Posts Tagged ‘Opeth’

I’ve been very quiet in the past few months, severely lacking inspiration and patience, but if there’s anything that can get me out of my hole, it must be Opeth. After a brilliant performance at Artmania, I was more than ready for their new record and lo and behold, In cauda venenum is …

Another Artmania has ended. I’ve said it before, I simply can’t get enough of this festival and I have a lot of respect for the way the organisers handle it year after year. Yes, there were bigger lines than usual this time. Yes, at some point it took 30 minutes …

After two reviews full of superlatives for Heritage and Pale Communion, I guess it’s finally time to tone down a bit the Opeth fangirlism for Sorceress. It doesn’t mean that Sorceress is a bad album, Opeth could make better albums than 80% of the music that’s out there in their sleep, I think they’re incapable of …

With the risk of attracting the wrath of the older Opeth fans, I have to say I’m very happy that they’re continuing on the path they started with Heritage. This is an album that’s more prog rock than progressive metal, but personally I love it. It’s moody, it’s complex, it’s experimental …

I’ve always been fascinated with Opeth, but I could never listen to it unless I was in the certain mood. The alternation between the aggressive growling was too tough to swallow when I was feeling tired and the atmospheric and burdening calmer parts was tough to swallow when I was …

Day 1 Tristania Weeee, I saw Tristania 😀 They were awesome and I’m officially in love with Mary, she rocks! She has a very good voice and I love what she’s doing with it and she has an awesome stage presence. She exhales power and energy through all her pores, …