Opeth are one of my favorite bands, and Im wondering if there is anybody else who listens to them. For those of you who dont know them here is some of my favorite songs by them [video=youtube;xvLn8j4c5l4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvLn8j4c5l4[/video] [video=youtube;lk6Q4FpW-sY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk6Q4FpW-sY[/video]
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa i freaking worship them My top 10 songs by them: 1. Harlequin Forest 2. The Moor 3. Hessian Peel 4. Ghost of Perdition 5. Bleak 6. Blackwater Park 7. Death Whispered A Lullaby 8. The Drapery Falls 9. Coil 10. The Lotus Eater And I have even yet to seriously listen to Orchid, MAYH, Still Life and Deliverance. Keldeo, come spam this thread with me RIGHT NOW!
I'd like them more if they didn't scream. I've personally always hated the sound of screaming in metal. Their music is good though, and I like their vocals when they're not screaming. Sent from my DROID3 using Tapatalk 2
I've listened to Still Life, it was a good album, and nice song choices. I don't mean to sound like an elitist when I say this, but Opeth don't use screams in their songs, they growl in them.
METAL THREAD DETECTED. PREPARING TO ENGAGE. Yeah, I don't know if I really deserve to be here. XD Opeth was a band I almost got into but got distracted by too many other bands I picked up around the same time. I like what I've heard from them, but I haven't heard enough to say I'm a fan. I've listened only to Heritage and bits and pieces of their other material, mostly from Blackwater Park. I'm a bad metalhead. I started going through Watershed at work recently, with no real results to speak of. Music sounds a lot better when you don't have to divide your attention. lol Also Yami, go listen to Heritage. Don't think, just do it. GOD IS DEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD And where's Xaniith
I am summoned. I haven't actually had a good listen to them in ages. I used to, having Deliverance and Ghost Reveries as my fave albums. From those, my band and I tried to cover The Grand Conjuration and Master's Apprentice. Never completed it fully. I drummed and vocaled.
Agreed. Heritage is an album that needs to grow on you. Regardelss of your initial response; After listening to it a couple of times you'll either love it or don't. Oooo, you're in a band?
was. Not officially either really. Just some dudes who played stuff together, just covers. Nothing original
It's an acquired taste, growling and screaming. I personally like it because it adds more emotion to the song, though my first response to growling and screaming was the same as yours. It took me a while before I could grow onto it. The first bands with growling in them that I had gotten into were Isis and Opeth, and I still do consider those bands as some of my favorites.
And then there are also certain types of vocals that people would have to get used to especially. ie, a very unique sort of screaming/growling, as apposed to quite similar vocals coming from many bands. Buruzm and Ihsahn/Emperor are some examples of quite unique vocals.
http://youtu.be/h-AEolkRkj4?t=2m50s I wish someone made a Mikael version of this, with Ghost of Perdition playing in the background..
Yeah there are quite a few examples of unique vocals that take quite the adjustment to get into. I remember the first time I listened to Burzum, I wasn't a fan of the vocals.
That's all well and good, but I'm not interested in the brutality or emotion that comes from growling/screaming. I listen to music for the musicality of the composition, and to me, growling/screaming is irritating noise that interferes with my enjoyment of the music itself.
^Yeah, I understand. Just like I'll never really enjoy rap or techno. It just does nothing for me, it's no matter of getting used to it.
Not saying they're a bad band. ^^ They're awesome! Just not too much to my tastes. It's a shame. :derpe:
I listened to Heritage. It was alright, but nothing really stuck out to me. Could just be because I was using it as BGM for what I was doing at the time.
