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Opeth - Heritage

[Carl Wood]

... all clean vocals? 

*cancels pre-order of $85.00 deluxe collector's edition*

SCREW that 

[Protag]

... all clean vocals? 

*cancels pre-order of $85.00 deluxe collector's edition*

SCREW that 

The throat can't handle harsh vox forever! 

I'm passing on it because I didn't like the previous album. 

[Venom]

I will be open minded to this album, mainly because I LOVED the Damnation album

[Metal_King]

... all clean vocals? 

Hmmm, maybe I'll like it. 

[Venom]

Hmmm, maybe I'll like it. 

probably not still

[Carl Wood]

The more I ponder over this, the more it disapoints.

Musically, I'm sure it will be - yet another - display of magnificant proficiency.  No doubt a cool album that when I do eventually listen to, I'll probably even enjoy.  But this turn away from vocals and move towards an even stronger jazz influence ... this is not the Opeth I became a fan of.

Why is it acceptable for bands under death metal influence to strike their gutteral vox and transition over completely clean (Katatonia, Sentenced, etc)?  I would never expect a band like Rhapsody or Iced Earth to sing completely in monster-tone; abandon their clean vocals.  Yes, Opeth has toyed with both styles, you say.  But that is exactly part of the draw to a band like them - the play between the two styles.  The method of using clean vocals - sparingly - to contrast, and enhance the power of the death vocals.   Frig.

I get that a band like Opeth probably feels a bit boxed-in, and are bored of the style of writing they've done in the past ... what's a metal fan to do  

[Sharktopus]

I can't wait for this, and frankly I'm glad they're doing a heavy album with clean vocals.


Carl, you sound like you're talking yourself out of liking something before hearing any of it.

[Carl Wood]

The alternative is to convince myself I'm into it when (after hearing a promo cut earlier today) at this stage I'm not.

While I do enjoy Watershed, I don't think it's anything particularly outstanding.  Same goes for my opinion regarding every release of theirs post-Still Life - cool stuff, yet nothing I've come to regard so highly as their first four masterworks.  Therefore, I'm willing to accept the fact that Opeth are/have maybe transitioned outside of my interest.

Should be a cool album, or perhaps not.  Either way I'm not willing to gamble my hard-earned cash on Heritage at this point - especially considering there are dozens of other great LPs I've still got on my to-buy list.

[Firefarter]

Opeth are one of the few bands who i think can pull off a transition of this kind,i'm looking forward to it.

[Sharktopus]

The alternative is to convince myself I'm into it when (after hearing a promo cut earlier today) at this stage I'm not.

While I do enjoy Watershed, I don't think it's anything particularly outstanding.  Same goes for my opinion regarding every release of theirs post-Still Life - cool stuff, yet nothing I've come to regard so highly as their first four masterworks.  Therefore, I'm willing to accept the fact that Opeth are/have maybe transitioned outside of my interest.

Should be a cool album, or perhaps not.  Either way I'm not willing to gamble my hard-earned cash on Heritage at this point - especially considering there are dozens of other great LPs I've still got on my to-buy list.

Or you can withhold judgement until you actually hear the whole thing and not obsess over it for months before release.   

[Carl Wood]

Well, I wouldn't say I'm obsessing over it.  Opeth has never been my favorite band - not even top five - although I do like them a fair amount.  Just have some free time today, so I'm posting on the board.  Also,  I actually did pre-order the rather expensive deluxe ed. (comes out in less than a month by-the-way) and am just a little surprised that I potentially spent that amount on an album I might not even enjoy.  It's not a big deal since it was a pre-order - I just cancelled my order is all, so the world will in fact not come to an end over this.

I don't often make blind purchases these days, but figured I'd be pretty safe putting money on Opeth.  Turns out that might not be the case.  I don't think it will be a stinker or anything, but there's a good chance I'll listen to this album a few times, then it will sit on the shelf while I enjoy Morningrise or My Arms when I'm in the mood for Opeth.

That said, I had some pretty negative things to say about Dimmu Borgir before Abra was released.  Turns out I enjoy that album quite a bit.

 

[Klschmann]

I haven't really enjoyed an Opeth album since Deliverance.  I listened to the sample song from this album and made it about 3 minutes in and had to turn it off.  Won't bother listening to this in full, just not interested.

[Hellboy]

Opeth are one of the few bands who i think can pull off a transition of this kind,i'm looking forward to it.

+1

As much as I enjoy Mikael's death vocals, his clean vocals are simply delightful, Damnation is solid proof that.
Opeth is probably the only band with the potential to become the Pink Floyd of the new millennium, and I truly hope they succeed to achieve the almost unthinkable... 

[Carl Wood]

+1

As much as I enjoy Mikael's death vocals, his clean vocals are simply delightful, Damnation is solid proof that.
Opeth is probably the only band with the potential to become the Pink Floyd of the new millennium, and I truly hope they succeed to achieve the almost unthinkable...  

He is an amazing frontman all-around, there's no denying that.  His clean section in April Ethereal still gives me chills - the way it stands out from the bulk of the song and strokes an incredibly melancholy tone with just two lines of verse.  It has always been about contrast ...

In my experience with Opeth, the band has been unable to evoke the same emotion while solely employing clean vocals.  They sound really nice, but I don't achieve a hightened listening experience.

Vocals aside, the band has become increasingly prog metal, and that's a style I'm just not into  

[Hellboy]

Vocals aside, the band has become increasingly prog metal, and that's a style I'm just not into  

It's been a natural evolution for Opeth, not many death metal bands have managed to transcend genres so effortlessly, aside from Amorphis and perhaps Katatonia.