My Top Ten Metal Albums #6 Opeth - Blackwater Park Genre : Progressive Metal Released : 2001 Country : Sweden It disappoints me that anybody would give this album a bad rating. But alas, sometimes such amazing works are overlooked. This album is my personal favorite Opeth release, and displays a huge mastery of musicianship. Opeth managed to take control of their instruments and give birth to flowing, depressive, reverent music. The music in here goes beyond following timing, notes, keys, and flow. When writing the music, it seems as though all those elements were disregarded, and Mikael just allowed for beautiful music to flow out of his mind that reflected true beauty. Some people say metal can’t be pretty. Well, lets be honest, yes it can and this album proves it. The music in here does so much for the listener, you can either get caught up in the brutality of such songs as Blackwater Park and The Funeral Portrait, relax to the ambient masterpieces such as Harvest and Bleak, or gaze into the sorrow that exists in your heart through the depressive masterpieces such as Dirge for November. If one wants to try Opeth, Blackwater Park is the album to do so. It includes a lot of their classics. I rate this as one of their best, and definitely recommend it. If you dont like this one, chances are you wont like any of Opeths work
Posted on: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 13:41:45 +0000
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