Amazing.

Can't believe I'm only listening to that now. Truly inspiring songwriting and storytelling!

This song takes me on a strange journey...love this stuff

I've never really thought about this before, but that moment from 7:03 up to when it kicks in at 7:21 is like the Opeth version of the end of A Day in the Life (The Beatles). Utter chaos rising into musical beauty.

Nossa minha música preferida ouço para dormir...♥

Where can i thank opeth for just existing and make music?thanks for bringing some joy to my life

That ending is just so beautiful!!!

4:39 kinda reminds me of King Crimson. Also best part of the song hands down

Heir Apparent is a masterpiece nothing comes close to Watershed

@Celestial_Being666

Жыл бұрын

Blackwater Park

@Iveraxi

Жыл бұрын

Still Life

The entire song is great, that outro tho, that one is a masterpiece

SO CLOSE TO 1 MILLION

Everybody's talking about the vocals and guitars, but holy fucking fuckballs, Axenrot totally assassinated this track!

These folks are the reason I started loving metal. Getting to see them live in Chicago 10 years ago was an experience I'll never forget.

I have been listening to these guys for something like 7 years, and still I have thought that this song is just chaotic until maybe one year ago. Now top 3 easily

This song is addictive! I didn't like it at first, now I can't stop listening.