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How did I miss...Opeth?

#30
devnulljp said:
So, is there other music kinda like this but without the bloody cookie monster vocals? Can't listen to it.
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Yeah, I think that's what kept Opeth "off my radar" for so long. I hear that type of growl vocal and just figure, "Well, this isn't aimed at ME..." and tune out. But the parts with actual singing are GREAT!
 
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#31
devnulljp said:
So, is there other music kinda like this but without the bloody cookie monster vocals? Can't listen to it.
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Their newer stuff (I believe after 2010 or so?) is more prog rockish. Like this. I don't believe they've done any harsh vocals since that time.

I love dynamics, and to me, the human voice is just another instrument. Harsh vocals are like a guitar with distortion. Used to convey a feeling. But, I do get that they are a hard pill for many people to swallow.

 
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Les Fret said:
What are ‘must hear’ Opeth songs?
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That's a loaded question as they have covered a lot of ground over the course of their 25+ year career. They have some straight up prog or death metal stuff. They have a lot in between. Personally, I am more partial to their earlier work. If you are into prog and don't like growled vocals their recent albums are pretty mellow.

My some of my personal favorites are When, Demon of the Fall, and Blackwater Park. Most fans consider the album Blackwater Park to be their opus.
 
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Opeth has something for everyone. I was in a blues band of boomers and played a song off Heritage and they wanted to hear more. Until I got to Ghost Reveries lol.

I owe the Ghost Reveries album a huge thank you for inspiring me to take drums seriously. I don’t think I would have played in blues and pop and cover bands had that album not pushed me.
 
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M.R. Ogle said:
Yeah, I think that's what kept Opeth "off my radar" for so long. I hear that type of growl vocal and just figure, "Well, this isn't aimed at ME..." and tune out. But the parts with actual singing are GREAT!
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I was all about the way Mikal combined the two. The swings between the harsh and beautiful. The orchestration. I got into these guys in 1997 with My Arms Your Hearse. When Heritage came out it broke my heart. In my mind Opeth broke up after Watershed and some other band using their name to play shows.
 
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Blackwater Park is probably my favorite album of theirs, with Damnation a very close second.

I miss the musical journey of their older stuff where Mikael Akerfeldt would switch between clean and harsh vocals, and the songs would go from mellow to death metal. He is, in my opinion, one of the best at that. If you hear him singing cleanly, or speaking, you would never suspect that he could growl like that.

I was introduced to Opeth when they opened for Dream Theater a long time ago, and it was one of those shows where I was glad I insisted on getting there early.
 
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