Opeth - Blackwater Park (Dlx)
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Free Music Review: Good stuff - extra tracks worth it
Hit: 4 Stars
These Swedish prog-metal masters/closet folkies are a breed apart and a cut above just about any band that might get mentioned in the same breath. The two extra tracks on the deluxe edition -- "Still Day Beneath the Sun" and "Patterns in the Ivy II" are good examples of the band's alter ego: acoustic guitars, pastoral themes and quiet vocals. Mikael Akerfeldt can sing sweetly and growl nastily with equal effect. Tunes such as "Harvest" and "The Drapery Falls" betray the South American roots of Opeth's rhythm section, which can swing in 6/8 time as adeptly as it can rock out in the more traditional 4/4.
Free Music Review: A small step back for Opeth
Hit: 4 Stars
Please read this review with the understanding that Opeth is my favourite band of all time and that I greatly admire Porcupine Tree and Steve Wilson's work as a musician and producer. BUT......... As a huge fan of the brutality as well as the beauty in Still Life i find Blackwater Park a little too watered down for my tastes. The first three songs flow really well and make (along with the title track) the album a 4 stars. Somewhere in the middle it gets very acoustic heavy. And the bonus songs are great but are lacking in the acoustic brilliance that usually is Opeth. Still great but not my favourite.Free Music Review: Great
Hit: 4 Stars
I know these guys are popular somewhat- but im amazed that they are not REALLY popular- why the hell do bands like slayer and cannibal corpse get so popular? No clue- This is some great Death/prog Metal- OPeth freakin rocks hardFree Music Review: An anthem of Metal
Hit: 4 Stars
This album is quite good, not one of my favorites, but has 2 songs that are an anthem for metal music, one is the record selftitle Blackwater Park, and the other is Patterns in the ivy part IIFree Music Review: The "Devil's Diaphragm" SUX and ruins everything it touches!!
Hit: 3 Stars
I have heard Death metal growl-style vocals referred to as "The Devil's Diaphragm" so that is what I mean by the above. For the record I HATE IT and find the style more nauseating than the worst attitude posturing rap garbage!!! They are the primary reason I could never get into the whole Death-Metal (and similar) genres and, in most cases, would rather listen to static!!!! And, with most of the bands, they have no real talent for singing so I guess this is all they can do!!
But Opeth is different!! The music is GREAT, they have a LOT of talent and the guy obviously can sing when he wants to so I really don't get it. When I first heard this CD I wondered if he was "in character" or something but, now having heard several other Opeth CDs, every Opeth CD is like this (except one, so I read...might have to check that one out). In fact, if the music wasn't so magnificent I probably would have sold the CD and never listened to them again.
Bottom line, if it wasn't for "The Devil's Diaphragm" I would have given this 5 stars, the music alone certainly deserves it, but the vocals are so annoying to me that it knocks off not just one, but 2 stars!!! But...if you like well made heavy music....by all means check it out and decide for yourself!!