This song has the structure of a ribbon or a bow: most of the song is unique apart from the chorus and pre-chorus. These occur near the beginning and near the end of the song and connect the intro riffs, the winding middle section, and the outro. So in all it's a nice blend of progressive riffs that keep you guessing for most of the song, but also has that catchy and memorable repeated (and slightly different) chorus that holds the song together and makes it more than just an assemblage of nice riffs. This is peak Opeth.
To this day no one has come close to topping the light to dark dynamics that Opeth perfected. These songs are accomplishments for the art of music itself transcending it’s relevance to only death metal. This is pure art.
I'm with you on this Notch Johnson :) They are the most known and powerful songs they ever did in my mind. I still like the less known ones greatly, but you can't go wrong with songs like Deliverance or Blackwater Park. Cheers mate!
You should try 'Dirge for November', it is on their Blackwater Park yet I haven't seen any reactions to it. The whole song is like one perfect melody, even the heavy distorted parts are beautiful and melodic.
I have listened to this album 100's of times!!! Just EPIC!! And every member of the band left blood and sweat on the recording studio floor! Thanks, Opeth.
Eternal Rains will Come, for a non-growl 70s sounding prog song. One of their best post-growl modern songs. Another stellar one is Next of Kin, can't even describe what that one sounds like, best from their latest (pretty recent) album.
You are good, most of opeth songs take me a few listens to really appreciate (and love). The marination effect is huge, no other band does that for me except maybe radiohead. Opeth right now without a doubt is my favorite band, I have all their albums.
Don't know if you heard this but Alerfeldt is singing with Dream Theatre. Perfect match albeit it was long time ago and James Labrie is not my fav vocalist. Bad quality and not reactionworthy but as a progmetaldude you gotta listen to this! th-cam.com/video/4A4UaEhF1ko/w-d-xo.html
@@sonicallydisruptive Most of the videos I watched from you are hardly longer than the song they're claiming to review. You never seem to dive into the lyrics, you don't do comparisons to other stuff you've listened to/reviewed, you generally only do mostly very short statements on what you just heard.
This song has the structure of a ribbon or a bow: most of the song is unique apart from the chorus and pre-chorus. These occur near the beginning and near the end of the song and connect the intro riffs, the winding middle section, and the outro. So in all it's a nice blend of progressive riffs that keep you guessing for most of the song, but also has that catchy and memorable repeated (and slightly different) chorus that holds the song together and makes it more than just an assemblage of nice riffs. This is peak Opeth.
Great song. I didn't catch all of that in my first listen. Thanks for the comment.
This is probably my favorite album in the opeth catalogue
My favourite song from that album!
To this day no one has come close to topping the light to dark dynamics that Opeth perfected. These songs are accomplishments for the art of music itself transcending it’s relevance to only death metal. This is pure art.
I forgot how incredibly complex this song is.
You still need to do Blackwater Park and Deliverance =)
I'm with you on this Notch Johnson :) They are the most known and powerful songs they ever did in my mind. I still like the less known ones greatly, but you can't go wrong with songs like Deliverance or Blackwater Park. Cheers mate!
I'll be doing both this week.
I've waited for this. I really feel like you get the feeling of it. Hope you listen to more Opeth! Cheers from Sweden.
I still have a list of about 14 more songs to do. So I'll be doing much more, thank you.
@@sonicallydisruptive I will listen to all of them. But keep in mind they are all quite different!
You should try 'Dirge for November', it is on their Blackwater Park yet I haven't seen any reactions to it. The whole song is like one perfect melody, even the heavy distorted parts are beautiful and melodic.
I'll add it to the list! Thanks
Such an underrated song. It's easily one of the best of the album imo. Probably the heaviest (in an emotional way) song I've ever heard.
I have listened to this album 100's of times!!! Just EPIC!! And every member of the band left blood and sweat on the recording studio floor! Thanks, Opeth.
Eternal Rains will Come, for a non-growl 70s sounding prog song. One of their best post-growl modern songs. Another stellar one is Next of Kin, can't even describe what that one sounds like, best from their latest (pretty recent) album.
I'll check them out, thanks.
Greatest song in my metal life ever
Try baying if the hounds. A criminally underrated song from these guys.
I'll be doing that song this week yet. At least 10 more songs to go.
You’re on a roll. Really like how you’re hitting some less popular songs since every other reaction person only does the same ones
@@joshwietzke3845 So true my man! He is acing it!
Great to see you enjoying a piece of art like this! Opeth are brilliant and unique
They are so good. I'm glad I finally came around to listen to them. Thanks!
Adoring what never has been
Would love to see you reacting to 'The Moor' by Opeth! :D
I will be soon.
2:12 the transition and the tune that follows is awesome
Fun fact about this song, child protective services were called on Opeth because of how hard it slaps.
Really enjoy your reactions!
... Hessian Peel! ;)
Coming very soon. Thank you!
You are good, most of opeth songs take me a few listens to really appreciate (and love). The marination effect is huge, no other band does that for me except maybe radiohead. Opeth right now without a doubt is my favorite band, I have all their albums.
Most of what I've heard has stuck right away so far with Opeth. I'm with you on Radiohead. Takes time, there last release really grew on me.
You should just listen to Still life the whole album, The Moor is my favorite song.
I'm doing a reaction on The Moor. Then I'll be free to listen to it in it's entirety.
The whole album is my favorite song. lol
Still life is one of my all time favorite bands. I can't hear a song and not listen to the entire album
Even the acoustic part is heavy in this song lol
watched like 10 or more of these in a row, time for sleep lol
There will be 2 more Opeth songs tomorrow. Glad you like it!
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Don't know if you heard this but Alerfeldt is singing with Dream Theatre. Perfect match albeit it was long time ago and James Labrie is not my fav vocalist. Bad quality and not reactionworthy but as a progmetaldude you gotta listen to this!
th-cam.com/video/4A4UaEhF1ko/w-d-xo.html
Your choice of songs is absolutely outstanding, as is your lack of having anything substantial to say about the songs unfortunately.
Criticism is always welcome. Would be more helpful if it was constructive however.
@@sonicallydisruptive Most of the videos I watched from you are hardly longer than the song they're claiming to review. You never seem to dive into the lyrics, you don't do comparisons to other stuff you've listened to/reviewed, you generally only do mostly very short statements on what you just heard.