Metal Reviews

I just started to get into opeth and i was wondering if still life is good. I own ghost reveries and couldnt find a review of it on this site or www.metalreview.com so could anyone recommend it

It's one of their best, together with Morningrise and their acoustic album Damnation. Get those three in that order, then explore their other albums.

It's their best album

And uhh... Damnation is far from accoustic...

Blackwater Park is their best, but Still Life is up there.

Agree with Slayer that Morningrise and Still Life are the two best, but I'm not sure that Damnation is really worth getting unless you much prefer the mellow bits... After those two I would got for Orchid or Blackwater Park, depening on whether you prefer early or mid period.

Oh really? The one album I know inside and out, can sing along to effortlessly and of which I know the lyrics by heart, turns out to be completely different from what I thought it to be?

:roll:

I think Blackwater Par is the best place to start.

I hear electric guitars when I listen to it.

It is a "soft" album, or "not death metal", or "Porcupine Tree worship", but far from accoustic.

Are you being overly picky on the definition of accoustic?

I guess so, but calling Damnation an accoustic album is like calling PTree or Radiohead an accoustic band...

I call Damnation acoustic in relation to the rest of their discography.

Clean would be a better term, I guess.

I wouldn't call their other albums dirty.

I'd call them filthy pigs for joining roadrunner. (wink wink)

now that's just plain stupid... they were without any recording deal and they choosed Roadrunner because, apparently, they were those who wanted Opeth more...
did Opeth change their music ? well, they sure added keyboards but they certainly kept the core of their art
now, you're free to dislike their music but, please, stop questioning their honesty...

and Still Life is still with fav' album of theirs with Damnation (those who liked it should really check Steve Wilson's project called Blackfield http://www.blackfield.org/?s=sound)

PS : I know you winked but I feel you were serious nonetheless

Still life is an awesome album, but i listen to Blackwater Park, Deliverance, Damnation, and Ghost Reveries more than i do Still Life.

Very good point T.I.E. Its true Opeth didnt change thier music, and i find that the keybords do fit really well in the band. And its kinda also hard to think how Opeth can change, its very clear that they are only focused on their music and not money or record deals. If they wanted to turn to nu metal or whatever you think they would turn to, they would have done it a looong time ago.

Except for the blatant MetalCORE breakdowns in The Grand Conjuration, I agree with you. That song stuck out like a sore thumb when they played it live. It really is quite different. The rest of Ghost Reveries is fine, but TGC is a blatant attempt at radio play.

TGC would be an OK song if they shortened it and made it better.

I've just begun to like Morningrise although the rest of their stuff still sounds a bit boring. The acoustic parts really give spirit to the songs but I'm not a big fan of the death metalish side of their music. Morningrise has some great melodies, Black Rose Immortal being one of my favorites.