★★★★★
Note before listening: a newcomer to Opeth could play any of their last four albums side by side without spotting too many obvious differences. Since the Swedish band shed their heavy metal roots and emerged as a fully-fledged progressive rock group of the mid-70s school, their speciality has been long, complex, atmospheric songs that tend to blur into one after a while...
- recordcollectormag.com
2014-08-14
★★★★★
Revolver Magazine | Aug 12, 2014 | Comments 0 | Tags: Opeth Having already veered hard towards the shoals of early '70s-style progressive rock on 2011's 'Heritage,' Mikael Åkerfeldt practically runs the good ship Opeth aground with a prog-intensive album that often sounds closer to soggy Jethro Tull outtakes than anything in his band's mighty back catalog. The playing is impeccable as always, and Åkerfeldt has certainly earned the right to follow his own muse wherever it may lead...
- www.revolvermag.com
2014-08-13
★★★★★
It's fair to say that some bands are better within their comfort zone than others; from the moment Opeth's debut Orchid came out, their goal has presumably been to bring 70s progressive rock and folk-oriented beauty to the normally extreme nature of death metal. Whereas bands like Tristania and Within Temptation would use the "Beauty and the Beast" approach to contrasting vocal dynamics/styles, Opeth essentially brought this concept to their instrumentation...
- www.sputnikmusic.com
2013-10-19
★★★★★
"Nearly twelve years later the band has gone through many changes - both in style and in membership - but 'Blackwater Park' has stood the test of time and still holds up as a stellar blend of death metal with clean signing and a progressive attitude." "Blackwater Park" is a key component of the prog metal machine that is Opeth, and is essentially the band's flagship album...
- www.metalunderground.com
2012-07-05
★★★★★
Opeth are one of those bands who are great for starting arguments simply because they exist and do what they do. Not that they planned on it, presumably, but when you have people getting into endless flamewars about exactly what kind of metal the Swedish act performs-- or even if they're metal at all, thanks especially to last year's release of Heritage-- then they've done what any reasonable band should by not caring what they're called so long as it's out there...
- pitchfork.com
2012-04-23
★★★★★
Impression: Again, Opeth have failed to release poor material. They are one of the few bands that succeed in taking their music to a new level every album. If you bought their previous release, Still Life, was amazing (which I sure did), then you are garentueed to be literaly and utterly awe-struck if you have not already heard any material from Blackwater Park, or Opeth either for that matter...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2012-04-12
★★★★★
Sound: This is arguably Opeth's heaviest album yet. It is Opeth's sixth studio album and my personal favourite. Still Life has some very heavy moments, yet on Deliverance the music, even the heavy riffs, flow alot better in comparison to Still Life, where the riffs are very disjointed and singluar, Deliverance's riffs go from one to the other with a very smooth transition...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2012-04-12
★★★★★
Summary: Mikael Akerfeldt and company pay tribute to their musical heritage. 18 of 18 thought this review was well written It seemed as though Opeth might have found a fair balance between the unique death metal sound for which they've become so renowned and the old progressive music frontman Mikael Akerfeldt has so openly expressed his love for on 2008's Watershed...
- www.sputnikmusic.com
2012-04-12
★★★★★
Sound: Opeth's 7th studio observation, Damnation, breaks away from the rest of their albums and is a completely mellow album. Akerfeldt describes this album as "a way to get in touch with the music of the '70s that influences my writing, even my heavier music, but this gets me closer to it than ever before...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2012-04-12
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