DAMNATION

After hearing this good album in several occasions, and to see the dramatic change ( good for me ) of Opeth, to be a mystic band with a power metal, to a progressive sound, , encounter influences of king crimson here, but anyway, the album is a good surprise for all the opeth fans, ( and no fans like me ), because the great and beautiful voice of Akerfeldt only shows softly, he doesnt use his powerfull and guttural voice , all Opeth fans will miss that voie, in my particular point of view , is great that voice , but i dont like it nothing, really i hate the songs with guttural voice, ( most of the times that voice we found in metal bands), for me is only noise, mmm... is great for some pieces of any song, but i prefer didnt hear it, well, my point is that this change is good, i dont like really the old opeth, not only for the voice, also musically, is heavier and boring to me, is for that reasons that i desire this album, because is different, and the change is really good, lets talk about the sound, the guitars sound more " prog" and more complex too, in some songs Akerfeldt show us his brilliant technique , and that technique sounds in the album, the songs are tranquil and smooth, and the atmosphere is nice, i think any opeth fan hates this album , but to me is the best . For me is always important the opening song, here we found "windowpane", one of the best songs in the album,a very great opening track, "in my time of need" is the song who sounds like crimson , with the mellotron and a effusive prog sound, " closure" , you find it here on mp3, that song is beautiful, the guitars and the final movement is great, " to rid the disease " is another great song , good to someone, bad for others, but is the flavour of Opeth, the other songs are also good , but i prefer end here, in the last song, " weakness ", the rarely song of Opeth, is very quite, very soft, only the voice of Akerfeldt, and a slow fund of music, i dont call a masterpiece, but this album is very good, a great surprise for me.