Album: Watershed
Genre: Progressive Metal
Year: 2008
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1. Coil
2. Heir Apparent
3. The Lotus Eater
4. Burden
5. Porcelain Heart
6. Hessian Peel
7. Hex Omega
This is Opeth's most recent release, Watershed. I have heard and read mixed views of this album... some praising it, some bashing it. I personally like this album a lot and think it is an excellent release and have no problem with how the band has progressed. The entire thing reminded me of a story--right from the soft introduction song, Coil, I felt like a movie or a play was about to begin. Then when it descends into the next song, Heir Apparent, I could already tell that this album was going to be fucking cool. Mikael Åkerfeldt's deep growls, raspy screams, and clean singing sound as good as ever. I am a big fan of Martin Lopez and greatly miss his membership in the band, but new drummer, Martin Axenrot, did a great job. Although his style is slightly different than Lopez's (I wasn't expecting it to sound the same anyway) it is still impressive and skilled and suits Opeth very well. An all-around good listen; I recommend this to fans of good progressive music.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Opeth - Watershed
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