BLACKWATER PARK

Opeth

Tech/Extreme Prog Metal

4.28 | 1906 ratings

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This album is probably the one that best represents Opeth. It's in Blackwater Park that Opeth reached their peak of maturity and experience.

Globally, the album's mood and structure are excellent. It starts off real heavy, as usual, with the great Lepper's Affinity which sets the album's guidelines. The opener is followed by a series of alternances between heavy and "softer" songs, and before you know it, you've listenned to the whole album without knowing what hit you. The album brings out the best of Akerfeldt and drummer Lopez. Superb riffs and huge rythmics, master progressions and inspiring melodies. Thus, this album stands extremeley well the test of time, never getting boring nor deja-vu.

The Drapery Falls is one of Opeth's best songs as it's very progressive, melodically, rythmically, vocally. It's a small image of the whole album really blending clean and distortion guitars, growling and clear voice singing, latin beats and heavy classic rythms.

Amazing.

mono | 5/5 | 2007-6-14

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