MaiSweettShaadow
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Mikael´s vocals are awufl, he really lost his voice. He sounds like a drunk teenager singing, Sorry, I´m a Big fan of Opeth but this album is very bad. Even Heritage is better.
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Tiago Rocha Dark Lighthouse
Posts: 89 From: Portugal |
20.08.2014 - 12:45Rating: 6
Music is there but it sounds uninspired and boring.
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Ace Frawley The Spaceman
Posts: 1458 From: Australia |
20.08.2014 - 12:53Rating: 8
Very well written review. Thank you.
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seafood
Posts: 104 From: Slovak Republic |
20.08.2014 - 13:12Rating: 9
seafoodPosts: 104 From: Slovak Republic
Written by MaiSweettShaadow on 20.08.2014 at 11:06
Mikael´s vocals are awufl, he really lost his voice. He sounds like a drunk teenager singing, Sorry, I´m a Big fan of Opeth but this album is very bad. Even Heritage is better.
Interesting, I thought his vocals on this album were best do date (naturally, considering clear vocals only). Oh, people and their different opinions
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Ace Frawley The Spaceman
Posts: 1458 From: Australia |
20.08.2014 - 13:46Rating: 8
Written by seafood on 20.08.2014 at 13:12
Written by MaiSweettShaadow on 20.08.2014 at 11:06
Mikael´s vocals are awufl, he really lost his voice. He sounds like a drunk teenager singing, Sorry, I´m a Big fan of Opeth but this album is very bad. Even Heritage is better.
Interesting, I thought his vocals on this album were best do date (naturally, considering clear vocals only). Oh, people and their different opinions
I haven't listened to the album yet, only the two advance songs released and his vocals sounded as good as they've always been. As well as having one of the best growls in the business (which he doesn't use at the moment), he's one of the very few metal guys who can really sing clean vocals well. So much talent, but you can never please everyone.
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Opethian
Posts: 1724 From: USA |
20.08.2014 - 17:57Rating: 8
Spot on Review. I normally don't read reviews until I have the material on hand but this wasn't something that i was 'Holding my Breath' for so to speak. I can't believe im saying that about Opeth
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The album is very good. Way better and focused than Heritage. The vocals are great... more organic, real... love it!
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Troy Killjoy perfunctionist
Posts: 21306 From: Canada |
20.08.2014 - 21:07Rating: 6
Smooth move not giving a rating. Now people will have to read your review before they can complain.
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BehzadSh
Posts: 94 From: Iran |
20.08.2014 - 22:22Rating: 9
Written by Ace Frawley on 20.08.2014 at 13:46
I haven't listened to the album yet, only the two advance songs released and his vocals sounded as good as they've always been. As well as having one of the best growls in the business (which he doesn't use at the moment), he's one of the very few metal guys who can really sing clean vocals well. So much talent, but you can never please everyone.
The only track in this album that I did not enjoy mike voice and his singing was Elysian Woes.
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Zap Guest
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Written by Troy Killjoy on 20.08.2014 at 21:07
Smooth move not giving a rating. Now people will have to read your review before they can complain.
Only N/A? This album deserves at least N/A+
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Auntie Sahar Drone Empress
Posts: 5932 From: USA |
Written by Troy Killjoy on 20.08.2014 at 21:07
Smooth move not giving a rating. Now people will have to read your review before they can complain.
Seriously though. I don't really review "popular" bands that often, but if I ever do, and I know my opinion will conflict with mainstream consensus, I might just pull the N/A card myself. God forbid we ever see the visual diarrhea that was the comment section for that review of The Satanist rear its head again.
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Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck
Posts: 40071 From: The Netherlands |
I actually find rating something n/a a total chicken shit cop out
except for re-releases & e.p.'s and such that is
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Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight
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Dark Forever Ruído Sonoro
Posts: 699 From: Portugal |
20.08.2014 - 23:07Rating: 8
Great review. I don't really like Mikael's vocals in Elysian Woes and the song Goblin doesn't work for me, but apart from that the album sounds great. Yet, I understand those who don't like it. For me, they're still one of the most talented bands out there.
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LeKiwi High Fist Prog
Posts: 4036 From: UK |
20.08.2014 - 23:21Rating: 9
LeKiwiHigh Fist ProgPosts: 4036 From: UK
What this album lacks in flare as found in Heritage, it makes up in refinement. As a whole, however, Heritage is the superior album.
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Daniell _爱情_
Posts: 6058 From: Poland |
20.08.2014 - 23:27Rating: 9
A step up from Heritage, but still far from satisfactory.
R'Vannith, grow a pair and rate the album.
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Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck
Posts: 40071 From: The Netherlands |
Written by LeKiwi on 20.08.2014 at 23:21
What this album lacks in flare as found in Heritage, it makes up in refinement. As a whole, however, Heritage is the superior album.
Heritage flair?
That was a total recycle bin of 60s and 70s progrock.
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LeKiwi High Fist Prog
Posts: 4036 From: UK |
20.08.2014 - 23:49Rating: 9
LeKiwiHigh Fist ProgPosts: 4036 From: UK
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 20.08.2014 at 23:27
Heritage flair?
That was a total recycle bin of 60s and 70s progrock.
Whoops, spelled flair wrong I don't believe that to any degree given that early prog rock sounds like garbage to my ears, yet Heritage doesn't.
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Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck
Posts: 40071 From: The Netherlands |
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Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.)
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LeKiwi High Fist Prog
Posts: 4036 From: UK |
21.08.2014 - 00:23Rating: 9
LeKiwiHigh Fist ProgPosts: 4036 From: UK
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Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck
Posts: 40071 From: The Netherlands |
Written by LeKiwi on 21.08.2014 at 00:23
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 21.08.2014 at 00:22
flaire
*flair
Craft beers kicking in it seemss
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LeKiwi High Fist Prog
Posts: 4036 From: UK |
21.08.2014 - 01:17Rating: 9
LeKiwiHigh Fist ProgPosts: 4036 From: UK
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 21.08.2014 at 00:29
Craft beers kicking in it seemss
No shame in that
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Desert Father
Posts: 144 From: Australia |
21.08.2014 - 01:37Rating: 9
Not a fan of Mikael's new "dirty clean" vocals that he started using in Watershed, to me he now sounds quite one-dimensional.
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BitterCOld The Ancient One
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I am intrigued. enjoyed Heritage a bit, even if derivative. was a nice curve ball. looking forward to this.
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Ace Frawley The Spaceman
Posts: 1458 From: Australia |
21.08.2014 - 05:18Rating: 8
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 20.08.2014 at 22:57
I actually find rating something n/a a total chicken shit cop out
except for re-releases & e.p.'s and such that is
I must admit, the lack of a rating does disappoint me, but the quality of the writing on the review was first class. I'm over the trend of reviewers trying to come up with witty one-liners and jokes to try and make their reviews stand out or get attention. Especially the ones that make outlandish and far-fetched claims to garner controversy (intentionally or not). This review is superbly written and really explains the album and the music well. Would have been top notch with a rating.
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blackmamba
Posts: 52 From: Algeria
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Written by Guest on 20.08.2014 at 19:14
The album is very good. Way better and focused than Heritage. The vocals are great... more organic, real... love it!
I agree 100%
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LeKiwi High Fist Prog
Posts: 4036 From: UK |
21.08.2014 - 09:23Rating: 9
LeKiwiHigh Fist ProgPosts: 4036 From: UK
Written by Desert Father on 21.08.2014 at 01:37
Not a fan of Mikael's new "dirty clean" vocals that he started using in Watershed, to me he now sounds quite one-dimensional.
I can't even express how polar I feel about them compared to you.
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Doc G. Full Grown Hoser
Posts: 9718 From: Canada |
Doc G.Full Grown HoserPosts: 9718 From: Canada
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 20.08.2014 at 22:57
I actually find rating something n/a a total chicken shit cop out
except for re-releases & e.p.'s and such that is
I've gotten back into the habit of giving the rating with my reviews, but some times it is difficult based on content. Like my review for the new Keitzer album, the first couple of tracks I'd pin around the low 6 area, the latter half of the album is probably the best material I've listened to this year. Makes it hard to give it a flat score.
As for Opeth...Judging by this review and the snippets I've heard it sounds better than Heritage. Still, I can't get into new Opeth stuff, without that dynamic, varied sound, I find very few redeeming qualities left in this band. That being said, I don't feel as pissed off as I was when Heritage came out, after all, Mikael Akerfeldt has been quite vocal about his love for 70's prog for a while, it shouldn't have come as any surprise. Good for him for taking his band in the direction he wants at the risk of alienating his fan base. At least the shift in sound wasn't spurred on because of some silly trend appeal. Besides, by now I've found a lot more bands that deliver that sort of...duality. It's a shame I won't be able to hear it in the Opeth fashion again, but at least I've still got Still Life to listen to.
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Daniell _爱情_
Posts: 6058 From: Poland |
21.08.2014 - 13:43Rating: 9
Written by Doc G. on 21.08.2014 at 12:36
It's a shame I won't be able to hear it in the Opeth fashion again, but at least I've still got Still Life to listen to.
By far my favourite Opeth album. Godhead's Lament is my favourite song of all time.
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BitterCOld The Ancient One
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Written by Doc G. on 21.08.2014 at 12:36
It's a shame I won't be able to hear it in the Opeth fashion again, but at least I've still got Still Life to listen to.
When I saw the on the Heritage tour they opened with "Heritage" (the title track) and I thought "ok, this is it...", but the rest of the set bounced all over their catalog. ALso must say I've enjoyed their albums a bit, but live I found them a lot more enthralling.
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BlankFile
Posts: 686 From: Portugal
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21.08.2014 - 16:18Rating: 8
I´ve heard it a few times by now, and i can say that i enjoy the álbum. I think it´s better than Heritage, with a more consistent sound and pretty likeable songs. It has good riffs, vocals and harmonies, its a pretty good progressive rock álbum. Its not the Opeth i enjoy best, off course... im still waiting that the guys consider returning to their old sound any time soon.
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