STILL LIFE

Hair Raising huh? yes, very very very very x100 the most non cheesy thought provoking and plaing and simply "scary" album out there. The creativity on this album goes through the roof! Some may disagree but its really the album where opeth really started plunging into the un-conventional modes and 19th Century Scales (dim. ,double dim. ,whole tone, Harmonic min.). Not that they didnt do that before but they really got it going at this point in '99. Not a better melody from akerfeldt could go over the very sinister and diabolic riffs. Ok enough on rambling around the evilness. This album also incorpates alot more jazz compostion (much like morning rise), and its all aranged just perfectly. Some of the songs lead into a ... hum wouldnt want to say classical but more romanesque style. An occational a very medievil feel.(kinda). And the many vocal tones that are incredible. So... What does all this mean??? yes ! you guessed a wonderful prog masterpiece.