Opeth is the only metal band I've ever seen who can pull off not having a mosh pit. Everyone in the audience just stand in awestruck silence, admiring the majesty before them.
I would say it's probably because their concerts now are at least in half a rock songs. They stopped playing metal music especially death metal around in 2008. These 2-3 songs for the whole concert don't change much, it's not the same, it's not a metal band anymore. I guess at least the money is right, but they should change band name ;)
sometimes i'm sad listening to Opeth and then someone comes and makes me laugh and ruins everything, and it takes a while to recover my precious sadness
Maybe the most overlooked track on Blackwater Park, but certainly one of the best Akerfeldt ever wrote. The epitome of melancholy. Poe only wished he were alive to hear something this depressing.
Fun fact: the first HEAVY (not the clean intro) section until the vocals come in was written by Peter (the first two riffs at least, possibly not the leads).
I get an eargasm every time i hear the switch at the end from distortion to clean. Its so majestically done. One of the most wild switches in tone but it just works so sooo so well 😫
This is the first Opeth song I tried to learn on the guitar some 15 yrs back ... the intro, outro and everything in between is just beautiful... couldn't help crying after listening to it after so long.
My brother passed away on November 2015 and this song always reminds me of him, we used to listen to opeth together all the time, this was our favourite band, I had this on my mind all day long, I miss him a lot
God damn... I should never, EVER have let that opportunity to see them perform with In Flames pass by. Next time I see they're touring, my ass is there.
***** You live in Opeth's home country, though. Also a country with a substantially better government and better healthcare n shit. Also you're in Europe. Trust me, I'd prefer to be there :P
This is one of those songs that I cant stop repeating over and over, and cant get tired of it. beautiful and powerful, gives me the chills! thanks Opeth for this
This has always been, and will always be my favorite Opeth song. I've never been lucky enough to hear them play it live, but this version is pretty excellent!
yes it took me nearly 5 playthroughs to go holy fuck this is amazing. I find prog metal is extremely difficult to get into at first then it just turns into an actual addiction
Without meaning to use the term lightly, it is a musical masterpiece. Mendez outdoes his performance for the studio recordings with stunning jazzy improvisation. Ackerfeld is great though imo doesnt come across quite as melancholic as in the studio version. Outstanding live rendering of a song.
alexis georgiades Opeth isn’t an improv band at all. Mendez and the boys use the same flourishes across many live performances to add appeal. I agree though that they are fantastic live
This kind of thing is what Opeth is missing these days. The composition style that allowed for masterpieces like this. I don’t care that they don’t growl anymore. They’ve proven they can still write great things without growling (see: damnation). I’m sad we’ll probably never hear amazing songs like this in the future
@@cansuunlu998 Tbf they might be in a better place mentally than back then. So it's only fair for them to write what they feel (though i agree the best stuff was back then and way darker lol)
Opeth, the ultimate outro boss. THis one ; deliverance ; Harlequin Forest ; Burden! Other times it doesn"t really sound like an outro, but the climax is still in the end like in Demon of the Fall. And I forgot tons of good examples...
When a friend of mine wanted to cheer me up after a bad break up he asked me what song I want a local radio station to play for me. I asked for this shit. I find it really relaxing!
I was there! The end of this song was one of the highlights for me. To be sat there with hundreds of people being as quiet as they possibly could while Akerfeldt's haunting guitar echoed around the Royal Albert Hall is something I'll never forget!
When I listen to an Opeth live performance, I'm much more impressed by the fact that they are so incredible that many times during acoustic interludes or just when the music quiets down you can hear a fucking pin drop in a crowd of thousands of rowdy metal heads........it actually gives me chills, I can only imagine what it's like for the band to know that their audience is hanging on every note, That silence (at most live performances of Opeth, not all obviously) is simply amazing.
@@aoaoa605 It's not about the growls, it's about the music. Watershed only had growls on 2 songs and then 10 seconds of 1 song; it was mostly soft but we all loved it anyway. And don't forget about Damnation.
I don't think that the clapping is annoying. Can you blame them for enjoying themselves? Besides the video was made for the concert, not the other way around. this was an awesome live performance btw
The clapping is incredibly fucking annoying. Zero reason to do it. You’re not helping the band keep time. You’re definitely not adding to the song. All you’re doing is messing with the tempo and the atmosphere. People wanna hear the melody not clapping during an awesome finger picked section. Only inconsiderate dicks clap during a concert. Clap after the song to show your appreciation. Stay silent during the quiet parts.
finally my prayers have been answered, opeth and katatonia playing at the worcester palladium in massachussetes...only 27.50 a ticket, ive already seen katatonia live (which was amazing) but opeth and katatonia, thats my definition of heaven they are my 2 favorite bands EVER
