BLACKWATER PARK

I'm not a big fan of death metal but when I was introduce to Opeth's Blackwater Park the album totally took me by surprise. At the beginning I started listening to Bleak but I quite didn't like it. The growls of Mikael were really scary and the fact is I never liked that style of singing but listening a bit further took me to his melodic voice style which is amazing. This album totally blows away with the combination of death metal and prog.

The album in general is pure prog death metal, except for Harvest which is completely acoustic. The album is heavy, it's dark, it's bad and it totally rocks. The song that caught most my attention was The Drapery Falls, which combines all elements of the album and it's definitely the masterpiece of the album. I would really give the album a 5 stars rating but the lack of quality really messes up the great experience.

Really recommended even if you don't like death metal!