Opeth - The Leper Affinity (Audio)
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- Opeth - The Leper Affinity (Audio)
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Lyrics
We entered Winter once again
Naked, freezing from my breath
Neath the lid all limbs tucked away
This coffin is your abode from now
and onwards
Your body is mine to avail
Such a tragic sight you are
Slave under my creed
Spurring me with those tears
I am beyond death
Midst a dreaming affinity
Saving strength now, faint whispers
Come erotic communion in its splendour
Fever mirrored ghosts
Night time consolation, cross the line
Draw murder into art
Sleep inside through days
In the wake of this relief
Shivering, longing for more
Insanity at it's peak
Love me to my death
Lost are days of Spring
You sighted and let me in
Keep the beast inside
Shackled within my hide
Screaming out too late
Losing to my hate
Grew together with your skin
And paced the trails of sin
Your gaze covered with virgin snow
Rigid features
It's the shallow deeds who is to blame
Deafening shrieks pierced the night
A step from oblivion
Moving into the dim lights
Hiding within a reverie
It was worth it for the wait alone
![Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse [2023 Abbey Road Remaster] (Full Album)](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/TIjEs1wFsOo/mqdefault.jpg)
Welcome to the Opeth school of how to open a fucking album.
Sinister crescendo into a BANGER riff
📭
Never listened to Opeth before, but I think I picked a good first song
How far did you reach
@@Zuracooking listened to the whole album around midnight and changed my life
@@Ukulilly did u hear the entire discography now?
My favourite all time, great choice!
Opeth is a life changing band indeed
The best way to describe Opeth would be to use 2 words:
Beautiful and brutal
I found this on another music vid so the term ain't mine: Brutiful
Thats 3 words.
@Vlad the Inhaler brutally beautiful
Brutiful
I would even encase both those words with "haunting".
One of the greatest album openers of all time.
The best is The Grudge on Lateralus
True, and I would say The Moor is even better.
How 'bout "one of the greatest albums of all time"? :D
And outro.
In regards to metal, I’d say the closer is #1 tbh
17 years later, STILL the greatest song I have ever heard. No contest. As a classically trained musician, and after playing in multiple bands, and years of Theory classes, nothing has changed. Hail the new masters of Alpha Level Metal \m/
Stunning composition. Complicated, but everything fits perfectly ...
Spot on lad. OPETH
If you like this check out And Plague Flowers The Kaleidoscope by Ne Obliviscaris.
you're spot on, and it's such a powerful song, great album opener... and the best riff of all time at 2:14
@@RandomHobo Ne Obliv is great but their structure and composition IMO doesn't compare to Opeth. Mikael is such a riff sniper.
The arpeggio in 4:47 is so beautiful, I love Opeth acoustic parts so much
Im curious what you think about ending credits off damnation? One of my favorites for guitar work
@Dozo Dude that's AWESOME! Glad to hear you liked it, it's far from "heavy" but I think it's a solid piece of music, for sure. If you like Opeth's acoustic stuff, maybe check out the rest if the Damnation album, especially Closure if you haven't heard that one yet!
It's the best part of the song for sure. I'm not a musician but even I can identify when something really cool is happening musically.
also the acoustic part in ghost of perdition somewhere at the beginning and then again at the end. one of the best things i've ever heard, its perfect.
@@FutaYuutalol obviously not. check your ego
I feel like everyone sleeps on the riff at 2:15 but its one of the best I've ever heard even to this day
One of the best Opeth riffs
Truly amazing
Word 🤙
Very fun to play as well bro
Oh i sleep to it.
I don't have any dreams, but man i wake up feeling VERY well rested. :)
One of their best songs.
Amen.
Opeth is one of those rare bands where the song you are listening to is always 'one of their best songs'.
That is indeed quite true, but this and The Drapery Falls, in my opinion, are their two masterpieces, both in their own way.
Bro its pretty hard for me to decide cuz there are amazingly agressive songs such as Blackwater Park etc
then there are mellow songs like Harvest, Face of Melinda, To bid you farewell
But personally if i had to decide my top three would be
1. Ghost of Perdition
2.Bleak
3.Leper affinty
My favorite song by them Opeth is The Moor.
Reminds me of the smell of decaying leaves and moss in the winter
I know what you mean!
lucky
Wow!
That's exactly the same atmosphere in my imaginations too
This album is a walk in the park, mentally. In high school I used to smoke joints all to myself during spares and listen to this album while I walked around the park.
There are no bad Opeth songs.On a scale of 1 - 10 they are always in the range of 11 - 20
The last 4 albums are really meh:(
@@FranHDV are you kidding?They are very progressive, so I expect their albums to change over time.
I still find lots of good stuff once I absorb them for long enough.
At first I think most Opeth albums are "meh" until I listen to them enough & then get it.
@@_BLACKSTAR_ I know, they're definetly not bad albums. It's just not the Opeth I fell in love with. It became more progressive rock than the depressive dark arcane progressive death metal they were before. Any interview with Mikael which he discusses this he just says something like: "Yeah, things just... changed." But they're still good albums:] They're still a "meh" from me. Sadly.
@@_BLACKSTAR_ yeah Man, i love clean and symple musics but from the last for, only sorceress has chance tocbe saved
There is only one bad opeth song:HARVEST
I've never heard a band whose music matches their logo so perfectly. It's got that huge elaborate "O" that's epic and florid, has an almost mystical vibe to it. Then the rest of the letters having a distint metal angularity, almost brutal simplicity compared to the "O". I really love that logo
One of the most iconic band logos ever
i too have always loved that particular logo but could have never expressed it quite like you have/ Bravo!
I love the fact that so many comments have references to so many different time stamps in the song. That tells you something. This song is absolutely amazing. And the piano part at the end of it is just beautiful.
And it’s crazy how it’s like that under every opeth comment section. Unbelievable
It's that time of the year again
right?!
@@rwilt8 indeed
You wrote that a year ago, and here it comes again...
I love how they created beautiful harmonic at 4:03 - 4:47 when Akerfeldt make a great transition between growl and clean vocal.. Old Opeth is pure gold !!
The riff behind Mikaels growls at 3:35 should be illegal
"Banned in 27 states for being too good"
this riiffs are from pappo
@@enielpapacho6730 which song??
This song is basically Mikael being like: "Guys, I have ten minutes of best riffs ever written, should we make a song out of this?"
Listening to this for the thousand time. The ending is amazing.
Dude how about those outros on funeral portrait and blackwater park 🤤🤤
About a year ago, I stumbled across Opeth when "In Cauda Venenum" came out. It was beautiful. The melodic singing and the incredibly constructed riffs. So I decided to look up some of their other stuff up and I found this. Normally, I'm not big into death metal (in this case prog death) but I couldn't help myself. I was absolutely incredible. Blackwater Park has now become one of my favourite albums ever, without a doubt. Those who like death metal but don't like Opeth are just wrong.
Wait till you put on Still Life for the first time and The Moor transports you into a different dimension!
Opeth is more than just death metal.
Some people search for death metal just to ear "oldschool stuff". But Opeth is certainly something that I would recommend, to anyone really.
My favorite Opeth albums
Blackwater Park
Ghost reveries
Deliverance
Still life
Watershed
My arms, your hearse
Orchid
The rest I never listened to
@@jessefoster8981 Listened to Still Life a month ago after pushing it away (stupidly) for so long and that album has completely transformed the way I view Opeth. Still Life IS Opeth's Prime album. It is their most musically complex but most interesting works in their entire discography in my opinion.
@@jcdenton616 you summed up what it did to me and what it means to me perfectly
some 'Still Life' vibes in this song. Love it
Holy shit you're absolutely correct
Especially the moor, and both songs are opening tracks
Actually the transition to the waltz part in 4:02 is practically the same one in 0:22 of White Cluster. Here's the link: th-cam.com/video/e6dYoDWn6sE/w-d-xo.html
I can't be the only one that loves that riff that comes in at 8:18
It's pretty perfect
Nope, you're not alone. It's my favourite part of the track. It's utterly astounding.
Akerfeldt is a genius. Goosebumps every time.
I might sound crazy but it gives me flashbacks of my life. It's just amazing...
It only you
0:00 - masterpiece
0:01 - masterpiece
0:02 - masterpiece
0:03 - masterpiece
0:04 - masterpiece
0:05 - masterpiece
0:06 - masterpiece
0:07 - masterpiece
0:08 - masterpiece
0:09 - masterpiece
0:10 - masterpiece
0:11 - masterpiece
0:12 - masterpiece
0:13 - masterpiece
0:14 - masterpiece
0:15 - masterpiece
0:16 - masterpiece
0:17 - masterpiece
0:18 - masterpiece
0:19 - masterpiece
0:20 - masterpiece
0:21 - masterpiece
0:22 - masterpiece
0:23 - masterpiece
0:24 - masterpiece
0:25 - masterpiece
0:26 - masterpiece
0:27 - masterpiece
0:28 - masterpiece
0:29 - masterpiece
0:30 - masterpiece
0:31 - masterpiece
0:3-
Okay, you got it.
Hehe nice
Go on, list all of the 625 time stamps :)
Most of this is just silence
I liked that you've stopped at 31. IT NA
8:01
It’s 2020 and this is timeless....Masterpiece.
Whose listining in 2009? Who's istening in 20305? Whosblisteingbin 69420?
2024 my men
How can a song be THIS good!? I really praise "The Leper Affinity", as well as the entire _Blackwater Park_ (2001) album, for the beautiful riffs, nice progressions, remarkable breakdowns, basslines and powerful lyrics/vocals. It must be acknowledged how much complexity and devotion Opeth dedicated to their projects.
This entire song is a masterpiece and my most favorite part of it is the section from 7:51 to 8:53. The drum breakdown at 8:00; the amazing riff that goes from 8:02 to 8:18 and the gorgeous ending riff beginning at 8:19 are an explosion of massively good emotions, to me.
not to mention that fucking piano outro right at the end
@@skullhorse2286, I completely agree! Beautiful and sublime piano outro. Another great part is the bassline starting at 3:21. That makes me quite pleased, indeed.
The Leper Affinity. Best Opeth opening track ever, in my opinion. It sets such an amazing mood for the rest of the album and just screams Opeth to me. The riffs, the melodies, the raw/gritty side, the mournful/sad side, this one song has that all.
Sure, The Moor, Ghost of Perdition, In Mist She Was Standing and Heir Apparent (kinda cheating here but bear with me) are all amazing openers (especially Ghost and Heir) but this song is just pure magical. And for this kind of song, in just 10 and a half minutes, it's the perfect length for what it needs to evoke.
The riff at 3:14 is my absolute favorite Opeth riff EVER! It's very disturbed, it's super kick-ass, and it took me a long time to figure out how to actually play.
The soft part in the middle is very nice, not my favorite by any means but beautiful nonetheless. And Mikael's singing is extremely soothing.
OH YEAH! I forgot about the vocals. Mikael Akerfeldt's growls were definitely in their peak in this era, he was a machine not to be reckoned with. It's definitely low, but not quite guttural, so it still sounds extremely badass (No offense to guttural, I'm just not a big fan).
The production is super clean and every instrument sounds very nice. Martin Lopez's drums are really juicy in this mix and i love how Mendez's bass isn't just super buried like other albums. The guitars also sound fantastic, it's just an awesome tone that they have. It's a bit harsh, but it's an Opeth mix, so it kind of has to be a bit harsh. Steven Wilson is one of my all time favorite producers, so the fact that he was on board with this album and Deliverance/Damnation (two other fantastic albums) is a godsend.
And speaking of Steven Wilson, THAT. OUTRO. The rest of the song is already amazing, but having this piano play at the end of this song with the signature Opeth key changes and melodies was definitely one of the smartest moves the band has ever made. Wilson is definitely a great piano player, he's not technically proficient or gifted, but he just sits back and lets the thing talk. And those final chords that play until the song ends takes me to another dimension.
Overall, an absolute masterpiece of a track and one of my favorite Opeth songs ever. Blackwater Park is one of my favorite albums ever.
Opeth is one of my favorite bands ever.
And remember, this is just track one.
It’s close but I still think The Moor is Opeth’s best opener, starts the story of the album off perfectly.
For me is
Ghost of Perdition
The Moor
Windowpane
Leper Affinity
in that order
@@alessandromariani99advent and april ethereal are also good
Advent is top tier@@Elohim__08
i didn't like mike's singing on ethereal @@Elohim__08
People be naming their top 5 songs of all time and here i am who can't even name my top 5 Opeth albums
1. Still Life
2. Deliverance
3. My Arms Your Hearse
4. Ghost Reveries
5. Blackwater Park
good list my guy, all of these albums are very solid and exceptional.@@WFly101
1. Ghost Reveries
2. Deliverance
3. Blackwater Park
4. Watershed
5. Still Life
@@LordEarthWolfyour ranking is so similar to mine lol, but still life is third
The year is 2035, my wife, kids, divorce lawyer, and probation officer are crying and screaming at me to stop playing this song
*clicks replay for the 54 millionth time with cold joy*
A metal head friend told me about these guys, and I went and bought this album, I was about 16 at the time. I'm a trained musician and I immediately got into these guys and death and black metal in general. Severely underrated genres. I've seen opeth live a couple times as well, Mikael is a genius.
_"Lost are the days of Spring_
_You sighted and let me in_
_Keeping the beast inside_
_Shackled within my hide_
_Screaming out too late_
_Losing to my hate_
_Grew together with your skin_
_And paced on the trails of sin"_
My favorite part of this song.
Their transitions into clean vocals from growls are unmatched
It's like metal and orchestra and Opera. it really is beautiful
But, do you know what it means?
@Cliff Brooks doesnt matter it sounds cool af
@@Jablan11 Two years late, but that part caught me off guard in a good way lol
We entered Winter once again
Naked, freezing from my breath
‘Neath the lid, all limbs tucked away
This coffin is your abode from now and onwards
Your body is mine to avail
Such a tragic sight you are
Slave under my creed
Spurring me with those tears
I am beyond death
Midst a dreaming affinity
Saving strength now, faint whispers
Come erotic communion in its splendour
Fever mirrored ghosts
Night-time consolation, cross the line
Draw murder into art
Sleep inside through days
In the wake of this relief
Shivering, longing for more
Insanity at its peak
Love me to my death
Lost are the days of Spring
You sighed and let me in
Keep the beast inside
Shackled within my hide
Screaming out too late
Losing to my hate
Grew together with your skin
And paced the trails of sin
Your gaze, covered with virgin snow
Rigid features….
It's the shallow deeds who's to blame
Deafening shrieks pierced the night
A step from oblivion
Moving into the dim lights
Hiding within a reverie
It was worth it for the wait alone
I absolutely hate growling in music but for some reason i appreciate this. Musically it's fantastic and the spoken words are beautiful. Hoping this can grow on me
Opeth and older In Flames albums like Clayman or earlier can be easier to get into
The vocals are coherent.
The growls are used generally in tragic moments of the song to express anger. This song is about a psycho effing a dead body so it kinda makes sense lol
When genius comes along, you listen. Intently and with respect
It is my humble opinion that the part of this song starting at 1:30 is one of the best parts of any metal song ever made.
That guitar riff, mixed with Mikes insane roaring vocals and Lopezs’ fucking snare cracks, just moves me every time. And I’ve heard this song literally thousands of times.
This is Opeths best song. Off their best album. *GOTDAMN IT SLAPS TIT!*
Best Opeth riff all time. "I AM BEYOND DEATH" gets me every time
Seeing this song live with that current line up. Lopez drumming. Was life changing for me. This and Deliverance.
This introduction makes me think what it would be like to find a lonely corpse rotting in the field. The stench of death, maggots and flies.
Jesus that’s dark but accurate
And then you proceed to do some nasty business to it because, let's face it, that's what the song is about haha
One of the greatest albums on this planet.
I saw Opeth on leap day right before Covid shut everything down. So thankful I got one last show in, and I'm even more thankful it was Opeth. They put on such a solid performance and are one of those bands that sound better live.
4:03 masterpiece
chuck schuldiner style
@@baulguitarrista2465 Can you explain why? I'm intrigged with that comparison :0
Unfortunately there's only a handful of flawless records. This is perfection! Every track is a masterpiece! Mikael Akerfeldt really did bring a ton of expression and artistic depth to death metal, and ultimately took it to the next level. A true genius!
I come back to this album every so often. Very rooted here.
8:00 my jaw dropped that riff is so sick
This scream 6:46 dang, it goes from a straight up scream to the growl like that, it’s incredible I’ve listened to like 10 times now.
You might like Bloodbath then. Miakel had some viscous growls
@@MemoTraining ugh, yes. Bathe in Blood might be my favorite from them.
My dad, who's a huuuuge metal fan, made me losten to this todayw saying "This is Opeth, and if you like bass, listen to this" and he put the music at 7:50, and man, when 8:02 hit, never ever I heard such a bass. It made me shiver and filled me woth such joy. A wonderful bass for a great track.
The blackwater park bass track has a slap bass section. But Mendez is just fantastic. Able to do R&B and funk-adjacent stuff in the middle of everything and it judge feels right for their music, it never sticks out or feels like it doesn't fit. But I think that's also a testament to Mikael because he has always been a fan of jazz music and so it works out gracefully in all eras of Opeth that way, but especially recent Opeth.
This changed my world when it came out
I will never know what music is hip but @ least I know what music is real. Real music Opeth
True Dat along with Porcupine Tree
Music shouldn't even be something to be hip about
Keep it for the sake of art
What true music really is
Amen
100%
Opeth is My absolute favorite band, but I think all music is equally real.
Bought a copy of the album back in 2009 on a whim and it blew my mind. No regrets. This album and Still Life are my personal favorites.
i cant stand how this video only have so less views ! amazing song
I super underestimated of how good this song is!! So good!!
Indescrivibile....le sensazioni del brano sono contrastanti col finale...il pianoforte è semplicemente sublime...ansia, dubbio, speranza..... incredibile...
Amazing album. I remember listening to it when it came out, and it's still great today as it was back then.
Listening to this and reading Jo Nesbo´s novels....(The Snowman for instance)...gives you the goosebumps
This song is wild.
Still listening to the epicness.....love this band so much I got the logo O tattoo
Same here
Me too! On my right arm 🤘
His aggressive side is nearly different in all albums the guy is unreal
Masterpiece. Their live show is even better.
Ngl one of the first times I’ve listened to opeth once you get over the growls you realize how amazing this shit is dude. Like GODDAMN.....
My favorite Opeth songs are changing monthly for some years lol, but this might become a top 3 for me, the more I listen to it.
Demon of the Fall
This one, my personal favorite, of everything.
One of the best songs of Opeth, but than again - every song of Opeth is their best song. Though for me, no matter what you say, or what kind of song you put in front of me, Black Rose Immortal will be the best song ever created
יא אללה איתך ברדק
Godhead's Lament for me
Well black rose immortal is a very good song by the composition side. Its production is horrible men. The drums sound awful and Mikael's growls aren't mixed well
@@ΦοίβοςΜαστραφης-χ8λ I'm pretty sure even Mikael thinks that it's mostly just riffs strung together. Whether the individual parts are good or not is impossible to debate but as a composition, it's not great. But what the fuck do I know? So yeah...
I find the cobbled together nature of the song, and the low production gives it its charm.
I absolutely love everything they did up to Pale Communion, but their first 2 albums are god-tier music imo
This song is so complete. First time I listened to this album I was kind of surprised at the second track. I think it’s one of, if not their best releases
8:18 i love that riff
Remember falling asleep with my mp3 player on shuffle... this come on.... 00:28 hit me like a fuckin bolt of lightning jumped out of fuckin bed like a fuckin jack in the box
One of the best transition and riff ever 1:26 / 1:30
That dualing riff is great
Could very well be the most underrated Opeth track. It's up there with Moonlight Vertigo and the Apostle in Triumph
A Fair judgement aswell,I love Moonlapse Vertigo for its contrasts and amazing riff but I don't think its as good as The Leper Affinity
Apostle in Triumph is a ridiculously underrated song. One of my favorite Opeth tracks.
Godhead's Lament maybe...
@@alessandromariani99yea moonlapse vertigo is underrated nobody mentions it
Baying of the Hounds, the funeral portrait and Hessian peel
My favorite Opeth song,and 4:05 is my favorite Opeth moment
One of my personal favorites
TH-cam algorithm has been recommending quite a bit of Opeth lately and that is a good thing. Wasn't familiar with their stuff for a long time apart from an edited version of The Grand Conjuration that was on a cd that came with Metal Hammer magazine in 2005. Then the daily Doug youtube channel started reviewing a bit of their stuff. Now I'm really starting to get into them a bit.
1:22 it's so cool when he kind of almost harmonizes his growling with the guitar
One of my favourite song !!!
Still this is the music of my soul. Still Blackwater Park is the best album ever. Still brings me back to the first time I ever listened. This is the music of my youth. They will play this at my death. Ship a fire sailing into the abyss. Thank you for existing Opeth.
What a great song from the amazing old Opeth! Love this forever !!! 🤘
This masterpiece needs more likes !
Nobody talks about the piano part at the end. Just amazing
Came here to see this basically. Ha. And it is one of the best. I've always wanted to know if Steven Wilson ever did anything like it again, and I do not have an answer. But there are other excellent modern piano artists...Hauschka is among them.
And Joep Beving.
This song is a masterpiece
Best album by far! Composition and mix is awesome! Long live this album!
That high riff at 8:19 is so flawless its insane
“Blackwater Park” album is something incredible🤟🏼
5:37 this part never fails to get my blood up. Just so insane. Opeth is amazing
Слухаю вже декілька днів цю композицію отримую велике задоволення взагалі весь альбом просто шедевр
My favorite Opeth album.
I listened to this song for the first time. My reactions:
This song is terrifying. I fucking love it and i want more
I highly recommend Blackwater Park, Still Life, Deliverance and Ghost Reveries albums!
@@DaniRobot i a free 100% just not sorceress urgh lol
Some similar happened to me, but i was listening the my arms your hearse album
Damn this is not terrifying, but sombre song.
My favorite Opeth song, and overall one of my favorite songs of all time.
2:41 eargasm
Mikael's solos are so good
ㅇㅈ합니다
iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiam beyond deaaaaaaff
The exact moment I read your comment he "said it", laughhed my ass off
I liked the 0:00-10:25 part of this song.
Damn, I barely like songs from the first listen. But shit, this one‘s perfect. Perfect amount of heaviness, melodic parts, guitar solos, etc
WE ENTER Winter ONCE AGAIN
WE ENTER WINTER WINTER ONCE AGAIN
Freezing from our breaaaaaathe
I heard this for the first time in a JC Penney parking lot after buying the album on CD around 2005 and the intro scared the F out of me! Still loving it 20 years later!
Goddamn, the riffs and the overall arrangement. So glad I decided to delve into Opeth. Also good timing since I am starting to get the taste for growling down.
Also, nice growls, but that dude can also sing very well. Dude has a great voice.
0:57 goddamn that is good...
So many good riffs
I looooovvve this song. So hard, so fast, and so damn good. I find myself totally head banging in the second half of the song. It is ridiculously good! Holy shit!
This.is.the.best.song.ever.created.
A brilliant composition. Touches emotion from a great many angels.
So far, it's the first Opeth song I really like, and I like it a lot
8:18 one of the most beautiful thing i have ever heard..
It just soothes your soul!
Already preordered the 20th anniversary edition of this album as I can’t find the original one on CD which I NEED
07:58 to the end its amazing
All this song in it's enterity is!
Love this album
You're on every video man
@@FranHDV \m/
@@putridabomination \m/
that piano end give of some FF7 vibes at the end! first time hearing this song even tho i liked Opeth for a long time, i never was the type to download songs... (anime was an other story tho!)
One of the most great songs ever!
Damn, this Track ! When I recognize it playing next on my playlist the first 25 seconds are enough for me to find my guitar pick