I love how delusional Opeth fans are lol, tons of bands have written much better, more memorable, heavier and more technical riffs in drop D. Opeth is 90% boring chord progressions that lead nowhere to bloat a 3-minute song to 12 minutes. Opeth is the metal band for people who dont like metal.
You didn't just compare opeth to dream theatre.......🤦 Open your ears, absolutely nothing like each other. They have long songs that's about it. Both are fucking awesome though don't get me wrong but I'd suggest a delve into opeths back catalogue if that's honestly what you think.
The guy can do it live too. I saw them in Leeds and they were one of the tightest live bands I've ever seen, and I've seen all the big metal bands, fuckin awesome!
I remember the first time I ever heard this song. The december of 2014, 100 kilometres. Heavy snowfall, flakes the size of a man's fingernails, and fog so thick I couldn't see 2 metres ahead. Pitch black night. I could barely even see where the road was, I even drove off the road a few times. Lucky that I've done that drive a few hundred times before. I was driving at 20 km/h at most. I was alone, and this beast of a song came up on Spotify... Then when I heard that ungodly heavy riff at 1:15, I turned it up to max volume. I was terrified, excited and in awe at the same time, it took over me. I had a weird feeling, like some kind of a malicious supernatural creature was following my car home, waiting for me to make a mistake and crash, so it can take me out of the car and I'll never be seen again. But I couldn't stop listening. I repeated this song like 10 times. One of the most intense experiences of my life. Opeth is fucking awesome.
Donovan Murphy im 14 and have always known opeth existed, but was reluctant to listen to them as I preferred slipknot/gojira style screaming, but ive recently started listening to them and wish I had sooner. The entire album of blackwater park is a masterpiece imo
Shitted my pants of excitement when he growled: "The sun sets forever over Blackwater Park" One of the most epic moments in music, the best way to end such a legendary album
That line, at the end of that song, at the end of this album, is one of the most underrated hard hitting lines ever in metal for me. Pure chills. Gotta love Opeth.
Under the Weeping Riff Demon of the Riff The Twilight Is My Riff Black Riff Immortal My Riffs, Your Hearse To Riff the Disease Death Whispered a Riff Riff Leaves
this album came out the year i lost both parents, and my best friend who was like a brother. Opeth was there for me in my hour of need, and i thank them from the core of my soul.
I can sort of relate. My little brother, the one I watched die, said to me he could listen to the intro of this song forever. I smiled cuz I felt the same way. Hes been gone over 10 years. Be strong like you are/have been - MJ
I can proudly say that metal hasn't died,it's pretty alive and it depends in which aspect you look at. Those who say metal has died are just bunch of normies who have their heads buried under the sand. Metal will NEVER die ;)
@@gingerjam2192 for me music died after 2010. From this time trends, be cool, catchy and all sorts of shits like this started to happen. It gets worse with each reinvention of music.
They are complete idiots. Most great metal genres got their beginnings in the 90s and have been improved upon since. Metal barely existed in the 80s. 80s only "metalheads" know nothing about the genre they claim to love.
Watch Axe play it live. No matter how you feel about him vs Lopez, you gotta give the man props for playing this 12 minute long song with like 3+ minutes of straight double bass with no rest. I'd say "watch Lopez play it live" since he is the drummer on the album, but i can't find any good sounding clips from his era for this song.
Check out Others By No One - Dr. Breacher And The Time Travel Anomaly, Pick the 19 minutes and 50 seconds version, this song changed my perspective on growling too, and that song led me to here, good stuff.
Listening to Opeth feels like being in a dark foggy forest during a full moon night. It's either a serene scene or you're being hunted by the nightmares of the forest. This is one of the many scenes that come up in my head when I listen to them. Even if their artwork and merch didn't have this sort of imagery, I'd associate them with this sort of stuff. They sound just like that.
I get shivers at 5:15 every time I hear this song. When those vocals come in with “lepers coiled ‘neath the trees” I get a stank face and can’t stop my head from banging.
Listening to Opeth is more MUCH more than music. They take you to beautiful places, awesome trances and once you are about to reach inner peace...they shatter it....VIOLENTLY. It is not music, its an experience formed from quality sound in all aspects.
It’s so badass and contrasts so well with the clean section there. It just crescendos you up and out of that relaxed state and gives you goosebumps. One of the best riffs from one of the best songs from one of the best albums from one of the best bands in my opinion
Confessor Of the tragedies in man Lurking in the core of us all The last dying call for the everlost Brief encounters, bleeding pain Lepers coiled ‘neath the trees Dying men in bewildered soliloquys Perversions bloom round the bend Seekers, lost in their quest Ghost of friends frolic under the waning moon It is the year of death Wielding his instruments Stealth sovereign reaper Touching us with ease Infecting the roots in an instant Burning crop of disease I am just a spectator An advocate documenting the loss Fluttering with conceit This doesn't concern me yet Still far from the knell Taunting their bereavement Mob round the dead Point fingers at the details Probing vomits for more Caught in unbridled suspense We have all lost it now Catching the flakes of dismay Born the travesty of man Regular pulse midst pandemonium You're plucked to the mass Parched with thirst for the wicked Sick liaisons raised this monumental mark The sun sets forever over Blackwater park
Mikael and Tomas Haake of Meshuggah write better english lyrics than native english speaking bands, and I'm not even exaggerating. They're so literary and beautifully crafted that I honestly forget english isn't their first language.
Oh, I didn't know, Haake himself writes lyrics for Meshuggah songs. Anyway, M. from Mgła also composes such poetic lines. For me, non-native speaker, it gets hard to read between the lines
Tomas sounds like a California Surfer Dude in every English interview I've ever seen him in. There are times where you'd never guess he was from Sweden.
Opeth has released stuff this year. I won't say it is bad, it is actually quite good, but not exactly the type of thing most Opeth fans would've had the taste for. They are like an entirely different genre now.
A few weeks ago, I asked my Uncle what Opeth album to listen to as a new Opeth listener, he said a lot of them, but came to the conclusion of Blackwater Park. Definitely the best recommendation I have ever gotten. This song perfectly represents this album. Beautifully eerie, creepy, and brutal. I have never heard anything that made me want to head bang and curl up into a ball in the corner, while making me feel at peace, all at the same time. Opeth is F@$%ING AWESOME!!!!!!
Checked out Katatonia? Opeth fans tend to enjoy their music a lot. Katatonia is the band that always should have went on tour with Opeth, would have been no need to ever find any other band to bring. Opeth fans almost universally enjoy and grow to respect Katatonia a shitload once they've checked out their discography. Their best album is this one in my opinion: th-cam.com/video/iCs159Fb4ls/w-d-xo.html but they have so many great albums. Great tune of theirs from another excellent album: th-cam.com/video/oz7E_BsKrVI/w-d-xo.html
Yup they are excellent band i dont know them much at all but a guy i know who introduced me to death metal/black etc was a huge fan of Katatonia he's an idiot now a days but i appreciate him introducing metal to me.@@LyricalSteeler
*It’s so fucking good to see Opeth getting the recognition they’ve deserved for 20+ years. So good. So good.* If you live in a climate with a winter or fall, you should put any of their albums on and drive around chain smoking something. It is life affirming.
Dude is fucking transcendental beyond omega cosmic entity from 4th dimension. His true form resides in other layers of reality. And you compare him to us, mortal ? Dude in this world is just indeed his avatar. Dude exist across multiverse, and there's no other version of Blackwater Park. This is only one BP that all earth across multiverse, hell even the sphere of gods rocking too.
Lepers coil beneath the trees!! Dying men in bewildered soliloquies!! Perversions bloom round the bend!! Seekers, lost in their quest! Ghosts of friends frolic under the waning moon!! It is the year of death wielding his instruments!! Stealth, sovereign reaper touching us with ease!! Profound lyrics... gives me goosebumps, and the low pitch on the growl is just perfect.
I think there's certain music you just have to admit are actual pieces of artistic genius, the vision and feeling you get from it is completely as intended. This is one of those songs where a deep emotion is somehow completely converted into musical format and delivered to the listener.
That yell close to the end, at 9:50 with that background riff gives me goosebumps every time! It’s insanely intense, like if it was full of pain, anger and excitement. So heavy, so metal… Absolutely fantastic!
I remember the first time I listened to Blackwater Park. It was 2009, and I was on my bike, riding out of Dallas to Austin, Texas for a bike race. It was starting to get dark, and go below freezing. When this song came on, it started snowing very heavily. I didn't stop. No. I kept going. I listened to the entire album and then the entire Opeth discography, while riding my bike in the snow, at night. Opeth is fucking metal.
You can be a lover of any genre of metal be it deathcore,grunge, folk, groove, thrash...this is all time best metal song ever, really takes you to a whole new level. Im sitting here on a rainy friday night , this is the best feeling ever.
@@rooster1038 I think he meant highly dynamic nature of Opeth's songs. This song starts heavy as fuck and suddenly it stops to play very quiet atmospheric piece to continue with even heavier part.
My favorite part of this song has to be the transition at 9:10 when he screams “suspense”. It brings back the riff from 7:44, but with the scream over it, and it feels like there’s more layers because it just sounds more full and chaotic absolutely love it.
Im surprised no one has mentioned it, but I think the riff at 6:00 is absolutely criminal. The complete distortion on the third note that makes it sound like noise rather than a note that helps descend into a dark crushing chamber of necrosis. It is truly an amazing riff.
This is one of the darker tunes in Opeth's catalogue in my opinion. It's not just the musicality and heaviness, it's the breathing space given to it's parts, to build, to grow, to shrink and hover in the distance, building atmosphere. Also, Steven Wilson is a great producer/mixer, in addition to everything else he's king at.
For me, I don't mind screaming or growling vocals, but most of the time it loses it's touch if its ALL growling. Only some bands can make a whole song all growling for it to keep the touch. Opeth, The Ocean, Leprous, Gojira, Cattle Decap, Allegaeon, ect. And even if it is all growling/screaming, I do appreciate the talent behind it as it's much easier said than done if you're doing it healthily
The whole album make me feel like i'm standing in nowhere , in the middle of the forest , and it's sunset . Feels weird , like something is waiting deep inside the forest , waiting... It so cozy...
I've heard this masterpiece dozens of times and I discover new things every time. Today I got a new pair of earbuds and found out there's some filthy slap bass at 8:06
The opening grunt at 1:58 is the closest thing I've heard to a magic spell. "Power Word: Headbang", after many listens it still gets me every time. It's so masterfully introduced as well. The preceding swelling riffs establish the rhythm, followed by the short acoustic interlude that encourages you to fill the rhythm in subconsciously for a brief period before bringing the crunchy transition riff in and bringing the hammer down. Visceral!
Opeth is the definition of “autumn sound”
*Writes 37 of the best drop d riffs*
*Puts it in one song*
Love this comment 😂😂, it’s so true bro! Opeth and metal forever 🤘🏻
Refuses to ellaborate
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I love how delusional Opeth fans are lol, tons of bands have written much better, more memorable, heavier and more technical riffs in drop D. Opeth is 90% boring chord progressions that lead nowhere to bloat a 3-minute song to 12 minutes. Opeth is the metal band for people who dont like metal.
@@Henry14arsenal2007 You don't love anything, Mr. Udall.
I feel this song alone has more good riffs than many metal bands' entire discographies
Hi, I really like Dream Theater oh hey there's a crevice........
You didn't just compare opeth to dream theatre.......🤦 Open your ears, absolutely nothing like each other. They have long songs that's about it. Both are fucking awesome though don't get me wrong but I'd suggest a delve into opeths back catalogue if that's honestly what you think.
I was referring to Dream Theaters discography more than anything.
Idk bolt thrower are the Kings of riff
@@mattherbert6668 their sound is similar tho
This song is responsible for at least 48% of my hearing loss.
Same lol
And 50% of my muscle and strength gains in the gym.
Rly?
What? 👂
🤣
Everyone is talking about these riffs, which I totally understand, but man this might be one of the best death metal vocals ever recorded.
The guy can do it live too. I saw them in Leeds and they were one of the tightest live bands I've ever seen, and I've seen all the big metal bands, fuckin awesome!
Pushes glasses up 🤓, “Don’t you mean Melodic Death Metal sir?”
@@userhandler0tten351
Its actually Progressive Death Metal
@@eggZ663
He doesnt Growl no more since 2011. But yeah he could do it Live
@James Master
You should hear him in the Grand Conjuration.
This song. So many amazing riffs. Just so many. It’s incredible.
0:07 Riff 1
1:15 Riff 2 !!!
1:59 Riff 3 !!!
5:14 Riff 4 !!!
6:02 Riff 5
6:36 Riff 6
6:58 Riff 7 !!!
7:21 Riff 6 (again)
7:44 Riff 8
8:07 Riff 9
9:15 Riff 8 (again)
9:43 Riff 10 !!!
10:57 Riff 11
ManateeMentality 3,4,5 best of all time
Nah son, number 7 is the most brutal riff of all time.
11 is the best 🤘🏻
7 is nasty af
Opeth riffage is the main reason I keep playing guitar
How many amazing riffs do you put in your songs?
Opeth: Yes
lmao
Song*
Mikail Akerfeldt: *Slaps blackwater park*
This bad boi can fit so many riffs in it
Thank you Mikail
*with a large trout
I believe it is spelled Mikael
@@kybamclane9357 mikail is funnier though
Martín is the one slapping at 8:06 :]
I remember the first time I ever heard this song.
The december of 2014, 100 kilometres. Heavy snowfall, flakes the size of a man's fingernails, and fog so thick I couldn't see 2 metres ahead. Pitch black night. I could barely even see where the road was, I even drove off the road a few times. Lucky that I've done that drive a few hundred times before. I was driving at 20 km/h at most. I was alone, and this beast of a song came up on Spotify...
Then when I heard that ungodly heavy riff at 1:15, I turned it up to max volume. I was terrified, excited and in awe at the same time, it took over me. I had a weird feeling, like some kind of a malicious supernatural creature was following my car home, waiting for me to make a mistake and crash, so it can take me out of the car and I'll never be seen again. But I couldn't stop listening. I repeated this song like 10 times. One of the most intense experiences of my life. Opeth is fucking awesome.
That's fucking metal, man. Awesome story
@watergod 83 Yeah, it's one of the most intense memories of my life. Kind of like living in a horror movie for a few hours.
I have had a similar feeling.
Inspiring man. A good song could come out of that
Listened to this in thick fog too
The growl and riff at 1:58 changed my 15-year-old life the first time I heard this track. My age has doubled since then, and I'm still here.
Yeah my friend! I love Opeth from the first time i hear them too
Donovan Murphy im 14 and have always known opeth existed, but was reluctant to listen to them as I preferred slipknot/gojira style screaming, but ive recently started listening to them and wish I had sooner. The entire album of blackwater park is a masterpiece imo
@@Benikrooni man you are in the right way, jeje. Hope enjoy Opeth, first Opeth as many of us.
Opeth’s music is timeless. The only band I’ve ever had tattooed on my skin
Undoubtedly one of the best voices in metal, growl and clean. So warm and expressive
Just remember, the sun sets forever, over Blackwater Park
Yes , forever
It's harder to forget than to remember
Then, the sun sets over shit.
@@forrestengler8713 yup but to forget let's is reacker
@@BattManion1979 if its shit then why are you here
Shitted my pants of excitement when he growled: "The sun sets forever over Blackwater Park"
One of the most epic moments in music, the best way to end such a legendary album
I read "i shitted my pants of excrement".. wat
except it doesn't set forever because I have the album on loop
I know, it's a fucking magnificent piece of writing.
And then we have another great riff...
That line, at the end of that song, at the end of this album, is one of the most underrated hard hitting lines ever in metal for me. Pure chills. Gotta love Opeth.
this song has, like, all the riffs
All of them.
It's not fair man :'(
And the riffs are so much fun to play aswell
This song got ghost rifts
Slipknot rifts
Lamb of God rifts
And..........
@@Drunkcat008 Its the other way around, Opeth is older than all the bands you mentioned
The Riff Affinity
Bl-riff
Riff-vest
The Riff Falls
Dirge for Riffs
The Funeral Riff
Riffs in the Ivy
Blackwater Riffs
Undrrated comment
the leper affiniriff
bliff
harviff
the draperiff falls
riff for november
funeriff portrait
riff in the ivy
riffwatiff priff
Riff of Perdition
"Holy moly, there are some riffs in the Ivy! where the fuck did they come from??"
Under the Weeping Riff
Demon of the Riff
The Twilight Is My Riff
Black Riff Immortal
My Riffs, Your Hearse
To Riff the Disease
Death Whispered a Riff
Riff Leaves
*pats Blackwater Park*
You can fit so many riffs in this bad boy.
You should be slapped for copying the top comment.
this album came out the year i lost both parents, and my best friend who was like a brother. Opeth was there for me in my hour of need, and i thank them from the core of my soul.
From one brother to another, I'm so sorry about the loss of your bro and your parents.
Opeth can be for many of us our lifesavior. I'm sorry for your loss my friend. Wish you well
I can sort of relate. My little brother, the one I watched die, said to me he could listen to the intro of this song forever. I smiled cuz I felt the same way. Hes been gone over 10 years. Be strong like you are/have been - MJ
@@mikeyjames6808 You too man, thanks for sharing
fuck that sounds like a rough year. sorry you had to endure that and glad you made it through it
"The sun sets forever over Blackwater Park"
The twin towers memorial
@@Brennan009amen
Thank you classical music education for such great metal possibilities. No metal without bach
bach is metal
@@lashedandscorned Bach is metal as fuck 🤘
Michael actually says in an interview that he is not classically trained, nor had he learned music theory. But yah, in sonic terms, absolutely.
Guys i have a question. If his name is Mikael y is it pronounced Michael?
It isn't. It is pronounced as Mikael.
this might be the greatest song i've heard in my life
Me too wtf . What drugs were they on when they wrote this 🤘
@@rowieg2148 the good kind
Listen to more Opeth and it’ll become a conundrum deciding which
Rowan Geerlings as far as I know only booze. Respectable doing this with no acid
@@rowieg2148 no drugs! mikael only drinks and smokes
80s Metalheads: Metal died in the 2000s
Me, and all of you intellectuals:
26 and rocking this shit and porcupine tree.
MyNameIs Zayin Music died in the 2000’s. Shittiest decade.
I can proudly say that metal hasn't died,it's pretty alive and it depends in which aspect you look at. Those who say metal has died are just bunch of normies who have their heads buried under the sand. Metal will NEVER die ;)
@@gingerjam2192 for me music died after 2010. From this time trends, be cool, catchy and all sorts of shits like this started to happen.
It gets worse with each reinvention of music.
They are complete idiots. Most great metal genres got their beginnings in the 90s and have been improved upon since. Metal barely existed in the 80s. 80s only "metalheads" know nothing about the genre they claim to love.
Everyone is talking about bunch of riffs. But i have to appreciate the Drummer, for 4.5 minutes he was on fire with double bass. Superb band
Right?! I crank my subwoofer every time. So much badassness.
Watch Axe play it live. No matter how you feel about him vs Lopez, you gotta give the man props for playing this 12 minute long song with like 3+ minutes of straight double bass with no rest.
I'd say "watch Lopez play it live" since he is the drummer on the album, but i can't find any good sounding clips from his era for this song.
And that snare sound is perfect
I agree I have so much respect for all members but the drummer as always been a legendary specimen.
These growls are an absurd. Never seen anything like it. They are so filled, so low... Damn I am in love
Opeth is incredible, this is the song that made me see growls in a different light
Check out Inter Arma - Sulphur English (the whole album)
You'll love it
Yup
Check out Others By No One - Dr. Breacher And The Time Travel Anomaly, Pick the 19 minutes and 50 seconds version, this song changed my perspective on growling too, and that song led me to here, good stuff.
nasty riffs, Opeth has always had some of the most deliciously evil riffs
Yes of course!
That riff at the beginning of the song is just. Great!🤘🏾
This song has enough sick riffs in it for an entire album lol
Rearly evil riffs 🤘😈🤘
Like the one at 5:15...
That transition from electric to acoustic at the end is just gold
02:45 - 05:10 is literally what autumn sounds like.
And after that the long winter blows
@@perennialheart2955 And after the long winter GROWLS
More like the soundtrack of depression there lol. Then it picks back up and we're on our feet, ready to kick ass.
I know I'm a year late, but The Grand Conjuration from them if you haven't heard it. Absolutely dope.
Listening to Opeth feels like being in a dark foggy forest during a full moon night. It's either a serene scene or you're being hunted by the nightmares of the forest. This is one of the many scenes that come up in my head when I listen to them. Even if their artwork and merch didn't have this sort of imagery, I'd associate them with this sort of stuff. They sound just like that.
This song saved my life tonight, will forever be grateful.
take care
I hope you're ok! Always rock on.
I hope your doing well.
The sun sets forever over Blackwater Park but not on you friend not yet
I get shivers at 5:15 every time I hear this song. When those vocals come in with “lepers coiled ‘neath the trees” I get a stank face and can’t stop my head from banging.
The build up is legendary, every single hair on my body stands up when the vocals come in.
The shivers!!! I get them every single time.
Oh man best part love when the vocals come in hellll yeaaaaa
Listening to Opeth is more MUCH more than music. They take you to beautiful places, awesome trances and once you are about to reach inner peace...they shatter it....VIOLENTLY.
It is not music, its an experience formed from quality sound in all aspects.
I disagree in only one aspect. My inner peace is reached during the heaviest parts of this song
Possibly the greatest metal composition of all time.
Definately!
first time listening to Opeth and I'm speechless: what a masterpiece!
Lucky you ! please do discover all their old albums they are all masterpiece ! \m/
I'd say Ghost Reveries is their best overall album, though this particular song might well be their best individual song.
They are amazing
Welcome. It's all amazing! Enjoy.
Yes this album is easily their best 👍
Opeth is the band responsible for my musicianship. I owe it to them.
ok nick gurr rodriguez
You and I both
Blackwater Park is a masterpiece.
Didn't know a descendant of the Lawrence clan likes to dance to melodic death metal
@@panosas4645 Who's the Lawrence clan? Some famous people?
Blackwater Park song and album are a masterpiece.
Brand new Opeth fan. Just bought the 20 yr anniversary of this on CD, and jesus christ… this may be one of the best songs ive ever heard
Im so happy that more people are able to feel the music! Have fun on your journey
Also try Porcupine Tree - In Absentia, you might like it too. Enjoy.
I'm 29 I heard this when I was 16. It never left me. This band is incredible.
I was 18 when this came out and I’m still losing my shit when I hear this at 40. You’re in for a ride, my friend. Opeth never leaves.
That riff at 5:14 is damn too good to be explained
literally my favorite riff of all time
It’s so badass and contrasts so well with the clean section there. It just crescendos you up and out of that relaxed state and gives you goosebumps. One of the best riffs from one of the best songs from one of the best albums from one of the best bands in my opinion
Opeth is like classical compositions from past centuries. Brilliant.
Confessor
Of the tragedies in man
Lurking in the core of us all
The last dying call for the everlost
Brief encounters, bleeding pain
Lepers coiled ‘neath the trees
Dying men in bewildered soliloquys
Perversions bloom round the bend
Seekers, lost in their quest
Ghost of friends frolic under the waning moon
It is the year of death
Wielding his instruments
Stealth sovereign reaper
Touching us with ease
Infecting the roots in an instant
Burning crop of disease
I am just a spectator
An advocate documenting the loss
Fluttering with conceit
This doesn't concern me yet
Still far from the knell
Taunting their bereavement
Mob round the dead
Point fingers at the details
Probing vomits for more
Caught in unbridled suspense
We have all lost it now
Catching the flakes of dismay
Born the travesty of man
Regular pulse midst pandemonium
You're plucked to the mass
Parched with thirst for the wicked
Sick liaisons raised this monumental mark
The sun sets forever over Blackwater park
Thank you
metalheads looking for riffs. i just want to scream along akerfeld
Ah yes, the music of the gods
My first time hearing Opeth. What a treat! I need more.
Same here. Excellent stuff.
Awesome! This is without a doubt their heaviest song. I highly recommend listening to 'Bleak' and 'Reverie/Harlequin Forest'
try The Baying of The Hounds or The Grand Conjuration. Epic fcking riffs!
Me too! I asked my friends, “if you met a civilization that had never heard music before, where would you start?” This was the first suggestion
Night and silent water and black rose immortal are next up!!
"Lepers coiled neath the trees" part always gives me goosebumps
God bless the beginning riff
and all the other riffs
And the whole song
I'd call it a chord progression, probably one of the darkest ever.
Lowkey reminds me of The Price of a Mile from Sabaton
God bless ALL of them riffs up on this bitch!!! /m/
Mikael and Tomas Haake of Meshuggah write better english lyrics than native english speaking bands, and I'm not even exaggerating. They're so literary and beautifully crafted that I honestly forget english isn't their first language.
Oh, I didn't know, Haake himself writes lyrics for Meshuggah songs. Anyway, M. from Mgła also composes such poetic lines. For me, non-native speaker, it gets hard to read between the lines
Ridiculously, the best lyrics, an album full of it, are on D:A:D's Helpyourselfish.
Props to the DOE!
Tomas sounds like a California Surfer Dude in every English interview I've ever seen him in. There are times where you'd never guess he was from Sweden.
The man literally roars at 5:25
9:48 dude
Inhales
Its so good!!!!
One of the greatest songs, from one of the greatest records ever made. I miss this Opeth \m/
6:58 makes me want to conquer everything standing in my way.
"It is the year of death" - Opeth should re-release this in 2020.
laol
just wait till 2021
Opeth has released stuff this year. I won't say it is bad, it is actually quite good, but not exactly the type of thing most Opeth fans would've had the taste for. They are like an entirely different genre now.
Stealth sovereign reaper,
touching us with ease... is even more poignant.
Or at least play it on a live stream.
This album celebrates 20 years of pure epicness this 2021. Sick liaisons raised this monumental mark.
@@bilbobaggins9451 Without a doubt. Doesn't sound like early 2000's to me at all. Then again what do I know?
the sun sets forever over blackwater park
I owe my love of metal to this song. Changed my life forever.
A few weeks ago, I asked my Uncle what Opeth album to listen to as a new Opeth listener, he said a lot of them, but came to the conclusion of Blackwater Park. Definitely the best recommendation I have ever gotten. This song perfectly represents this album. Beautifully eerie, creepy, and brutal. I have never heard anything that made me want to head bang and curl up into a ball in the corner, while making me feel at peace, all at the same time. Opeth is F@$%ING AWESOME!!!!!!
You have an uncle that listens to Opeth? Holy shit.
You have a cool uncle,keep him close
He really is the best. And yes, we are very close and I plan to keep it that way.
@@ianmcpeck424 and in the future your kids will have a metal father and nephews a metal uncle :p
Next lesson: Ghost Reveries
One of the greatest album closers ever.
And title tracks. Seriously. What other title track is this fucking good?
@@jasonashley9853 maybe octavarium but yeah this song rocks
@@jasonashley9853 Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Master of puppets and ride the lightning and ajfa and nightmare and the stage and peace sells and south of heaven and powerslave and a lot more
I think I heard somebody mention that on a sea of tranquility video, I agree!
I haven't found a single band besides Opeth that can make such immensely heavy music, yet invokes profound peace within.
Checked out Katatonia? Opeth fans tend to enjoy their music a lot. Katatonia is the band that always should have went on tour with Opeth, would have been no need to ever find any other band to bring. Opeth fans almost universally enjoy and grow to respect Katatonia a shitload once they've checked out their discography. Their best album is this one in my opinion: th-cam.com/video/iCs159Fb4ls/w-d-xo.html but they have so many great albums. Great tune of theirs from another excellent album: th-cam.com/video/oz7E_BsKrVI/w-d-xo.html
Yup they are excellent band i dont know them much at all but a guy i know who introduced me to death metal/black etc was a huge fan of Katatonia he's an idiot now a days but i appreciate him introducing metal to me.@@LyricalSteeler
*It’s so fucking good to see Opeth getting the recognition they’ve deserved for 20+ years. So good. So good.*
If you live in a climate with a winter or fall, you should put any of their albums on and drive around chain smoking something. It is life affirming.
And this kids, is what happens when you don't skip your theory class.
Except that Mikael doesn't know much theory at all :D
@@ToastedCigar Don't compare him to us, humans. It is what happens when WE don't skip theory class.
Dude is fucking transcendental beyond omega cosmic entity from 4th dimension. His true form resides in other layers of reality.
And you compare him to us, mortal ? Dude in this world is just indeed his avatar. Dude exist across multiverse, and there's no other version of Blackwater Park. This is only one BP that all earth across multiverse, hell even the sphere of gods rocking too.
@@trexpeliahelvetios2302 uhmm, I'll have what he's having
@@hugomarques758 I guess, he's having simultaneous dosages of Blackwater Park. And Long term addictive induction of OPETH.
That growl at 5:26
Lepers coil beneath the trees!! Dying men in bewildered soliloquies!! Perversions bloom round the bend!! Seekers, lost in their quest! Ghosts of friends frolic under the waning moon!! It is the year of death wielding his instruments!! Stealth, sovereign reaper touching us with ease!! Profound lyrics... gives me goosebumps, and the low pitch on the growl is just perfect.
If he keeps practicing he might begin to sound as good as the dude from Be'Lakor
@@c.kruger7100 That's funny. I like Belakor though.
@@c.kruger7100 dude from belakor is a cookie monster
That growl says "I'm still here... and coming for you"
This is just one of the greatest songs of all time
It's been 5 years and I still wish I could erase my memory and listen to this album for the first time again
I think there's certain music you just have to admit are actual pieces of artistic genius, the vision and feeling you get from it is completely as intended. This is one of those songs where a deep emotion is somehow completely converted into musical format and delivered to the listener.
You nailed it.
I have failed to find a better song during those 20 years.
It`s easy: Lateralus
@@wddshka I love TOOL to death but I’m sorry no this song is just a pure eargasm
@@wddshka Says better
Every other Opeth song is better than every other Opeth song
@@wddshka 😂
I can listen to this song on an endless loop. Sometimes I do. Genius never gets old.
I listened to it over 350 times this year and counting according to Spotify. Indeed. Has not gotten old. Probably never will.
@@jasonashley9853 genuinely the best song of all time imo sounds like a crazy take but it's true to me
Bruh this song could go on forever and I'd never get tired of it.
kinda wished it would. it would help to drown out lifes' miseries a bit longer,at the very least.
One of the best songs of all time. What an amazing way to end an album!
Sometimes, midway through the song, it just entrances me so, I forget it's about to get real heavy again.
That dirty bass at 8:07 or so kicks everything up to 13 at that point, such a fucking masterpiece.
yeap , crazy bass skill
Over 12 minutes filled with epic riffs, epic solos, demonic growls and incredible emotions.
This truly is a masterpiece! :D
It's raining heavily outside and at 5:12 an absolutely ear bleeding thunder hit. Greatest feeling ever.
That riff actually reminded me of "Raining Blood" by Slayer.
6:58 The most underappreciated riff off of this masterpiece
That's honestly my favourite. Such a badass groovy riff with a Beautiful transition
One of their best riffs, period.. absolute filth
Mendez is awesome. That slap bass gets me every time. Every. Damn. Time.
8:07 is exactly how my heart feels when I'm super excited with anything
That yell close to the end, at 9:50 with that background riff gives me goosebumps every time! It’s insanely intense, like if it was full of pain, anger and excitement. So heavy, so metal… Absolutely fantastic!
Me : How many riffs this song have?
Opeth : Yes
I remember the first time I listened to Blackwater Park. It was 2009, and I was on my bike, riding out of Dallas to Austin, Texas for a bike race. It was starting to get dark, and go below freezing. When this song came on, it started snowing very heavily. I didn't stop. No. I kept going. I listened to the entire album and then the entire Opeth discography, while riding my bike in the snow, at night. Opeth is fucking metal.
You can be a lover of any genre of metal be it deathcore,grunge, folk, groove, thrash...this is all time best metal song ever, really takes you to a whole new level. Im sitting here on a rainy friday night , this is the best feeling ever.
That bass at 8:07 is everything !!
It's like the end of the world.
I love everything about this song, this album.
when im mad and cursing this world or when im depressed i listen to this song to blow of steam
Just this song has an entire album's worth of riffs, any one of which would be most band's best ever.
Heck yeah!
Eternal Masterpiece
_This for some reason sounds like it would be a perfect halloween track._
Lol why wouldn't it?
Opeth one of the best Bipolar bands ever!
One of?
Yea, one of? Plural? This is the damn best.
Nah that would be Atheist
Sorry, out of the loop here, what is a Bipolar band?
@@rooster1038 I think he meant highly dynamic nature of Opeth's songs. This song starts heavy as fuck and suddenly it stops to play very quiet atmospheric piece to continue with even heavier part.
I have just listened to this track for the First time Ever. It won't be the last .
I'm drained.
What a fucking rush ....
7:44 such a beast of a riff to go with a fantastic growl.
My favorite part of this song has to be the transition at 9:10 when he screams “suspense”. It brings back the riff from 7:44, but with the scream over it, and it feels like there’s more layers because it just sounds more full and chaotic absolutely love it.
4:52 this group of signers doesn’t summon the demon, the demon summons them to its realm for help type shit
Im surprised no one has mentioned it, but I think the riff at 6:00 is absolutely criminal. The complete distortion on the third note that makes it sound like noise rather than a note that helps descend into a dark crushing chamber of necrosis. It is truly an amazing riff.
criminal? i murder a rhyme
I love how the double bass kicks in as well, the fact that this isn't even my favourite riff from this song says something.
This is one of the darker tunes in Opeth's catalogue in my opinion. It's not just the musicality and heaviness, it's the breathing space given to it's parts, to build, to grow, to shrink and hover in the distance, building atmosphere. Also, Steven Wilson is a great producer/mixer, in addition to everything else he's king at.
Opeth has the darkest music ever.
Baying of The Hounds is another of those very dark tunes.
What a piece of music! I hate growling. But with Opeth I can appreciate it. It has a function.
Fully agree
For me, I don't mind screaming or growling vocals, but most of the time it loses it's touch if its ALL growling. Only some bands can make a whole song all growling for it to keep the touch. Opeth, The Ocean, Leprous, Gojira, Cattle Decap, Allegaeon, ect. And even if it is all growling/screaming, I do appreciate the talent behind it as it's much easier said than done if you're doing it healthily
The whole album make me feel like i'm standing in nowhere , in the middle of the forest , and it's sunset . Feels weird , like something is waiting deep inside the forest , waiting... It so cozy...
It's the wiindigoo, waiting to take you out. (Anishinabe legend)
feel like I'm freezing to death alone in a forest
2:50
So smooth, yet so dark.
1:57 Any more badassery concentrated in one place of space and time would cause a black hole to form
*I really like the riff between **0:06** and **12:13*
yeah, the first 5 seconds really sucks.
@@laoude7890 Even the first 5 seconds are amazing. That buildup gives chills
@@drewpeterson9236 Ye
That's like...the whole song man
@@frowningJoker name checks out
I've heard this masterpiece dozens of times and I discover new things every time. Today I got a new pair of earbuds and found out there's some filthy slap bass at 8:06
It's disgusting dude
It's unfortunate I didn't check this out earlier, I've been seeing it in my recommended for almost a year. I guess better late than never, though.
Check out their entire discography. You WONT be disappointed.
I Agree with HJC Denton - and check out the entire album at a minimum. This is the best album ever created in my opinion :).
@@KinkyOnkel33 Just recently discovered Still Life and is by far my all time favourite album.
@@jcdenton616 Fantastic album as well! :) I think Godhead's Lament is the best representation of Opeth's sound in the Still Life - Watershed era.
You'll get back to this record after 10 years and it'll be sounding even better, that's what happens to everyone...
Opeth is the greatest band to ever grace this Earth. If you dont agree. .. you're wrong.
I'd say avenged sevenfold is.
@@ihaveaccesstotheinternet5467 great band too, but Opeth is in another level
Still a tremendous waterfall of riffs and splitting vocals. Timelessness incarnate.
This song will hit the same 40 years from now timeless music
I just shitted so hard. This song has like every riff possible.
The opening grunt at 1:58 is the closest thing I've heard to a magic spell. "Power Word: Headbang", after many listens it still gets me every time. It's so masterfully introduced as well. The preceding swelling riffs establish the rhythm, followed by the short acoustic interlude that encourages you to fill the rhythm in subconsciously for a brief period before bringing the crunchy transition riff in and bringing the hammer down.
Visceral!
this song is one of the best songs i have ever heard its just perfect
The acoustic and keyboard together at 9:15 sounds amazing
I’m discovering these guys in my 40s and I considered myself a metal fan. How could I have? This stuff is irresistibly good. Just incredible.
greatest band to ever do it
This made me shed a tear..Not because i particularly like this song, but it brings back so many memories..
Mikael's growl is the skull at the banquet of life.
Dude...duuuude... \m/