Round 1 Lima Bracket: Opeth v. Traffic

I've been an Opeth fan over several years now. Still I love their overall style which comes form very talented musicians, especially Michael with his pretty much unique approach to writing songs. Baying of the hounds is actually one of my favorites.. really moving. I wonder why did you make such kind of comparison here? Traffic is completely different to my ears..

Raff wrote: Traffic have long been a favourite of mine, while Opeth (whom I used to like a lot) seem to have been going steadily downhill since they decided to take a more "mainstream" prog direction. So, this one is a no-brainer for me.

I saw them live in 2010 - it was dismal.  I agree with the above...'forced'!

Dellinger wrote: Ivan_Melgar_M wrote: None of both is a favorite. Traffic is a bit bland for me but a transcendental point ion Prog history Opeth is damned by the ugly growls. Will have to go with the bland one. Iván Have you heard Opeth's last two, growl-less albums. Actually, they hardly have any metal within them at all. Perhaps you could find something to like on those ones.

I voted for Opeth based on those 2 plus Damnation.  I love them instrumentally on the other albums but I can't stomach the growls.  I like Traffic well enough, but agree that they are hardly prog. 

Quite enjoy Traffic and would much rather wait in it than listen to Opeth who are only fit for making wands out of
(bonus points to whoever gets that reference)

Opeth, a band with the power to surprise us with each of his albums. The last two are amazing.

bhikkhu wrote: Friday13th wrote:  Are you kidding me? We got polar opposites here, and what is that obscene landslide vote I see? I guess I under-estimated the number of men over 50 on here.  Rookie mistake. Seriously though, Opeth is way more original and exciting than Traffic. I would barely even call Traffic prog they're so mild. Barlycorn is a straight folk album. You kids and yer Prawg Metal. In my day we had real metal! We took rusty piano wires, strung 'em across broken pogo sticks and strummed till our fingers were bleeding. The only growls happened because we were in agony. And we liked it! We loved it!

hahahhahah. I nearly missed that.  Oh that was great HT!!

Traffic. Mr Fantasy and Low Spark are two albums that go way back with me. Then again Orchid does too, but that's the only album of Opeth's I really dig.

Ivan_Melgar_M wrote: None of both is a favorite. Traffic is a bit bland for me but a transcendental point ion Prog history Opeth is damned by the ugly growls. Will have to go with the bland one. Iván

Have you heard Opeth's last two, growl-less albums. Actually, they hardly have any metal within them at all. Perhaps you could find something to like on those ones.

Easily Opeth