I made an extended version of my Beginner's Guide, adding 5 additional tracks if you want more.

A Progression in Metal | loathsomepete | 8tracks

I love this!

My last one for a little bit.


Opeth are a progressive death metal band from Sweden that I hold very close to my heart. The band began 20 years ago but in that 20 years, only Mikael Åkerfeldt has remained in the lineup, as vocalist, guitarist, and even bass on one album. Heavily inspired by the progressive rock bands of the '60's/'70's (Camel in particular) Opeth are known for their long song lengths, rapid shifts in tone and dynamics, and a heavy use of acoustic passages. Åkerfeldt also utilizes some of the best guttural vocals I have ever heard, but can also sing better than most everybody else. In 2001 they really took the metal world by storm with the release of their 5th studio album Blackwater Park, which began a partnership between the band and English musician Steve Wilson, of Porcupine Tree fame. With his expertise working the production board, the band has only further honed their sound, experimenting with more prog and less death metal on certain albums, but always leaving enough to satisfy even the most finicky metalhead.

I chose at least one song from each of their studio albums to show their progression from kids with an idea to masters of that idea. As they are a prog band, their earlier albums were concept albums, so the songs may not make as much sense lyrically, but are still worthy of even the stuffiest s prog-fan's archive. It is not easy just taking bits and pieces from each Opeth album, because there are no casual Opeth fans, you either like the albums or you haven't listened to them. This is just a guide for people who may have been curious about the band, but didn't know where to start, or was turned off because they're metal. Yes they are metal, but since when was that a bad thing? This is a band I can keep revisiting no matter how many times I listen to them, a band that transcends the bar set by many other metal bands.

01. "Advent" - Morningrise (1996)
02. "Demon of the Fall" - My Arms, Your Hearse (1998)
03. "In My Time of Need" - Damnation (2003)
04. "Forest of October" - Orchid (1995)
05. "Dirge for November" - Blackwater Park (2001)
06. "Burden" - Watershed (2008)
07. "Benighted" - Still Life (1999)
08. "Isolated Years" - Ghost Reveries (2005)
09. "Would?" - Burden Single (2009) (Alice in Chains cover)
10. "By the Pain I See in Others" - Deliverance (2002)

Get at this

over one year later...

still looking for this.

Scrolling real fast I thought it said beginner's guide to Oprah.

Why thank you! :D

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Are you partial to achingly heartfelt lyrics? Do you enjoy emotional music that doesn't hide behind the veil of black eyes and slashed wrists? Looking for a band that has genuinely evolved, musically and lyrically, with each of the four albums they've released in their spectacular (and sordidly underappreciated) career? Then this compilation is for you.

From "Your Favorite Weapon", released 2001
1. Seventy Times 7
2. Soco Amaretto Lime

From "Deja Entendu", released 2003
3. Me vs. Maradona vs. Elvis
4. Sic Transit Gloria... Glory Fades
5. The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot

From "The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me", released 2006
6. Degausser
7. The Archer's Bows Have Broken

Non-album digital download, released 2007
8. (Fork and Knife)

From "Daisy", released 2009
9. Sink
10. Daisy

Die Young and Save Yourself

^^ Dude...

No Okay I Believe You, But My Tommy Gun Don't... =/

I know :(

It used to be one of my favorites, but I played it to death. I was really torn between Maradona or Tommy Gun. There are too many excellent songs to pick from, so I really just had to stick with what I initially picked.

You should do them a beginner's guide too!

Actually I agree with basically everything on there! It's definitely a good track list. It's just that Okay I Believe You, But My Tommy Gun Don't is one my favourite tracks from them.

i have to say i really enjoyed the Brand New compilation...i listened to it twice this morning and must say i think i like them.....thanks RCVA

aw shucks :tramp:

I was thinking about putting together a Swans comp too, but seeing as you beat me to it why don't you go ahead and make it? I wait eagerly in anticipation. :)

^^Oh yeah, some persistence :laughing: But, since I've said it, I should just get on with it...already.

I made this mix for a mate's show on uni radio and, rather than leave it at that, I may as well post it here. As with other mixes I've done here, you'll find some youtube videos linked to their respective songs in the tracklisting...


Too long for a beginner's guide? Hell yeah! 10 just ain't enough when it comes to this kinda music though. I kinda cheated by sticking a couple of Motown and one Stax track in there, but hey, that's just how I roll :p:

Enjoy!

Would anyone be interested in a guide to the Decemberists, before their sixth album comes out in January? I feel like it's one of the few guides I'd be qualified to write.

i would....i've never really listened to them

i loved every track...i am officially a fan....they seem like a folky mix of The Shins and The New Pornographers but with their own sound and style.....thanks a lot

Completely welcome! Thanks for giving it the time of day!

EDIT: Speak of the devil, lp6 leaked today. I might have to edit my guide to include it.

This is a great compilation! I 'bolded' my favorites (from what I haven't listened to). I think I need to look into The Green Man first. That one made the strongest impression.

Does this fall under that tag? :confused:



If so I think I've heard quite a bit of it on some compilations like Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer.

EDIT: I didn't even see that you had him featured on your compilation. I don't read enough. Maybe I should start soon.

That looks like a great comp Pedestrian. I'm excited to listen, especially if they're like the Shins as bob said.

Thank you! Do tell how it goes.

:)

Whom The Moon A Nightsong Sings was such a good release....i'm looking into Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer right now

i think you would probably really like them....again the are like the Shins without really cloning them

Yeah it's definitely an interesting genre. I knew of Musk Ox initially, and then found Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer through them. Then that led to Whom the Moon a Nightsong Sings.

a beginner's guide to:

sweet!...i'm all over this...i loved the song you posted in the "song above you" thread

good to hear. I made myself a mix cd for the car so I figured that I should up it.

In this beginner's guide: an atrocious lack of "Blues from Down Here", by far and above the best TVOTR song.

Is it just me or did he put emphasis on the wrong word in that sentence

lol

blasphemer!

the dude can do no wrong.

i really enjoyed this mix....but have to admit that i lean towards the stuff off of 'Return To Cookie Mountain'....which i'm download right now....

my favorite TVOTR songs are from cookie too. but dear science is more consistent.

i could see that...actually 'Crying' is probably my favorite track on your mix

Where would you put the emphasis?

He said "That's just your opinion man", as if it was his opinion-man, whatever an opinion-man is.

I would have said "That's just your opinion man"

It's like saying "That's a sweet ass car!" but placing the emphasis on "sweet" instead of "car", implying that the ass-car is sweet.

I'm really late responding here but I guess/hope it's better than never.

Anyways I really enjoyed it. I can hear the Shins resemblance, but they definitely have their own twist on things as well. After listening I discovered we already owned Picaresque but I'd somehow missed out on uploading it and listening to it. So I did, and it was good. Thanks for showing me a great band.