The thing is that they have said after Watershed that "Fans should learn to let go of the death growls, cuz they´re not coming back...". But coming up to this album, many people just had a feeling that it was comeback time for the growls. Their setlists of late combined with Mikael sounding a lot better growling live as well since they started touring again in June, gave us a hint of what was to come!
Yeah, I attended the Plovdiv 2022 performance, and Mikael actually inserted a growl in Moon Above, Sun Below. That made me go "The man is rediscovering his love of harsh vocals, isn't he?" And honestly, ICV already sounded closer to Watershed than it did to Heritage/Pale Communion.
Their 4 non-metal albums are actually pretty different from one another, it mostly depends on what you want to hear: Jazzy, aloof stuff: Heritage Pretty, classic 70s prog rock: Pale Communion Heavy blues with bouts of psychedelia: Sorceress In Cauda Venenum I'm not sure how to describe, but it's a logical continuation of Watershed minus the death metal. Pretty good for a full album listen, as well.
@@WhatTheHellEverything Since you stopped with Watershed, maybe ICV would be the most logical next step based on StunDamage's description? If I'm not mistaken Damnation is also non-growling but it's not one of the newer albums as you requested.
Saw them live last month and they opened with this song. It was flawless.
I like it.
The §1 means "Chapter or Paragraph 1"
Welcome back the growls.
Welcome back Old-peth.
Section 1
@@Johnytomm or section.
Neo-Peth ^^
Idk man Paragraph 3 is pure Newpeth, kind of tempered my expectations for this album.
@@dee-taylor didn't the old Opeth albums have some fully clean vox songs?
The thing is that they have said after Watershed that "Fans should learn to let go of the death growls, cuz they´re not coming back...". But coming up to this album, many people just had a feeling that it was comeback time for the growls. Their setlists of late combined with Mikael sounding a lot better growling live as well since they started touring again in June, gave us a hint of what was to come!
Yeah, I attended the Plovdiv 2022 performance, and Mikael actually inserted a growl in Moon Above, Sun Below. That made me go "The man is rediscovering his love of harsh vocals, isn't he?" And honestly, ICV already sounded closer to Watershed than it did to Heritage/Pale Communion.
The late setlist was decited by fans vote. But maybe Mikael saw this as a sign to come back to growls. Who know's...
pale communion is their best prog rock record also damnation
Their 4 non-metal albums are actually pretty different from one another, it mostly depends on what you want to hear:
Jazzy, aloof stuff: Heritage
Pretty, classic 70s prog rock: Pale Communion
Heavy blues with bouts of psychedelia: Sorceress
In Cauda Venenum I'm not sure how to describe, but it's a logical continuation of Watershed minus the death metal. Pretty good for a full album listen, as well.
Good calls! I think I’m going to hit one of those up soon. Thanks for
The great suggestions.
@@WhatTheHellEverything Since you stopped with Watershed, maybe ICV would be the most logical next step based on StunDamage's description?
If I'm not mistaken Damnation is also non-growling but it's not one of the newer albums as you requested.