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Let's discuss: Opeth - The Last Will and Testament (lemm.ee)
submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/metal
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Let’s open up Lemmy Metal to some album release discussions. This is a hugely anticipated album so there’s no better place to start!

I have many thoughts on it after only 1 play through, but I want to hear what the community has to say first.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 21 hours ago

I'll preface by saying I prefer Ghost Reveries and their later albums more than their older ones. I'm not all that into growling.

The first three songs falls flat on my first listen, §4 and §5 I found more interesting. The instrumental part of §6 were nice.

None of the songs stands out though, not sure if any of them will make into the gym playlist rotation.

A shame they didn't explore further the style they tried with In Cauda Venenum, as a Norwegian I find Swedish vocals more interesting than English, though it could just be the novelty of it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 21 hours ago

I'm super stoked for this one. Haven't heard it yet but I'm planning on listening to it tonight with my wife. The songs they released already are awesome.

[–] rigatti 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I haven't listened to it yet, and I've liked their albums less and less since the Heritage shift, so I don't have high expectations for this one. But I'll give it a run and check back in.

[–] rigatti 2 points 18 hours ago

Thoughts after one playthrough in the car:

Akerfeldt growled again! Rejoice! I've been waiting for them to mix in a little more metal with the prog sound, and there's moments of it which sounds pretty cool. Overall my initial thoughts are that the album is fairly good but lacks some of the repetitiveness and groove that made mid-career Opeth some of my favorite music. I usually dislike any album the first time I hear it though, so it's a good sign that I thought this one was decent.