Opeth and Camel

Hey guys. I love opeth very much. Their quiet parts are often compared to a band called camel who i have never heard anything by. Even Mikael Akerfeldt himself said that 'Ending credits' is ripped off from camel. What album would be a good one to start with if i wanted to hear stuff similar to opeth?

dAJaro wrote: hard to say, but you cant go wrong with Mirage, Moonmadness and the Snow Goose

for latterday CAMEL check out "dust & dreams". it is the only CAMEL album that i still listen to.
    

Edited by iguana - October 24 2006 at 07:34

Camel's self-titled debut album is the one where you will hear the resemblance to Opeth.

Heavyfreight wrote: dAJaro wrote: hard to say, but you cant go wrong with Mirage, Moonmadness and the Snow Goose   I'll second that.  Moon Madness is my favourite.

Heavyfreight wrote: dAJaro wrote: hard to say, but you cant go wrong with Mirage, Moonmadness and the Snow Goose   I'll second that.  Moon Madness is my favourite.

Moonmadness is also Mickaels favorite album and Camel his favorite band, yet the influences are not increidible evident...if no one had told me Mickaels is such a Camel freak I would have never seen a conection between Camel and Opeth

mickstafa wrote: Though I've listened to it plenty of times, I just can't get into Snowgoose. This is the only Camel album I own. Although I love the 70's prog sound, it sounds a bit too dated for me.  Although I'm not a fan of the word "cheesy," a lot of that album is indeed cheesy for me.Is Moodmadness very different, or do you think I'd give it the same fate?

i can understand why someone would think it is cheesy, but i still have to disagree

Camel always had a professional approach to the music they put out, plus they were all nice guys, no egos

This album is pretty much the "peter and the wolf" of symphonic prog rock, it is a masterpiece just by itself and I recommend everyone to grab a copy of the short story. I didnt really know what the story was, I just liked the music, but once you have read it, it becomes very touching, in a way the more than the music itself touches you,, and maybe that is where the "cheesy" quality comes through,

the story is actually pretty good, it has a weird pacing which sort of like the tempo changing, but in the story, many moods, dark story

Aaron
    

Sorry, never heard opeth, but Camel i discovered recently due to PA. Damn they are good!

lol i don't think Opeth has ever "claimed" to be anything

actually most bands never claim to be anything, they usually let the music speak for itself

I don't think Phil Collins went and said, "hey guys we are a pop rock band now, before we were the leaders of the progressive music"


sigh, can't do much to persuade closed-minded people

OpethGuitarist wrote: lol i don't think Opeth has ever "claimed" to be anything actually most bands never claim to be anything, they usually let the music speak for itself I don't think Phil Collins went and said, "hey guys we are a pop rock band now, before we were the leaders of the progressive music" sigh, can't do much to persuade closed-minded people