Opeth songs without growling

mgallard wrote: Does anyone have a list of Opeth songs without growling. I just listened all the way through Damnation and really enjoyed it, but I can't stand it when Mr. Cookie Monster arrives. Anyone know them enough to help on that. Thanks mgallard

I was in your position when I first listened to Opeth.  I listened and loved Damnation, but couldn't get around the growls.  Then I listened to "The Drapery Falls" off of Blackwater Park, which only has growls in one section, and I loved it.  In that song, the growls made sense within the context of the song.  So I slowly came around to them, and now I own a great many Opeth records.

This whole Opeth w/out growls chase reminds me of a Python sketch where the customer can't get any breakfast without Spam. 

Wife:	Have you got anything without spam?
Waitress:	Well, there's spam egg sausage and spam, that's not got much spam in it.
Wife:	I don't want ANY spam!

Opeth is the only band with growling vocals that I DO really like. The contrast between the demonic cookie monster vocals and the clean singing is so great, and it is what makes them interesting. 

PROGMONSTER2008 wrote: progrocker2244 wrote: ^ Yes he does have an excellent singing voice, but the music is occasionally boring.   window payne boring? I think too many kids have been brainwashed by metal. It's all about fashion these days. I don't follow others, I just go for quality

I go for quality, too. The entire album isn't boring, but parts are, especially when in comparison to Still Life.

btw, I am NOT a huge metalhead. I typically don't even like growling, but Opeth's dynamic shifts between acoustic and death metal sections is incredible. Windowpane is an exceptionally good song, and the whole album is very good (I gave it 4 stars actually). But it lacks the great combination of acoustic, death metal, and progressive rock and metal that makes Opeth great in the first place.

progrocker2244 wrote: ^ Yes he does have an excellent singing voice, but the music is occasionally boring.

Edited by PROGMONSTER2008 - July 16 2009 at 06:25

topofsm wrote: PROGMONSTER2008 wrote: mgallard wrote: Does anyone have a list of Opeth songs without growling. I just listened all the way through Damnation and really enjoyed it, but I can't stand it when Mr. Cookie Monster arrives. Anyone know them enough to help on that. Thanks mgallard   Their only good boring album   Corrected

mgallard wrote: Does anyone have a list of Opeth songs without growling. I just listened all the way through Damnation and really enjoyed it, but I can't stand it when Mr. Cookie Monster arrives. Anyone know them enough to help on that. Thanks mgallard

Michelle1PA wrote: progrocker2244 wrote: And also, just buy Still Life and try to listen to the whole thing. At first I was actually kind of AFRAID of the vocals, but I've grown to love them. If you can't get into the growls on Still Life, then stop trying to get into Opeth. Still Life is my favorite complete Opeth album. I like a song here or there on their others. For some reason, their other songs I tolerate the harsh vocals because I like the rest of the song. But Still Life seems to flow really well for me. Of course I'm something of a concept album junkie, so the story really drew me.

Same here. Almost ALL of my favorite albums are are concept albums. Scenes From A Memory, Still Life, The Perfect Element, Snow, The Lamb, etc., etc.

The Doctor wrote: StyLaZyn wrote: mgallard wrote: Does anyone have a list of Opeth songs without growling. I just listened all the way through Damnation and really enjoyed it, but I can't stand it when Mr. Cookie Monster arrives. Anyone know them enough to help on that. Thanks mgallard That is my only problem with Opeth. The music and Mikael Åkerfeldt's normal vox are great. I have never heard Opeth, because I really don't like growling vocals, and so have avoided them.  So can't really contribute much to this discussion, except to say that I did enjoy Akerfeldt's guest lead vocals on the new OSI album.  He has a good voice.  I'm probably in the same boat as the OP, in that I would be much more interested in Opeth except for the cookie monster vox.

progrocker2244 wrote: And also, just buy Still Life and try to listen to the whole thing. At first I was actually kind of AFRAID of the vocals, but I've grown to love them. If you can't get into the growls on Still Life, then stop trying to get into Opeth.

Still Life is my favorite complete Opeth album. I like a song here or there on their others. For some reason, their other songs I tolerate the harsh vocals because I like the rest of the song. But Still Life seems to flow really well for me. Of course I'm something of a concept album junkie, so the story really drew me.

I came to this site with basically your original question as my prime motivator.