Opeth

I can't claim to be a big fan of Opeth, but I do enjoy some of their music. They are in the category of music that kind of "fills out" my musical collection. I tend to listen to some overly similar bands, so when I have the urge for something different, they're one way to go. I can't claim to really "like" the growling yet, but I can tolerate them now, and I think Ackerfeldt has wonderful clean vocals.

My preferred Opeth album is Still Life, and I like their softer album Damnation.
My other favorite songs are Bleak and The Leper Affinity(cool song name too!) off of Blackwater Park.

Ah the mighty Opeth, my fave band... glad theres a fair bit of appreciation for them on this forum despite the growls (which I personally enjoy) as they thoroughly deserve it in my humble opinion

angelmk wrote: darksideof wrote:   This past  Saturday I bought my first Opeth T. Shirt. Can you believe it? If you were to tell me that in 2009 I was going to wear a fan T.shirt of a Metal band? I would say that you are totally insane. i considered  bying Opeth t shirt  also, but the salesman realy piced me of telling me my t shirt stucked somewhere in Czech republic, so i still didn't get it . i'am waiting..   and i have also that problem like yourself  my family consider death metal growls as insane , so they are yelling to me all the time , but that music rooted deeply inside me so no matter their screaming to me  i keep listening it and  just  ignore their rage , maybe some day they will understand me , hopefully .. but i doubt that

Edited by darksideof - June 03 2009 at 01:06

darksideof wrote:   This past  Saturday I bought my first Opeth T. Shirt. Can you believe it? If you were to tell me that in 2009 I was going to wear a fan T.shirt of a Metal band? I would say that you are totally insane.

Edited by angelmk - June 02 2009 at 18:30

Other than Ghost Reveries there's nothing the least bit satanic about Opeth's music. 

I was quite quick with the death growls. I guess it kinda tracks my passage into metal - the first stuff which could be classed as metal I heard was DragonForce (flame me all you like :P), which then evolved towards other bands (Sabbath, DT, Ayreon, Gallery).

Then, in comes Metallica, which started to get me into more "exotic" vocals (they're not really growls but they can  just be generally louder/more moody), then a bit of Riverside, then soon my friends are reccomending me heavier and heavier stuff. Opeth was inevitable. Got into them in the space of 2 weeks, now I love these growls :P

I am also in my 40s and a fan of the 'peth.

I think most people here know about them

But thanks anyway for the post, and welcome to PA

Look at me, I'm Mikael Åkerfeldt!! *plays clashing blues riffs and sings about how very sad I am*

[/light-hearted teasing post]

But in all seriousness, this band has chops and Mikael is a great vocalist. Music isn't quite melodic or indie enough for me, though.

Great band