Opeth - Morningrise
Tracklist
01. Advent02. The Night And The Silent Water
03. Nectar
04. Black Rose Immortal
05. To Bid You Farewell
06. Eternal Soul Torture [2000 reissue bonus]
Line-up
Mikael Ã…kerfeldt - vocals, guitars
Peter Lindgren - guitars
Anders Nordin - drums
Johan DeFarfalla - bass
Mikael Ã…kerfeldt - vocals, guitars
Peter Lindgren - guitars
Anders Nordin - drums
Johan DeFarfalla - bass
Additional info
Recorded at Unisound RecordingsProduced by Opeth and overseen by Dan Swanö.
Engineered by Dan Swanö.
Mastered at Cutting Room by Peter In De Betou and Opeth.
Cover photos by Tuija Lindström, booklet photos by Lennart Kaltea.
Layout by Timo Ketola.
Music by Mikael Ã…kerfeldt and Peter Lindgren.
All lyrics by Mikael Ã…kerfeldt (except "Eternal Soul Torture" written by David Isberg).
The first edition comes with a sticker on the jewel case.
"Eternal Soul Torture" is a demo that was recorded in 1992 and includes some sections that were reused in the studio track "Advent" as well as "In Mist She Was Standing" off of the previous album Orchid. Also re-released in limited tin box in 2003.
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Actually, many people know Opeth. It is a love it or hate it band. You can love how the music flows without following typical structures. You won't expect those heavy riffs after the relaxing acoustic break. But you can hate how each song looks like some random riffs put together. Well, this review is from one who does love, at least, this album. Read more ›› |
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Many questions have been asked of the style and coherence of Opeth's music. Yet despite the debate and questioning Opeth remain one of the world's leading metal bands. The first of a long line of excellent albums by Opeth was released following their debut Orchid the year before. Morningrise is often regarded as the defining album for the band with a diverse range of sounds, often confusing in composition but nevertheless contrived expertly. It is an epic album full of epic songs, with elements of Death Metal and acoustic blues to mix things up. The album progresses and weaves through a barrage of riffs, solos and an undying unprecedented patience and passion for the music expressed by Mikael Akerfeldt. Read more ›› |
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Morningrise is considered to be an iconic album for death metal fans, but the word iconic also applies to Opeth's history, because it certainly gave them that boost of popularity in the underground metal scene of the '90s. Just look at the album ratings on various music database sites and you'll see what impact it had on the listeners. Read more ›› |
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Before we get to this album, I would like to get an answer to a rather difficult question. Exactly what is Opeth's style ? The riffs are similar to progressive, but Opeth also has death vocals mixed with clean ones and acoustic guitars, plus on top of that the whole album has a dark atmosphere that surrounds the listener each time he/she listens to it. Here you will find everything, aggression and emotion, calm and anger, heaviness and mellowness, everything in one song, yet never sounding like different parts, but always in a flow. Read more ›› |
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Agreed. To me Nectar is actually the best track on the album.
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Posts: 12000 Written by X-Ray Rod on 08.05.2014 at 12:23 Come on! We all know "The Night And The Silent Water" is the best song. Just my favourite anyway 
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Posts: 18620 Written by BloodTears on 08.05.2014 at 12:39 Nah, it's Nectar. Defnitely my personal favorite. I don't count To Bid You Farewell due to the huge difference in style. If I did, it'd be atie between those two.
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Black Rose Immortal, that's the song.
---- Crackhead Megadeth reigns supreme.
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I can't understand why Eternal Soul Torture is in reissue album. That song sucks! However other songs are pure gold to me.
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Well i like it, but... i don't like as much people do. Actually prefer Deliverance
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Posts: 4326 Written by Toxik on 30.11.2014 at 19:53 I never understood the hate Deliverance gets...it's such a boss album
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Another remastered and bonus whit death metal sounds like demo, has this band ever recordet demos ??+
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Good album, long songs, just like journey via music world, don't know where song starts and end, extreme parts mixing whit calm parts , 5 songs, it makes you lost time 10 mikes Black Rose Immortal 20 mikes long, feels like there are parts, still I think this band was much better until Still Life ... and to understand band you need listen albums from Alfa to zebra , from 1th to last .. easy if you was born 10 years before me and follow bands when its out, if you need listen now some cool bands all albums, hard it is but , I have been listening this band since 2003 something
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I just came back here to say that this is better than everything they've done before and after (Including Still Life and Blackwater Park).
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Posts: 3555 Written by Maco on 17.05.2015 at 23:46 Probably my favorite of theirs as well. It's the only album by Opeth that I ever bother listening to anymore
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I strongly second this. Perfect album. So complex, so full of atmosphere. I remember when I bought this first of my Opeth albums in 1996, this band was a complete noname to me (and my friends). I was so overwhelmed by this album at my first listen. Only several years later I discovered other excellent albums by them. None ever made it up to beautiful Morningrise (though SL, Orchid, MAYH, BWP came close).
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Posts: 9651 Written by [user id=183371] on 26.05.2019 at 19:29 Because it's acoustic, jazzy and long
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I like the acoustic and jazzy side, but the long and boring side brings it down for me.
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Not my favourite Opeth album, but still a great release. Certainly their most atmospheric. (Also, I used to live near the bridge on the cover, so bonus points for that  )8.6/10
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Posts: 653 Quote: Agreed !
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I'm not so sure if I like Opeth or not. I'm a huge fan of mixing melodic and heavy elements. But the transitions in Opeth's songs always seem very forced and don't flow well at all. It's nice musicianship, but it all seems like a jumbled, long mess most of the time  Maybe it'll grow on me with more listens, but so far I prefer Edge of Sanity for progressive death metal.
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Posts: 1288 Written by F3ynman on 15.11.2021 at 18:54 Excuse me what the fuck?
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Posts: 3450 Written by Roman Doez on 15.11.2021 at 19:22 progressive Better?
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Posts: 9651 Written by F3ynman on 15.11.2021 at 19:34 No.
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Posts: 5659 Written by F3ynman on 15.11.2021 at 19:35 they are not progressive at all.
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