Opeth's new album cover

fifthwinter · June 2nd, 2011, 03:01 AM

http://images.thegauntlet.com/pix/opeth-heritage.jpg

Thoughts?

gileslol · June 2nd, 2011, 03:16 AM

l o l

Furious George · June 2nd, 2011, 08:19 AM

The transition to 100% prog rock band is almost complete

Timünd · June 2nd, 2011, 07:37 PM

70s prog

John R · June 3rd, 2011, 03:17 AM

I smell a troll...

Blizk · June 3rd, 2011, 03:33 AM

Official cover. The album is about 56 minutes long and has no death vocals. (Matti Riekki, Inferno magazine)

anomaly · June 3rd, 2011, 10:49 AM

Well, it was good while it lasted XD

I like their acoustic stuff, but their death metal stuff is why I listen to them. Hopefully it's not as mellow as Damnation.

Furious George · June 3rd, 2011, 10:04 PM

Yup, Opeth (the metal band) is pretty much over sadly:

"We don't care what other people think" says Åkerfeldt. "and if the death metal fans don't like it, it's their problem".
The frontman also says he grew tired of the "growl metal" as early as the 90's, but can't really explain why earlier Opeth album have had growls in the songs.
The death metal days are over. At least for now.

Mat1942 · June 4th, 2011, 02:12 AM

fucking rad! i like it

gileslol · June 4th, 2011, 03:36 AM

on reflection it's very allegorical of opeth's career - while they have their roots in black metal and the underground, they've come out from dirt and grown into something so fruity and popular that everyone is queuing up to get a piece of it. what a masterpiece!

anomaly · June 4th, 2011, 07:15 AM

you should be an English / Art teacher

jimmo · June 5th, 2011, 04:10 AM

You Tube

Timünd · June 5th, 2011, 04:55 AM

hahaha
but it will be more like this

You Tube

Alteredmindeath · June 8th, 2011, 09:53 PM

Looks like some creativity, talent, and brains put this cover together unlike many bands who put out effortless releases.

Juho M · June 13th, 2011, 01:20 PM

I actually think that, while Morningrise and MAYH are the two best metal albums ever made, it's time for Opeth to drop the death metal vocals once and for all. I also hope that the album wouldn't be just a throwback pastiche of the 70's prog sound.

Furious George · June 14th, 2011, 06:10 AM

Welcome back Juho!

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Originally Posted by Juho M

I actually think that, while Morningrise and MAYH are the two best metal albums ever made, it's time for Opeth to drop the death metal vocals once and for all.

Why on earth would you think that?

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Originally Posted by Juho M

41 I also hope that the album wouldn't be just a throwback pastiche of the 70's prog sound.

You know it will be. All the prog on the last two albums have been massive 70s cliches.

Juho M · June 14th, 2011, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Furious George

Welcome back Juho!

Donkey schön, it's been a while.

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Originally Posted by Furious George

Why on earth would you think that?

You know it will be. All the prog on the last two albums have been massive 70s cliches.

Well, the death metal part of the music has been a bit forced on their past two albums and I believe they could make a proper metal album with little to none death metal vocals. So, that would be the logical next step...but, as you said, the whole thing will probably be just no-holds-barred 70s worship. I'm pretty sure I will still like it, though

Alteredmindeath · June 14th, 2011, 06:47 PM

If you don't like the Opeth death growls then you aren't no true Opeth fan.

Timünd · June 14th, 2011, 09:32 PM

a classic prog album would be sick

mooDoom · June 14th, 2011, 09:51 PM

Im quite excited for it, can't wait to hear it.

Furious George · June 15th, 2011, 02:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Juho M

Donkey schön, it's been a while.

Well, the death metal part of the music has been a bit forced on their past two albums and I believe they could make a proper metal album with little to none death metal vocals. So, that would be the logical next step...but, as you said, the whole thing will probably be just no-holds-barred 70s worship. I'm pretty sure I will still like it, though

I am sure I will too. I am not a die-hard fan, but I really like 70s prog rock. I just think that Opeth should remain a death metal band and a side project should be formed if Mikael wants to do 100% pure prog rock.

There's been a subtle yet increasing contempt shown by Opeth for death metal since the Wilson days. The subtext is that somehow it's inferior, crude and less artistically valid than prog rock. To that end it's been increasingly marginalised in their music (to avoid a sudden shock to their fan base), with the underlying message being that they've only really been doing death metal parts to keep their unsophisticated metal grunts on board. I guess now they've finally thrown off the shackles of a second-rate genre and can concentrate on true art (sarcasm).

poidaobi · June 15th, 2011, 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Furious George

There's been a subtle yet increasing contempt shown by Opeth for death metal since the Wilson days. The subtext is that somehow it's inferior, crude and less artistically valid than prog rock. To that end it's been increasingly marginalised in their music (to avoid a sudden shock to their fan base), with the underlying message being that they've only really been doing death metal parts to keep their unsophisticated metal grunts on board. I guess now they've finally thrown off the shackles of a second-rate genre and can concentrate on true art (sarcasm).

Totally this.

Pretentious Prog Rockers.

June 2nd, 2011, 03:01 AM	#1 (permalink)
fifthwinter ... Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 466	Opeth's new album cover http://images.thegauntlet.com/pix/opeth-heritage.jpg Thoughts?

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Furious George Jeremy's Iron Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 973	The transition to 100% prog rock band is almost complete __________________ Be'lakor - Australian Melodic Death Metal

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Blizk Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Oulu, Finland Posts: 309	Official cover. The album is about 56 minutes long and has no death vocals. (Matti Riekki, Inferno magazine)

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anomaly Super-Elitist Metalhead Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 56	Well, it was good while it lasted XD I like their acoustic stuff, but their death metal stuff is why I listen to them. Hopefully it's not as mellow as Damnation. __________________

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Furious George Jeremy's Iron Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 973	Yup, Opeth (the metal band) is pretty much over sadly: "We don't care what other people think" says Åkerfeldt. "and if the death metal fans don't like it, it's their problem". The frontman also says he grew tired of the "growl metal" as early as the 90's, but can't really explain why earlier Opeth album have had growls in the songs. The death metal days are over. At least for now. __________________ Be'lakor - Australian Melodic Death Metal

June 4th, 2011, 02:12 AM	#9 (permalink)
Mat1942 george is greek Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Seaford Swamp Posts: 270	fucking rad! i like it

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gileslol Scum Of The Law Faculty Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Melbourne Posts: 633	on reflection it's very allegorical of opeth's career - while they have their roots in black metal and the underground, they've come out from dirt and grown into something so fruity and popular that everyone is queuing up to get a piece of it. what a masterpiece! __________________ lol

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anomaly Super-Elitist Metalhead Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 56	you should be an English / Art teacher __________________

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Alteredmindeath Pathfinder Chronicler Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Underneath your bed Posts: 6,651	Looks like some creativity, talent, and brains put this cover together unlike many bands who put out effortless releases.

June 13th, 2011, 01:20 PM	#15 (permalink)
Juho M Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Uleåborgsland Posts: 261	I actually think that, while Morningrise and MAYH are the two best metal albums ever made, it's time for Opeth to drop the death metal vocals once and for all. I also hope that the album wouldn't be just a throwback pastiche of the 70's prog sound.

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Alteredmindeath Pathfinder Chronicler Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Underneath your bed Posts: 6,651	If you don't like the Opeth death growls then you aren't no true Opeth fan. __________________ http://paizo.com/pathfinder http://eclipsephase.com/ http://palladiumbooks.com/ http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/ed...te.asp?eidm=50

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Timünd Local Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Melbourne Posts: 440	a classic prog album would be sick __________________

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mooDoom Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 808	Im quite excited for it, can't wait to hear it.