I'm glad Mikael is using his low clean vocals more in the new album, He has a deep voice when he talks normal, I always wanted him to take advantage of that to sing low notes and i knew he'd sound great cuz he'll be doing that effortlessly
Indeed. I've always wondered why a guy who so clearly has this incredible warm baritone voice almost never used his lower range. You can tell he's always a tad uncomfortable in a higher register as well, so I never understood why he never let himself stop playing tenor.
With or without growl's, this band are magnificent and what i have always appreciated and love about them is that they're always doing something new with every new album release, testing new waters and constantly experimenting musically. They may get a lot of hate for it but in my mind, that just gives me even more respect and awe for them, as they aren't afraid to take risks.🔥
@@MERA1439huh? I think you will find the consensus that DT is the most technical prog band, probably like ever. So they are the master musicians. I like Opeth, but let's just tell it how it is. Few guitarists and bassists can reach Petrucci and Myung's level and Portnoy is no slouch either. Ruddess is a magical keyboardist, though not really my style if I would hear him in isolation.
Blackwater Park is a gloomy park. Ghost Reveries is the haunted forest and Watershed is the Victorian abode that isn't necessarily haunted but definitely conjures up a lot of emotional ghosts.
Let's not forget how many songs Opeth gave us with nature's motifs. Forest of October, Black Rose Immortal, Blackwater Park, Harlequin Forest, Lotus Eater, etc. It all fits into this wicked harvest the band seems to be conjuring in The Last Will and Testament.
Pretty good analogies, although Ghost Reveries isn't really about a "haunted" castle, despite the album title and "Ghost of Perdition". It's about demonic possession...in a castle. I also wouldn't consider Blackwater Park a "gloomy forest", but more of a gloomy swamp on the outskirts of a forest. The Last Will and Testament so far has a sinister sound, but it has nothing to do with an asylum.
In contrast to their (also outstanding) earlier albums, the §1 & §3 are more varied, characterized by faster melody changes and therefore less predictable. Love it!
@@larsfischer5035 I love the old pieces but I prefer the note choices of later Opeth. The musical imagination has continued to take off with every album
Ackerfeldt 30 years ago: “that’s a cool riff…let’s play that for 30 bars…” Ackerfeldt 15 years ago to current: “that’s a cool riff, let’s play it for one bar and never play it again…”
Opeth is a unique band and they explore the dark side of family stories and ancestors , ghost lore and haunted victorian mansions like no one. But they have to make their sound even more theatrical and charming with more haunting noises and explore more the lore they create so geniusly
It was a little tedious on first listen. But now that it’s familiar, it’s grown on me for sure Especially since the rest of the song is pure Opeth gold imo!
This is much closer to what I was expecting with this album vs. the last song (which was an incredible surprise). Excellent track, and can't wait for the rest of the album!
This album is already shaping up to be one of Opeth's most chromatic albums. Very hard to figure out what's going on on guitar when kind of anything goes.
chromatic is a great adjective... but i bet there is a weird scale or mix of scales that are being used here which might be apparent after learning the music. it all sounds very interesting... like grandiose but haunting, yet pure and very impure at the same time. this is like nothing I've ever heard
@@jotun1022but chromatic scale is a term already used in music, it doesn't actually need to be a mix of scales, all notes in the octave can themselves constitute a scale. It was kind of necessary to recognise that traditional scale structures were insufficient to strictly use alone with how 'western' music was evolving throughout genres like blues, jazz, rock, and metal, where classical training may have been sparse or even outright ignored at times in favour of chromatic grooves and riffs. In saying that Opeth employ a pretty grand mix of scales and chord styles in their own playing.
This song is a fair dinkum killer track, you know there will be insane shit on this album, this track to me has the excitement of ghost of perdition and drapery falls when that was released in the long long time ago wow
Just unbelievable how these guys have the ability to evolve and produce top tier music after so many albums. Such variety in their music and it all kicks ass.
I think maybe making the music for the series Clark has made some kind of footprint even in Opeths music. Very theatrical and dramatic. Love it! Stay Metal! 🤘😎🤘
This is so good, Walteri is amazing in this band, and I'm extremely happy that my favorite band keeps giving us so much quality over the years! Thank God for Opeth!!! 🎉
@@suma5939 yeah, and the devil's not exactly known to be a trustful source. "God is dead" is what the protagonist in devil's orchard hear the devil say :)
@@suma5939 "thank God for Opeth" was clearly just a way of saying hurrah for the band, so I hope you're not older than 13 cuz that's the appropriate age for this level of edginess. With that being said, I believe that God does exist indeed, but I'm not here to change anyone's mind on a UA-cam video, you know 😆
@@marcodambrosio4711 no sir, i am 40, and for 40 god damned years i've been listening to the same god damn bs. i am just fed up, that's all. and you've misspelled god. good day!
new drummer has a nice approach to fuse the fragmented prog parts, it sounds "easier" because he makes it seem like a groove rather than a complicated solo. Also like the playfulness of vocals here. The beginning really sounds as if Anderson was part in the creation (wich he wasnt, at least not in person)
Now this makes a lot of sense! You are so right, is more fluent musically, both drummers are killers but this one gives a different structure to the songs, like you said the grooves!
@@JUNTESECONELQUEES yeah, i almost think he respects or hints a little towards the original drummer, from blackwater and my arms your hearse, which used fill ins sparingly and with good aim. Pretty cool reply !
I was struggling with Heritage and Pale communion, in the past. No growls, no power riffs, i missed an elementary aspect of Opeth's appeal. Sorceress brought back the riffing, In Cauda venenum the straight forward strength and i believe: The last will and the testament, some layers of old Opeth. Btw: Nowadays, i'm able to enjoy Heritage too...
Am I alone to think it's a mix of 2000 Opeth, a pinch of their last prog rock albums with some elements of Mr. Bungle and Dream Theater, this was surprisingly great \m/
This one need more listens than p. 1, but still great, some watershed vibe. Love the low tones. Don't like abrupt proggy transitions and shorteness of track, but it is how the new opeth sounds nowadays
only about 5 weeks out from the album release. I hope they start giving us at least one track a week. This is sounding like it's gonna be an all time classic Opeth record
@@ZuracookingI don’t think so either. They’ve built up a good deal of anticipation. If they release too much the album release won’t be as big of an event.
@@stefanduke3776that section falls flat for me because Mikael's theatrical vocals clash with the ferocity of the guitar riff and he struggles to hit those high notes in the final few bars.
Chromatic noodling used to be a tool in Opeth's arsenal, which they used to connect or lead up to epic, groovy and memorable sections. These days it seems that chromatic noodling becomes less of a tool and more a finality in itself. High quality craftsmanship no doubt, but less relatable, less catchy, less memorable in my opinion.
@@pierrebridet It's true. That sounds cool in several first listening, but it's nothing to catch in mind after that. Being progressive and complex only because it's progressive and complex - that's not an Opeth way... I hear a lot of instruments, technics and sounds, combined together, but overall - I didn't hear the song - with start, growth, culmination and ending. Because of that - I can't really enjoy any whole album since 2008. They all is only progressive for being progressive. That's all...
A lot of their more recent stuff picks notes that don’t really work and it just sounds “odd” or creepy almost. It’s like they ran out of ideas and are just trying to pick notes on guitar and vocals that aren’t supposed to be there to be “different”. Annoys the F out of me
Yes, i can understand that point, well. For me, both "paragraphs" are the best two Opeth- songs, since 2008. Agreed: proggy, nerdy, in their own way, but with high hopes. I'm curious about the whole 1st listening expierience, hopefully it growth with every home session!
Yeah I'm sick of it. Most Opeth riffs in the last 15 years is a bunch of do-do-do-doodly-deedle-do-do-donk-a-do-do. I need whole chords with unique voicing again. Tired of the doodly doo.
@@dee-taylorafter this song, my next streaming song was deliverance…blows my mind that song…old style still rules..it’s not like I dislike their new music
HOLY SHIT STOP IT I'M DONE I NEED TO HEAR EVERYTHING. That was so high quality Prog. I've been especially enjoying the low notes in the clear vocals in the first song and this one. Mikael's voice is so beautiful that I can't.
Oh man what a great song, and yes, we don’t need the grunts all the time even if we love that they are back. For me, it has to be proggy and complex, so happy aboutthe band.
@@jasonashley9853 They never did the same thing forever, they were just consistent and had a unique style. Now they are trying to sound like King Crimson or Dream Theater and are barely recognizable. It's not bad, it's just meh. It's like a different band. I get it that they want to try new things but it's not working for me. They have lost that unique aura. After all these years it's still disappointing.
@@Maggbba you are pickier than I am. Most harsh metal vocalists sound like shit TBH. Not Mike. His growls have always been great. Also they are still playing with different licks and stuff. I like what they have released from this album so far. And the first track really hooked me. It's got this horror movie/post-apocalyptic vibe about it. I'm a big fan.
Mikael's new low clean vocals are definitely different, but I'm really liking them, and I like that they're not too prevalent, makes them more surprising when they pop up
It sounds like a mish-mash of discarded Pale Communion tracks, with some Watershed sinister atmosphere, definitely Axe-inspire drum sounds, plus some unexpected classic prog moments a la Dream Theater, plus some theatrical King Diamond-esque haunting vocals. Really impressive stuff, composition wise. Great job. I hope the whole album will be a feast of diversity and variety like this. Only negative point, maybe, it doesn't sound so cohesive as a whole. But you can't have everything, it's either more cohesiveness at the expense of variety or the contrary. I feel like all the metalheads are going to be slightly let down again, as perhaps they'd have expected a more metal oriented material, standing upon the Paragraph One premises. But then again, if they did they still miss the central point about this band, I fear. Which is that it's gonna take you by surprise, always. No offense intended to all brothers of metal of course! I'm one of them, but I love Opeth for what they are. And they stopped being metal-centred fifteen years ago.
Oh hell yeah I checked every day for a new song of the album and now it's here, this is bliss! This album will be phenomenal. Some serious Ghost Reveries vibes here, I love it.
I was worried when axe left the band but walt seems to have rejuvenated the band it sounds like they have so much energy, its no longer "old mans rock" as Mikael always said
so tempted to listen, of course... but that first taste was enough. I'm holding off... I want the rest of the album as a whole, surprises aplenty. this is a concept right, so... give it's due and hear it as a work. comments are promising tho!! Opeth rulz
almost exact riffs from Pale Communion or Sorceress blended, this is wild! I just woke up, saw this, pressed like even before it started 🤣 can't wait \m/
Have this song on repeat and as is always the case with new Opeth I have to listen to each track about 50-60 times in a row to understand all that I’m hearing. This song is magnificent. Every element is new and yet familiar. No one can put dread, despair, regret, impending doom and anticipation to music like Mikael. This fucking track, my god. It is the best prog metal yet written. It’s exceptional-I don’t know how else to put it. It’s perfect.
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Opeth makes me happy.
But they're full of _sOoOoOOoRroOoOoOoOoOOoowwWwWWwWwW_
@@arthurgabriel4325 well, and the OCEAAAAAN OF SORROW IS YOUUUUUUU~~~
Your comment makes me happy.
Same.
Me too
Man I just love opeth.
at least with Opeth you listen to it, you win every weekend.
0-3
@@AbhijeetSingh-ed3lw nah brother, 7-0
@@soalianfp9397lol let the poor guy off. Football is stressful for him, at least Opeth brings the catharsis 😅
They truly are the best
I'm glad Mikael is using his low clean vocals more in the new album, He has a deep voice when he talks normal, I always wanted him to take advantage of that to sing low notes and i knew he'd sound great cuz he'll be doing that effortlessly
Agreed! The low cleans are awesome
idk deep. he' like a standard baritone.
his high notes are also great
Mikaels overall voice performance is my key feature..
Indeed. I've always wondered why a guy who so clearly has this incredible warm baritone voice almost never used his lower range. You can tell he's always a tad uncomfortable in a higher register as well, so I never understood why he never let himself stop playing tenor.
With or without growl's, this band are magnificent and what i have always appreciated and love about them is that they're always doing something new with every new album release, testing new waters and constantly experimenting musically. They may get a lot of hate for it but in my mind, that just gives me even more respect and awe for them, as they aren't afraid to take risks.🔥
Very talented
I prefer growls
@@alevd14 Prefer
@@alevd14start your own band
@@alevd14I prefer when music is good despite having growls or not. Opeth is good imo, growls or not.
I can listen to the intro forever. It's like a mash up of Dream Theater and Opeth.
Great syncopation
…just what I feel, a bit of Dream Theater…
sorry but I don't hear any Disney...I mean Dream Theater.
Oh no, don't mix up prog glam (DT) with the masters (Opeth).
@@MERA1439huh? I think you will find the consensus that DT is the most technical prog band, probably like ever. So they are the master musicians. I like Opeth, but let's just tell it how it is. Few guitarists and bassists can reach Petrucci and Myung's level and Portnoy is no slouch either. Ruddess is a magical keyboardist, though not really my style if I would hear him in isolation.
At 50 years old Mikael’s voice is so powerful when he sings.
Sorta reminds me of the old Kamelot singer Khan....the black halo is the greatest album in existence
Can't wait for the full album.
So many different vocal styles Mikael delivers. And the music is top notch progressiv rock/metal as always.
Mikael's clean vocals are aging like the finest wine and sound like the sweetest honey.
word!
Creepy comment
@@jarlwhiterun7478 No, you made it creepy with your presence.
"...and sound like the sweetest honey." Dude 😂😂
I was going to ask what sweet honey sounds like 😂😂
At the moment OPETH is changing the high quality progressive metal and thank god we are able to witness that
Have been for decades now
Still Life: a cursed village
Blackwater Park: a gloomy forest
Ghost Reveries: a haunted castle
The Last Will and Testament: a sinister asylum
I always thought of ghost reveries as a haunted forest tbh
Blackwater Park is a gloomy park. Ghost Reveries is the haunted forest and Watershed is the Victorian abode that isn't necessarily haunted but definitely conjures up a lot of emotional ghosts.
Keep going with the other albums comparisons
Let's not forget how many songs Opeth gave us with nature's motifs. Forest of October, Black Rose Immortal, Blackwater Park, Harlequin Forest, Lotus Eater, etc. It all fits into this wicked harvest the band seems to be conjuring in The Last Will and Testament.
Pretty good analogies, although Ghost Reveries isn't really about a "haunted" castle, despite the album title and "Ghost of Perdition". It's about demonic possession...in a castle.
I also wouldn't consider Blackwater Park a "gloomy forest", but more of a gloomy swamp on the outskirts of a forest.
The Last Will and Testament so far has a sinister sound, but it has nothing to do with an asylum.
I was about to hit the bed... then I see THIS!!!!!! NO SLEEP FOR ME!! This sounds KILLER!!!
Haha! Same :D
Gotta listen to this at least 5 times everyday 😩
In contrast to their (also outstanding) earlier albums, the §1 & §3 are more varied, characterized by faster melody changes and therefore less predictable. Love it!
They used to play a somewhat long figure four or eight times before a change up. Now they repeat a figure maybe twice and switch it up!
@@Meshuggapeth That's exactly what I mean! I have been arguing for a long time that the old pieces would win if they changed figures more quickly.
@@larsfischer5035 I love the old pieces but I prefer the note choices of later Opeth. The musical imagination has continued to take off with every album
Ackerfeldt 30 years ago: “that’s a cool riff…let’s play that for 30 bars…”
Ackerfeldt 15 years ago to current: “that’s a cool riff, let’s play it for one bar and never play it again…”
4:57 - When the song ends my mind continues (every damn time!) into:
♪Lock the children away from harm / They're no longer your reason why ♪
Opeth is a unique band and they explore the dark side of family stories and ancestors , ghost lore and haunted victorian mansions like no one. But they have to make their sound even more theatrical and charming with more haunting noises and explore more the lore they create so geniusly
Agree With You! 🖤🎵🎶
The intro is actually amazing. For the first couple of listens, it felt very grey. After getting used to it, sounds delicious.
It was a little tedious on first listen. But now that it’s familiar, it’s grown on me for sure
Especially since the rest of the song is pure Opeth gold imo!
I can't wait. Seriously, I'm not sure if I'm physically capable of waiting until Nov. 22nd.
Waltteris drumming is fucking amazing, again. Can't wait for the full album. Awesome songs so far.
I saw this comment right as I felt like it sounded like Martin Lopez's drumming. He is crushing it
@@jotun1022, sorry but.. NO!
@@cristilucaciu9566Honestly, Walterri’s skills match that of Lopez but both have very different styles.
Songs usually take a few listens for me but this is a first listen banger
The drumming is absolutely fantastic.
Hate to be that guy, but for sure not a polyrhythm
Whoops definitely thought it was either way cool groove
There's nothing quite like Opeth, I fucking love this band, they never disappoint. Even more excited to hear the rest of the album now!
That intro sounds like a Castlevania boss song and i love it.
I literally just got done watching Castlevania playthrough lol
REAL
I hear people compare metal songs to Castlevania a lot but this ACTUALLY sounds like it
Yes!! It reminded me too
This album is going to be fucking great.
it wont
This album is gonna be
hearing Mikaels admiration for Dave Coverdale's vocals in this one.....
This is much closer to what I was expecting with this album vs. the last song (which was an incredible surprise). Excellent track, and can't wait for the rest of the album!
This album is already shaping up to be one of Opeth's most chromatic albums. Very hard to figure out what's going on on guitar when kind of anything goes.
chromatic is a great adjective... but i bet there is a weird scale or mix of scales that are being used here which might be apparent after learning the music. it all sounds very interesting... like grandiose but haunting, yet pure and very impure at the same time. this is like nothing I've ever heard
@@jotun1022but chromatic scale is a term already used in music, it doesn't actually need to be a mix of scales, all notes in the octave can themselves constitute a scale.
It was kind of necessary to recognise that traditional scale structures were insufficient to strictly use alone with how 'western' music was evolving throughout genres like blues, jazz, rock, and metal, where classical training may have been sparse or even outright ignored at times in favour of chromatic grooves and riffs.
In saying that Opeth employ a pretty grand mix of scales and chord styles in their own playing.
@transcendkira you can still hear a tonic. So they are sticking to a home key. But there is plenty of modulation and synthetic scales
This song is a fair dinkum killer track, you know there will be insane shit on this album, this track to me has the excitement of ghost of perdition and drapery falls when that was released in the long long time ago wow
Just unbelievable how these guys have the ability to evolve and produce top tier music after so many albums. Such variety in their music and it all kicks ass.
Before listening to this track, I'm sure it is another great progressivopeth song.
A great Newpeth song. ^^
if all of the songs are on the level of these first two singles, then we are going to one helluva album...
I agree! This is incredible!
One band that always keeps it clean fresh new and never drops anything but absolute hits of perfection
Bits of Mike Patton vibes
Love it! ♥️
So true!!!
Mike patton the king. I wonder if Opeth Mike likes Faith No More's stuff
@@reddiamond3842I bet he like Mr. Bungle
I think maybe making the music for the series Clark has made some kind of footprint even in Opeths music. Very theatrical and dramatic. Love it!
Stay Metal!
🤘😎🤘
This is so good, Walteri is amazing in this band, and I'm extremely happy that my favorite band keeps giving us so much quality over the years! Thank God for Opeth!!! 🎉
"Take the road where devil's speak
God is dead"
Opeth
@@suma5939 yeah, and the devil's not exactly known to be a trustful source. "God is dead" is what the protagonist in devil's orchard hear the devil say :)
@@marcodambrosio4711 no, i meant god is dead as in - he does not exist
@@suma5939 "thank God for Opeth" was clearly just a way of saying hurrah for the band, so I hope you're not older than 13 cuz that's the appropriate age for this level of edginess. With that being said, I believe that God does exist indeed, but I'm not here to change anyone's mind on a UA-cam video, you know 😆
@@marcodambrosio4711 no sir, i am 40, and for 40 god damned years i've been listening to the same god damn bs. i am just fed up, that's all. and you've misspelled god. good day!
Awesome ! Just wish the songs were longer :D
The total album length should be on point
For me, this sounds like Cusp of Eternity on progressive and chromatic steroids
And that song was friggin great!
Cusp of Eternity is my favorite song of theirs ❤
Very River in the beginning. Very Watershed in the end
3:47 = Storm Corrosion big time!!! love this to bits
I love the subtle creepy guitars in that section. It gives chills!
I'm reminded of the section at the 5 minute mark of 'Beneath The Mire'. But much less heavy of course.
This track is awesome! Excited to hear the whole album.
Seeing Opeth in October and Dream Theater in March. How did we get so lucky to have two epics tour at same time!?
That solo took this song to a new level. Pretty awesome
Mikael's clean vocals on this sound exceptional.
It appears that they reached the perfect musical chemistry and did the finest blend between their previous style and the new one!
new drummer has a nice approach to fuse the fragmented prog parts, it sounds "easier" because he makes it seem like a groove rather than a complicated solo. Also like the playfulness of vocals here. The beginning really sounds as if Anderson was part in the creation (wich he wasnt, at least not in person)
Now this makes a lot of sense! You are so right, is more fluent musically, both drummers are killers but this one gives a different structure to the songs, like you said the grooves!
@@JUNTESECONELQUEES yeah, i almost think he respects or hints a little towards the original drummer, from blackwater and my arms your hearse, which used fill ins sparingly and with good aim. Pretty cool reply !
Wait what it's not Martin Axenrot?
@@leviathan3630 nope, there's a new drummer for over a few months now, he recorded in this new album
That opening vocal is straight out of Storm Corrosion!
Opeth always deliver! Growls or not...
I was struggling with Heritage and Pale communion, in the past. No growls, no power riffs, i missed an elementary aspect of Opeth's appeal. Sorceress brought back the riffing, In Cauda venenum the straight forward strength and i believe: The last will and the testament, some layers of old Opeth.
Btw: Nowadays, i'm able to enjoy Heritage too...
Am I alone to think it's a mix of 2000 Opeth, a pinch of their last prog rock albums with some elements of Mr. Bungle and Dream Theater, this was surprisingly great \m/
Xctl
What a mix
Take my money opeth !
Cant wait any longer for this new album to come out !
Incredible song!!
I just can't wait for the album.
This immediately became one of my favourite Opeth songs! Jesus, what a great track!
wow wow wowww, ok, have you been listening to the whole discography ? Sounds a bit quick
@@soalianfp9397 I have actually, but this just does everything for me that I like in Opeth and it also brings new ideas. So yeah i enjoy it :D
It's good, but Damnation and ghost reveries are still peak.
@@imarealwitch1154Those are your favs? I really like those, but those are at the bottom for me. Just goes to show anyone can enjoy Opeth
@@dudydude3287 Ghost Reveries bottom is wild. Only album I prefer is Still Life.
Huge song. You can even feel some Deep Purple vibe in it what makes me happy.
Bloody hell.. What a track! No thoughts of 'will he growl?' or 'will it be newpeth or oldpeth?'.. just a good old-fashioned face melting.
GOOSEBUMPS. My god that intro and outro... This is pure gold.
They have achieved pure awesomeness!!!!!
id be cool with half the album with growls. always loved both sides of this band
That's what I had heard from another fan. Rumor is that it's 50/50.
This is currently my favorite. Great texture and storytelling...also the solo! Vocals are incredible and dynamic
Que belleza por favor. Suena perfecto! Esa complejidad en la composición es destacable❤
This one need more listens than p. 1, but still great, some watershed vibe. Love the low tones. Don't like abrupt proggy transitions and shorteness of track, but it is how the new opeth sounds nowadays
Really looking forward to this album.
Stop everything and enjoy new Opeth, hopefully with some growls again
There will be more on the album for sure.
intro is soooo good.
And the outro!!
The outro hits like I've been possessed by my past 10th generations.
Hopefully that next song is brutal. 🤞🤞
🖤 that voice!
And then, after all this, I SEE THEM IN OCTOBER WHEN THE ALBUM RELEASES IN WORCESTER MASS!!!!
I'm going to see them in Atlanta! I hope you see an awesome show!
Guitar solo is fantastic
Proggers!
I SHAT MY PANTS WHILE LISTENING TO THIS SONG
OPETH 2024
@@dangotorres XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
And its another💎! Haven't been this excited for new Opeth since 2005.
prog metal + phrygian dominant mode= instant like
only about 5 weeks out from the album release. I hope they start giving us at least one track a week. This is sounding like it's gonna be an all time classic Opeth record
I doubt there is going to be one more single release, they released both songs 5 weeks apart to the album release date
@@ZuracookingI don’t think so either. They’ve built up a good deal of anticipation. If they release too much the album release won’t be as big of an event.
Then there is nothing new left on release date? That’s kinda silly
I can see this being Opeths most successful album since Ghost reveries.
Good chance. Didn't they say it would be 50/50 cleans and growls? That's EXACTLY how I love my Opeth.
Yes! But to top Watershed for me would be some accomplishment.
Let's say after Watershed, because this album was amazing too.
Yes, I definitely get watershed vibes from this album already, except something completely different and new.
Sounds like watershed to me as well. But watershed had many beautiful melodic moments for which I'm afraid we'll have to wait a few more albums
I cannot emphasize enough how badly 1:54 needed Mikael's growls.
Don't worry, only 2 songs on the album without growls 🤘
@@Hellacoptersfan where did you hear that?
But the cleans work so well and sound so good there.
@@stefanduke3776that section falls flat for me because Mikael's theatrical vocals clash with the ferocity of the guitar riff and he struggles to hit those high notes in the final few bars.
This will be one of my favourite Opeth’s albums, for sure!
Chromatic noodling used to be a tool in Opeth's arsenal, which they used to connect or lead up to epic, groovy and memorable sections. These days it seems that chromatic noodling becomes less of a tool and more a finality in itself. High quality craftsmanship no doubt, but less relatable, less catchy, less memorable in my opinion.
@@pierrebridet It's true. That sounds cool in several first listening, but it's nothing to catch in mind after that. Being progressive and complex only because it's progressive and complex - that's not an Opeth way...
I hear a lot of instruments, technics and sounds, combined together, but overall - I didn't hear the song - with start, growth, culmination and ending. Because of that - I can't really enjoy any whole album since 2008. They all is only progressive for being progressive. That's all...
A lot of their more recent stuff picks notes that don’t really work and it just sounds “odd” or creepy almost. It’s like they ran out of ideas and are just trying to pick notes on guitar and vocals that aren’t supposed to be there to be “different”. Annoys the F out of me
Yes, i can understand that point, well.
For me, both "paragraphs" are the best two Opeth- songs, since 2008.
Agreed: proggy, nerdy, in their own way, but with high hopes.
I'm curious about the whole 1st listening expierience, hopefully it growth with every home session!
Yeah I'm sick of it. Most Opeth riffs in the last 15 years is a bunch of do-do-do-doodly-deedle-do-do-donk-a-do-do. I need whole chords with unique voicing again. Tired of the doodly doo.
@@dee-taylorafter this song, my next streaming song was deliverance…blows my mind that song…old style still rules..it’s not like I dislike their new music
HOLY SHIT STOP IT I'M DONE I NEED TO HEAR EVERYTHING. That was so high quality Prog. I've been especially enjoying the low notes in the clear vocals in the first song and this one. Mikael's voice is so beautiful that I can't.
This song is incredible
Opeth never disappoints
the 0:33 from this song is the same from 6-31 in hessian peel, im not complaining, but im surprised
Not quite the same, but extremely similar. Good comment!
Cold front hits the south and new Opeth. Perfect timing
Dude, Opeth is so fucking good it makes wanna cry tears of happiness whenever I listen to them
This did not dissapoint, so pumped for the new album! 🤘
Oh man what a great song, and yes, we don’t need the grunts all the time even if we love that they are back. For me, it has to be proggy and complex, so happy aboutthe band.
This is one amazing fucking album art!
This album is going to be something else😊
I can feel the darkness of opeth songs again 🤩
Theatrical, Orchestral, Metal. Is there anything better?
I sure hope you gave Wilderun a listen then!
Yes, the old Opeth.
@@Maggbba sure, but artists age. They can't do the exact same thing forever, unless you want to be Nickelback or AC/DC.
@@jasonashley9853 They never did the same thing forever, they were just consistent and had a unique style. Now they are trying to sound like King Crimson or Dream Theater and are barely recognizable. It's not bad, it's just meh. It's like a different band. I get it that they want to try new things but it's not working for me. They have lost that unique aura. After all these years it's still disappointing.
@@Maggbba you are pickier than I am. Most harsh metal vocalists sound like shit TBH. Not Mike. His growls have always been great. Also they are still playing with different licks and stuff. I like what they have released from this album so far. And the first track really hooked me. It's got this horror movie/post-apocalyptic vibe about it. I'm a big fan.
Mikael's new low clean vocals are definitely different, but I'm really liking them, and I like that they're not too prevalent, makes them more surprising when they pop up
So fucking insanely incredible
These tracks just get better and better ❤
Perhaps the best bass line and track I've heard this year.
It sounds like a mish-mash of discarded Pale Communion tracks, with some Watershed sinister atmosphere, definitely Axe-inspire drum sounds, plus some unexpected classic prog moments a la Dream Theater, plus some theatrical King Diamond-esque haunting vocals. Really impressive stuff, composition wise. Great job. I hope the whole album will be a feast of diversity and variety like this. Only negative point, maybe, it doesn't sound so cohesive as a whole. But you can't have everything, it's either more cohesiveness at the expense of variety or the contrary. I feel like all the metalheads are going to be slightly let down again, as perhaps they'd have expected a more metal oriented material, standing upon the Paragraph One premises. But then again, if they did they still miss the central point about this band, I fear. Which is that it's gonna take you by surprise, always. No offense intended to all brothers of metal of course! I'm one of them, but I love Opeth for what they are. And they stopped being metal-centred fifteen years ago.
Oh hell yeah I checked every day for a new song of the album and now it's here, this is bliss! This album will be phenomenal.
Some serious Ghost Reveries vibes here, I love it.
I was worried when axe left the band but walt seems to have rejuvenated the band it sounds like they have so much energy, its no longer "old mans rock" as Mikael always said
Opeth never disappoints
I have the feeling that the music is taking a very interesting cinematic turn. Sounds beautiful and powerful 💥
so tempted to listen, of course... but that first taste was enough. I'm holding off... I want the rest of the album as a whole, surprises aplenty. this is a concept right, so... give it's due and hear it as a work. comments are promising tho!! Opeth rulz
Opeth keeps changing personnel over the years and still manage to get better and better ! Way to go Mikael and Co.
Certainly be picking this up on vinyl
What an album release this will be! So excited to see them on the NA tour too!
I love this song so much! Thank you, Opeth.
This is awesome! Giving me some Neal Morse Band vibes and I am here for it.
almost exact riffs from Pale Communion or Sorceress blended, this is wild! I just woke up, saw this, pressed like even before it started 🤣 can't wait \m/
This is probably the best one so far!
Have this song on repeat and as is always the case with new Opeth I have to listen to each track about 50-60 times in a row to understand all that I’m hearing. This song is magnificent. Every element is new and yet familiar. No one can put dread, despair, regret, impending doom and anticipation to music like Mikael. This fucking track, my god. It is the best prog metal yet written. It’s exceptional-I don’t know how else to put it. It’s perfect.
Other than some interesting bits here and there it's trash.
@@Maggbba Let me hear your music then?
Well, that was bloody amazing 🤯💜