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Opeth has
now completed a full poker hand with their fifth full-length album. The
Swedish death metal scene has over the years become one of the most diverse
and unique in the world with legendary bands such as At The Gates, Dark
Tranquility, In Flames, Therion and Tiamat evolving in as many different
directions. Opeth is without a doubt one of the leading bands in this league
and they have also managed to create a unique progressive sound with a jazz
fusion touch to it that can not be heard from any other band. Opeth keywords
has all the way been emotions, beauty and sadness. You will find no political
strikes in their lyrics, this is purely on the personal level, dealing with
the emotional life within the skin. Aside from this Opeth is foremost a death
metal with Mikael Åkerfeldt as one of the best growlers in the world. The
characteristics of Opeth are still here, including acoustic interludes, clean
emotional vocal parts and chaotic ever-changing guitar riffing. Still it feels
like something is missing on this album. Having followed the development of
Opeth over their four previous releases I was hoping for something more than
this. I don´t know if it´s the production or if Mikael has changed his vocal
style slightly because I feel like some of the strong emotional edge is gone.
A very good album but I do hope for more next time. Within a year two of my
favorite bands has disappointed me: Theatre Of Tragedy and Opeth. Towards what
black hole is the world heading :-)
| Tracklist |
1. The Leper Affinity 2. |
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Bleak 3. Harvest 4. The Drapery Falls 5. Dirge For |
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November 6. The Funeral Portrait 7. Patterns In The Sky |
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8. Blackwater Park |
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