Nowhere in my post did I say that Lateralus is a better album than Blackwater Park. I merely stated that in this competition, Lateralus won. It seems plausible that you haven't even given Lateralus a real listen, because if you did, you would know that there are no acoustic parts on the album, omitting a few reticent acoustic harmonics in "Disposition".
Do Opeth integrate tribal drum beats and unorthodox types of percussion into their music? Where's the tabla in Blackwater Park? Where are the philosophical, spiritual lyrics and abstruse references to alchemy, astrology, mathematics, and religion? Spirals are mentioned several times in the "Lateralus" lyrics, and in the song, "Lateralus", the verses, by syllable, are concurrent with the Fibonacci Sequence. The time signature is spiral-like (9/8, 8/8, 7/8) as well. Do you ever hear anything this transcendent and complex from Opeth? No. Are Opeth this coincidingly intellectual and emotional? No. Are Opeth a bad band because of this? Not at all. They're just a different band that serves a different purpose, and depending on your personal rendition of 'beauty', either one of these albums could be more beautiful than the other.
As for Pink Floyd Vs. Hendrix, I would have to go with Dark Side Of The Moon.
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Lock to field screen, row the ocean onto sentient ground.
New rites of a Vedic sun to attend the blue horizon.
Prevails flight resplendent, sails the shrine effulgent windship.
Stillness breathes apex supreme - I walk toward the mountain.
Crowns the sovereic rite to freedom.
Shored the origin forms to a ground accede.
Axiom core of the light shrine flight to shining.
Glows serene to attenuate the space and time.
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