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Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Opeth - Damnation


Album:
Damnation
Genre:
Progressive Metal
Year: 2003
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1. Windowpane
2. In Time Of Need
3. Death Whispered A Lullaby
4. Closure
5. Hope Leaves
6. To Rid The Disease
7. Ending Credits (Instrumental)
8. Weakness

The Yin of the Yang that is Deliverance. Damnation is an amazing listen... I absolutely love the direction that Opeth took with this release. It is very relaxing and Martin Lopez really displays his diversity in drumming, which is my favourite part of the album (being I'm a drummer myself). I do, for course, have to give credit where credit is due, and the riffs and bass-lines on this album are outstanding. Death Whispered A Lullaby is probably my favourite song; Mikael's voice is that of a fallen angel. The entire musical composition conveys a bleak, soothing, comforting, forboding, depressing, and sorrowful atmosphere, all bunched up in one. I highly recommend this.

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