ORCHID

This album does not show Opeth at their best seeing as it was their first album. It is not at all that the tracks are of a low standard but they are just not particularly produced well (i feel as if the sound is too airy and should be more bassy). I am also not a fan of Mikel Akderfelts screaming in this album because its very high pitched all the way through. However i do have one praise for this album and that is the majority of the acoustic parts. I believe they are executed perfectly and do not suffer from the bad production that the tinny guitars in the metallic bits do.

I think this album contains some fantastic parts but it is definately lacking something that the later opeth albums have.

The best track for me is actually the piano piece in the middle of the album called (silhouette). Each note is expertly played and not just techincally but with true emotion aswell.