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Ever since I first heard my first
Opeth song "To Bid You Farewell" (which happens to be on this album) they
have been among my favorite bands and therefore this review is likely to
become slightly subjective but I assure you that Opeth is one of the best
bands in Sweden at the moment. If you haven´t heard the band before I can tell
you that they play melodic death metal like In Flames and Dark Tranquillity
but with more progressive elements and lots of different riffs in every. There
are also many acoustic interludes in the songs with very nice clean vocals
similar to late Katatonia. Mikael Åkerfeldt is one of the finest metal
vocalists in Sweden today. The lyrics are emotional as are the music, telling
woeful stories of broken hearts and wounded love. Opeth always wants to
squeeze in as much music as possible into every song and hence the songs tend
to be very long. The fourth track on this album is about 20 minutes long! That
song and parts of the others were originally supposed to end up on their debut
album "Orchid". The bonus track "Eternal Soul Torture" is a rare rehearsal
track from 1992 that is not really bad but the sound quality could have been
better. If you like emotional melodic metal and don´t mind some growling this
is an album for you. "Moringrise" was recorded in March 1996 at Unisound
Recordings, produced by Opeth and engineered by the legendary Dan
Swanö.
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1. Advent 2. The Night And The |
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Silent Water 3. Nectar 4. Black Rose Immortal 5. To Bid |
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You Farewell Bonus track 6. Eternal Soul Torture |
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