STILL LIFE

Still Life is expressive, heavy, mellow, and beautiful. This album starts off with "The Moor", this song shows dynamics that again show a heavy, mellow, and beautiful side of Opeth. Akerfeldt stated that you can hear a ghost cough on "The Moor", I think I heard it right before the climax starting at the 10 minute mark of the song. Actually, it sounds like more of a breath. "Godhead's Lament" is a pretty cool song that is heavy and mellow at times. "Benighted" is pure beauty and skill from Akerfeldt. "Moonlapse Vertigo" is a cool song that offers heaviness and transitions to mellowness...it's also beautiful and is a great effort. "Face of Melinda" is another beautiful mellow song that is very dynamic. "Serenity Painted Death" is an awesome Mosh pit song that as you've figured out: DYNAMIC. WHite ClusTer is a great way to end the story of a man's lost love? Melinda I'm assuming. He went off to reclaim his love Melinda through the Moor, through the night, and I assume "Benighted" is a song longing for Melinda...then on "Face of Melinda" he finds out that she is somebody else's love and the character dies a "Serenity Painted Death". "WHite cluster is a conclusion of anger felt by the character and forgiveness. What better way to show anger than growling, EHH?

4 or 5 stars that is the question.....Seeing that this is a great story with dynamics, music skill, etc....5 stars even though Blackwater Park is a little better.