I fully expect this album to include a warning to all people with heart conditions. Like those signs you see before you get on a roller coaster? Safety first!
The Final Melodic section always gives me goosebumps!🥶 its soo good, yet soo tragic / hopeful at the same time, I dunno how to explain…who has the same feelings.??? 🤷🏽♂️
It’s quintessential Opeth, and a last little goodbye to the sound of their youth. It was an updated version of the kind of riffs you might have heard on Morningrise.
Imagine how this was my introduction to Opeth, back in 2009. Described to me as the masters of progressive death metal, a band that I should definitely try, I firstly was a bit reluctant because I was not a lot into growling and heavy stuff. One day, I finally decided to take my first steps into Opeth, I went to the store and bought their fresh new release, Watershed. I was expecting harshness, distortions, disharmonies and then... Coil. I immediately fell in live with their music, in all their phases. Well, I had exactly the same reaction you had here, while the female singer came in. Then, Heir apparent came in. Watershed, what a trip! By the way, it became (and also is nowadays) my all time favourite album. I higly recommend you Hessian peel and Hex Omega (so you will complete the Watershed album), and also one of the most beautiful, melancholic, and decadent songs I've ever heard: Isolation years, the song which closes the Ghost Reveries recording, of which Coil is the perfect liason, starting the new album in the same atmosphere. Beautiful and heart touching!
listen to this man ^^ watershed is unbelievable, I hate praising singers removed from the context of a song & missing out on recognising what a bloody clockwork of a tight ass band these guys are BUT akerfeld single handedly scorches decades of wannabe-tryhard rock n metal vocalists in a fiery blaze before crooning their death lullaby XP period
I love the one-two punch of these songs. A heartbroken, mournful, woefully melancholic beauty of a song followed by one of the heaviest, and most dynamic and brutal curb-stompings in metal.
Opeth is the band that made me realise how those vocals actually work, Morning Rise is the album that opened my eyes, and ears, to METAL vocals. The angelic demon that lives in Mikaels chest, is still always amazing to me😁😁
@@etherealtalion Thank you. I'm constantly seeking them out. I just finished watching another one elsewhere, as a matter of fact. 😁 Opeth is the absolute best!
Those fast parts after the acoustic riff in Heir Apparent is my favorite growl performance from Mikael, especially the "swift solution crumbles 'neath the mock notes of a masterpiece", just so guttural yet cleary understandable.
Yesss! Coil is one of my favorites! It's so much fun to play and sing that song and of course it is beautiful :) Watershed is also my favorite album from them! You're totally right about the dissonance that they create a lot!
Oh man, you’ve been on a roll lately Lauren, your face when the female vocalist came in was golden, and then when without missing a beat you whispered “is that him?” I bursted out laughing so hard 😂. Coil is such a great mellowpeth song, beautiful guitar playing and great bass lines, and the contrast of heir apparent which is definitely one of their heavier songs is incredible. Heir Apparent is a lot to take in on your first listen, but once your ears adjust to it, you realize how great of a song it truly is, and you already picked up on how insane Axe’s drumming is in this song, he was a great replacement for Martin Lopez. I still support you doing Godhead’s Lament or Moonlapse Vertigo next, but I did see some comments who would like you to do something from their first two albums (to bid you farewell not withstanding of course) and for such songs I would recommend either The Apostle in Triumph (1st album) or The Night and the Silent Water (2nd). Both songs are a good mix of heavy and light, not as overpowering as Heir Apparent for example, so you’d be able to breathe again with either of those songs.
These two songs combined are so special and in my top 5 of their music. I know you do not really take requests you do polls. But think about listening to my favorite opeth song called black rose immortal. I will say it's 20 min long but what a good journey it is, but I imagine editing would take awhile. Have a great day!!!
Hi Lauren..Thank you so much for reacting to Coil and Heir Apparent...the two opening tracks from the brilliant Watershed album which have to be played together 👍. The look on your face when the female vocals came in ...had me in stitches😆 You are right about the off note Lauren 👍. This was certainly a lot of demon for you but now you have listened to it a couple of times ...I think you like it 👍🤣. I'm liking your name for a Opeth transition 👍🤣.. Looking forward to your next reaction. Take care. Peace and love from Liverpool UK 👍✌️🤘☮️
Congrats on your metal journey. An interesting piece is by Exodus, its called Nanking. It's about the atrocities the occupying Japanese forces put forth upon the Chinese I. 1937. It's hard, it's heavy, and it's deep. History lesson in a song. Keep up the good work and jump into the deep end.
I thought while hearing this again, that the growling here is a bit more "back" in the mix. And this makes the voice really sound like another instrument. A few moments later, at 10:12, you mentioned the vocal volume yourself, which was pretty cool.
Congratulations. You've officially made it through Opeth's absolutely heaviest/most brutal song. :) Well, it may share that spot with the opening track Wreath on the Deliverance album.
Another band and close friends of the Opeth guys is Katatonia, another band from Sweden. They have a great live album called Sanctitude, aswell as other albums like Last Fair Deal Gone Down, Great Cold Distance and Night is The New Day to name just a few. The song Idle Blood from them is a solid listen or if you feeling a bit more daring then the song Brave (either live or album) is worth a try.
This is my favourite vid of you. Waited for a long time for this combination of songs, but you filled it in with many funny comments. I agree with you, this has got to be my favourite Opeth album too. You can take off your seatbelts again 😁🤘
Nice video as always... After you are finished with Watershed, you could check out something from their first album - Orchid, which you have not touched yet, i believe. Imho Orchid is heavily underestimated and have some incredible songs... f.e. Forest of October. Anyway, I am always happy for every Opeth-Reaction... It is not like you can pick wrong song from them :D
I love how you are waiting for the heavy sound to drop is reminiscent of the scene in Braveheart where they are being told to "Hold!" with the cavalry charging, lol.
Heir Apparent was on the setlist 4 weeks ago. What a stormer. And Burden 2 years ago on their XXX tour. Made me both shed a little sorrow. But nothing compared to The Drapery Falls.
The way the song sounds like it’s unraveling, and then regaining coherence right before the outro, is one of the most mind blowing moments I’ve heard in a metal song. I love Heir Apparent so much. The whole song has this unsettling vibe to it.
😂 Omg, Lauren! You crack me up!!! Did I hear an oboe in the first part of the song, before that big drop/transition(?) ? The demon really seemed to mean business here. No joking around. But I'm so glad you were. I'm always looking forward to your next video.
I never know! One of the first songs I did, I thought I heard a flute but people said no, that's a mellotron. So now I just assume everything that is not a guitar, bass, or drum must be Keyboard Guy killing it on the Mellotron. :D
Lopez always played slightly behind the beat, giving everything kind of a swing feel. Axe is a more aggressive drummer and plays slightly ahead of the beat, making everything drive a little harder. I dig 70's Deep Purple Opeth, but it would have been neat to hear Metal Axe on more records.
Someone commented that you check their performance at Red Rocks (2017) of this song. And I totally agree with him. That was actually my way into Watershed and I like it even more than the original. They let that song to breathe more, Michael's vocals sound even better and you understand more of what he's singing, Frederick's solo is better, Axe's drumming is more groovy but also more aggressive and Mendes's bass lines are also top notch, not to mention the space they built for Michael's final solo. Overall just epic in every aspect.
Watershed is many people's favorite Opeth album (Mine is Blackwater Park) and for good reason. These two track opening shows off everything Oldpeth stood for. Coil being so soulful and soothing and then Heir Apparent hitting you like a freight train. That opening cord is so evil. You can watch the live version from the Garden of Titans where they perform Cusp of eternity and then Heir Apparent right after. Red lights fill the arena the moment Heir Apparent starts and like you said, it's just epic.
The “off” sound that you’re talking about is called “dissonance” and you’re right Opeth’s music is full of it in, both in their melodies and harmonies. I can’t say for sure the “signature sound” that you’re talking about but I know that they incorporate a number of “off” or “exotic” sounding scales that really allow them to do some really unusual stuff with dissonant tones and other harmonies that you’re just not used to hearing.
Opeth DELIBERATELY throws in OFF KEY notes that are dissonant to the standard.They make nice dissonant chords too like in the outro of "Harlequin Forest"
Haven't watched it yet but already know this will be a great reaction as usual :) Please react to "In my time of Need" or "Isolation Years" by Opeth. You won't regret it :) Also "Tyranny of imagination" by Wilderun. I have a feeling it will blow you away :)
You're awesome spirit, so funny, optimistic, joyful and true to yourself -- I enjoy every reaction. Don't change when you hit 100k subs! And about Opeth being your best find, can I introduce some new ones which are in my top five (ok, six), along with Tool and Opeth? I think you would love Rishloo, a prog masters with four albums in their discography.. Try 'Diamond eyes', or 'Just a ride', or 'Dead Rope Machine'.. Also bands like Haken (maybe funny 'Cockroach king' or proggy 'Darkest Light'), Leprous ('The price' or 'Sky is red') or Pain of Salvation ('On a tuesday' or 'Restless boy') will certainly blow your mind.. or not? Please find out :)...
@@progperljungman8218 Agree with all your recommendations! Also, if you like PoS and Opeth, you might enjoy Katatonia and Anathema. Also, you can checkout Soen, which for me is Opeth + Tool.
@@futurebreedmachine9302 Well... I only seconed them. But your added ones are great as well! May I add one more of my favourites that you might not have heard it would be Vulkan. Especially fond of their debute Mask of Air that is an all time high for me. Their latest Technatura seems to be most popular with many fans though. About Soen I'd say they were more Tool:ish in the beginning and more Opeth:ish later on. (A bit strange, considering they host former Opeth drummer Lopez, that they got closer to Opeth with time. Often you're closer to the "heritage" (no pun) in the beginning and freeing yourself more along the road. But then again there's an old band called Arena who host the former drummer of the even older band Marillion, and they kept playing "early Marillion" style....) (And when are we gonna see a Meshuggah reaction here? 😁)
@@progperljungman8218 Cool! I will check out Vulkan, haven't heard of them. Thank you for the suggestion! You are right about Soen, they started with Toolish influence in their first album and gradually shifted towards Opeth style later. Some of their riffs in Lykaia sounds more Opethy to me than the newer works of Opeth themselves. 😅 Glad that you caught the Meshuggah reference! We can definitely suggest Meshuggah for a new band reaction 😄. But I am not really sure about it because a lot of people find Jens' vocal grating and monotonous :( I know people who love Opeth and Gojira but couldn't get into Meshuggah because of the vocals. I think his vocal suits perfectly with all the music they create and I find Meshuggah's songs to be really meditative! 😁 Also, I would recommend you to checkout Leprous if you haven't already. In my opinion, they are one of the best modern prog metal bands out there, and their drummer (Baard) is considered one of the best in the modern prog scene. They had some Opeth influences in their first album and just like Opeth, they changed their sound (moving from heavy in their initial albums to somewhat poppy and softer sound in their later albums) but not as drastic as Opeth. I would recommend checking out their second (Bilateral) or third album (Coal) and their latest album (Aphelion) to see the variety. I hope you enjoy their songs!
@@futurebreedmachine9302 Yeah!... Saw Leprous first time when Tall Poppy Syndrome was fresh 😁 Wouldn't say Opeth did a narrower turn musucally though. Depends on what you count as distant styles from each other. Opeth are more consistently prog - though less metal - while Leprous are exploring more pop-territory.
I know what you mean about the off notes. Mikael likes to play dissonant music. A great example of this would be "Patterns in the Ivy" from the Blackwater Park album. The song is about 2 minutes long and it's just keyboard and acoustic guitar and it sounds like they're playing two different songs, but it works. I know how much you like keyboard so you should check it out on your own time. It's a lovely, short instrumental song. Love your show, Lady L 👍😎👍🤘
Well, there is not such a thing as wrong note. Even theory wise. Theory doesn't limit your choice of notes and is just a language to explain things. I know Mikael isn't theory guy and just writes what sounds good to him, but he does have some theory in his head even if he doesn't know the words for them. Or maybe he has own words. I don't know about other band members musical background. Drummers definitely know what they are doing rhythmically and keyboardists probably know the theory to some degree and maybe bassist too. And Mikael also probably knows some stuff even if he hadn't studied it. Well, that's all guesses and doesn't matter as long as Mikael keeps writing great music.
@@morlokkurak4763 A minor = A C E and G# = G# C D#. You can take those notes anywhere and any order and have some notes more than once. Often the bass note is played at the bottom note, but not necessarily. They of course sound different depending where how do you choose to play them, but if you want to play some certain Opeth song for example then it's better to go close or exactly like original. Did I even answer what you were after? :)
This is the world of death metal 🤘🤘💀💀 Unfortunately, 'Watershed' was the last Opeth record to have death vocals... From the next Opeth album 'Heritage' in 2011 til today, Mikael Akerfeldt has been going in a more 70's prog rock/ stoner direction musically...
I feel like Still Life gets forgotten due to its placement in the discography, but that record is fire! That midsection groove in White Cluster is just sick.
Wow, i ´ve been waiting for this reaction for a long time and boy, you didn´t dissapoint me!!! The moment the female voice starts and you said "Is that him?" was priceless, and only we who had watch all your Opeth reactions can measure how great and ultra funny that was!!! If you could saw my face at that moment, you would saw the biggest smile i´ve made in a long time. Opeth is my all time favourite band and i listened all their records thousand of times, but your reactions made me reconsider how good is Watershed, the last Opeth album that is a perfect 10. It is not the fastest one, but hell, it is the heaviest. At that point, nobody could think that it was going to be the last truly Opeth's metal album and the last time we were going to hear the demon :( (well, thecnichally, the last time will be in Hex Omega, the only song you didn´t react on this album). Anyways, i think now you must check their first two albums, specially the second, Morningrise (of which you reacted to To Bid You Farewell, which is the only mellow song in that record). You will find in that album a very different flavor of demon to complete The Demon Journey. And, bass, if you love bass, Morningrise delivers in spades. Again, it was an awesome reaction, you are great!!!
That is so true. Although i was a metalhead all my life, i didn´t like growling vocals....until i heard Mikaels growlings....it takes time, but eventually you will love the demon so much that is really sad that the last four records don´t have a single song with The Demon
I think you're ready to listen to Opeth's first album Orchid. It would be nice to see your take after hearing both Opeth eras. The first album has a lot of black metal tendencies on the demon voice.
I love your reactions, except for the "demon" part. It's called growling and honestly, that just perpetuates the negative image that metal performers have because of some boomers deciding it's evil or satanic or whatever. Hope you don't mind my comment and lots of love from Europe!
Imagine when she figures out the drummer before Martin Axenrot was Martin López who joined Opeth along with the bass player, Martin Mendez
and when she finds out both Martin lopez and Martin mendez are Uruguayan
WHAT?!
So, I don't know who will be the next drummer for Opeth after Axe left but imo he needs to be a Martin to. No disrespect to Anders Nordin, though :)
This is what really makes this band great.
I fully expect this album to include a warning to all people with heart conditions. Like those signs you see before you get on a roller coaster? Safety first!
Skeletal Wish will be holding auditions soon. Stay tuned for dates and times.
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Should Demons apply?
I would love to sit in on this.
The Final Melodic section always gives me goosebumps!🥶 its soo good, yet soo tragic / hopeful at the same time, I dunno how to explain…who has the same feelings.??? 🤷🏽♂️
You are so right
It’s quintessential Opeth, and a last little goodbye to the sound of their youth. It was an updated version of the kind of riffs you might have heard on Morningrise.
@@sacramentumd9139 very interesting…which song on Morningrise?
Imagine how this was my introduction to Opeth, back in 2009. Described to me as the masters of progressive death metal, a band that I should definitely try, I firstly was a bit reluctant because I was not a lot into growling and heavy stuff. One day, I finally decided to take my first steps into Opeth, I went to the store and bought their fresh new release, Watershed. I was expecting harshness, distortions, disharmonies and then... Coil. I immediately fell in live with their music, in all their phases. Well, I had exactly the same reaction you had here, while the female singer came in. Then, Heir apparent came in. Watershed, what a trip! By the way, it became (and also is nowadays) my all time favourite album.
I higly recommend you Hessian peel and Hex Omega (so you will complete the Watershed album), and also one of the most beautiful, melancholic, and decadent songs I've ever heard: Isolation years, the song which closes the Ghost Reveries recording, of which Coil is the perfect liason, starting the new album in the same atmosphere. Beautiful and heart touching!
listen to this man ^^ watershed is unbelievable, I hate praising singers removed from the context of a song & missing out on recognising what a bloody clockwork of a tight ass band these guys are BUT akerfeld single handedly scorches decades of wannabe-tryhard rock n metal vocalists in a fiery blaze before crooning their death lullaby XP period
Your Opeth reactions have become my favorite of yours. You and The Demon make a great combo I always laugh a lot! Great video
They did Heir Apparent at Red Rocks. Just puttin' it out there ;)
The Cusp of Eternity transition into Heir Apparent at Red Rocks is amazing
And it’s bloody brilliant too!
One of my favorite composers in the business. Opeth always surprises!
I love the one-two punch of these songs. A heartbroken, mournful, woefully melancholic beauty of a song followed by one of the heaviest, and most dynamic and brutal curb-stompings in metal.
Opeth is the band that made me realise how those vocals actually work, Morning Rise is the album that opened my eyes, and ears, to METAL vocals. The angelic demon that lives in Mikaels chest, is still always amazing to me😁😁
There's nothing like an awesome reactor, reacting to an epic favorite Opeth song. ❤❗💯
Been seeing your comments on Opeth react videos for a good while. Being a huge Opeth fan for over 10 years, it’s always good to see them! 😄
@@etherealtalion Thank you. I'm constantly seeking them out.
I just finished watching another one elsewhere, as a matter of fact. 😁
Opeth is the absolute best!
Still wish Lauren would react to Sorceress and then the live version at the Red Rocks
@@scottspears9347 She probably will eventually.
Hex omega that you haven't heard yet is my favourite off the album,there are also two epic bonus tracks to listen to.
Those fast parts after the acoustic riff in Heir Apparent is my favorite growl performance from Mikael, especially the "swift solution crumbles 'neath the mock notes of a masterpiece", just so guttural yet cleary understandable.
I just love watching Opeth with you.
Yesss! Coil is one of my favorites! It's so much fun to play and sing that song and of course it is beautiful :) Watershed is also my favorite album from them! You're totally right about the dissonance that they create a lot!
Dissonance!! Yes. That's the word. :)
I love that on Coil, they sing the harmony of the other's part.
You should really do universal truth off their latest album. Epic track
Oh man, you’ve been on a roll lately Lauren, your face when the female vocalist came in was golden, and then when without missing a beat you whispered “is that him?” I bursted out laughing so hard 😂. Coil is such a great mellowpeth song, beautiful guitar playing and great bass lines, and the contrast of heir apparent which is definitely one of their heavier songs is incredible. Heir Apparent is a lot to take in on your first listen, but once your ears adjust to it, you realize how great of a song it truly is, and you already picked up on how insane Axe’s drumming is in this song, he was a great replacement for Martin Lopez. I still support you doing Godhead’s Lament or Moonlapse Vertigo next, but I did see some comments who would like you to do something from their first two albums (to bid you farewell not withstanding of course) and for such songs I would recommend either The Apostle in Triumph (1st album) or The Night and the Silent Water (2nd). Both songs are a good mix of heavy and light, not as overpowering as Heir Apparent for example, so you’d be able to breathe again with either of those songs.
Check out "Faith in others" by them :)
Watershed is my favorite album by Opeth. Been a fan since the 90s. Best album.
This is so Epic, like every Opeth song,
And that outro is grand,
By the way, at 15:05 he's using a slider, you can see this at the live version.
These two songs combined are so special and in my top 5 of their music. I know you do not really take requests you do polls. But think about listening to my favorite opeth song called black rose immortal. I will say it's 20 min long but what a good journey it is, but I imagine editing would take awhile. Have a great day!!!
Yes black rose immortal needs some love
I second with all my heart that Lauren needs to do a reaction for Black Rose Immortal
3:53 made me do an actual laugh out loud :D
I feel Coil is very underrated, glad you included it I love the song. Also if youre considering new bands to react to, my suggestion is Katatonia
Hi Lauren..Thank you so much for reacting to Coil and Heir Apparent...the two opening tracks from the brilliant Watershed album which have to be played together 👍. The look on your face when the female vocals came in ...had me in stitches😆 You are right about the off note Lauren 👍.
This was certainly a lot of demon for you but now you have listened to it a couple of times ...I think you like it 👍🤣.
I'm liking your name for a Opeth transition 👍🤣.. Looking forward to your next reaction. Take care. Peace and love from Liverpool UK 👍✌️🤘☮️
Also btw, saw this and subscribed and am now watching your entire channel in order.
Woo!
Congrats on your metal journey. An interesting piece is by Exodus, its called Nanking. It's about the atrocities the occupying Japanese forces put forth upon the Chinese I. 1937. It's hard, it's heavy, and it's deep. History lesson in a song. Keep up the good work and jump into the deep end.
Yeah! Best album right here and theese songs HAVE to be paired! Good job! Your Opeth reactions are fantastic!😍
Ps! What about "Opet(h)ransition"? Ds!
That oboe.. always a good choice when you need some sorrow and longing in the music.. That's why I love to play it too :)
I thought while hearing this again, that the growling here is a bit more "back" in the mix. And this makes the voice really sound like another instrument. A few moments later, at 10:12, you mentioned the vocal volume yourself, which was pretty cool.
This is such an epic song, I'm glad you finally got to it.
Congratulations. You've officially made it through Opeth's absolutely heaviest/most brutal song. :)
Well, it may share that spot with the opening track Wreath on the Deliverance album.
Masters Apprentices is heavier than wreath imo but both are great picks
Btw, there are videos on TH-cam showing behind the scenes for the recordings of Deliverance/Damnation through Sorceress at least. They're fascinating.
I might need to look into this.
I almost felt bad that her joy from hearing Coil was about to be burned to ashes with another heart attack moment on top of it. 😆
Another band and close friends of the Opeth guys is Katatonia, another band from Sweden. They have a great live album called Sanctitude, aswell as other albums like Last Fair Deal Gone Down, Great Cold Distance and Night is The New Day to name just a few. The song Idle Blood from them is a solid listen or if you feeling a bit more daring then the song Brave (either live or album) is worth a try.
That last Katatonia record was awesome.
Subbed, thanks for the Opeth reactions
This is my favourite vid of you. Waited for a long time for this combination of songs, but you filled it in with many funny comments. I agree with you, this has got to be my favourite Opeth album too. You can take off your seatbelts again 😁🤘
Martin Mendez has such a beautiful, lyrical way of playing the bass. Learned playing the bassline for Coil, still have to learn Heir Apparent.
He is my favorite bass player, followed closely by Robert DeLeo for the same reason. Such amazing bass lines.
@@Grki111 DeLeo is a fantastic player.
The interlude with the flute (mellotron) is almost like the music slips into a dream
The female vocals on 'Coil' are credited to one Nathalie Lorichs.
That keyboard guy is now in a couple bands, including one with the drummer of clutch, King Hobo they are called.
Nice video as always... After you are finished with Watershed, you could check out something from their first album - Orchid, which you have not touched yet, i believe. Imho Orchid is heavily underestimated and have some incredible songs... f.e. Forest of October. Anyway, I am always happy for every Opeth-Reaction... It is not like you can pick wrong song from them :D
This is the record that got me into Opeth, although Ghost Reveries is my favorite, and in my all time top 10.
Nice reaction. Love the transitions
I love how you are waiting for the heavy sound to drop is reminiscent of the scene in Braveheart where they are being told to "Hold!" with the cavalry charging, lol.
I'd love to agree with you but I've never seen Braveheart. :D
@@MusicCatsandCoffee Great movie even if historical inaccurate. th-cam.com/video/iDVuQi4gdtk/w-d-xo.html
@@MusicCatsandCoffee you MUST see Braveheart! Epic as is Opeth
Heir Apparent was on the setlist 4 weeks ago. What a stormer. And Burden 2 years ago on their XXX tour. Made me both shed a little sorrow. But nothing compared to The Drapery Falls.
There were 3 'Martins' in Opeth... Martin Mendez (bass) and both former drummers - Martin Lopez... then, Martin 'Axe' Axenrot.
The way the song sounds like it’s unraveling, and then regaining coherence right before the outro, is one of the most mind blowing moments I’ve heard in a metal song. I love Heir Apparent so much. The whole song has this unsettling vibe to it.
OPETH!!!!! :D
@@MusicCatsandCoffee Very much so x) I’d recommended The Night and the Silent Water Live from the Roundhouse Tapes for some amazing O-sitions.
You have to hear Hours of Wealth for a soulful and bluesy Mikael. Incredible song.
Some OPETH songs take about 10 playthroughs before you fall in love with them.But, fall in love with them you shall.
Oh god I really need to listen to this album more. I feel blessed that I'm going to see Soen and Martin Lopez live in a few weeks 🤘
My face had pepsi spurting out of my nose when said "Is that him?" 🙃
Sorry about that but also...lol :D
The female voice is Nathalie Lorichs. She is (was? ) the girlfriend of the drummer, Martin Axenrot.
😂 Omg, Lauren! You crack me up!!! Did I hear an oboe in the first part of the song, before that big drop/transition(?) ? The demon really seemed to mean business here. No joking around. But I'm so glad you were. I'm always looking forward to your next video.
I think it’s a mellotron.
Absolutely an oboe. Keyboards live obviously, but woodwinds on the album.
I never know! One of the first songs I did, I thought I heard a flute but people said no, that's a mellotron. So now I just assume everything that is not a guitar, bass, or drum must be Keyboard Guy killing it on the Mellotron. :D
Lopez always played slightly behind the beat, giving everything kind of a swing feel. Axe is a more aggressive drummer and plays slightly ahead of the beat, making everything drive a little harder. I dig 70's Deep Purple Opeth, but it would have been neat to hear Metal Axe on more records.
This! 1.000% right!
Someone commented that you check their performance at Red Rocks (2017) of this song. And I totally agree with him.
That was actually my way into Watershed and I like it even more than the original.
They let that song to breathe more, Michael's vocals sound even better and you understand more of what he's singing, Frederick's solo is better, Axe's drumming is more groovy but also more aggressive and Mendes's bass lines are also top notch, not to mention the space they built for Michael's final solo. Overall just epic in every aspect.
Watershed is many people's favorite Opeth album (Mine is Blackwater Park) and for good reason. These two track opening shows off everything Oldpeth stood for. Coil being so soulful and soothing and then Heir Apparent hitting you like a freight train. That opening cord is so evil.
You can watch the live version from the Garden of Titans where they perform Cusp of eternity and then Heir Apparent right after. Red lights fill the arena the moment Heir Apparent starts and like you said, it's just epic.
The “off” sound that you’re talking about is called “dissonance” and you’re right Opeth’s music is full of it in, both in their melodies and harmonies.
I can’t say for sure the “signature sound” that you’re talking about but I know that they incorporate a number of “off” or “exotic” sounding scales that really allow them to do some really unusual stuff with dissonant tones and other harmonies that you’re just not used to hearing.
DISSONANCE! Yes, that's it. :D
Is that him? You are fn hilarious btw
« Master’s apprentices » has the same vibe in the beginning. Should check :)
I believe the last face is a morph of all band members faces :)
Really???
@@MusicCatsandCoffee yes
This is my favorite opeth track so fucking heavy
I really hope you someday do A Fair Judgment I always recommend you the same song but... 😂 Kinda tradition already
"is that the demon warming up?"
Me:😏 yes it is
Opeth DELIBERATELY throws in OFF KEY notes that are dissonant to the standard.They make nice dissonant chords too like in the outro of "Harlequin Forest"
Problably the heaviest riff in standard tuning
Haven't watched it yet but already know this will be a great reaction as usual :) Please react to "In my time of Need" or "Isolation Years" by Opeth. You won't regret it :)
Also "Tyranny of imagination" by Wilderun. I have a feeling it will blow you away :)
You've got a big point there.
Try caligulas horse, crippled black phoenix, swallow the sun, steven wilson
They are creating a disonance with the choice of note. That's what you probably wanted to say. At least i think 😛
"That's a lot of angry demony demon" - There's a t-shirt right there...
😂😂😂
IMHO the Heir Apparent has the most beautiful ending in metal history of all time
"Something like this warrants a lot of intense demon..." Your Opeth reviews always generate the funniest "out of context" quotes :)
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You're awesome spirit, so funny, optimistic, joyful and true to yourself -- I enjoy every reaction. Don't change when you hit 100k subs! And about Opeth being your best find, can I introduce some new ones which are in my top five (ok, six), along with Tool and Opeth? I think you would love Rishloo, a prog masters with four albums in their discography.. Try 'Diamond eyes', or 'Just a ride', or 'Dead Rope Machine'.. Also bands like Haken (maybe funny 'Cockroach king' or proggy 'Darkest Light'), Leprous ('The price' or 'Sky is red') or Pain of Salvation ('On a tuesday' or 'Restless boy') will certainly blow your mind.. or not? Please find out :)...
Second them all!
@@progperljungman8218 Agree with all your recommendations! Also, if you like PoS and Opeth, you might enjoy Katatonia and Anathema. Also, you can checkout Soen, which for me is Opeth + Tool.
@@futurebreedmachine9302 Well... I only seconed them. But your added ones are great as well! May I add one more of my favourites that you might not have heard it would be Vulkan. Especially fond of their debute Mask of Air that is an all time high for me. Their latest Technatura seems to be most popular with many fans though.
About Soen I'd say they were more Tool:ish in the beginning and more Opeth:ish later on. (A bit strange, considering they host former Opeth drummer Lopez, that they got closer to Opeth with time. Often you're closer to the "heritage" (no pun) in the beginning and freeing yourself more along the road. But then again there's an old band called Arena who host the former drummer of the even older band Marillion, and they kept playing "early Marillion" style....)
(And when are we gonna see a Meshuggah reaction here? 😁)
@@progperljungman8218 Cool! I will check out Vulkan, haven't heard of them. Thank you for the suggestion!
You are right about Soen, they started with Toolish influence in their first album and gradually shifted towards Opeth style later. Some of their riffs in Lykaia sounds more Opethy to me than the newer works of Opeth themselves. 😅
Glad that you caught the Meshuggah reference! We can definitely suggest Meshuggah for a new band reaction 😄. But I am not really sure about it because a lot of people find Jens' vocal grating and monotonous :( I know people who love Opeth and Gojira but couldn't get into Meshuggah because of the vocals. I think his vocal suits perfectly with all the music they create and I find Meshuggah's songs to be really meditative! 😁
Also, I would recommend you to checkout Leprous if you haven't already. In my opinion, they are one of the best modern prog metal bands out there, and their drummer (Baard) is considered one of the best in the modern prog scene. They had some Opeth influences in their first album and just like Opeth, they changed their sound (moving from heavy in their initial albums to somewhat poppy and softer sound in their later albums) but not as drastic as Opeth. I would recommend checking out their second (Bilateral) or third album (Coal) and their latest album (Aphelion) to see the variety. I hope you enjoy their songs!
@@futurebreedmachine9302 Yeah!... Saw Leprous first time when Tall Poppy Syndrome was fresh 😁 Wouldn't say Opeth did a narrower turn musucally though. Depends on what you count as distant styles from each other. Opeth are more consistently prog - though less metal - while Leprous are exploring more pop-territory.
I went on a long laugh track after that...I love you 😍
Heh, you're so funny! Thank you.
I love Opeth reactions almost as much as I love Opeth. Watershed is suuuuuuper underrated
It's jazz baby !!
If you do more Opeth you should listen to Harvest and/or In My Time of Need.
Not if, when. :)
Sorry for the F bomb , but Fucking Chills!!! the first time I heard this when I bought this album on its first day of release
keep still life going. godhead's lament would be awesome
Not gonna lie Watershed is definitely in my top 5 for Opeth and maybe even top 3.
I know what you mean about the off notes. Mikael likes to play dissonant music.
A great example of this would be "Patterns in the Ivy" from the Blackwater Park album.
The song is about 2 minutes long and it's just keyboard and acoustic guitar and it sounds like they're playing two different songs, but it works.
I know how much you like keyboard so you should check it out on your own time. It's a lovely, short instrumental song.
Love your show, Lady L
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Well, there is not such a thing as wrong note. Even theory wise. Theory doesn't limit your choice of notes and is just a language to explain things. I know Mikael isn't theory guy and just writes what sounds good to him, but he does have some theory in his head even if he doesn't know the words for them. Or maybe he has own words. I don't know about other band members musical background. Drummers definitely know what they are doing rhythmically and keyboardists probably know the theory to some degree and maybe bassist too. And Mikael also probably knows some stuff even if he hadn't studied it. Well, that's all guesses and doesn't matter as long as Mikael keeps writing great music.
@@ManWithoutThePants Can you tell me the difference between A minor and G sharp?
@@morlokkurak4763 A minor = A C E and G# = G# C D#. You can take those notes anywhere and any order and have some notes more than once. Often the bass note is played at the bottom note, but not necessarily. They of course sound different depending where how do you choose to play them, but if you want to play some certain Opeth song for example then it's better to go close or exactly like original. Did I even answer what you were after? :)
This is the world of death metal 🤘🤘💀💀 Unfortunately, 'Watershed' was the last Opeth record to have death vocals... From the next Opeth album 'Heritage' in 2011 til today, Mikael Akerfeldt has been going in a more 70's prog rock/ stoner direction musically...
It would be cool to hear the stuff MIkeal recorded for the follow-up in the Watershed style that they ended up deleting.
Concordo Totalmente
He's not a demon. He's an artist
Please react to the still life full album
I feel like Still Life gets forgotten due to its placement in the discography, but that record is fire! That midsection groove in White Cluster is just sick.
Opeth do a lot of Ebow!
Drummer's wife sang the duet on coil.
9:16 xDDDDDDDD
Wow, i ´ve been waiting for this reaction for a long time and boy, you didn´t dissapoint me!!! The moment the female voice starts and you said "Is that him?" was priceless, and only we who had watch all your Opeth reactions can measure how great and ultra funny that was!!! If you could saw my face at that moment, you would saw the biggest smile i´ve made in a long time. Opeth is my all time favourite band and i listened all their records thousand of times, but your reactions made me reconsider how good is Watershed, the last Opeth album that is a perfect 10. It is not the fastest one, but hell, it is the heaviest. At that point, nobody could think that it was going to be the last truly Opeth's metal album and the last time we were going to hear the demon :( (well, thecnichally, the last time will be in Hex Omega, the only song you didn´t react on this album). Anyways, i think now you must check their first two albums, specially the second, Morningrise (of which you reacted to To Bid You Farewell, which is the only mellow song in that record). You will find in that album a very different flavor of demon to complete The Demon Journey. And, bass, if you love bass, Morningrise delivers in spades. Again, it was an awesome reaction, you are great!!!
Glad you enjoyed it. This was definitely a fun one!
awesome reaction not my favorite opeth album but still amazing still love watershed their last death metal album my favorite is blackwater park
If you want more Basspeth you should listen to Advent
Yeah.. this album is simply their best... Hex Omega on the waaay! :)
Master's Apprentices for more O-sitions
You'll come to fully accept the demon over time. Demon's gonna get you :)
That is so true. Although i was a metalhead all my life, i didn´t like growling vocals....until i heard Mikaels growlings....it takes time, but eventually you will love the demon so much that is really sad that the last four records don´t have a single song with The Demon
@@fancotasargentina8165 Yeah, I rejected a lot of music at first that I came to love later because of the extreme vocals
I think you're ready to listen to Opeth's first album Orchid. It would be nice to see your take after hearing both Opeth eras. The first album has a lot of black metal tendencies on the demon voice.
Yes! Apostle in triumph
React to Epica!. Good video🖤
Next reaction BLACKWATER PARK 🤘🏻
I love your reactions, except for the "demon" part. It's called growling and honestly, that just perpetuates the negative image that metal performers have because of some boomers deciding it's evil or satanic or whatever. Hope you don't mind my comment and lots of love from Europe!
watch dir en grey - vinshuka