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Opeths Heritage 2 years later
Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 10:47 am
by jnurp
Is still a total piece of unlistenable shit to me. probably the biggest disappointment musically to me from any band that meant anything to me. Opeth are top 3 band all time to me, heritage is the worst album I may have ever listened to with the exception of the song Slither. Just absolute rubbish and useless periods of time just freejamming random shit. I could go on for hours why this album is such a stinker.
Re: Opeths Heritage 2 years later
Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 11:07 am
by Sizzler
I will have to give it another listen - it's been a while.
From memory:
Loved the playing overall but there was a lack of direction or something on the songwriting side
Liked the vocals
Guitar tone - some was good, some not so much
The songs just never stuck with me. I don't remember anything that I hated outright.
I actually liked the Storm Corrosion stuff better.
Re: Opeths Heritage 2 years later
Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 11:39 am
by Yarbicus
Sorry, but I love it. It is just pure old school prog to my ears and that makes me happy.
Re: Opeths Heritage 2 years later
Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 12:13 pm
by nakedzen
I'll have to give it another listen, but from what I can remember it was pure King Crimson worship. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, it just isn't a metal band anymore.
Re: Opeths Heritage 2 years later
Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 12:44 pm
by benjamin801
jnurp wrote:Just absolute rubbish and useless periods of time just freejamming random shit.
nakedzen wrote:pure King Crimson worship
Yarbicus wrote:pure old school prog
pamukParty wrote:a lack of direction or something on the songwriting side
Well, sounds like we're all on the same page here, fellas...
Re: Opeths Heritage 2 years later
Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 12:59 pm
by Sizzler
benjamin801 wrote:jnurp wrote:Just absolute rubbish and useless periods of time just freejamming random shit.
nakedzen wrote:pure King Crimson worship
Yarbicus wrote:pure old school prog
pamukParty wrote:a lack of direction or something on the songwriting side
Well, sounds like we're all on the same page here, fellas...
Haha... Meeting adjourned
Re: Opeths Heritage 2 years later
Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 1:10 pm
by downstemmed
Maybe, it was an attempt to appeal to a non-metal demographic, or subtly sell out. Check out the Opeth concert on Mosh Cam. None of their heavy stuff is on it, and there's 25 mins of acoustic songs.
Re: Opeths Heritage 2 years later
Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 6:29 pm
by Repner
I was excited when I heard they wanted to do an old school prog album. I thought they'd really do it justice since Mikael practically worships the genre. Unfortunately it lacks any of the innovation you'd get from their influences. It just made me want to listen to real 70's prog, or real Opeth style...Opeth.
I'm also not a big fan of this recent trend of hideously underproducing for the sake of avoiding the other trend of hideously overproducing. Produce it to the point where it sounds good.
Re: Opeths Heritage 2 years later
Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 7:32 pm
by spawnofthesith
Straight up snooze fest