Opeth - Folklore (Audio) 

Agreed 👍🏼 🤘🏻🏴

Exactly

Honestly, I still see them as a metal band. Just add some distortion.

See: Sorceress and ICV.

@@Cheximus are you saying that those albums are bad ?

@@reducetheatoms Compared to what they've put out previously, yes, without doubt.

@@Cheximus okay for Sorceress, not ICV in my opinion. Have you even listened to it ?

@@Cheximus I disrespecfully disagree

I used to not like it. Then I grew up a little bit.

Reece B Because Metal Heads Are Purists there's so much infighting in the Community No this is Metal no this is it's madness Tbh Opeth has taken a different tone in their music tbh i like it better than their Heavier stuff

Reece B i guess opeth was too good for people to accept their change. I personally like this proggy side of opeth though, mikael's clear voice is incredible

i absolutely hated this song for years, particularly the part/lyrics where the gain gets turned up... but listening through a new filter these days and this is possibly the best song on the album

@@bloodletter3400 exactly

Mikael has made it clear that Opeth is not about a specific genre. If the fans are to be pleased with Opeth's output, they must have the openness and courage to participate in the artistic journey Mikael and Opeth are leading. It's sad to see some close-minded critics who got stuck with Opeth at a certain phase in the band's evolution. But honestly, the band has achieved an astonishing level of creativity and innovation that I cannot but be grateful for the music they are producing. Truly, Opeth is a one-of-a-kind band that managed to create a genre-defining sound of its own. And the rest is yet to come!

Do I have to read a book? Man.. i give up

Wow so metalheads don't read actual books?? Damn I've been doing it wrong for the last 30+ yrs

i don't read books. i hate harry potter and all fiction stories like game of thrones and all that stuff. i just like this song and opeth because they have calm soothing music. i am from India.

@@janzanssen9660Books =/= fiction tho? You can read non-fiction or more grounded fiction if you don't like things like HP and GoT

Guilty

in time we will find our hearts united with a solitary sound, the sound of this belonging

***** funny seeing you here ;)

I love their bass work, especially on Lines in my Hand.

I agree entirely

At first listen, I didn't like the minimalistic guitar pattern on the verses. But I think it's probably to highlight the bass even more. Pretty good compositional technique, even if not done fully intentionally.

You still?

As a guitarist in a band with a great Bass player & knowing Martin Mendez playing i can see why you would say this , he's one of todays best . No ego just music ...

Welcome back!😁

@@phillyblunt8473 😅

Just here to remind you of this awesomeness.

hello there then

Once I loved woman who liked Opeth, too :)

thank uuuuuu u made my night

snowy ambar Hi Dear

Matúš Medveď I have never been that lucky

Absolutely - ty bro

A McCall ya Jeepers, thanks dale

🤩

whole song*

Cheers Anon I think I read somewhere that it's about incest, and I think it really makes sense: "Hey you, will you be true When you can see through what I do Feel the pain in your brain, insane Will I see my name in your scars" This would be the Father pondering if his son or daughter can see through what he is doing, the real meaning that is, and if he/she will bears the scars of what he did "And you will see what you mean to me" This part is in the sense of the son/daughter will see what the Father really feels about him/her; spoiler alert: the answer is in the next line "Lust between the lines Do you feel the need" Lust between the family lines, that kinda makes it clear; "do you feel the nedd?" I think would be the Father asking if the son/daughter also feels "the need", or the sexual desire, as does he; "When the night comes down And when the night comes down A father is waiting" And that about cleared any doubts I had; Father is waiting in the night; And you will see what you mean to me "Lost control and called your name" To lose control would be that he gave in to his "need" and went on with the sexual act, and "called the name" would then be a reference to what one does during orgasm, calling out the partners name; "Left a home in the pouring rain In a sea of guilt and shame Will we sustain" After that the Father left home in guilt and shame from what he did, pondering if they will be able to live with "it". What do you think? Hey Mikael, may we get you official input on the matter?

but he is still married?

@@zonta.Ivan.navarro This is the worst bullshit I've ever seen.

For me is the same

@@zonta.Ivan.navarro That's cancer

yut yut, mine too (favorite song on this ablum)

The only good song on the album!

necroplastful the whole album is awesome to me :)

The devil's orchard remains the best !

SNAKY its btwn this one and "i feel the dark" for me, but this one has that superb outro

yeah. "yo man, take ur dt wankery to the ground"

Its per wiburg, the former keyboard player.

Wiberg ;)

hahaha

What about those skulls on the ground? Peter? Martin? -- is that you? :D

too relatable, hope It's better now

Same but I was 14! So many good memories listening to this album over and over again

You're living the good old days

A "little" older, but this album was released at an upswing in my life as well. Hang in there, you'll find other peaks that make the valleys worth it. And the valleys make subsequent peaks more enjoyable. Just enjoy the ride while you're here.

Indeed

@@ziltoidtheomniscient2490 precisely

love your comment!

gracias por existir

Yes it is

***** it is, up until that section at 5:50 which is my least favourite passage of music he's ever written; it sounds like something Muse would have discarded!

+schpleeb What's wrong with muse? :D

+schpleeb Thats very true. Opeth always makes me shed some tears and get goose bumps with their melodies and harmonies. Im not even talking about lyrics. Every song has its own suprise init.

Muse can be progressive sometimes, like with Citizen Erased for instance.

Owl SW thats it my friend you feel what you must feel listening to Opeth God bless you there bro

Is it though?

I get goosebumps everytime

Seriously

The bass on this album in general is incredible. It just draws you in. Both the playing and the tone are amazing. Mendez knows his shit man.

Marc Hoyland Damnation sounds nothing like Heritage nor Pale Communion. Seriously, Damnation is a one of a kind album, it's much darker and quieter than their new albums. And I wouldn't say it is progressive at all, unlike these last two albums.

Rarity Sparkle I agree it is a one of a kind and I love it, but there's alot of that stuff happening more so on recent albums. Before it was death metal with acoustic interludes and now they are much softer. Damnation is very progressive. You can hear the Camel influences on it...

Marc Hoyland Well that's true, they are much softer in their recent albums and that is similar to Damnation, but I still believe that Damnation was darker, scarier and deeper than these new albums (Heritage and Pale Communion), they are, in my opinion, much "happier" than Damnation, and sounds so different. Regarding on the progressiveness of Damnation, I think I have to hear it again, since I cannot notice much progressiveness on it.

@@davidmb1595 And sounds much better too. Damnation's a top album.

Still one of a kind, none of the newer records sound like it. None of them sound like each other for that matter.

New album will have a progressive style like Damnation and like Heritage, it's called Pale Communion and it gets released on August 26th

J Cam 2 days before my birthday, happy birthday to me! hehe

***** yeah can't wait lol hope it makes your bday enjoyable

J Cam I think it will, thanks!

@@RedceLL1978 now in 2021 we have In Cauda Venenum

Yeah I remember that too. I’m like what’s wrong with this album?

Me tooooooooo i love it

+Skoshtwo U slobodnom prevodu, to je to

+Harshal Bhave i love pretty much every song opeth has released i love metal but i also love rock jazz sould rap and many more genres of music it blows my mind how Michael Akerfelt can transcend from such a heavy section to such a beautiful lulluby, this is why i love Opeth so much...... right up there with Led Zeppelin and Maynard Keenan

Conner Chadwick Opeth>Tool Even though i love Tool,Opeth is better

EnragedSephiroth haha moon over the something

I see this 8 years later, but yeah you´re right! lol Moon Over the Castle