STILL LIFE

One of Opeth's best albums, that's for sure. Still Life explores the story of an atheist in a religious town back in the past. He comes back to the town to take his girlfriend Melinda with him, but while he was away, she had become a nun. So yeah the album is very dramatic.

There's no weak tracks or links, all songs are very necessary to the album and are good in some certain way or another. The opener is The Moor which is the best from the album because of the way it combines heavy sections and mellow sections. The rest of the album features ballads like Benighted And Face Of Melinda, the latter is the second best from the album. The instrumentation is good, but not incredible. The vocals are okay, not very proficient but Mikael delivers his lines well.

It's an excellent record and I enjoy listening it a lot. And as surprising as it may sound, I think it's a masterpiece. With that said, it's four stars.