Conference napalm::heavy_metal

    
    This is another band I have been meaning to listen to, and they are on
    my list. Ophthalamia is another one in the similar vein, as well as
    Winter, Dawn, and several others. But Opeth is on my list and will look
    for them the next time I am in Newbury Comics.  Sorin, do you have
    either of the Identity discs, Death...is just the beginning III, or
    Beauty in Darkness? Let me know.
    
    Mike
    

    Re. Mike
    
    No, I don't have them.
    
    Opeth is fine especially for the music. The accoustical parts are
    really outstanding on an attentive listening.
    But ... first get Dominus' "The first 9". It's a crusher !
    
    Sorin

    
    CDNow only shows "View to the Dim", no "The first 9"....and I just
    checked for Opeth....none found.... ;-(  Guess I will have to try and
    rely on Newbury for some of these, or the Import place in Nashua.
    
    

    "Morningrise" is Opeth's second CD. The first was "Orchid", much in the
    same style (progressive). "View to the Dim" was Dominus' previous
    album. I haven't heard it but I've seen good remarks about it.
    
    Sorin

    
    re: -1
    
    Just received Morningrise from Dark Symphonies mail order out of
    Billerica, MA. Ordered thursday, received sat. which was good! It is a
    long disc and has some nice acoustic parts. Century Media has both
    listed for $10 (I paid $15 through DS) so I will order Orchid through
    CM later on. 5 tracks, 10+ minutes each! One might be under 10 mins,
    but rest are above 10 in length. You can tell Dan Swano had influence
    on these guys (and they even mention him in the liner notes). Mainly
    death-ish vocals a-la Edge of Sanity, some quieter parts. Overall quite
    good, I'll have to put it in the changer this week.
    
    

    
    It's in the changer and I didn't get to finish listening to track 4 by
    the time I got to work. Dats ok! I'll finish it on the way home
    instead! This is some good stuff if you can get beyond the vocals as
    the acoustic parts are quite nice and show some good thoughts behind
    the process of writing the music. Nice interludes I guess you can say.
    
    You really can tell Dan Swano has influence on this band! Just listen
    to the vocals and the listen to Crimson by EoS (Dan Swano's band) and
    you can hear the similarities like he was doing the singing (which
    according to the liner he is only their "guide").
    
    BTW - Dan Swano has LEFT Edge of Sanity! He said their may be other EoS
    albums, but he is going to be concentrating on his other project(s)
    which include I believe "Nightingale" which *I* assume to be another
    band he has or had put together. I still haven't heard/gotten Infernal
    by EoS (Sorin: you have this yet?) which is their latest.
    
    Now to find Opthalamia, Skepticism (can be gotten from same place I got
    this one from so I will order it there), and Avernus (if I can find
    them also). Sorin, check out Morgion "Among Majestic Ruin" for some
    cool heavy low-end death/doomdeath music! 5 tracks 34 mins long, one
    instrumental (3rd track). I like that guys death vocals! ;-)
    
    

    Re. Mike
    
    On headphones their music is very fine. But the vocals are still a bit
    out of phase compared to the rest of their music. It's the reason I
    prefer their last song on the CD when they use traditional vocals.
    
    Sorin

    	RE .5
    
    	Mike:
    
    	I asked CM to send me both Opeth CDs, but they did not have them in
    stock yet. But at 10 or 11 bucks a crack, this is a great price. I also
    noted CM has expanded their catalog quite extensively, and they are
    planning to add more titles to it. This is great news, because since
    the Relapse/NBA split these 2 comapnies are charging $18-$20 for some
    of the SAME titles.
    
    
    	I am trying to re-order the Opteh CDs again today, will post here
    if they now have the, in stock.
    	
    	Mike, how much arethe local stores charging you for imports? My
    local store wanted $27 for the Cryptopsy I had ordered before, but got
    them down to $16 which I think is morethan appropiate for an import. I
    would like to get the In Flames and Dark tranquility, but I am not
    paying such exhorbitant prices.
    
    	Carlos

    
    Carlos, I got my Opeth from Dark Symphonies (mail order out of
    Billerica, MA). Got the discs (Old Man's Child - Born of the
    Flickering, which I believe is black metal) for $30 + 3 shipping and
    had them in 2 days. They have a lot of black stuff along with doom and
    death metal stuff (Mortiis, Dimmi Borgir(sp)). Prices are cheaper than
    I thought since most of that stuff is import and in the teen range for
    costs for most all of them. Email me and I will send you the webpage
    address.
    
    Mike
    

    
    The more I listen to this disc, the more I really like it and what they
    did mixing Progressive and Death metal. It is really cool! The vocals
    are the hardest part for those who are not into that to get beyond and
    into the music. One track is 20 minutes and doesn't seem that long!
    Last track has clean vocals that are done well, as are the other clean
    parts throughout the disc. I guess Orchid by Opeth will be added to my
    list (ever growing).
    
    

    	Mike:
    
    	It's funny you mention that the 20 min. song goes by so fast.
    That's exactly what Opeth tried to do, according to the last review
    I read on the Relapse catalog. BTW, did  you get your copy? It's good
    and juicy!
    
    	Carlos

    I got their previous CD "Orchid" and it's in the same vein as
    "Morningrise". 65 minutes, 7 songs. Same deathish vocals (and some
    screaming). If you enjoy "Morningrise" you'll surely like "Orchid".
    
    Sorin

    
    re: -.11
    
    Hi Carlos,
    
    I don't know why I got the Resound catalog (tossed it, but probably
    shouldn't have as they had some bands I wanted to pick up cd's from, oh
    well, I'll see if I can't scare up another one). I read the article on
    them and a couple others, interesting read on Opeth. Skepticism is high
    on my list as is Winter too, if I can get the latter....