Opeth - Elysian Woes (Audio) 

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I agree with the larger message but it's not like the old stuff all sounded the same. Sure the vocals may have sounded the same but opeth has always been ever changing. From album one. The only really key difference was they were a heavier prog band and now are not as heavy.

People don't like change (me included to an extent). I personally enjoyed their "old" style better, but Opeth is Opeth. I'll enjoy whatever they do as long as it's still Mikael and company for the most part. I've never seen anyone blatantly call it shit anyway o_O

Some people just like metal and nothing else. Opeth isn't really metal anymore and that's why they're pissed. I like every Opeth record although I prefer to hear the old stuff. Maybe more metalheads need to listen to different kinds of music so they too can enjoy new Opeth.

Ralf Krijger Yes, well said.

Ralf Krijger You're all right, it's a shame old Opeth "fans" and those closed ears metalheads can't even appreciate other genres of music.

+Mónica Martínez as someone who just got to know them, I like their last works more. Sounds deeper, more sophisticated, more professional

Thanks Skirmishers Smite :C

I always thought it was frail not frayed

Agree totally...one of those Opeth moments...

0:00 to the end is soul-touchingly perfect.

thank you for adding the lyrics

Considering how long the automatic desc has said "Coming soon" on the lyrics, this is greatly appreciated.

For real just get over it you havr no idea what your missing out on man

Had to scroll way too much until someone mentioned the video. Sure, the song is beautiful too, but I must laud Opeth's choices of absolutely marvelous shots of nature, too.

I couldn't have said it better. Opeth'll be great no matter what they do, but I do miss their older kind of style.

Quieto Lopes he is the band, lol

Quieto Lopes dumbass. you know nothing of lyrical and singing ability clearly

I like this path. Tell me more albums like this one.

@@miguellopes5645 You're tooootally right.....On opposite day!!

Sky Reaper lmao they’re waiting for someone to post it.

they havent finished writing them in yet

Yep

@@miguellopes5645 it's called "harmonies" and "layering." Not effects you idiot. Why don't you take your "effects," and make a rap """song"""

@@miguellopes5645 also, very nice english... "its." Have you taken english yet?

@@miguellopes5645 lol its not our fault if you have some bad music taste.

Especially in concotion with the video! Also ... nice imaginationary skills dude.

Concordo contigo cara absolutamente os melhores Opeth sem dúvida 💯

Daniel Miranda the drums are similar to on In My Time of Need

jamma246 Symmetry is one of the most beautiful things in nature but looking at these images becomes dull and annoying after a few minutes. Unike the music, which is intriguing.

Anton van UItert absolutely

+Anton van UItert I disagree.

Dude Weed Lmao

Dude, LSD

This song and isolation years are perfect to listen to while high.

***** How much old prog do you listen too.

Miljan Petrovic idk I heard somewhere in RU-vid comments that Mikael could sing well back on blackwater park but he can't sing anymore? Lmao

@@Meshuggapeth wtf...

One of the bests songs that I've ever listen

Mine too

VitjaTB1 I love all three but PC is arguably the best, most focused and best sound. Heritage is too out there at times although still genius, Sorceress is great but all over the place. The mixing is bad too. If you liked PC, don't miss "Fleeting Glance" and the outtake "Spring 1971" or something from Sorceress. They have some of the warmth found on PC

Meshuggapeth I agree! And thanks for the suggestion :D

Enrique Godinez People say that? He's literally my favorite singer ever.

Wontolla Well i read some dumbass comments that said that but i don't give a fuck about them.

+Enrique Godinez I think most of them were talking about his growling, which is far from its peak nowadays...but to be honest, If I ever get the chance to watch their live concert I will only care about the clean vocals anyway, which, by the way, are truly beautiful!

well said mate.

Exactly.

I would be fine if they went how Damnation turned out. There are some parts in Heritage (Face in the Snow) and Pale Communion (Faith In Others, and to a smaller extent Elysian Woes. I miss those songs more than the heavy stuff. Going into a new sound is all well and good if you're a composer doing pieces. But for a band you need to establish something as to not alienate anyone. Opeth aren't The Melvins and it shows.

Is this what " Neo Opeth fans" say these days? Ugh. Opeth (the musicians) would be ashamed. I am pretty sure they are all still very much fans of heavy music, including the growls.

We,the "opeth fans",that say Opeth sounds like shit,are who helped the band be where it is today.Opeth wouldnt have 1/10 of recognition today if they played these shit since day 1.

If you believe either of those things, you are an idiot. Anyone who aspires to be in a band does it for fame and recognition, not to mention the money. You honestly believe they do it just for "The Music"? Yet another Fanboy who thinks the sun shines out of Mikeal's ass. He can do no wrong in your eyes. The fact is, they abandoned their previous sound because they knew they'd never get any airplay. That's what Mikeal wants. Global recognition.

AnUnnamed3vil Well then again he is swedish. We live in a culture were money is not as much an incentive for making things. Compared to say the U.S. In a culture were no one is extremely rich or extremely poor. Music becomes more about self realization. And If you think they are doing this to get airplay? No one wants to listen to a geeky little genre from the 70's. They are playing this kind of music because Mikael feels like it. He has also had death threats aimed at him. Which would piss anyone off. Which is why he might be a little cold towards DM nowadays.

No need to grow, just look at the DAMNATION and feels chills in your soul. That was what Opeth can do without growling or barking and it's one one the best Opeth album.

Haha! I'm going to see them December 5 so I feel your pain!

+Mónica Martínez You going to the Sokol show I take it? I can't wait to see Red Fang there with em too! Odd lineup I know, but it's gonna be awesome all the same. Beer and good music all damn night!

Did you see them?? How was it?

It was way too good. YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED WITH THE SETLIST.

***** I'm pleased to hear that. What did they play?? Im curious

Judit Molnár-Tuovinen you're glad he doesn't growl anymore too? The growls were great. But they were going to hold Opeth back. This is amazing and would sound like crap with growls on it

I can't rank it but I only know Sorceress is the worst. Heritage and Pale Communion are good though.

Say what now? Drunk?

I'll fight you! ;)

i agree, somewhat

That's actually what I like the most about this song. :D And the harmonies, of course...

+Judas Iscariot I know what you mean in terms of the vocals. I think in some songs it works really well and in others it doesn't. He stretches out certain words for effect with more vibrato now while also using an odd timing or meter with what can be more unusual phrasing in a series of other lyrics, which he's done a lot more of since maybe around the time of Watershed. I've actually always probably the enjoyed the more simpler, somber vocal melodies best. Listen to "Still Day Beneath the Sun" to get an idea of what I mean. In the past, the contrast between the lyrically descriptive and dense, very visceral death metal vocals and the light and airy melodic vocals meant that his cleanly sung vocals didn't need to do as much heavy lifting to tell the story in the past. The cleans could stay more complimentary and soothing, often portraying vulnerability, without dancing around too much on top of the riffs and chord changes, because the death growls could be the punchy, varied vocals. Now though since the clean vocals are all that's there, it can come off as a little over sung in terms of telling the story. In his defense though, imagine trying to tell the lyrical story of the song 'The Drapery Falls" with only clean vocals. That's the kind of thing I'm talking about - how does one do all those emotions justice over such pummeling music with only clean singing without overdoing it? I'm not sure if you can. Keeping the variation within the songs is definitely more of a challenge now on these new songs without that stark contrast in vocals and heaviness to light. I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes over the next few albums. I'd really like to see some more dynamics and contrast, even if it doesn't mean death growls at all. "Just one second.. and I was left with nothing" That kind of simple melody and delivery still probably does it best for me, with the Damnation and Still Life albums being a highlight for me in terms of cleanly sung melodies. A song like Weakness is almost perfect in that regard. Mikael's really grown a lot as a singer and I give him all the credit in the world for his success, but sometimes I enjoyed the more plaintive, simpler vocal melodies of past albums where he didn't sound like he was trying so hard to emote a range of things in every other line. Again "Still Day Beneath the Sun" is one of my favorite vocal performances by him. It sounds confessional and vulnerable and haunting, which is I guess how many of us best like our Opeth clean singing to be because it's mostly what we got into Opeth with for like 7 to 8 albums in a row. Artists should do whatever moves them most though and Opeth should make whatever kind of music they want. They've made enough classics in my book to kind of have a free pass to do just about anything at this point.