Opeth

[Patrick_Nicholas]

Review of Saturday's gig with the Plovdiv National Opera Orchestra & Choir

SETLIST:

1
Eternal Rains Will Come
Cusp Of Eternity
The Drapery Falls
Demon Of The Fall
Voice Of Treason
The Devil's Orchard
Deliverance

2
Heir Apparent
Godhead's Lament
Advent
Elysian Woes
To Rid The Disease
The Lines In My Hand
The Leper Affinity

Encore
The Lotus Eater

It was only set 1 with the orchestra and choir, though. Still. Y U NO BLURAY THAT?!

Orchestra or no orchestra, it's still cool to see that they're playing "Godhead's Lament" again!

[onthewall2983]

I think they are planning on recording an upcoming gig where they are playing all of Ghost Reveries, for it's 10th anniversary.

[Wretchedest]

Holy shit, they played Advent, that is amazing.

[onthewall2983]

[onthewall2983]

Radio City Music Hall October 1st, and they'll play Wembley Arena in London the following month.

[armogi]

wembley is confirmed already. what is up with these one off shows??? and NYC again, come on!!

[armogi]

Interesting, the blabbermouth article about wembley states they are finishing the new album, didn't know they even started working on it.

[pulse]

Wow, that's awesome news!

[Patrick_Nicholas]

Interesting, the blabbermouth article about wembley states they are finishing the new album, didn't know they even started working on it.

This article, right?
http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/ope...wembley-arena/

I'm on theopethforum.com, and I didn't see any mention of it until now! (Though to be fair, there's not a whole lot of traffic over there.) Hopefully people will be ready for a third consecutive album without growls and actually judge it by its own merits. Given the circus following the revelation that Heritage was growl-free, I sometimes forget that I'm not the only one who actually liked that album.

[armogi]

Yes, that was this article, I'm dubious tho, but wouldn't mind the surprise, with or without growl new opeth is a win

[onthewall2983]

Mikael says the band will start recording the next album this month

[onthewall2983]

New album, Sorceress to be released on a new label by the end of the year

[bobbie solo]

doing some shows here in the U.S. with The Sword also. That's a helluva duo.

[Wretchedest]

Interesting, nuclear blast is super metal oriented.

[onthewall2983]

[onthewall2983]

[onthewall2983]

1. Persephone
2. Sorceress
3. The Wilde Flowers
4. Will O The Wisp
5. Chrysalis
6. Sorceress 2
7. The Seventh Sojourn
8. Strange Brew
9. A Fleeting Glance
10. Era
11. Persephone (Slight Return)

[wight rabbit]

I'm really curious to know if this is the album Mikael feels warrants some growling vocals. I've missed hearing those after listening to previous albums. If not, no big deal. I like the newer Opeth, as well.

[pulse]

I'm really curious to know if this is the album Mikael feels warrants some growling vocals. I've missed hearing those after listening to previous albums. If not, no big deal. I like the newer Opeth, as well.

I doubt this album will feature growls. I don't know if Mikael will ever record growling vocals again. However, based on recent comments by the band, this album will be heavier or perhaps more metal than the last two efforts.

Sent from my LG G4.

[RocketScience]

Curious to know whether this too is mixed by Steven Wilson (I certainly hope so).

[seasonsinthesky]

I doubt this album will feature growls. I don't know if Mikael will ever record growling vocals again. However, based on recent comments by the band, this album will be heavier or perhaps more metal than the last two efforts.

Sent from my LG G4.

He could never growl again, even on tour, and I'd be fine with that – but only if he made interesting music again.

Pale Communion was a great step forward but I'm so overdone with the '70s rehash thing. Opeth don't need growls if they write strangely-structured, surprising material. That's what made the old stuff strong, not the growls.

[onthewall2983]

Plus, he has a great singing voice and I for one would hate to see it undone by growling.

[pulse]

He could never growl again, even on tour, and I'd be fine with that – but only if he made interesting music again.

Pale Communion was a great step forward but I'm so overdone with the '70s rehash thing. Opeth don't need growls if they write strangely-structured, surprising material. That's what made the old stuff strong, not the growls.

I loved the classic direction that was hinted in Watershed and subsequently polished in Heritage and Pale Communion. But these albums all felt more a cohesive collection of songs about similar topics than a thoughtfully planned and hashed-out story. Mikael is awesome at making concept records as established by Ghost Reveries, Still Life, etc. If Sorceress is indeed a return to story-driven concept music, hopefully it captures my attention and ears the way those earlier albums did and still do to this day. That's not to say that Pale Communion and Heritage didn't have great music on them. "River" on Pale Communion is one of my favorite songs by any band ever. I also adored "I Feel the Dark" on Heritage. But it would be nice to hear Mikael explore his masterful concept album abilities again, regardless of the musical style implored.

Sent from my LG G4.

[onthewall2983]

[Wretchedest]

wow, it sounds fantastic! Mikael is such a relaxed dude, haha, its seemed like that when I've seen them live, too

[pulse]

And there it goes.. The hype train has left the station.

[Maximilian]

And there it goes.. The hype train has left the station.

Yeah, but that riff at the end sounds like some classic Opeth.

[seasonsinthesky]

Yeah, but that riff at the end sounds like some classic Opeth.

The writing, yes, definitely. The production is way different though, even from Pale Communion - guitars are super dark when distorted and super DI-ish when clean. It'll be interesting.

[armogi]

new track sorceress out!
link below, listen at 1:27:30 mark.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07m44p3

[onthewall2983]