BLACKWATER PARK

Death Metal is Death Metal and bands like Nile and Entomed are the best at it ,epic style. Opeth are a band that typically skirt round the edges of Death Metal and tend just to add just enough so as not to offend the listener with this so called awful stuff.This is really all very pathetic and Opeth are a band that has no idea about how to play Death Metal so i really dont no why they bother with it at all.The fact is Opeth are a band that are hugely influenced by the atmospheric sound of early Pink Floyd and almost duplicate that sound , they also imitate the vocal harmonies of floyds, Rick Wright and Dave Gilmour almost perfectly,while layering their music with progressive/death style metal.The Death Metal vocals sound very out of place while mixed with soft acoustics and harmonies on Blackwater Park,which is very similar to Still Life,the production is better than Still Life which was very poor.Blackwater Park is perfect for anyone who enjoys recycled early Pink Floyd psychedelic material (pre Meddle era) and imitators of Death metal act Nile thrown in for good measure.