Written by 3rdWorld on 25.09.2016 at 23:44

sounds like Ghost with clean vocals tbh.

Ghost has clean vocals

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 25.09.2016 at 23:57

Ghost has clean vocals

Indeed it was an overspecification, sry abt that.

Tried to listen to this again today...I couldn't do it. Heritage was a learning curve and I thought Pale Communion was awesome. But this...this is a complete mess.

Too many of my favourite bands have disappointed me in one year

Written by LeKiwi on 29.09.2016 at 09:04

Tried to listen to this again today...I couldn't do it. Heritage was a learning curve and I thought Pale Communion was awesome. But this...this is a complete mess.

Too many of my favourite bands have disappointed me in one year

Dry your eyes mate, you'll get over it. Plenty more albums in the sea.

Written by Ace Frawley on 29.09.2016 at 11:58

mate, get more albums.

Indeed.

This band should change style its not metal, but this album is better as latest 2 IMO anyway , I wont even download this, good they share it free. I AM NOT A FAN BOY

Yeah, well, some nice moments here and there, but it just kind of flows by unnoticed. I totally respect their change of direction, but it's too bad that they seem to be incapable of creating that top-notch music we came to expect from them. They're down there among the masses of good, but not great, bands now.

Written by LeKiwi on 29.09.2016 at 09:04

Tried to listen to this again today...I couldn't do it. Heritage was a learning curve and I thought Pale Communion was awesome. But this...this is a complete mess.

Too many of my favourite bands have disappointed me in one year

I agree with you on Heritage being a transitional album which eventually led to the awesome Pale Communion. Have no time to listen to Sorceress at the moment, King Crimson concert approaching. Will listen this weekend. On a side note, the only merch I own by Opeth is the Pale Communion t-shirt, because I never really liked their metal stuff (SHITSTORM INC?) but, myself being mostly a prog-fan, Pale Communion is fucking great.

Written by mz on 21.09.2016 at 11:56
This is like saying that you can play OSDM by acoustic guitar and still the mood will be the same.

Technically, the mood should remain the same if it's a good enough song. I mean, it might not be as aggressive or heavy, but the mood? That should be able to translate pretty good. Otherwise it's just a band pretending to play death metal by down tuning and using lots of distortion.

I could argue that a good enough song would have the same mood regardless of if it's played on distorted guitars or a glockenspiel. Other factors will change, but the mood shouldn't.;)

That's not to say anything about the last three Opeth albums, though.

This is better than half of the top 20.

Written by Nicko's Nose on 30.09.2016 at 03:50

This is better than half of the top 20.

Good joke.

Personally think this is a very good album and better constructed with imagination then Heritage or Pale Communion are...the instruments sound alive and that is really different and nice

Written by ATG on 30.09.2016 at 04:29

Personally think this is a very good album and better constructed with imagination then Heritage or Pale Communion are...the instruments sound alive and that is really different and nice

Totally agree

That"s what happen to the band when one dominate member becomes a dictator.

Written by traililya on 30.09.2016 at 12:20

That"s what happen to the band when one dominate member becomes a dictator.

Not necessarily a bad thing - plenty of great bands with a dominant writer. It just seems they (Mikael) have run out of juice.

New Deep Purple sound?? Sure you´re free to choose your wayt but... what a lost !

Easily the best of the three albums post-Watershed. 7,5

Similar Bands: Blackmore's Night

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One day later: Actually, the more I listen to it, the more I find it quite enjoyable.

Written by eternaldark on 30.09.2016 at 14:54

New Deep Purple sound?? Sure you´re free to choose your way but... what a lost !

Just listened to Blackwater Park for the first time in a while. Yep this album and the previous 2 are pretty much shit compared to that...

Written by [user id=160508] on 01.10.2016 at 00:33

Written by Nicko's Nose on 01.10.2016 at 00:30

Just listened to Blackwater Park for the first time in a while. Yep this album and the previous 2 are pretty much shit compared to that...

Yet you give it a 8, which means very good.

Sorceress: 7.5/10
Blackwater Park: 1000000/10

Lol Vittra only gives 10s and 1s. Obvious vote abuse.

Written by LeKiwi on 30.09.2016 at 13:58

Written by traililya on 30.09.2016 at 12:20

That"s what happen to the band when one dominate member becomes a dictator.

Not necessarily a bad thing - plenty of great bands with a dominant writer. It just seems they (Mikael) have run out of juice.

if the "Dictator" is actually a good musician that is good (Pixies). Pixies > Opeth

Way too much mid-bass in the production. Bloated, muddy sound.

Some great songs, but very poor flow. Songwriting's been declining since Heritage.

Some of the lyrics are incredibly cringe-worthy and I wasn't really enjoying the first half of the album, but I find the compositions far more interesting and engaging in the latter half. Not surprised by the polarizing opinions here. I definitely don't think it's quite as bad as a lot of people are making it out to be, but it also doesn't seem to be anything remarkable. I'm going to need some more listens to see if it sinks in a bit.

Written by Nicko's Nose on 01.10.2016 at 05:01

Lol Vittra only gives 10s and 1s. Obvious vote abuse.

There is a forum topic to report vote abuse: http://www.metalstorm.net/forum/topic.php?topic_id=52949

Written by Nihil Aeternum on 01.10.2016 at 22:03

Written by Nicko's Nose on 01.10.2016 at 05:01

Lol Vittra only gives 10s and 1s. Obvious vote abuse.

There is a forum topic to report vote abuse: http://www.metalstorm.net/forum/topic.php?topic_id=52949

Thanks. I never knew where to report vote abuse.

All I can say right now is that its better than PL and Heritage. More likeable, I would say, BUT it didnt give me any strong feeling.
Best songs: Sorceress, Strange Brew, Chrysalis, The Wilde Flowers.

My (positive) review is up at http://loudbadguitar.blogspot.com/2016/10/opeth-sorceress-review.html

Worst album released by Opeth so far... I like about half the songs and I hate the production, and it's not that I''m crazy about those few songs I like either.