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  • Opeth - Blackwater Park (Audio)
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    Lyrics
    Confessor
    Of the tragedies in man
    Lurking in the core of us all
    The last dying call for the ever lost
    Brief encounters, bleeding pain
    Lepers coiled neath the trees
    Dying men in bewildered soliloquies
    Perversions bloom round the bend
    Seekers, lost in their quest
    Ghosts of friends frolic
    under the waning moon
    It is the year of death
    Wielding his instruments
    Stealth sovereign reaper
    Touching us with ease
    Infecting the roots in an instant
    Burning crop of disease
    I am just a spectator
    An advocate documenting the loss
    Fluttering with conceit
    This doesn't concern me yet
    Still far from the knell
    Taunting their bereavement
    Mod round the dead
    Point fingers at the details
    Probing vomits for more
    Caught in unbridled suspense
    We have all lost it now
    Catching the flakes of dismay
    Born the travesty of man
    Regular pulse midst pandemonium
    You're plucked to the mass
    Parched with thirst for the wicked
    Sick liaisons raised this monumental mark
    The sun sets forever over Blackwater park

КОМЕНТАРІ • 1,8 тис.

  • @taufiqrahman2363
    @taufiqrahman2363 Рік тому +293

    *Writes 37 of the best drop d riffs*
    *Puts it in one song*

    • @trippiezertv4615
      @trippiezertv4615 2 місяці тому +4

      Love this comment 😂😂, it’s so true bro! Opeth and metal forever 🤘🏻

    • @timothypulliam2177
      @timothypulliam2177 Місяць тому +4

      Refuses to ellaborate

    • @lasilviolin
      @lasilviolin Місяць тому

      😊000😊😊0

  • @ledsabbazepplath3889
    @ledsabbazepplath3889 3 роки тому +143

    The Riff Affinity
    Bl-riff
    Riff-vest
    The Riff Falls
    Dirge for Riffs
    The Funeral Riff
    Riffs in the Ivy
    Blackwater Riffs

    • @chikenspongebob5434
      @chikenspongebob5434 3 роки тому +2

      Undrrated comment

    • @Opethfannumberone
      @Opethfannumberone 2 роки тому +7

      the leper affiniriff
      bliff
      harviff
      the draperiff falls
      riff for november
      funeriff portrait
      riff in the ivy
      riffwatiff priff

    • @elitebelt
      @elitebelt 2 роки тому +5

      Riff of Perdition

    • @riccardobassani7405
      @riccardobassani7405 2 роки тому +1

      "Holy moly, there are some riffs in the Ivy! where the fuck did they come from??"

  • @francismcalister7811
    @francismcalister7811 3 роки тому +1501

    I feel this song alone has more good riffs than many metal bands' entire discographies

    • @powerslop7941
      @powerslop7941 2 роки тому +8

      Hi, I really like Dream Theater oh hey there's a crevice........

    • @mattherbert6668
      @mattherbert6668 2 роки тому +46

      You didn't just compare opeth to dream theatre.......🤦 Open your ears, absolutely nothing like each other. They have long songs that's about it. Both are fucking awesome though don't get me wrong but I'd suggest a delve into opeths back catalogue if that's honestly what you think.

    • @powerslop7941
      @powerslop7941 2 роки тому +4

      I was referring to Dream Theaters discography more than anything.

    • @connerkz5771
      @connerkz5771 2 роки тому +8

      Idk bolt thrower are the Kings of riff

    • @kirisutegomen12
      @kirisutegomen12 2 роки тому

      @@mattherbert6668 their sound is similar tho

  • @mozonelaya
    @mozonelaya 2 місяці тому +32

    It is astonishing how the popularity of this music genre and bands like Opeth pales in comparison to today’s new generation of music. I’m talking billions of views on.. Taylor Swift.. but only 2.2M on a masterpiece like Blackwater Park. Truly, popularity does not indicate quality.

    • @MartinAlvito1
      @MartinAlvito1 26 днів тому +4

      It never did.

    • @el0j
      @el0j 3 дні тому

      we appreciate it, i think that's what matters, i would hate if opeth became mainstream

  • @armanrei
    @armanrei Рік тому +841

    This song is responsible for at least 48% of my hearing loss.

  • @gaborkrausz5402
    @gaborkrausz5402 3 роки тому +960

    *I really like the riff between **0:06** and **12:13*

    • @laoude7890
      @laoude7890 3 роки тому +83

      yeah, the first 5 seconds really sucks.

    • @drewpeterson9236
      @drewpeterson9236 3 роки тому +64

      @@laoude7890 Even the first 5 seconds are amazing. That buildup gives chills

    • @gaborkrausz5402
      @gaborkrausz5402 3 роки тому +3

      @@drewpeterson9236 Ye

    • @frowningJoker
      @frowningJoker 3 роки тому +5

      That's like...the whole song man

    • @dallasdavis5765
      @dallasdavis5765 2 роки тому +13

      @@frowningJoker name checks out

  • @jamesmaster1450
    @jamesmaster1450 3 роки тому +1909

    Everyone is talking about these riffs, which I totally understand, but man this might be one of the best death metal vocals ever recorded.

    • @eggZ663
      @eggZ663 3 роки тому +116

      The guy can do it live too. I saw them in Leeds and they were one of the tightest live bands I've ever seen, and I've seen all the big metal bands, fuckin awesome!

    • @userhandler0tten351
      @userhandler0tten351 3 роки тому +71

      Pushes glasses up 🤓, “Don’t you mean Melodic Death Metal sir?”

    • @sheldoncooper8199
      @sheldoncooper8199 3 роки тому +238

      @@userhandler0tten351
      Its actually Progressive Death Metal

    • @sheldoncooper8199
      @sheldoncooper8199 3 роки тому +43

      @@eggZ663
      He doesnt Growl no more since 2011. But yeah he could do it Live

    • @sheldoncooper8199
      @sheldoncooper8199 3 роки тому +30

      @James Master
      You should hear him in the Grand Conjuration.

  • @AriePratamaSatriadi
    @AriePratamaSatriadi 3 роки тому +707

    Mikail Akerfeldt: *Slaps blackwater park*
    This bad boi can fit so many riffs in it

    • @arttulp
      @arttulp 3 роки тому +18

      Thank you Mikail

    • @cruelitsa
      @cruelitsa 2 роки тому

      *with a large trout

    • @kybamclane9357
      @kybamclane9357 2 роки тому

      I believe it is spelled Mikael

    • @thenoble39
      @thenoble39 3 місяці тому

      @@kybamclane9357 mikail is funnier though

  • @TokinCamel
    @TokinCamel 3 роки тому +959

    Just remember, the sun sets forever, over Blackwater Park

    • @triplec8639
      @triplec8639 3 роки тому +16

      Yes , forever

    • @forrestengler8713
      @forrestengler8713 3 роки тому +52

      It's harder to forget than to remember

    • @BattManion1979
      @BattManion1979 3 роки тому +4

      Then, the sun sets over shit.

    • @MrBrakitdown
      @MrBrakitdown 3 роки тому +1

      @@forrestengler8713 yup but to forget let's is reacker

    • @elaxiber2328
      @elaxiber2328 3 роки тому +10

      @@BattManion1979 if its shit then why are you here

  • @strilka__
    @strilka__ 5 років тому +1005

    this song has, like, all the riffs

    • @isador21
      @isador21 4 роки тому +42

      All of them.

    • @aliceinchains7325
      @aliceinchains7325 4 роки тому +21

      It's not fair man :'(

    • @citrus7115
      @citrus7115 4 роки тому +20

      And the riffs are so much fun to play aswell

    • @Drunkcat008
      @Drunkcat008 3 роки тому +10

      This song got ghost rifts
      Slipknot rifts
      Lamb of God rifts
      And..........

    • @Jablan11
      @Jablan11 3 роки тому +40

      @@Drunkcat008 Its the other way around, Opeth is older than all the bands you mentioned

  • @kenobiknodel2480
    @kenobiknodel2480 2 роки тому +83

    How many amazing riffs do you put in your songs?
    Opeth: Yes

  • @atlasking6110
    @atlasking6110 5 років тому +270

    "The sun sets forever over Blackwater Park"

  • @tmeyy1
    @tmeyy1 3 роки тому +270

    02:45 - 05:10 is literally what autumn sounds like.

    • @perennialheart2955
      @perennialheart2955 3 роки тому +23

      And after that the long winter blows

    • @ThePirouliette
      @ThePirouliette 2 роки тому +19

      @@perennialheart2955 And after the long winter GROWLS

    • @jasonashley9853
      @jasonashley9853 2 роки тому +3

      More like the soundtrack of depression there lol. Then it picks back up and we're on our feet, ready to kick ass.

    • @tehsensei
      @tehsensei 2 роки тому +1

      I know I'm a year late, but The Grand Conjuration from them if you haven't heard it. Absolutely dope.

    • @aninfinitemindofmusicandreams
      @aninfinitemindofmusicandreams 2 роки тому +7

      Listening to Opeth feels like being in a dark foggy forest during a full moon night. It's either a serene scene or you're being hunted by the nightmares of the forest. This is one of the many scenes that come up in my head when I listen to them. Even if their artwork and merch didn't have this sort of imagery, I'd associate them with this sort of stuff. They sound just like that.

  • @romanmuzyka2723
    @romanmuzyka2723 4 роки тому +268

    Shitted my pants of excitement when he growled: "The sun sets forever over Blackwater Park"
    One of the most epic moments in music, the best way to end such a legendary album

    • @MarcusH...
      @MarcusH... 2 роки тому +18

      I read "i shitted my pants of excrement".. wat

    • @nathanlegg3543
      @nathanlegg3543 2 роки тому +16

      except it doesn't set forever because I have the album on loop

    • @Cittamatra
      @Cittamatra 2 роки тому +2

      I know, it's a fucking magnificent piece of writing.

    • @alessandromariani99
      @alessandromariani99 Рік тому +1

      And then we have another great riff...

    • @peculiar-coding-endeavours
      @peculiar-coding-endeavours 9 місяців тому

      That line, at the end of that song, at the end of this album, is one of the most underrated hard hitting lines ever in metal for me. Pure chills. Gotta love Opeth.

  • @lorenzoreggiannini2559
    @lorenzoreggiannini2559 2 місяці тому +7

    Eternal Masterpiece

  • @stephenfranciosa7876
    @stephenfranciosa7876 6 років тому +552

    nasty riffs, Opeth has always had some of the most deliciously evil riffs

  • @M4RCi92
    @M4RCi92 5 років тому +2199

    I remember the first time I ever heard this song.
    The december of 2014, 100 kilometres. Heavy snowfall, flakes the size of a man's fingernails, and fog so thick I couldn't see 2 metres ahead. Pitch black night. I could barely even see where the road was, I even drove off the road a few times. Lucky that I've done that drive a few hundred times before. I was driving at 20 km/h at most. I was alone, and this beast of a song came up on Spotify...
    Then when I heard that ungodly heavy riff at 1:15, I turned it up to max volume. I was terrified, excited and in awe at the same time, it took over me. I had a weird feeling, like some kind of a malicious supernatural creature was following my car home, waiting for me to make a mistake and crash, so it can take me out of the car and I'll never be seen again. But I couldn't stop listening. I repeated this song like 10 times. One of the most intense experiences of my life. Opeth is fucking awesome.

    • @Javier-il1xi
      @Javier-il1xi 4 роки тому +164

      That's fucking metal, man. Awesome story

    • @M4RCi92
      @M4RCi92 4 роки тому +54

      @watergod 83 Yeah, it's one of the most intense memories of my life. Kind of like living in a horror movie for a few hours.

    • @abhishekchaubey903
      @abhishekchaubey903 4 роки тому +11

      I have had a similar feeling.

    • @bobbyosborne2375
      @bobbyosborne2375 4 роки тому +21

      Inspiring man. A good song could come out of that

    • @justinvanevenhoven8789
      @justinvanevenhoven8789 4 роки тому +15

      Listened to this in thick fog too

  • @ManateeMentality
    @ManateeMentality 4 роки тому +1531

    This song. So many amazing riffs. Just so many. It’s incredible.
    0:07 Riff 1
    1:15 Riff 2 !!!
    1:59 Riff 3 !!!
    5:14 Riff 4 !!!
    6:02 Riff 5
    6:36 Riff 6
    6:58 Riff 7 !!!
    7:21 Riff 6 (again)
    7:44 Riff 8
    8:07 Riff 9
    9:15 Riff 8 (again)
    9:43 Riff 10 !!!
    10:57 Riff 11

    • @__somnii
      @__somnii 4 роки тому +31

      ManateeMentality 3,4,5 best of all time

    • @butHomeisNowhere___
      @butHomeisNowhere___ 4 роки тому +97

      Nah son, number 7 is the most brutal riff of all time.

    • @NLoveN013
      @NLoveN013 4 роки тому +38

      11 is the best 🤘🏻

    • @verkheia
      @verkheia 4 роки тому +37

      7 is nasty af

    • @edgeharper6859
      @edgeharper6859 4 роки тому +35

      Opeth riffage is the main reason I keep playing guitar

  • @GeoffVentures
    @GeoffVentures 5 років тому +221

    The man literally roars at 5:25

  • @jarltrippin
    @jarltrippin 2 роки тому +154

    Mikael and Tomas Haake of Meshuggah write better english lyrics than native english speaking bands, and I'm not even exaggerating. They're so literary and beautifully crafted that I honestly forget english isn't their first language.

    • @user-jp9ut8ge5v
      @user-jp9ut8ge5v Рік тому +16

      Oh, I didn't know, Haake himself writes lyrics for Meshuggah songs. Anyway, M. from Mgła also composes such poetic lines. For me, non-native speaker, it gets hard to read between the lines

    • @needfoolthings
      @needfoolthings Рік тому

      Ridiculously, the best lyrics, an album full of it, are on D:A:D's Helpyourselfish.

    • @jamesfuentes2911
      @jamesfuentes2911 Рік тому

      Props to the DOE!

    • @blppt
      @blppt 9 місяців тому +3

      Tomas sounds like a California Surfer Dude in every English interview I've ever seen him in. There are times where you'd never guess he was from Sweden.

  • @donnymurph
    @donnymurph 4 роки тому +649

    The growl and riff at 1:58 changed my 15-year-old life the first time I heard this track. My age has doubled since then, and I'm still here.

    • @abigaillkruss8823
      @abigaillkruss8823 4 роки тому +12

      Yeah my friend! I love Opeth from the first time i hear them too

    • @Benikrooni
      @Benikrooni 4 роки тому +38

      Donovan Murphy im 14 and have always known opeth existed, but was reluctant to listen to them as I preferred slipknot/gojira style screaming, but ive recently started listening to them and wish I had sooner. The entire album of blackwater park is a masterpiece imo

    • @abigaillkruss8823
      @abigaillkruss8823 4 роки тому +11

      @@Benikrooni man you are in the right way, jeje. Hope enjoy Opeth, first Opeth as many of us.

    • @brosephh7130
      @brosephh7130 3 роки тому +4

      Opeth’s music is timeless. The only band I’ve ever had tattooed on my skin

    • @Mauro-ot2ux
      @Mauro-ot2ux 3 роки тому +6

      Undoubtedly one of the best voices in metal, growl and clean. So warm and expressive

  • @AmitSharma-kd7rj
    @AmitSharma-kd7rj 2 роки тому +200

    Everyone is talking about bunch of riffs. But i have to appreciate the Drummer, for 4.5 minutes he was on fire with double bass. Superb band

    • @jasonashley9853
      @jasonashley9853 2 роки тому +4

      Right?! I crank my subwoofer every time. So much badassness.

    • @blppt
      @blppt 2 роки тому +9

      Watch Axe play it live. No matter how you feel about him vs Lopez, you gotta give the man props for playing this 12 minute long song with like 3+ minutes of straight double bass with no rest.
      I'd say "watch Lopez play it live" since he is the drummer on the album, but i can't find any good sounding clips from his era for this song.

    • @mrk.dilkington
      @mrk.dilkington Рік тому

      And that snare sound is perfect

    • @kaidenknowles1042
      @kaidenknowles1042 8 місяців тому

      I agree I have so much respect for all members but the drummer as always been a legendary specimen.

  • @TimeandMonotony
    @TimeandMonotony Рік тому +22

    *pats Blackwater Park*
    You can fit so many riffs in this bad boy.

  • @joshuawenk3485
    @joshuawenk3485 4 роки тому +378

    Thank you classical music education for such great metal possibilities. No metal without bach

    • @lashedandscorned
      @lashedandscorned 3 роки тому +101

      bach is metal

    • @Dehangus
      @Dehangus 3 роки тому +47

      @@lashedandscorned Bach is metal as fuck 🤘

    • @brohikhondker
      @brohikhondker 3 роки тому +76

      Michael actually says in an interview that he is not classically trained, nor had he learned music theory. But yah, in sonic terms, absolutely.

    • @chikenspongebob5434
      @chikenspongebob5434 3 роки тому +3

      Guys i have a question. If his name is Mikael y is it pronounced Michael?

    • @joshuawenk3485
      @joshuawenk3485 3 роки тому +5

      It isn't. It is pronounced as Mikael.

  • @u.n.peaceplan7674
    @u.n.peaceplan7674 5 років тому +382

    God bless the beginning riff

    • @aghadmtl
      @aghadmtl 5 років тому +52

      and all the other riffs

    • @Robert-ns6bo
      @Robert-ns6bo 4 роки тому +27

      And the whole song

    • @astro2691
      @astro2691 4 роки тому +23

      I'd call it a chord progression, probably one of the darkest ever.

    • @bingoperroso
      @bingoperroso 3 роки тому +2

      Lowkey reminds me of The Price of a Mile from Sabaton

    • @Killerman551
      @Killerman551 3 роки тому +1

      God bless ALL of them riffs up on this bitch!!! /m/

  • @zayin493
    @zayin493 3 роки тому +265

    80s Metalheads: Metal died in the 2000s
    Me, and all of you intellectuals:

    • @alexismcglaughlin7811
      @alexismcglaughlin7811 3 роки тому +24

      26 and rocking this shit and porcupine tree.

    • @gingerjam2192
      @gingerjam2192 3 роки тому +1

      MyNameIs Zayin Music died in the 2000’s. Shittiest decade.

    • @drgenki6491
      @drgenki6491 3 роки тому +38

      I can proudly say that metal hasn't died,it's pretty alive and it depends in which aspect you look at. Those who say metal has died are just bunch of normies who have their heads buried under the sand. Metal will NEVER die ;)

    • @mushroommagic1697
      @mushroommagic1697 3 роки тому +9

      @@gingerjam2192 for me music died after 2010. From this time trends, be cool, catchy and all sorts of shits like this started to happen.
      It gets worse with each reinvention of music.

    • @Jestrath
      @Jestrath 3 роки тому +8

      They are complete idiots. Most great metal genres got their beginnings in the 90s and have been improved upon since. Metal barely existed in the 80s. 80s only "metalheads" know nothing about the genre they claim to love.

  • @gxsgdhdhrgdhfhdrdhjdhjtfd
    @gxsgdhdhrgdhfhdrdhjdhjtfd 5 років тому +272

    8:07 The slap bass tho

    • @skyrix3805
      @skyrix3805 4 роки тому +18

      Fergus Rhodes im glad im not the only one that heard it that shit is fire

    • @sawyernaz1735
      @sawyernaz1735 4 роки тому +8

      Epico

    • @trolli6319
      @trolli6319 4 роки тому

      @@sawyernaz1735 hello slapper

    • @gub4941
      @gub4941 4 роки тому +10

      SawyerNaz y’all are worse than jojo fans, he’s not even funny anymore.

    • @pc9412
      @pc9412 4 роки тому +7

      Lmao * jojo fans and Davie504 are enough to make a mans blood boil. Probably due to the fact they appeal to 12 year olds that that use reddit humor.

  • @mohamedsakhiri6583
    @mohamedsakhiri6583 3 роки тому +65

    Ah yes, the music of the gods

  • @MadeInMarvel
    @MadeInMarvel 11 місяців тому +7

    aged like a fine wine, gets better with time

  • @nevermore6279
    @nevermore6279 4 роки тому +56

    That riff at 5:14 is damn too good to be explained

    • @albo3music
      @albo3music 2 роки тому +6

      literally my favorite riff of all time

    • @tose5566
      @tose5566 Рік тому +3

      It’s so badass and contrasts so well with the clean section there. It just crescendos you up and out of that relaxed state and gives you goosebumps. One of the best riffs from one of the best songs from one of the best albums from one of the best bands in my opinion

    • @PauloHeadbanger
      @PauloHeadbanger 11 місяців тому

      that reminds me of southern rock/stoner rock or something similar

  • @xeroinfinity
    @xeroinfinity 4 роки тому +659

    this album came out the year i lost both parents, and my best friend who was like a brother. Opeth was there for me in my hour of need, and i thank them from the core of my soul.

    • @davecrupel2817
      @davecrupel2817 4 роки тому +41

      From one brother to another, I'm so sorry about the loss of your bro and your parents.

    • @abigaillkruss8823
      @abigaillkruss8823 4 роки тому +14

      Opeth can be for many of us our lifesavior. I'm sorry for your loss my friend. Wish you well

    • @mikeyjames6808
      @mikeyjames6808 4 роки тому +40

      I can sort of relate. My little brother, the one I watched die, said to me he could listen to the intro of this song forever. I smiled cuz I felt the same way. Hes been gone over 10 years. Be strong like you are/have been - MJ

    • @NervylHraje
      @NervylHraje 4 роки тому +4

      @@mikeyjames6808 You too man, thanks for sharing

    • @DobrieNIN
      @DobrieNIN 3 роки тому +9

      fuck that sounds like a rough year. sorry you had to endure that and glad you made it through it

  • @joyshaitan
    @joyshaitan 3 роки тому +293

    "It is the year of death" - Opeth should re-release this in 2020.

    • @omarhermoso5304
      @omarhermoso5304 3 роки тому +4

      laol

    • @anticksss
      @anticksss 3 роки тому +14

      just wait till 2021

    • @reallyhightemplar4013
      @reallyhightemplar4013 3 роки тому +14

      Opeth has released stuff this year. I won't say it is bad, it is actually quite good, but not exactly the type of thing most Opeth fans would've had the taste for. They are like an entirely different genre now.

    • @tsvetkovprelude
      @tsvetkovprelude 3 роки тому +8

      Stealth sovereign reaper,
      touching us with ease... is even more poignant.

    • @markpalavosvrahotes5575
      @markpalavosvrahotes5575 3 роки тому

      Or at least play it on a live stream.

  • @prog9761
    @prog9761 7 років тому +286

    That growl at 5:26

    • @glennmattsonjr.5251
      @glennmattsonjr.5251 5 років тому +18

      Lepers coil beneath the trees!! Dying men in bewildered soliloquies!! Perversions bloom round the bend!! Seekers, lost in their quest! Ghosts of friends frolic under the waning moon!! It is the year of death wielding his instruments!! Stealth, sovereign reaper touching us with ease!! Profound lyrics... gives me goosebumps, and the low pitch on the growl is just perfect.

    • @c.kruger7100
      @c.kruger7100 5 років тому

      If he keeps practicing he might begin to sound as good as the dude from Be'Lakor

    • @robin-38-
      @robin-38- 5 років тому +1

      @@c.kruger7100 That's funny. I like Belakor though.

    • @dante666jt
      @dante666jt 4 роки тому +1

      @@c.kruger7100 dude from belakor is a cookie monster

  • @alcamite689
    @alcamite689 9 місяців тому +6

    Blackwater Park song and album are a masterpiece.

  • @manassikdar1
    @manassikdar1 3 роки тому +40

    6:58 makes me want to conquer everything standing in my way.

  • @dalissoneufrazio1589
    @dalissoneufrazio1589 4 роки тому +120

    These growls are an absurd. Never seen anything like it. They are so filled, so low... Damn I am in love

    • @Jablan11
      @Jablan11 4 роки тому +26

      Opeth is incredible, this is the song that made me see growls in a different light

    • @nisinduperera7130
      @nisinduperera7130 4 роки тому +6

      Check out Inter Arma - Sulphur English (the whole album)
      You'll love it

    • @Mauro-ot2ux
      @Mauro-ot2ux 3 роки тому

      Yup

    • @artistically8437
      @artistically8437 2 роки тому +1

      Check out Others By No One - Dr. Breacher And The Time Travel Anomaly, Pick the 19 minutes and 50 seconds version, this song changed my perspective on growling too, and that song led me to here, good stuff.

  • @guidobottazzo
    @guidobottazzo 3 роки тому +49

    That transition from electric to acoustic at the end is just gold

  • @hogblockula9335
    @hogblockula9335 3 роки тому +233

    this might be the greatest song i've heard in my life

    • @rowieg2148
      @rowieg2148 3 роки тому +17

      Me too wtf . What drugs were they on when they wrote this 🤘

    • @HondAcura111
      @HondAcura111 3 роки тому +11

      @@rowieg2148 the good kind

    • @Mauro-ot2ux
      @Mauro-ot2ux 3 роки тому +17

      Listen to more Opeth and it’ll become a conundrum deciding which

    • @Mauro-ot2ux
      @Mauro-ot2ux 3 роки тому +5

      Rowan Geerlings as far as I know only booze. Respectable doing this with no acid

    • @Celatra
      @Celatra 3 роки тому +6

      @@rowieg2148 no drugs! mikael only drinks and smokes

  • @XistoKente
    @XistoKente 2 роки тому +31

    6:58 The most underappreciated riff off of this masterpiece

    • @omairsheikh3982
      @omairsheikh3982 Рік тому +6

      That's honestly my favourite. Such a badass groovy riff with a Beautiful transition

    • @mat2984
      @mat2984 4 місяці тому +1

      One of their best riffs, period.. absolute filth

  • @eulalawrence1860
    @eulalawrence1860 3 роки тому +187

    Opeth is the band responsible for my musicianship. I owe it to them.

    • @CollinChaney
      @CollinChaney 2 роки тому +3

      ok nick gurr rodriguez

    • @fairdinkum3719
      @fairdinkum3719 2 роки тому +1

      You and I both

    • @filippians413
      @filippians413 2 роки тому +7

      Blackwater Park is a masterpiece.

    • @panosas4645
      @panosas4645 2 роки тому +3

      Didn't know a descendant of the Lawrence clan likes to dance to melodic death metal

    • @MrEgofreak
      @MrEgofreak 2 роки тому

      @@panosas4645 Who's the Lawrence clan? Some famous people?

  • @Rattlehead69
    @Rattlehead69 3 роки тому +26

    "Lepers coiled neath the trees" part always gives me goosebumps

  • @shivanshmehra3365
    @shivanshmehra3365 Рік тому +62

    This song saved my life tonight, will forever be grateful.

    • @electron-Volt
      @electron-Volt Рік тому +16

      take care

    • @KeimpeJ
      @KeimpeJ Рік тому +13

      I hope you're ok! Always rock on.

    • @Bolt1105
      @Bolt1105 9 місяців тому +2

      I hope your doing well.

    • @C.Malefac
      @C.Malefac 27 днів тому +3

      The sun sets forever over Blackwater Park but not on you friend not yet

  • @MSL1976
    @MSL1976 2 роки тому +13

    Possibly the greatest metal composition of all time.

  • @ernestoleighton3067
    @ernestoleighton3067 3 роки тому +22

    8:07 is exactly how my heart feels when I'm super excited with anything

  • @mirianpleite
    @mirianpleite 2 роки тому +175

    first time listening to Opeth and I'm speechless: what a masterpiece!

    • @decapitatedyou6199
      @decapitatedyou6199 Рік тому +6

      Lucky you ! please do discover all their old albums they are all masterpiece ! \m/

    • @KindredBrujah
      @KindredBrujah Рік тому +8

      I'd say Ghost Reveries is their best overall album, though this particular song might well be their best individual song.

    • @jamesfuentes2911
      @jamesfuentes2911 Рік тому +1

      They are amazing

    • @cobyg419
      @cobyg419 Рік тому +1

      Welcome. It's all amazing! Enjoy.

    • @locust7777
      @locust7777 7 місяців тому +1

      Yes this album is easily their best 👍

  • @johnsmith-kc1sn
    @johnsmith-kc1sn 3 роки тому +182

    I get shivers at 5:15 every time I hear this song. When those vocals come in with “lepers coiled ‘neath the trees” I get a stank face and can’t stop my head from banging.

    • @Jablan11
      @Jablan11 3 роки тому +13

      The build up is legendary, every single hair on my body stands up when the vocals come in.

    • @neko_neko9
      @neko_neko9 2 роки тому +2

      The shivers!!! I get them every single time.

    • @GH-fh7pn
      @GH-fh7pn Рік тому +2

      Oh man best part love when the vocals come in hellll yeaaaaa

  • @kfury1527
    @kfury1527 3 роки тому +18

    2:50
    So smooth, yet so dark.

  • @AlfredSoul
    @AlfredSoul Рік тому +7

    Sometimes, midway through the song, it just entrances me so, I forget it's about to get real heavy again.

  • @Engelados
    @Engelados 4 роки тому +97

    Listening to Opeth is more MUCH more than music. They take you to beautiful places, awesome trances and once you are about to reach inner peace...they shatter it....VIOLENTLY.
    It is not music, its an experience formed from quality sound in all aspects.

    • @GrapeFlavoredAntifreeze
      @GrapeFlavoredAntifreeze 11 місяців тому +4

      I disagree in only one aspect. My inner peace is reached during the heaviest parts of this song

  • @aaqibchowdhury3549
    @aaqibchowdhury3549 3 роки тому +158

    6:37
    "It is the year of death
    Wielding his instruments
    Stealth sovereign reaper
    Touching us with ease"
    Whole new meaning listening in 2020.

    • @isaac.12345
      @isaac.12345 3 роки тому +6

      My man!

    • @flash_goofed_1638
      @flash_goofed_1638 3 роки тому +12

      Someone doesn't know history

    • @jonathanpusar5931
      @jonathanpusar5931 2 роки тому +1

      There's a lot of lyrics here that reference the Black Plague...and lot of that parallels the past 2 years.
      Just magnify the insanity and minimize the death and that's covid lol. Sums up the differences.
      Historians are gonna have a field day with this just like the black plague. I just hope the sun doesn't set over blackwater park once people realize how bad we've all been led astray.

  • @OfficialArthusamakh
    @OfficialArthusamakh 3 роки тому +70

    That dirty bass at 8:07 or so kicks everything up to 13 at that point, such a fucking masterpiece.

  • @A7xeno
    @A7xeno 3 роки тому +16

    It's raining heavily outside and at 5:12 an absolutely ear bleeding thunder hit. Greatest feeling ever.

    • @user-gg3ez5vj9d
      @user-gg3ez5vj9d Рік тому

      That riff actually reminded me of "Raining Blood" by Slayer.

  • @awolfinhumanshape2623
    @awolfinhumanshape2623 3 роки тому +28

    _This for some reason sounds like it would be a perfect halloween track._

  • @motaro958
    @motaro958 3 роки тому +14

    Me : How many riffs this song have?
    Opeth : Yes

  • @fairdinkum3719
    @fairdinkum3719 3 роки тому +40

    I owe my love of metal to this song. Changed my life forever.

    • @fairdinkum3719
      @fairdinkum3719 2 роки тому

      @Jon Jensen cant say i have, i will check them out

  • @zekoaqel1243
    @zekoaqel1243 2 роки тому +8

    when im mad and cursing this world or when im depressed i listen to this song to blow of steam

  • @blindsandwich3099
    @blindsandwich3099 Рік тому +40

    Brand new Opeth fan. Just bought the 20 yr anniversary of this on CD, and jesus christ… this may be one of the best songs ive ever heard

    • @Bolt1105
      @Bolt1105 9 місяців тому +2

      Im so happy that more people are able to feel the music! Have fun on your journey

    • @tomas_horn
      @tomas_horn 9 місяців тому

      Also try Porcupine Tree - In Absentia, you might like it too. Enjoy.

    • @kaidenknowles1042
      @kaidenknowles1042 8 місяців тому +1

      I'm 29 I heard this when I was 16. It never left me. This band is incredible.

    • @Nickolaars
      @Nickolaars 3 місяці тому

      I was 18 when this came out and I’m still losing my shit when I hear this at 40. You’re in for a ride, my friend. Opeth never leaves.

  • @diegonazquiroz1537
    @diegonazquiroz1537 5 років тому +216

    Confessor
    Of the tragedies in man
    Lurking in the core of us all
    The last dying call for the everlost
    Brief encounters, bleeding pain
    Lepers coiled ‘neath the trees
    Dying men in bewildered soliloquys
    Perversions bloom round the bend
    Seekers, lost in their quest
    Ghost of friends frolic under the waning moon
    It is the year of death
    Wielding his instruments
    Stealth sovereign reaper
    Touching us with ease
    Infecting the roots in an instant
    Burning crop of disease
    I am just a spectator
    An advocate documenting the loss
    Fluttering with conceit
    This doesn't concern me yet
    Still far from the knell
    Taunting their bereavement
    Mob round the dead
    Point fingers at the details
    Probing vomits for more
    Caught in unbridled suspense
    We have all lost it now
    Catching the flakes of dismay
    Born the travesty of man
    Regular pulse midst pandemonium
    You're plucked to the mass
    Parched with thirst for the wicked
    Sick liaisons raised this monumental mark
    The sun sets forever over Blackwater park

    • @cancercentral9997
      @cancercentral9997 3 роки тому +6

      Thank you

    • @notsamoht
      @notsamoht 11 місяців тому +1

      metalheads looking for riffs. i just want to scream along akerfeld

  • @sudarshannr2077
    @sudarshannr2077 3 роки тому +67

    This album celebrates 20 years of pure epicness this 2021. Sick liaisons raised this monumental mark.

    • @jasonashley9853
      @jasonashley9853 2 роки тому +2

      @@bilbobaggins9451 Without a doubt. Doesn't sound like early 2000's to me at all. Then again what do I know?

    • @connector_studios
      @connector_studios 2 роки тому +3

      the sun sets forever over blackwater park

  • @jakelevine7856
    @jakelevine7856 4 роки тому +35

    Opeth is like classical compositions from past centuries. Brilliant.

  • @shaylaryan4986
    @shaylaryan4986 2 роки тому +7

    I just shitted so hard. This song has like every riff possible.

  • @robslevin7555
    @robslevin7555 3 роки тому +39

    I have just listened to this track for the First time Ever. It won't be the last .
    I'm drained.
    What a fucking rush ....

  • @forestofoctober4688
    @forestofoctober4688 3 роки тому +28

    That bass at 8:07 is everything !!
    It's like the end of the world.

  • @venrakdrake
    @venrakdrake 5 років тому +81

    1:57 Any more badassery concentrated in one place of space and time would cause a black hole to form

  • @aumialumi
    @aumialumi 10 місяців тому +3

    That growl at 5:20 is chef's kiss

  • @harryxiro
    @harryxiro 5 років тому +78

    Could you imagine the intro of this song repeating for 10 hours

  • @yassinebr1462
    @yassinebr1462 2 місяці тому +2

    shivers sent down to my spine

  • @automatae
    @automatae 4 роки тому +25

    It's been 5 years and I still wish I could erase my memory and listen to this album for the first time again

  • @proxy8918
    @proxy8918 4 місяці тому +3

    1:57 one of the sickest riffs ever

  • @chimaera01
    @chimaera01 4 роки тому +175

    My first time hearing Opeth. What a treat! I need more.

    • @samgamgeeterminator
      @samgamgeeterminator 4 роки тому +7

      Same here. Excellent stuff.

    • @jackattack7940
      @jackattack7940 4 роки тому +16

      Awesome! This is without a doubt their heaviest song. I highly recommend listening to 'Bleak' and 'Reverie/Harlequin Forest'

    • @omkarbharambe8673
      @omkarbharambe8673 4 роки тому +7

      try The Baying of The Hounds or The Grand Conjuration. Epic fcking riffs!

    • @badfishrucatunes
      @badfishrucatunes 3 роки тому +5

      Me too! I asked my friends, “if you met a civilization that had never heard music before, where would you start?” This was the first suggestion

    • @goinham9469
      @goinham9469 3 роки тому +2

      Night and silent water and black rose immortal are next up!!

  • @klaasklapsigaar1081
    @klaasklapsigaar1081 3 роки тому +35

    5:25 my ex-mother-in-law saying hello in the morning

    • @jimg6570
      @jimg6570 3 роки тому +1

      We must be related!

  • @Coalicious
    @Coalicious 2 роки тому +7

    5:38 that’s the voice you hear when the gates of hell open up

  • @coolhammas
    @coolhammas 4 роки тому +45

    This is just one of the greatest songs of all time

  • @falexandrou
    @falexandrou 3 роки тому +18

    Mendez is awesome. That slap bass gets me every time. Every. Damn. Time.

  • @Deniz_1637
    @Deniz_1637 4 роки тому +78

    And this kids, is what happens when you don't skip your theory class.

    • @ToastedCigar
      @ToastedCigar 3 роки тому +12

      Except that Mikael doesn't know much theory at all :D

    • @Deniz_1637
      @Deniz_1637 3 роки тому +31

      @@ToastedCigar Don't compare him to us, humans. It is what happens when WE don't skip theory class.

    • @trexpeliahelvetios2302
      @trexpeliahelvetios2302 3 роки тому +13

      Dude is fucking transcendental beyond omega cosmic entity from 4th dimension. His true form resides in other layers of reality.
      And you compare him to us, mortal ? Dude in this world is just indeed his avatar. Dude exist across multiverse, and there's no other version of Blackwater Park. This is only one BP that all earth across multiverse, hell even the sphere of gods rocking too.

    • @hugomarques758
      @hugomarques758 3 роки тому +10

      @@trexpeliahelvetios2302 uhmm, I'll have what he's having

    • @brohikhondker
      @brohikhondker 3 роки тому +3

      @@hugomarques758 I guess, he's having simultaneous dosages of Blackwater Park. And Long term addictive induction of OPETH.

  • @DanielVerberne
    @DanielVerberne 4 роки тому +11

    This is one of the darker tunes in Opeth's catalogue in my opinion. It's not just the musicality and heaviness, it's the breathing space given to it's parts, to build, to grow, to shrink and hover in the distance, building atmosphere. Also, Steven Wilson is a great producer/mixer, in addition to everything else he's king at.

    • @daxtonhincher3290
      @daxtonhincher3290 3 роки тому +1

      Opeth has the darkest music ever.

    • @Celatra
      @Celatra 3 роки тому +1

      Baying of The Hounds is another of those very dark tunes.

  • @arsonne
    @arsonne 4 роки тому +15

    Just this song has an entire album's worth of riffs, any one of which would be most band's best ever.

  • @t.hussain921
    @t.hussain921 3 роки тому +62

    One of the greatest album closers ever.

    • @jasonashley9853
      @jasonashley9853 2 роки тому +10

      And title tracks. Seriously. What other title track is this fucking good?

    • @aegon1807
      @aegon1807 2 роки тому +5

      @@jasonashley9853 maybe octavarium but yeah this song rocks

    • @alessandromariani99
      @alessandromariani99 Рік тому +1

      @@jasonashley9853 Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

    • @lalicdjordjo4564
      @lalicdjordjo4564 Рік тому +2

      Master of puppets and ride the lightning and ajfa and nightmare and the stage and peace sells and south of heaven and powerslave and a lot more

    • @ryandlion6961
      @ryandlion6961 Рік тому

      I think I heard somebody mention that on a sea of tranquility video, I agree!

  • @ZZZSNOWYZZZ
    @ZZZSNOWYZZZ 3 роки тому +13

    7:44 such a beast of a riff to go with a fantastic growl.

  • @frugihoyi
    @frugihoyi 3 роки тому +80

    I forgot to say: the part starting at 8:06 is one of the greatest moments in music for me. There's something about that riff and the way you can hear the bass clicking from the Mendez giving it all he's got.

    • @ernestoleighton3067
      @ernestoleighton3067 2 роки тому +1

      This moment is my happy place in life

    • @samuelgl3733
      @samuelgl3733 Рік тому +1

      Opeth is amazing, but having more moments like that with the bass in the classic albums would have been interesting

  • @linxde1
    @linxde1 Рік тому +20

    What a piece of music! I hate growling. But with Opeth I can appreciate it. It has a function.

    • @theguyof360
      @theguyof360 4 місяці тому

      Fully agree

    • @vesuvius115
      @vesuvius115 4 місяці тому

      For me, I don't mind screaming or growling vocals, but most of the time it loses it's touch if its ALL growling. Only some bands can make a whole song all growling for it to keep the touch. Opeth, The Ocean, Leprous, Gojira, Cattle Decap, Allegaeon, ect. And even if it is all growling/screaming, I do appreciate the talent behind it as it's much easier said than done if you're doing it healthily

  • @Minhmai0666
    @Minhmai0666 4 роки тому +18

    The whole album make me feel like i'm standing in nowhere , in the middle of the forest , and it's sunset . Feels weird , like something is waiting deep inside the forest , waiting... It so cozy...

    • @tikhongilson3770
      @tikhongilson3770 2 роки тому

      It's the wiindigoo, waiting to take you out. (Anishinabe legend)

    • @daredevil2724
      @daredevil2724 Рік тому

      feel like I'm freezing to death alone in a forest

  • @alessa_cybergoth
    @alessa_cybergoth 5 місяців тому +2

    The ending is really beautiful.

  • @jasonclements3453
    @jasonclements3453 2 роки тому +17

    Bruh this song could go on forever and I'd never get tired of it.

    • @metalmike1976
      @metalmike1976 8 місяців тому

      kinda wished it would. it would help to drown out lifes' miseries a bit longer,at the very least.

  • @tikhongilson3770
    @tikhongilson3770 2 роки тому +9

    Mikael's growl is the skull at the banquet of life.

    • @cf453
      @cf453 2 роки тому

      Dude...duuuude... \m/

  • @matt_r.2510
    @matt_r.2510 8 місяців тому +17

    One of the best songs of all time. What an amazing way to end an album!

  • @Dragonaut111
    @Dragonaut111 4 роки тому +80

    I think there's certain music you just have to admit are actual pieces of artistic genius, the vision and feeling you get from it is completely as intended. This is one of those songs where a deep emotion is somehow completely converted into musical format and delivered to the listener.

  • @chrisday1526
    @chrisday1526 2 роки тому +10

    Still a tremendous waterfall of riffs and splitting vocals. Timelessness incarnate.

  • @AnnoArmageddon
    @AnnoArmageddon 3 роки тому +119

    the only bad thing to say about Blackwater Park, is that the song is very short with only 12 minutes, kkkkk

    • @argishtimkrtchyan8836
      @argishtimkrtchyan8836 3 роки тому +12

      I've got good news called "Black rose immortal"

    • @murilloorlando
      @murilloorlando 3 роки тому +11

      Mano, tu não ri com "kkk" falando em inglês...

    • @HeraclitorisScroll
      @HeraclitorisScroll 3 роки тому +1

      Y E S

    • @HondAcura111
      @HondAcura111 3 роки тому +2

      Check out Dantes Inferno by Iced Earth. I dont listen to much of their stuff but this song is over 16 min of metal masterpiece.

    • @MusicCroc
      @MusicCroc 3 роки тому +3

      I think it'd be boring if it were longer, For this exact song, 12ish is the perfect lenght.

  • @ianmcpeck424
    @ianmcpeck424 4 роки тому +73

    A few weeks ago, I asked my Uncle what Opeth album to listen to as a new Opeth listener, he said a lot of them, but came to the conclusion of Blackwater Park. Definitely the best recommendation I have ever gotten. This song perfectly represents this album. Beautifully eerie, creepy, and brutal. I have never heard anything that made me want to head bang and curl up into a ball in the corner, while making me feel at peace, all at the same time. Opeth is F@$%ING AWESOME!!!!!!

    • @toprak3479
      @toprak3479 4 роки тому +13

      You have an uncle that listens to Opeth? Holy shit.

    • @osirisavra1301
      @osirisavra1301 4 роки тому +11

      You have a cool uncle,keep him close

    • @ianmcpeck424
      @ianmcpeck424 4 роки тому +11

      He really is the best. And yes, we are very close and I plan to keep it that way.

    • @johnny_eth
      @johnny_eth 4 роки тому +10

      @@ianmcpeck424 and in the future your kids will have a metal father and nephews a metal uncle :p

    • @brentonm2640
      @brentonm2640 4 роки тому +5

      Next lesson: Ghost Reveries

  • @mellowtron214
    @mellowtron214 2 роки тому +13

    *It’s so fucking good to see Opeth getting the recognition they’ve deserved for 20+ years. So good. So good.*
    If you live in a climate with a winter or fall, you should put any of their albums on and drive around chain smoking something. It is life affirming.

  • @jonvonanthon3008
    @jonvonanthon3008 6 років тому +159

    That riff at 6:59 is insane!!!

  • @pamvarner8044
    @pamvarner8044 2 роки тому +46

    I can listen to this song on an endless loop. Sometimes I do. Genius never gets old.

    • @jasonashley9853
      @jasonashley9853 Рік тому +3

      I listened to it over 350 times this year and counting according to Spotify. Indeed. Has not gotten old. Probably never will.

    • @aggelosmanolis5689
      @aggelosmanolis5689 Рік тому +1

      @@jasonashley9853 genuinely the best song of all time imo sounds like a crazy take but it's true to me

  • @cooleslaw
    @cooleslaw 3 роки тому +35

    It's unfortunate I didn't check this out earlier, I've been seeing it in my recommended for almost a year. I guess better late than never, though.

    • @jcdenton616
      @jcdenton616 3 роки тому +1

      Check out their entire discography. You WONT be disappointed.

    • @KinkyOnkel33
      @KinkyOnkel33 3 роки тому

      I Agree with HJC Denton - and check out the entire album at a minimum. This is the best album ever created in my opinion :).

    • @jcdenton616
      @jcdenton616 3 роки тому +1

      @@KinkyOnkel33 Just recently discovered Still Life and is by far my all time favourite album.

    • @KinkyOnkel33
      @KinkyOnkel33 3 роки тому

      @@jcdenton616 Fantastic album as well! :) I think Godhead's Lament is the best representation of Opeth's sound in the Still Life - Watershed era.

    • @ernestoleighton3067
      @ernestoleighton3067 3 роки тому +1

      You'll get back to this record after 10 years and it'll be sounding even better, that's what happens to everyone...

  • @petrp5121
    @petrp5121 3 роки тому +41

    I have failed to find a better song during those 20 years.

  • @user-in3jk6ov1b
    @user-in3jk6ov1b 6 років тому +731

    Opeth one of the best Bipolar bands ever!

    • @diaperenthusiast
      @diaperenthusiast 5 років тому +23

      One of?

    • @ogulcanyolcu8714
      @ogulcanyolcu8714 5 років тому +53

      Yea, one of? Plural? This is the damn best.

    • @dante666jt
      @dante666jt 4 роки тому +9

      Nah that would be Atheist

    • @rooster1038
      @rooster1038 4 роки тому +12

      Sorry, out of the loop here, what is a Bipolar band?

    • @damienscott6561
      @damienscott6561 4 роки тому +121

      @@rooster1038 I think he meant highly dynamic nature of Opeth's songs. This song starts heavy as fuck and suddenly it stops to play very quiet atmospheric piece to continue with even heavier part.

  • @aadarshkrishna6614
    @aadarshkrishna6614 11 місяців тому +3

    my first opeth song iv heard and i have ascended to another dimension

  • @MattiaMirabello
    @MattiaMirabello 7 років тому +152

    I love everything about this song, this album.

  • @Anna-ff2hn
    @Anna-ff2hn 5 місяців тому +2

    I haven't found a single band besides Opeth that can make such immensely heavy music, yet invokes profound peace within.

    • @LyricalSteeler
      @LyricalSteeler 4 місяці тому +1

      Checked out Katatonia? Opeth fans tend to enjoy their music a lot. Katatonia is the band that always should have went on tour with Opeth, would have been no need to ever find any other band to bring. Opeth fans almost universally enjoy and grow to respect Katatonia a shitload once they've checked out their discography. Their best album is this one in my opinion: ua-cam.com/video/iCs159Fb4ls/v-deo.html but they have so many great albums. Great tune of theirs from another excellent album: ua-cam.com/video/oz7E_BsKrVI/v-deo.html

    • @fuccccyoubitchazzhoez
      @fuccccyoubitchazzhoez 2 місяці тому

      Yup they are excellent band i dont know them much at all but a guy i know who introduced me to death metal/black etc was a huge fan of Katatonia he's an idiot now a days but i appreciate him introducing metal to me.@@LyricalSteeler

  • @paake3134
    @paake3134 4 роки тому +16

    7:43 so good, hail Opeth.