Opeth - Heritage
| Release date: | 14 September 2011 |
| Style: | Progressive rock |
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01. Heritage
02. The Devil's Orchard
03. I Feel The Dark
04. Slither
05. Nepenthe
06. Häxprocess
07. Famine
08. The Lines In My Hand
09. Folklore
10. Marrow Of The Earth
11. Pyre [DVD bonus]
12. Face In The Snow [DVD bonus]
The Biggest Surprise Of 2011
Featured in "Getting Into: Opeth"
02. The Devil's Orchard
03. I Feel The Dark
04. Slither
05. Nepenthe
06. Häxprocess
07. Famine
08. The Lines In My Hand
09. Folklore
10. Marrow Of The Earth
11. Pyre [DVD bonus]
12. Face In The Snow [DVD bonus]
The Biggest Surprise Of 2011
Featured in "Getting Into: Opeth"
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Lyrics Written and produced by Mikael Åkerfeldt.
Mixed by Steven Wilson and Mikael Åkerfeldt.
Engineered by Jens Borgen.
Mastered by Peter Mew at Abbey Road Studios.
"Slither" is a tribute to Ronnie James Dio.
Artwork by Travis Smith.
DVD contains a 5.1 mix of entire album, a "making of" documentary, and a card to download the bonus tracks Pyre and Face In The Snow.
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Rating: 7.8 |
The general consensus when a great band dares to move away from their original Death Metal sound is usually not positive. However Opeth have done it before masterfully with Damnation in 2003. They are back at it with one of the year's most anticipated albums, Heritage. Cutting to the chase: Compared to their previous releases, Heritage lacks character. Despite the song structures being very progressive rock and the vocals being crazy good, the absence of catchy guitar riffs or memorable growls is a downer. One can positively recognize Opeth as the artist, especially since a lot of the songs borrow tidbits straight from the Ghost Reveries period. Certainly they manage to perpetuate a dark atmosphere throughout the album, but the mellowness of the whole thing is borderline irritating to someone expecting their trademark sound. I know we have been forewarned by Mikael Åkerfeldt himself about this being a throwback kind of release. Still, I believe this would be either catchier or more aggressive. Nevertheless the album does feature good moments, mostly from the jazz-infused portions of the songs. Read more ›› |
Rating:
8.6
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Rating: 8.6 |
Heritage poses more questions than answers. Have Opeth reached a creative cul-de-sac? Have they chucked their "Extreme Progressive Death Metal" for good? Have they finally shed their "Underground Garage Band" (I am quoting Akerfeldt from an earlier interview) and have ventured out into the Pantheon of the "mainstream" Gods from their hallowed underground temple so frequented by hordes of reverent worshipers? Read more ›› |
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| K✞ulu Seeker of Truth Posts: 2570 From: Czech Republic  |
Written by Guest on 03.12.2010 at 17:25 Indeed.
---- Savor what you feel and what you see Things that may not seem important now But may be tomorrow R.I.P. Chuck Schuldiner Satan was a Backstreet Boy
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| andreosokin SOUNDERY Posts: 227 From: Russia  |
Can't wait for another masterpiece in the vein of past two albums (and of course with some experiments which were never heard before) "It's gonna be EVIL" (c)
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| ãtuã Posts: 28 From: Brazil  |
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| Zuzuz0r Posts: 507 From: Mexico  |
Hope they use a lot of mellotron and clean vocals all over.
---- If this grand panorama before me is what you call God Then God is not dead.
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| atma vichara Posts: 5 From: India |
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| atma vichara Posts: 5 From: India |
Written by Guest on 04.12.2010 at 03:11 Mentally heard it. And my head is blown out of proportions !
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| advent Posts: 268 From: Egypt  |
Written by Guest on 04.12.2010 at 21:56 Let us just hope they would.
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My most anticipated entertainment release since Half-life 2....... 
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| BloodTears ANA-thema Posts: 11835 From: Portugal  |
I always have high expectations with Opeth. it's no different now.
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| tea[m]ster Au Pays Natal Posts: 5245 From: USA  |
Written by BloodTears on 04.01.2011 at 15:00 Yup, but that's what I am afraid of. Anything but a masterpiece will be a letdown!
---- rekt
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| BloodTears ANA-thema Posts: 11835 From: Portugal |
Written by tea[m]ster on 07.01.2011 at 06:22 Well, they have set the bar so high that it's almost impossible not to think they can do great. I blame them 
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| Doc G. Full Grown Hoser Posts: 9718 From: Canada  |
Meh. Watershed almost completely killed my interest in this band. If they would go back and focus more on atmosphere like they used to as opposed to technicality, maybe I would get excited about it.
---- "I got a lot of really good ideas, problem is, most of them suck." - George Carlin
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| superbarhom Posts: 13 From: Syria  |
Oh YEAH OPETH .... am waiting this fuckin new album as am waiting DEATH.......... IT WILL BE EVIL............ OPETH FOR EVER
---- super barhom
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| Wraith Posts: 14 From: USA  |
It will be interesting to see what they do on this album. Will they go back to the more progressive style or continue down the road they've been on? Guess we'll have to wait and see either way I'm sure I'll find myself enjoying it.
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| Opeth Heart13 Posts: 1 From: Syria  |
Cant' Wait yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa:banger2: Opeth 4 Ever  :bow:
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| JimInFlames Posts: 10 From: Greece  |
Opeth never let down their funs, There's no need to worry 
---- Archaic pearls of sleep and death, The voice of December losing its breath. And the floweryard of white and gray is haunted, Is haunted.
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| Kuroboshi Posts: 1168 From: Sweden  |
Let's hope they churn out something like Blackwater Park! 
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| Chris Akerfeldt Posts: 6 From: Croatia |
Jens Bogren is engineering, Steven Wilson is mixing... well, I'm a asshole to say this but it's simply true and it can't be avoided... Attention to every Opeth fan, guess who's producing?? It's Kanye West!!! I don't know what to say, it's like S.Harris producing the next Rihanna album?! WTF? I'm sure you don't belive your eyes and so do I... But I assure you it's true... 
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| Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Posts: 21306 From: Canada  |
Written by Chris Akerfeldt on 27.03.2011 at 17:52 It doesn't surprise me. Opeth are about as mainstream as Metallica these days. Everyone and their dog has a copy of Blackwater Park and a few band t-shirts. Now if he were to produce a Mournful Congregation album I think I'd bloody well shoot up the place. The place being whatever heavily populated area I'm in at the time.
---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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| Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Posts: 21306 From: Canada |
Written by Guest on 27.03.2011 at 18:50 Some joke blogs created a story about it a while back.
---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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Account deleted Written by Troy Killjoy on 27.03.2011 at 18:52 Yeah I saw that, was most amusing. For a second I thought the guy above you actually believed it.
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| Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Posts: 21306 From: Canada |
Written by Guest on 27.03.2011 at 18:53 I think he does.
---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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