Yes, they are local to me! I quite liked that EP too.

Was it Boxcar Willy that recommended the local band Teknosis? That debut EP was quite good!

This is my top song of the year so far. I wonder if anything will beat it out. Lol. [link]

I like both eras of Opeth a lot. I think their rock music is still very good in its own right. I agree though, would have been much better received if they changed the name.

I always felt like if they just had formed a new band with a new name and played the kind of music they play today, that would have been so much more well-received. The music isn't bad, it's just not what Opeth means to most fans.

In a way I hope so. I think they will forever be stuck not able to live up to their pre-2010s run for fans and since Åkerfeldt seems to want to leave that sound behind I think he’d be better off going the way Steven Wilson did

This just might be Opeth's final album before riding off into the sunset.