Everytime Opeth release a new track I brace myself, they always come out with something original that at first I struggle to chew but then I realise how damn tasty it is.
I personally can't listen to a new Opeth song more than three times and not have its genius stuck in my head. The first go-around does not do it justice at all.
@@Alex-kg6ih I think after maybe octavarium a lot of dream theater's music is just technical proggy metal and theres a lot less influence from the 70s prog.
I don't think this music is new, sounds like 70's prog, so there's no risk involve. If you wanna something new and risky, go listen Vektor's 'Terminal Redux'.
Vektor's record sounds like a voivod sequel. It's not bad, but i don't think is thaaat original as well. Not bad, though. My point with Opeth is that you don't see many metal bands embracing a new direction as they did. To be considered death metal to 70's prog sounds a pretty awesome achievement. to me.
Like the last two releases, listening to this once may not be enough. After 2-3 listens, you realize it's magical and memorable and won't be able to get it out of your head. Opeth always does something different and inspired, and that is so respectable. P.S. What's not respectable is the entitled complainers who want their old Opeth back. Mikael already gave you all those albums, and he's writing what he wants to. Respect his right to express his art how he pleases. If you don't like it, don't listen.
Its contradictory saying something needs to be listened to more than once and then saying "if you don't like it, don't listen." I think this song was lackadaisical at best. Should I listen in to it again or not?
Mikael was even going to do a Watershed 2 (which became Heritage) but Mendez said he would be very dissapointed if they did another album of the same shit.
UnitedTroy It warrants a few listens before judging, but the comment was more directed at all the negativity. The negativity is just an excuse to complain but Opeth and Opeth fans sure as heck are not listening
But isn't it a bit ironic to be complaining about complainers... on the basis of musical interests? Some fans like change, some don't. I like Coke, but if one day they change the flavor to something like Dr. Pepper... then fuck that, I'll ask questions about it/gripe and will then find a new drink, lol. It's about "taste"... in regards to Opeth... I prefer the Damnation/Ghost Reveries flavor, but at the same time, I don't feel that the other albums "don't sound like Opeth"... I just don't like as many songs ON those albums. The issue I have is with bands like In Flames or Meshuggah (ironic because of your name lol... I find them to be the biggest offender)... they didn't "evolve", they changed genres haha. In Flames became a rock band (at least for several albums) and I preferred Meshuggah as a slightly detuned, math oriented, thrash band... after Chaosphere that all changed. They broke out the 8 strings and Djent was born. In terms of "evolution"... I'd say that Soilwork is a prime example of how to "tweak" your sound while still sounding "like you used to". Point is... people have different interests and tastes... liking EVERYTHING that a band releases can also come across as "pathetic", but who cares? We honestly shouldn't... if people clicked on this video hoping that the song sounded like they "wanted it to" and it didn't... eh... let 'em bitch. If you like the song and they don't... shouldn't effect you either way because you enjoy the music... nature of the world. We don't all like the same things and like to talk about it.
All true, my point is that no one cares if people don't like the new Opeth. The complaints fall on deaf ears and serve no benefit, and I am calling out the CZcams complainers are attention whores who do not care that their complaints are not relevant
This is actually the album that got me into Opeth, I really dig it I enjoy both their old, brutal style and this new psychedelic sound, it is good that they have evolved it is very different from the rest of the music and therefore it is quite interesting to listen to IDK, just my opinion
Mikael pours out his musical genius with every album. People who interpret his offerings as him trying to insult or antagonize are delusional and entitled.
The guitar solo remembers me of the songs my dad played when growing up, nostalgiaaaa! The end is my fave part tho, that's genius! And great job on the animator as well
I love Opeth so damn much. Their ability to write songs extends beyond "good" music, it's out of this damn world - and I have always appreciated their ability to write music that imparts massive feels and makes my chest do somersaults, and not just to write a song that does that on occasion, but entire albums. I like this new stuff. But...a horrible part of me knows I just "like" it. It's good music, but not a single bit of any of it has made my jaw drop or left me speechless like so, so many songs before. Opeth are finally trying too hard.
this is the first opeth song I heard. then I forgot about it. a few months later I got into their older stuff and re-discovered this one. now it's my favourite opeth song.
I think I will like the new album, but not as much as the previous ones (more than Pale Communion though) because I feel like it's missing something... It's not the growls or the "softness" of the music, I listened to Damnation and really loved it. I don't feel the "greatness" and the atmosphere of older songs like Harvest. It doesn't have this "dreamy" relaxing feeling. But you know, they are evolving and that's great, at least they make something that pleases them and to be honest, the music is good. But I wish it would amaze me like Ghost Reveries did. Ps : The outro on this song surprised me, in a good way !
Even though Ghost Reveries hooked me, and to this day remains my favorite piece of work by them, I have learnt to love everything they make. Heritage to me was a really nice composition from beginning to end, even if it wasn't to the taste of most of their fans, and Pale Communion to me was quite weak but I have high hopes for the new album, and this song really drives my hope further, because it seems like they are moving beyond the tranquil sound that they have been manipulating and evolving since Blackwater Park.
The way opeth have sang Sorceress some, including this one , songs resembles rap (short lines lyrics) yet its heavy , this song and chrysalis are best song of album.I liked heritage more .
All the people saying RIP will still buy the album, and will be jamming it when it comes out. It's pretty interesting to hear that Opeth, "Makes music for coffee sipping hipsters now," and then in the following comment seeing, "If you want to hear prog done right, listen to "insert classic/pet obscure prog band here." You're being hipster while criticizing hipsters.
Welcome then, I have been listening to Opeth 22+ years now and they are still one of my most favorite bands of all. I can listen to just about EVERY track of theirs
I listen to songs I like. I don't listen to songs I don't like. I love having the ability to listen to whatever I want to. Apparently, judging by the comments, a lot of people are being forced to listen to things they don't like. What a shame... #FreedomOfMusicForEveryone
Hahaha, poor bastards... then I remembered some Guantanamo torcher tactics where some prisoners ARE kept awake with some rough music... it's not me, my brain went there :)
do you feel the hero of the comments section right now? if someone listens the songs and dislikes it he's free to say it. Plus lots of opeth fans are like "Opeth best band ever" when they (imo) aren't. they're good but they're a little boring in some songs
@@viktortunic I once worked at a place that would play the pop music channel (which means you would hear the same songs every 2 hours) it was a form of torture.
@@barklordofthesith2997 for sure ir is, damn it, that is harsh... a row of bieber songs, a bit of jenifer lopez best hits, then a nsync best of... kill me
I absolutely love how Opeth have evolved, there's not one album yet I don't like. They totally keep their same eerie musical vibes that make them Opeth and the fact that they can make that work even more powerfully through this different style is something I really admire.
Came here again after 4 years, have listened like 3 or 4 times this song but today was special. I listened this time with my mom that was a fan of Akerfelt clean vocals. She digged this album totally.
the way opeth changed directions during the past ten years is the same as a human do growing up, fearless and boiling blood inside the veins, and as he grows up he gets wise and mellow. Thank you opeth for being with me in this journey of life.
I have yet to find a band that regenerates like Opeth. Every single thing they compose is unique and evolving, and I fall deeper and deeper in love the longer I know them. It has been two decades. The flurry of emotions and gut feelings are astounding. Long live.
A brilliant song from band who is evolving beautifully. The contrast between the heavy and "light" songs are perfect so far... it's all about what comes out of a musician who is not afraid to change.
This album is fucking phenomenal. If you're reviewing this album as death metal, then of course it's gonna be shit to you. That's like reviewing Metallica and complaining "this is the worst jazz I've ever heard!!!". It's good for the genre that it is, which is different from old Opeth, but that doesn't make it _bad._ Just different.
Opeth is truly amazing. What I love about this album is that it is not as melancholic as the last 2. The blending of powerful misery and tragedy with keys and modes that are not chronically minor and diminished is true art in my ears. True progressive music is found in its construction and silence as well as complex rhythms and riffs. It is so refreshing to hear an album that doesn't rely on guitar masturbation to be impressive. Opeth is one of the few bands that has ever caused me to have a physical reaction to the music. Mostly crying I will admit but the occasional laugh or gasp when one of their songs surprises me. It tickles the brain.
All these years and I will always come back for that guitar solo, I just can't believe someone can play like that and I am a guitar player but Fredrik akesson is insane
Opeth is never deceiving, another great song and album ! Opeth is on a league of his own, this no other band like you ! Thank you for your creation and artistry !
Exactly I love both sides of opeth in a different way. Old opeth was very dark which I loved. And new opeth gets stuck in my head on the first listen and never go away. It's been years but Mikhail sings "god is dead" into my head from time to time.
Blinding light as the flames grow higher Searing skin on a funeral pyre I love this too much. The aggressive riff, Mikael's haunting voice, and the lyrics. Masterpiece
Just today Camel's Lady Fantasy popped up from the car radio and I realized that the chorus of The Wilde Flowers is a reference to Camel's song! Quite a beautiful melody to quote too!
Opeth, I want to send you my great respect! Opeth is not just a band, Opeth is life. They teach us that in life no matter what, we should have our own attitude and as such,present it without fear of what others think about it. This is freedom! And the guys from Opeth definitely know and present it to us in a such prefect way,again and again. One of the best bands ever!
4 years later....still love this album...is this the solo that michael said to fred " what solo would you play if it was your last?"...it sounds like it...fuckin shredding...song is beautiful...haunting....
I'll admit, after loving Opeth up to Watershed, I skipped their later releases. It just wasn't my genre and I made no drama about it. Now my taste has changed enough that I can enjoy this, and it's great! I missed them! :)
I can't down vote this (or anything else released by them) -- Opeth is *THE* band that got me into harsh vocals and especially black metal. My Arms, Your Hearse was the first Opeth album I listened to back in 1998-99 when I was still in high school... this is the band that eventually opened my mind to it all. Their past few albums, while they are good in quality/talent/production... I just can't get into them. I saw Opeth in 2004 live with Moonspell. One of my favorite concerts of all time. (Tied with the Brian Wilson show I just saw last week)... they'll always be one of my favorite bands. Maybe they'll come around to their sound style again musically. Maybe not. Hell, Paradise Lost and Dark Tranquillity both did. (Though, I actually find I like their "goth rock" late 90s albums a whole lot). Either way, I can't fault them for moving onto something new. I just probably won't be a part of it for now.
Great vocals, great lyrics, good solo, beautiful "after-solo"part, badass bass line...I'm not a fan of guitar tone and the mix it's unusual for me but....shit, OPETH KICK ASS! \m/
Sounds great on my laptop! Sorceress is indeed very muddy and the drums are mixed VERY right in front of you. When I play it on a big PA system, I have to lowcut a bit to even out the mix so the doesn't shake the room to bits. I like the flow of this song, but not the lyrics as much. It doesn't carry me away like the other records. This is very much a statement record, very in your face. Cant fucking wait to hear the rest of the album! Fucking great job guys!
from my point as a big fan , the most excited scenes in any "official video" MUST have appearance of band while playing those sweet solos even inside studio , because that makes the song watchable and famous and give it the state of eternity.
The whole Sorceress album is a grower. I hated it on the first listen. But everytime I go back to listening to a song from this album, I find something new that I like.
The song was OK, but from halfway through it got better, and the finale.. Holy crap, that was amazing. WHY was it cut so short, while less interesting parts were drawn out? O.o
I'm really loving the fat chords their chugging on this album. If this album was a woman she would be a thick, hot, safisto of a woman who in her youth played the organ for her local church.
So I recently saw this band live, I'd heard of them before but never listened to them. I have been getting into metal lately and one of my friends was excited to see them live for this reason (so was I.) Then they played a few songs off this album, I'm a huge prog rock fan so I was really happy to hear this. I immediately fell in love and I've been listening to this whole album over and over. I like a lot of their older albums (yes I did listen to some of it at this point) so I don't mind either way, I excited to hear what they do next.
Dark and beautiful. This is the new Opeth. There is so much to like about this song it leaves me speechless.......I like this song because----it goes in so many directions, where do I start? There's too much to like for too many reasons that seem to contradict one another.
So far this one is my favourite track out of the three. I love the vibe, the chorus is catchy as Hell and that transition from the spacy, mellow part into the madness of the ending is exquisite.
Mikael Akerfeldt is pure genius and is the best musician in the world right now in my opinion. This album turned out better than I could ever imagine. Sorceress was the only good thing to come out of 2016. I can't wait to see these guys live again when they come back to my city!!
+david_ wayne_ Edge of Sanity, maudlin of the Well, Ne Obliviscaris, Obscura, Fallujah, The Faceless, Farmakon, Barren Earth, Cynic, later era Death, In Mourning, and Persefone.
There’s something about being blasted with something heavy and loud and crashy….and then being soothed into something soft and melodious that you melt. A most unique and pleasurable experience. Stunning.
If you add growls to this song, this will sound like it's from Opeth circa 2005. The riffage is so reminiscent of Ghost Reveries. :/ Anyway, Chrysalis and Strange Brew have plenty of heavy moments, too. Era is another heavy metal song.
People aren't forced to listen to anything. But when their favorite metal band keeps releasing 70s prog instead, its upsetting. Fans that have stuck with the band for over a decade now feel forced to dislike their favorite band because it's not their style of music. Opeth doesn't play the sound that blew people's minds with every album anymore. Growing up, I never had to listen to Opeth songs more than two or three times to start liking it. There were never any "songs I need to skip" while listening to their entire album. As a fan of classic rock more so than metal, Opeth was really the only metal band I listened to because they pulled me in with their balance of mellow and hard. But they threw all of it away and started catering to a new fan base and basically left the fans of their harder side in the dust. It all really feels like it should have just been a side-project. That's what makes fans like me so angry. I want to still love what Opeth makes these days, but every song they release feels like more of the same 70s prog they decided one day they'd rather be. Every song just makes me want to go back and listen to their original stuff instead.
Really couldn´t have said it better! I love Opeth with all my heart. Opeth put out at least three of my ten favorites albums of all time. I remember listening to ghost reveries for 8 hours the day it was released. Just sitting in front of my stereo and doing nothing else but getting lost in godly music... ;) Nowadays, I think they lost their yin to their yang. In the past, the silent, soft parts were perfectly balanced with the aggressive parts. And thats what made the songs so epic. You never knew in which direction the songs would take you. Besides the awful 70s sound, I really think that "new Opeth" lacks in songwriting. Something I thought I would never say in my life... And by the way: I´m fed up with Opeth fans, who tell me that I´m too dumb to understand the new Opeth sound. It seems to me that many of them fight a "holy war" against anbody who says, that Opeth produced songs which are not pure genius. Now go ahead people and tell me what a moron I am and that Mikael is inerrant!
I don't like the last album not bad but not as good as old ones but i don't think another metal album would be good as olders because Mikael didn't want to write a death metal album at the time.
Opeth is not dead, Opeth never died. They changed into a different beast, morphing day by day. The changes started rather quickly with their album Heritage, which in my opinion on is an amazing album, they changed a little again with Pale Communion another awesome album, and now with sorceress I feel that they have completed the transformation. I believe what I am trying to say is that a band can't stay the same forever and Opeth has been a major pioneer in the Death Metal genre for years with the majority of their discography being Death Metal releases. These albums in my mind are pretty much essentials of the Opeth discography and the Opeth world of music Opeth is awesome and always will be and they will always live on in the hearts of true fans \m/
Except they didn't grow into something better or more artistic, they just decided to abandon their more unique style for endless jerking over 70's prog.
Sabol Kralj You can’t compare 70’s prog with all new metal degenerate shit that we hear today. Opeth is not making music for headbangers and all Beavis and Butt-Head type of metalheads.
Your characterization of the people who prefer albums such as Still Life and My Arms, Your Hearse as "Beavis and Butt-Head type metalheads" is embarrassing. They mixed in folk, jazz and progressive rock with death metal. That is not what the stereotypical moronic metalhead would listen to at all. The new stuff is bland and rips off better bands of the past. Just because it is less heavy does not make it more mature.
Everytime Opeth release a new track I brace myself, they always come out with something original that at first I struggle to chew but then I realise how damn tasty it is.
I personally can't listen to a new Opeth song more than three times and not have its genius stuck in my head. The first go-around does not do it justice at all.
I've never read something that described Opeth so perfectly
Couldn't have put it better myself! Damn true, sir!
Yes sir. This is fun. It's not like they don't deliver on their live shows. Bands evolve. But I do crave a growl from Mikael.
Davis Couch Thank you kind sir!
Opeth is a brilliant and exotic, creative band. Like no other.
I guess you have to listen to some Dream Theater 😜
@@Alex-kg6ih I have - they're not about emotion - they're about sport. Music for me is emotion.
@@Cluless02 I think you are wrong but I respect your opinion 😉
@@Alex-kg6ih I think after maybe octavarium a lot of dream theater's music is just technical proggy metal and theres a lot less influence from the 70s prog.
E. F. I feel the exact same about Dream Theatre
Akerfeeling it.
You son of a bitch.
its not fun if he's the only one. the Apostle might be defeated
As you did me. :D
hahaha well played sir, you win the internet for today...
I'm sure he felt it.
You have to be brave as a band to face a new direction like Opeth does. Hats off to these guys
I don't think this music is new, sounds like 70's prog, so there's no risk involve. If you wanna something new and risky, go listen Vektor's 'Terminal Redux'.
I think you're talking about their first 5 albums. This definitely isn't a new direction dude, this is pretty average stoner/prog rock.
Vektor's record sounds like a voivod sequel. It's not bad, but i don't think is thaaat original as well. Not bad, though. My point with Opeth is that you don't see many metal bands embracing a new direction as they did. To be considered death metal to 70's prog sounds a pretty awesome achievement. to me.
Nothing new or brave here.
Shinoteque Or..."Terribly disappointing" as I'd like to say about them nowadays. lol
Like the last two releases, listening to this once may not be enough. After 2-3 listens, you realize it's magical and memorable and won't be able to get it out of your head. Opeth always does something different and inspired, and that is so respectable.
P.S. What's not respectable is the entitled complainers who want their old Opeth back. Mikael already gave you all those albums, and he's writing what he wants to. Respect his right to express his art how he pleases. If you don't like it, don't listen.
Its contradictory saying something needs to be listened to more than once and then saying "if you don't like it, don't listen." I think this song was lackadaisical at best. Should I listen in to it again or not?
Mikael was even going to do a Watershed 2 (which became Heritage) but Mendez said he would be very dissapointed if they did another album of the same shit.
UnitedTroy It warrants a few listens before judging, but the comment was more directed at all the negativity. The negativity is just an excuse to complain but Opeth and Opeth fans sure as heck are not listening
But isn't it a bit ironic to be complaining about complainers... on the basis of musical interests? Some fans like change, some don't. I like Coke, but if one day they change the flavor to something like Dr. Pepper... then fuck that, I'll ask questions about it/gripe and will then find a new drink, lol. It's about "taste"... in regards to Opeth... I prefer the Damnation/Ghost Reveries flavor, but at the same time, I don't feel that the other albums "don't sound like Opeth"... I just don't like as many songs ON those albums. The issue I have is with bands like In Flames or Meshuggah (ironic because of your name lol... I find them to be the biggest offender)... they didn't "evolve", they changed genres haha. In Flames became a rock band (at least for several albums) and I preferred Meshuggah as a slightly detuned, math oriented, thrash band... after Chaosphere that all changed. They broke out the 8 strings and Djent was born. In terms of "evolution"... I'd say that Soilwork is a prime example of how to "tweak" your sound while still sounding "like you used to". Point is... people have different interests and tastes... liking EVERYTHING that a band releases can also come across as "pathetic", but who cares? We honestly shouldn't... if people clicked on this video hoping that the song sounded like they "wanted it to" and it didn't... eh... let 'em bitch. If you like the song and they don't... shouldn't effect you either way because you enjoy the music... nature of the world. We don't all like the same things and like to talk about it.
All true, my point is that no one cares if people don't like the new Opeth. The complaints fall on deaf ears and serve no benefit, and I am calling out the CZcams complainers are attention whores who do not care that their complaints are not relevant
This is actually the album that got me into Opeth, I really dig it
I enjoy both their old, brutal style and this new psychedelic sound, it is good that they have evolved it is very different from the rest of the music and therefore it is quite interesting to listen to
IDK, just my opinion
Opeth went back in time 6 million years then traveled to neptune and learned this song from an ancient space priest flying whale
jason petroze das trippy af bro
HELL YES!
gojira's wrapped up in this lore
@@talloccasion1562 flying whaaaaleeee
They found the whales that once guided us
I haven't heard a bad Opeth song, EVER
st Louis Chris
Eternal Soul Torture?
Listen this song with sound on . 👎
@@t.hussain921 Bro, I _love_ Eternal Soul Torture. Took some time to get accustomed to, but now it's one of the most cathartic songs to me.
@@NaiiiMwreee what's bad about it
@@attitudes745 worst sounding song ever
Fucking awesome. Opeth have to be one of the most interesting bands out there right now. Screw the haters \m/
Not very interesting when a band starts to make 70's Prog Rock! Not exactly progressing now is it? More like regression
I believe if Mikael shits in your ears you go: "FUCKING AWESOME! FUCK HATERS! I HAVE NO TASTE REGARDING MUSIC! FUCK HATERS! AWESOME!"
James Netherian
BlackDildoBoyWithDiabetes LovesHorseCock What makes you think its trying to be 1970's music? I suppose you'd like them to be thrashy and shouty :-/
Mikael pours out his musical genius with every album. People who interpret his offerings as him trying to insult or antagonize are delusional and entitled.
The guitar solo remembers me of the songs my dad played when growing up, nostalgiaaaa! The end is my fave part tho, that's genius! And great job on the animator as well
Progression or not. I don't give a fuck, I like the way it sounds and that's all that matters to me.
Its still prog bro
That solo is absolutely one of Opeth's best moments.This is hypnotizing!
I love Opeth so damn much. Their ability to write songs extends beyond "good" music, it's out of this damn world - and I have always appreciated their ability to write music that imparts massive feels and makes my chest do somersaults, and not just to write a song that does that on occasion, but entire albums.
I like this new stuff. But...a horrible part of me knows I just "like" it. It's good music, but not a single bit of any of it has made my jaw drop or left me speechless like so, so many songs before.
Opeth are finally trying too hard.
this is the first opeth song I heard. then I forgot about it. a few months later I got into their older stuff and re-discovered this one. now it's my favourite opeth song.
Same
happened to me but my first song was "to bid you farewell"
I think I will like the new album, but not as much as the previous ones (more than Pale Communion though) because I feel like it's missing something... It's not the growls or the "softness" of the music, I listened to Damnation and really loved it.
I don't feel the "greatness" and the atmosphere of older songs like Harvest. It doesn't have this "dreamy" relaxing feeling.
But you know, they are evolving and that's great, at least they make something that pleases them and to be honest, the music is good. But I wish it would amaze me like Ghost Reveries did.
Ps : The outro on this song surprised me, in a good way !
Wait until you hear Strange Brew, you'll be in heaven
you cant judge atmosphere of a whole album from 2 songs though. Maybe they will still surprise you. Can't wait to hear this stuff live.....
I've lost the hope about Opeth will ever do a thing like Ghost Reveries again long ago.
Even though Ghost Reveries hooked me, and to this day remains my favorite piece of work by them, I have learnt to love everything they make. Heritage to me was a really nice composition from beginning to end, even if it wasn't to the taste of most of their fans, and Pale Communion to me was quite weak but I have high hopes for the new album, and this song really drives my hope further, because it seems like they are moving beyond the tranquil sound that they have been manipulating and evolving since Blackwater Park.
The way opeth have sang Sorceress some, including this one , songs resembles rap (short lines lyrics) yet its heavy , this song and chrysalis are best song of album.I liked heritage more .
All the people saying RIP will still buy the album, and will be jamming it when it comes out.
It's pretty interesting to hear that Opeth, "Makes music for coffee sipping hipsters now," and then in the following comment seeing, "If you want to hear prog done right, listen to "insert classic/pet obscure prog band here." You're being hipster while criticizing hipsters.
Paul Stout
There were NO hipsters in '95, '96, '97, '98, '99, '00.
How on Earth do you compare this to Hipster music?
@@yousircantknow8987 we just didn't call it that way...
nothing wrong with liking the old. just not a fan of his new. seems watered down
My favourite song on this album. Also, the artist who did the graphic design did a really good job with these lyric videos.
holy shit that guitar solo is fucking wicked...
I just cannot believe how good this song is. It's a masterpiece. I just discovered Opeth. I'm so glad!
@alexandre trepanier I just went to their EU Tour show 2 weeks ago and it is even better! This is also the best lyrics video ever :)
Listen the garroter = another song another album
Welcome then, I have been listening to Opeth 22+ years now and they are still one of my most favorite bands of all. I can listen to just about EVERY track of theirs
Me too!! Never heard of them before but I like!!
I listen to songs I like. I don't listen to songs I don't like. I love having the ability to listen to whatever I want to. Apparently, judging by the comments, a lot of people are being forced to listen to things they don't like. What a shame... #FreedomOfMusicForEveryone
If it sounds good listen to it.
And so on...
Hahaha, poor bastards... then I remembered some Guantanamo torcher tactics where some prisoners ARE kept awake with some rough music... it's not me, my brain went there :)
do you feel the hero of the comments section right now?
if someone listens the songs and dislikes it he's free to say it.
Plus lots of opeth fans are like "Opeth best band ever" when they (imo) aren't. they're good but they're a little boring in some songs
@@viktortunic I once worked at a place that would play the pop music channel (which means you would hear the same songs every 2 hours) it was a form of torture.
@@barklordofthesith2997 for sure ir is, damn it, that is harsh... a row of bieber songs, a bit of jenifer lopez best hits, then a nsync best of... kill me
I love those instrumental sections. Very tasteful.
4:13 gets me right in the feels everytime. That infinity riff is so dreamy. The very definition of immaculate.
I absolutely love how Opeth have evolved, there's not one album yet I don't like. They totally keep their same eerie musical vibes that make them Opeth and the fact that they can make that work even more powerfully through this different style is something I really admire.
4:13 - 6:05 is definitely my favorite part of the 3 songs so far!
So deep and stratospheric..
This is the first time I listened to a non death metal track by Opeth and I can confidently say that they still make great music
ALL HAIL KING AXE !
The way that every song and album that opeth drops is EXQUISITE just amazes me
Came here again after 4 years, have listened like 3 or 4 times this song but today was special. I listened this time with my mom that was a fan of Akerfelt clean vocals.
She digged this album totally.
we all should be happy that Opeth is still making music after all these years.Great Band.
the way opeth changed directions during the past ten years is the same as a human do growing up, fearless and boiling blood inside the veins, and as he grows up he gets wise and mellow.
Thank you opeth for being with me in this journey of life.
Heritage was amazing but pale communion was lame. Where is your god now?
I have yet to find a band that regenerates like Opeth. Every single thing they compose is unique and evolving, and I fall deeper and deeper in love the longer I know them. It has been two decades.
The flurry of emotions and gut feelings are astounding. Long live.
Catchy as fuck.
My favorite song from the 3 they have released so far.
My favourite is Will o' the Wisp, but this is still great.
Except for Will O' The Wisp :) Love that song
My favorite is A Fleeting Glance.
My favorite is Bleak and Deliverane so far.
Favorite song is all on blackwater park, but out of the three will o' the wisp has been my favorite
I honestly don't have a problem with Opeth's evolution as a band. Every song is a masterful piece, always so intriguing.
A brilliant song from band who is evolving beautifully. The contrast between the heavy and "light" songs are perfect so far... it's all about what comes out of a musician who is not afraid to change.
Mendez's face in the picture just screams "I did not agree to this".
It does
That outro is fucking incredible, the end!
The artwork of all the music videos so far are amazing, props!
Listening to this high... I'm honestly speechless
Great fucking visuals, befitting a monstrous track! You never let me down ...thank you for that.
This, "Strange Brew" and "The Seventh Sojourn" compose the holy trinity of this album. Masterpieces.
It has been leaked a few days ago on the Internet... Don't forget to buy the album though if you download it. :)
A Fleeting Glance is the best song in the album imo. Dat atmosphere!
Yeah! and Sorceress 2 made me jizz in my pants!
Link pls :c
LINK PLEEEEASEEEEE
I am old Opeth fan and I've loved his growls because they've been amazing but now I think he's clean vocals are better
His cleans are average tbh
This album is fucking phenomenal. If you're reviewing this album as death metal, then of course it's gonna be shit to you. That's like reviewing Metallica and complaining "this is the worst jazz I've ever heard!!!".
It's good for the genre that it is, which is different from old Opeth, but that doesn't make it _bad._ Just different.
Opeth is truly amazing. What I love about this album is that it is not as melancholic as the last 2. The blending of powerful misery and tragedy with keys and modes that are not chronically minor and diminished is true art in my ears. True progressive music is found in its construction and silence as well as complex rhythms and riffs. It is so refreshing to hear an album that doesn't rely on guitar masturbation to be impressive. Opeth is one of the few bands that has ever caused me to have a physical reaction to the music. Mostly crying I will admit but the occasional laugh or gasp when one of their songs surprises me. It tickles the brain.
All these years and I will always come back for that guitar solo, I just can't believe someone can play like that and I am a guitar player but Fredrik akesson is insane
Opeth is never deceiving, another great song and album ! Opeth is on a league of his own, this no other band like you ! Thank you for your creation and artistry !
As a metal fan of course I prefer old stuff. As a prog and music fan, THIS IS CATCHY AND MASTERPIECE !
Exactly I love both sides of opeth in a different way. Old opeth was very dark which I loved. And new opeth gets stuck in my head on the first listen and never go away. It's been years but Mikhail sings "god is dead" into my head from time to time.
Blinding light as the flames grow higher
Searing skin on a funeral pyre
I love this too much. The aggressive riff, Mikael's haunting voice, and the lyrics. Masterpiece
Just today Camel's Lady Fantasy popped up from the car radio and I realized that the chorus of The Wilde Flowers is a reference to Camel's song! Quite a beautiful melody to quote too!
Beautiful song. This album is going to be amazing.
Im here to read generic hate comments
That's kinda lame that you're not here for this song.
Opeth, I want to send you my great respect!
Opeth is not just a band, Opeth is life. They teach us that in life no
matter what, we should have our own attitude and as such,present it
without fear of what others think about it. This is freedom! And the
guys from Opeth definitely know and present it to us in a such prefect
way,again and again. One of the best bands ever!
I love that solo half way through. And the movement changes are great.
Absolutely Amazing
Best opeth song and album
I'm speechless. That was brilliant. OPETH for ever!
That ending.. pure Opeth, amazing quality
4 years later....still love this album...is this the solo that michael said to fred " what solo would you play if it was your last?"...it sounds like it...fuckin shredding...song is beautiful...haunting....
I'll admit, after loving Opeth up to Watershed, I skipped their later releases. It just wasn't my genre and I made no drama about it. Now my taste has changed enough that I can enjoy this, and it's great! I missed them! :)
Can't wait to get my hands on this album.
opeth created new their new genre and sounds with the last couple of releases , its always nice to listen to something new and unique .
I can't down vote this (or anything else released by them) -- Opeth is *THE* band that got me into harsh vocals and especially black metal. My Arms, Your Hearse was the first Opeth album I listened to back in 1998-99 when I was still in high school... this is the band that eventually opened my mind to it all. Their past few albums, while they are good in quality/talent/production... I just can't get into them.
I saw Opeth in 2004 live with Moonspell. One of my favorite concerts of all time. (Tied with the Brian Wilson show I just saw last week)... they'll always be one of my favorite bands.
Maybe they'll come around to their sound style again musically. Maybe not. Hell, Paradise Lost and Dark Tranquillity both did. (Though, I actually find I like their "goth rock" late 90s albums a whole lot). Either way, I can't fault them for moving onto something new. I just probably won't be a part of it for now.
Opeth: regressive rock
Great vocals, great lyrics, good solo, beautiful "after-solo"part, badass bass line...I'm not a fan of guitar tone and the mix it's unusual for me but....shit, OPETH KICK ASS! \m/
Sounds great on my laptop! Sorceress is indeed very muddy and the drums are mixed VERY right in front of you. When I play it on a big PA system, I have to lowcut a bit to even out the mix so the doesn't shake the room to bits. I like the flow of this song, but not the lyrics as much. It doesn't carry me away like the other records. This is very much a statement record, very in your face. Cant fucking wait to hear the rest of the album! Fucking great job guys!
from my point as a big fan , the most excited scenes in any "official video" MUST have appearance of band while playing those sweet solos even inside studio , because that makes the song watchable and famous and give it the state of eternity.
Bands get older and I think sometimes want to change their sound. ANd Opeth keep moving in different directions...I myself like it.
Opeth will always create good music.
Needed something like this from Opeth.
The whole Sorceress album is a grower. I hated it on the first listen. But everytime I go back to listening to a song from this album, I find something new that I like.
I'm very disappointed that you guys never fail to *not* disappoint me. I like bitching about my favorite bands, after all.
Hahaha!
Took me a minute to wrap my head around that.
It sometimes is good when band makes worse album.
@@jaimuzyka3177 wtf
@@pascalg16 That is because then maybe will make a better one
The final part is awesome!
One of my top 5 songs I can never get over how good it is
by far, best song i listened to for nearly three years! thank you for creating and obviously sharing such a piece of art.
this album will be LIT
GTFO
VEGAN ZUMEBIES why tho? This album is setting up to be their best Prog Rock album yet. Might surpass heritage for me.
Don't use the word "lit'' in Prog or metal man.
I can use whatever words I feel like. Didnt ask for your opinion kid.
how about you go listen to some TOOL while you're at it?
Opeth are the best Regression Rock band around today
Opeth: regressive rock
Surprisingly adequate name for retro-prog
But your nickname is very progressive
hahha, good one... unfortunately..
Took me years to come up with the perfect name
What a piece! It has all of the ingredients. Congrats!
>Opeth advertisement before video
>First time that I've never skipped a 1 minute ad.
The song was OK, but from halfway through it got better, and the finale.. Holy crap, that was amazing. WHY was it cut so short, while less interesting parts were drawn out? O.o
I'm really loving the fat chords their chugging on this album. If this album was a woman she would be a thick, hot, safisto of a woman who in her youth played the organ for her local church.
Solo at 2.38 is gobsmacking. Wasn't sure about this track at first but as an old Opeth fan, this is one of my favourites already
So I recently saw this band live, I'd heard of them before but never listened to them. I have been getting into metal lately and one of my friends was excited to see them live for this reason (so was I.) Then they played a few songs off this album, I'm a huge prog rock fan so I was really happy to hear this. I immediately fell in love and I've been listening to this whole album over and over. I like a lot of their older albums (yes I did listen to some of it at this point) so I don't mind either way, I excited to hear what they do next.
Mother of God that solo...
Dark and beautiful. This is the new Opeth. There is so much to like about this song it leaves me speechless.......I like this song because----it goes in so many directions, where do I start? There's too much to like for too many reasons that seem to contradict one another.
I never disliked it but subsequent listens reveal its true beauty. Opeth are in their own league right now.
So far this one is my favourite track out of the three. I love the vibe, the chorus is catchy as Hell and that transition from the spacy, mellow part into the madness of the ending is exquisite.
So far, I love this album!
Mikael Akerfeldt is pure genius and is the best musician in the world right now in my opinion. This album turned out better than I could ever imagine. Sorceress was the only good thing to come out of 2016. I can't wait to see these guys live again when they come back to my city!!
the new way of Opeth inspiration is so divine! Al of they did is fucking great!
this band saved my life years ago, believe it or not
with all the extraordinary bands in the world, only opeth did it for me
Jesus, what a masterpiece.
Heres a tip: If you don't like this song and prefer old Opeth, go listen to other Progressive Death Metal bands instead of bitching about it here.
Call it Trumptopolis.
Here's a tip if you wanna listen to 70's Prog Rock go and listen to Rush
but there is nothing that opposes ol' Opeth prog death metal :(
can someone recommend me nice proggresive death metal bands please?
+david_ wayne_ Edge of Sanity, maudlin of the Well, Ne Obliviscaris, Obscura, Fallujah, The Faceless, Farmakon, Barren Earth, Cynic, later era Death, In Mourning, and Persefone.
There’s something about being blasted with something heavy and loud and crashy….and then being soothed into something soft and melodious that you melt. A most unique and pleasurable experience. Stunning.
These guys have some serious skill.
"Sorceress" is still the best song so far, imo. "Willow Wisp" and this one are too soft for my taste.
If you add growls to this song, this will sound like it's from Opeth circa 2005. The riffage is so reminiscent of Ghost Reveries. :/
Anyway, Chrysalis and Strange Brew have plenty of heavy moments, too. Era is another heavy metal song.
Wait to hear Chrysalis!
Chrysalis and Era are maybe the best songs of the album
I'm looking forward to it.
I love A Fleeting Glance
People aren't forced to listen to anything. But when their favorite metal band keeps releasing 70s prog instead, its upsetting. Fans that have stuck with the band for over a decade now feel forced to dislike their favorite band because it's not their style of music. Opeth doesn't play the sound that blew people's minds with every album anymore.
Growing up, I never had to listen to Opeth songs more than two or three times to start liking it. There were never any "songs I need to skip" while listening to their entire album. As a fan of classic rock more so than metal, Opeth was really the only metal band I listened to because they pulled me in with their balance of mellow and hard. But they threw all of it away and started catering to a new fan base and basically left the fans of their harder side in the dust. It all really feels like it should have just been a side-project. That's what makes fans like me so angry.
I want to still love what Opeth makes these days, but every song they release feels like more of the same 70s prog they decided one day they'd rather be.
Every song just makes me want to go back and listen to their original stuff instead.
Really couldn´t have said it better!
I love Opeth with all my heart. Opeth put out at least three of my ten favorites albums of all time.
I remember listening to ghost reveries for 8 hours the day it was released. Just sitting in front of my stereo and doing nothing else but getting lost in godly music... ;)
Nowadays, I think they lost their yin to their yang. In the past, the silent, soft parts were perfectly balanced with the aggressive parts. And thats what made the songs so epic. You never knew in which direction the songs would take you.
Besides the awful 70s sound, I really think that "new Opeth" lacks in songwriting. Something I thought I would never say in my life...
And by the way: I´m fed up with Opeth fans, who tell me that I´m too dumb to understand the new Opeth sound. It seems to me that many of them fight a "holy war" against anbody who says, that Opeth produced songs which are not pure genius.
Now go ahead people and tell me what a moron I am and that Mikael is inerrant!
Please, I wanna listen similar song written in 70-s
Benighted is a pure rip off of Camels 'Never Let Go'
Zack0Lantern i
I don't like the last album not bad but not as good as old ones but i don't think another metal album would be good as olders because Mikael didn't want to write a death metal album at the time.
the whole album is amazing. listened to it 5 times already and finding something new with every listen. Can't recommend it highly enough
Opeth is not dead, Opeth never died. They changed into a different beast, morphing day by day. The changes started rather quickly with their album Heritage, which in my opinion on is an amazing album, they changed a little again with Pale Communion another awesome album, and now with sorceress I feel that they have completed the transformation. I believe what I am trying to say is that a band can't stay the same forever and Opeth has been a major pioneer in the Death Metal genre for years with the majority of their discography being Death Metal releases. These albums in my mind are pretty much essentials of the Opeth discography and the Opeth world of music Opeth is awesome and always will be and they will always live on in the hearts of true fans \m/
absolutely beautiful
Opeth is not more band for unwashed childish metalheads. This band grown up in something bigger and artistic. Very good band.
I agree.
Except they didn't grow into something better or more artistic, they just decided to abandon their more unique style for endless jerking over 70's prog.
Perfectly said, @Theo Martin !
Sabol Kralj You can’t compare 70’s prog with all new metal degenerate shit that we hear today. Opeth is not making music for headbangers and all Beavis and Butt-Head type of metalheads.
Your characterization of the people who prefer albums such as Still Life and My Arms, Your Hearse as "Beavis and Butt-Head type metalheads" is embarrassing. They mixed in folk, jazz and progressive rock with death metal. That is not what the stereotypical moronic metalhead would listen to at all. The new stuff is bland and rips off better bands of the past. Just because it is less heavy does not make it more mature.
What a perfect time of year for this album to be released. Such an awesome vibe with a chill in the air. Loving what I've heard so far.
Whoever mixed this album did an amazing job.