Album dari Opeth - Watershed (Special Edition) (2008) m4a ini adalah koleksi admin yang telah dikumpulkan sejak lama dari berbagai sumber dan admin bagikan.There isnt much to say about Opeth that hasnt already been said.
![]() Theyre from Sweden. They write epic, extreme, progressive metal. Everybody seems to like them except a bunch of people on Metal Archives, (who like Dark Angel so theyre easy to ignore, of course). They formed eighteen years ago, and despite a few miscues theyve been quite successful. But they dont often let down their fans, and for that reason even I fell victim to Watersheds hype machine. While Watershed isnt in the bands upper echelon of albums a spot reserved for Damnation, Blackwater Park, and Still Life - its still a quality record that meets, and at times exceeds, the standard Opeth has set over the years. Watershed opens up rather differently than Opeths past works. Coil is solely an acoustic track, but unlike the material featured on Damnation, it isnt quite as dark or depressing. That isnt to say that its a light and fluffy song, as it retains some of the melancholic elements from Opeths 2003 album, and combines it with slight Nick Drake-isms. One of the bands most powerful opening tracks, along with Windowpane and The Leper Affinity, Coil is built on the subtlety of guitarists Mikael Akerfeldt and Fredrik Akesson, as well as the memorable, surprisingly catchy clean vocals of the former. Aside from the songs tone, it isnt all that different from Damnation, as the Akerfeldts soothing performance compliments the gentle guitar play extremely well. Heir Apparent and The Lotus Eater pick up the pace of the album and send it in a completely different direction. Akerfeldt growls and roars throughout the entirety of the near nine-minute track, retaining his spot as my favourite vocalist in death metal. Sure, the song may be a standard outing for Opeth, but theyve done an excellent job with it. The Lotus Eater, on the other hand, isnt quite as orthodox for the band. Rather placing emphasis on power and brutality as its predecessor did, The Lotus Eater relies more on the bands creative song writing quirks. On several occasions, the song fades out briefly, before a driving bridge brings the heaviness back into play. After a proggy solo four minutes in, the song settles down dramatically, indulging in an atmospheric mellotron based passage. The song is a chilling piece, and maintains an air of mystique. ![]() The band runs into trouble during the albums middle section, though not so much with Burden as it does with Porcelain Heart. Perhaps the closest Opeth gets to 70s progressive rock, Burden isnt all that bad, but does have its drawbacks. The keyboard solo just over two minutes into the song is more bothersome than it is interesting.
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