sometimes i'm sad listening to Opeth and then someone comes and makes me laugh and ruins everything, and it takes a while to recover my precious sadness
Opeth is the only metal band I've ever seen who can pull off not having a mosh pit. Everyone in the audience just stand in awestruck silence, admiring the majesty before them.
I would say it's probably because their concerts now are at least in half a rock songs. They stopped playing metal music especially death metal around in 2008. These 2-3 songs for the whole concert don't change much, it's not the same, it's not a metal band anymore. I guess at least the money is right, but they should change band name ;)
Maybe the most overlooked track on Blackwater Park, but certainly one of the best Akerfeldt ever wrote. The epitome of melancholy. Poe only wished he were alive to hear something this depressing.
Fun fact: the first HEAVY (not the clean intro) section until the vocals come in was written by Peter (the first two riffs at least, possibly not the leads).
I get an eargasm every time i hear the switch at the end from distortion to clean. Its so majestically done. One of the most wild switches in tone but it just works so sooo so well 😫
My brother passed away on November 2015 and this song always reminds me of him, we used to listen to opeth together all the time, this was our favourite band, I had this on my mind all day long, I miss him a lot
Mendez is the best bassist in metal and it's not close. He plays actual basslines rather than just playing the low end of the guitar chord progressions. He's very sensible, almost like a funk bassist. and he plays super fast parts with fingers! absolutely insane.
This is the first Opeth song I tried to learn on the guitar some 15 yrs back ... the intro, outro and everything in between is just beautiful... couldn't help crying after listening to it after so long.
yes it took me nearly 5 playthroughs to go holy fuck this is amazing. I find prog metal is extremely difficult to get into at first then it just turns into an actual addiction
This kind of thing is what Opeth is missing these days. The composition style that allowed for masterpieces like this. I don’t care that they don’t growl anymore. They’ve proven they can still write great things without growling (see: damnation). I’m sad we’ll probably never hear amazing songs like this in the future
@@cansuunlu998 Tbf they might be in a better place mentally than back then. So it's only fair for them to write what they feel (though i agree the best stuff was back then and way darker lol)
This has always been, and will always be my favorite Opeth song. I've never been lucky enough to hear them play it live, but this version is pretty excellent!
Without meaning to use the term lightly, it is a musical masterpiece. Mendez outdoes his performance for the studio recordings with stunning jazzy improvisation. Ackerfeld is great though imo doesnt come across quite as melancholic as in the studio version. Outstanding live rendering of a song.
alexis georgiades Opeth isn’t an improv band at all. Mendez and the boys use the same flourishes across many live performances to add appeal. I agree though that they are fantastic live
This is one of those songs that I cant stop repeating over and over, and cant get tired of it. beautiful and powerful, gives me the chills! thanks Opeth for this
I was there! The end of this song was one of the highlights for me. To be sat there with hundreds of people being as quiet as they possibly could while Akerfeldt's haunting guitar echoed around the Royal Albert Hall is something I'll never forget!
God damn... I should never, EVER have let that opportunity to see them perform with In Flames pass by. Next time I see they're touring, my ass is there.
***** You live in Opeth's home country, though. Also a country with a substantially better government and better healthcare n shit. Also you're in Europe. Trust me, I'd prefer to be there :P
Opeth, the ultimate outro boss. THis one ; deliverance ; Harlequin Forest ; Burden! Other times it doesn"t really sound like an outro, but the climax is still in the end like in Demon of the Fall. And I forgot tons of good examples...
When I listen to an Opeth live performance, I'm much more impressed by the fact that they are so incredible that many times during acoustic interludes or just when the music quiets down you can hear a fucking pin drop in a crowd of thousands of rowdy metal heads........it actually gives me chills, I can only imagine what it's like for the band to know that their audience is hanging on every note, That silence (at most live performances of Opeth, not all obviously) is simply amazing.
When a friend of mine wanted to cheer me up after a bad break up he asked me what song I want a local radio station to play for me. I asked for this shit. I find it really relaxing!
@@aoaoa605 It's not about the growls, it's about the music. Watershed only had growls on 2 songs and then 10 seconds of 1 song; it was mostly soft but we all loved it anyway. And don't forget about Damnation.
I first heard this about a time I broke up with a woman I thought I'd share the rest of my life with. It is very sad but that ending is a beautiful mixture of tragedy and yet hope at the same time. So at least to me this is a personal favorite. Awesome band!
This F'ing rules, amazing how great this sounds live. Love when the heavy part kicks in, sounds incredible. I think my favorite part starts at 3:16, Mikael and Fredrik playing those melodic lines is just awesome...both have excellent vibratos.
finally my prayers have been answered, opeth and katatonia playing at the worcester palladium in massachussetes...only 27.50 a ticket, ive already seen katatonia live (which was amazing) but opeth and katatonia, thats my definition of heaven they are my 2 favorite bands EVER
sometimes i'm sad listening to Opeth and then someone comes and makes me laugh and ruins everything, and it takes a while to recover my precious sadness
I know that feeling bro
😀 What a lovely way to live your life😄🤘
Exactly the same
@@lazarnikolic4958 Kinda of arrogance suppose others feellings from an youtube comment...
Sorrow
Opeth is the only metal band I've ever seen who can pull off not having a mosh pit. Everyone in the audience just stand in awestruck silence, admiring the majesty before them.
I wish they were, instead they're ruining the softer parts by clapping like mad.
@Jeff Dittburner I saw this comment and the first thing I thought of was Yob.
@Brainkrieg it's prog metal
Same thing with Dream Theater. :)
I would say it's probably because their concerts now are at least in half a rock songs. They stopped playing metal music especially death metal around in 2008. These 2-3 songs for the whole concert don't change much, it's not the same, it's not a metal band anymore. I guess at least the money is right, but they should change band name ;)
Maybe the most overlooked track on Blackwater Park, but certainly one of the best Akerfeldt ever wrote. The epitome of melancholy. Poe only wished he were alive to hear something this depressing.
How is that an overlooked track?
Fun fact: the first HEAVY (not the clean intro) section until the vocals come in was written by Peter (the first two riffs at least, possibly not the leads).
Was this overlooked?? I always thought ir was one of the best, and most of the others i have heard talk about it as well
Whether or not it's overlooked, it's certainly one of the most critically panned. I love it to pieces though.
@@Thothings the best section in my opinion, so beautiful. Miss u peter
How can a song be so beautiful and brutal at the same time?
Cause it's opeth :)
Mourningrise375 Yeah.. it is literally that simple :-)
Prog Metal
I believe the word you are looking for is 'brutiful' :)
You sir.. you are GENIUS! This is my favourite word now! :D
The ending is stunningly beautiful
+Dragonaut111 one of my favourites ! so awesome ! so perfect ! \m/
Dragonaut111 the intro too
One of Opeth most beautiful parts. Personally one of the best things Mikael has written (or maybe was Lindgren?) Anyway its astonishing
it almost got me crying, no joke
I get an eargasm every time i hear the switch at the end from distortion to clean. Its so majestically done. One of the most wild switches in tone but it just works so sooo so well 😫
My brother passed away on November 2015 and this song always reminds me of him, we used to listen to opeth together all the time, this was our favourite band, I had this on my mind all day long, I miss him a lot
❤
Best outro in metal history.
Gil Novello so fucking beautiful and depressing. Words can't even describe how the outro makes me feel.
Love that outro
Even the credence one is so damn awesome
Deliverance???
Samuel Overs depressing though ? Never saw it that way.
dude thier bassist is such a beast
Mendez is the best bassist in metal and it's not close. He plays actual basslines rather than just playing the low end of the guitar chord progressions. He's very sensible, almost like a funk bassist. and he plays super fast parts with fingers! absolutely insane.
That bass, that brutal, that clean... So beautiful.
This song is the epitome of seasonal depression, and I’m here for it. Fall of 2022 🍁🤘🏼
I love the dead silence during that outro riff. Edge of their seats lol.
6:00 That outro leaves me in chaotic feelings every single time I listen to this song :'S
This is the first Opeth song I tried to learn on the guitar some 15 yrs back ... the intro, outro and everything in between is just beautiful... couldn't help crying after listening to it after so long.
Blackwater Park really is the pinnacle of metal, it took me some time to realise this
yes it took me nearly 5 playthroughs to go holy fuck this is amazing. I find prog metal is extremely difficult to get into at first then it just turns into an actual addiction
The fact that live version sounds so good blows me away, only Opeth
I can't belive i just discovered opeth last year, it has changed my whole life
I wrote them off like 15 years ago and only recently have realized what I've been missing out on. So fab.
Mendez is so awesome! Hardly moves throughout the whole song yet has so much stage presence. And plays incredibly well.
No need for any other band to exist, Opeth is all we need.
I don't know why people don't consider this song as one of their greats?
They do.
Because they also have Blackwater Park on the same album. :)
And they really have many other great songs, maybe too many to choose from.
I do
I do.
Because it's THE greatest
This kind of thing is what Opeth is missing these days. The composition style that allowed for masterpieces like this. I don’t care that they don’t growl anymore. They’ve proven they can still write great things without growling (see: damnation). I’m sad we’ll probably never hear amazing songs like this in the future
@Cansu ÜNLÜ I would be EATING UP new Opeth if it was more similar to songs like A Fair Judgement
@@cansuunlu998 Tbf they might be in a better place mentally than back then. So it's only fair for them to write what they feel (though i agree the best stuff was back then and way darker lol)
@@sirdo946 Mentaly ? All metal bands needs have mental problem because they play metal instead of rock and change style, sounds like different band ?
This has always been, and will always be my favorite Opeth song. I've never been lucky enough to hear them play it live, but this version is pretty excellent!
Despite the growls this songs still manages to be one of the saddest opeth songs. Hauntingly beautiful
Despite? It is in part, because of the growls it reaches such a high emotional level
I like to imagine that the growls come from a soul drenched in pain, sorrow and agony.
Without meaning to use the term lightly, it is a musical masterpiece. Mendez outdoes his performance for the studio recordings with stunning jazzy improvisation. Ackerfeld is great though imo doesnt come across quite as melancholic as in the studio version. Outstanding live rendering of a song.
alexis georgiades Opeth isn’t an improv band at all. Mendez and the boys use the same flourishes across many live performances to add appeal. I agree though that they are fantastic live
This is one of those songs that I cant stop repeating over and over, and cant get tired of it. beautiful and powerful, gives me the chills! thanks Opeth for this
Favorite opeth song by far, beautiful and intense and amazing
Shut up. You don't know music and you're only saying that to fit in.
+Ihateregistrations1 LMAO okay!
Whats your problem Sir?
Shut up, you're nothing about music.
Ahmet Emin Erdoğan 😂😂😂
I was there! The end of this song was one of the highlights for me. To be sat there with hundreds of people being as quiet as they possibly could while Akerfeldt's haunting guitar echoed around the Royal Albert Hall is something I'll never forget!
This is modern opera. All the drama and great music you can have.
God damn... I should never, EVER have let that opportunity to see them perform with In Flames pass by. Next time I see they're touring, my ass is there.
TheGreatYukon You going to the NY or LA show?
***** You live in Opeth's home country, though. Also a country with a substantially better government and better healthcare n shit. Also you're in Europe.
Trust me, I'd prefer to be there :P
Same shit in Denmark👎🇩🇰
TheGreatYukon saw them in houston, texas
Its all fate man. Youll know when the time is right. Peace brother
The ending is like a hug to my soul calming my depression.
I'm 28 years old I've never heard a song as impactful as this one!
The feels I get from that lead that starts about 48 seconds in... WOW... I love this live, I've seen it 2x now.
Opeth, the ultimate outro boss. THis one ; deliverance ; Harlequin Forest ; Burden!
Other times it doesn"t really sound like an outro, but the climax is still in the end like in Demon of the Fall.
And I forgot tons of good examples...
Credence too
The leper affinity has my favorite outro
cant explain how much ı love this song...
When I listen to an Opeth live performance, I'm much more impressed by the fact that they are so incredible that many times during acoustic interludes or just when the music quiets down you can hear a fucking pin drop in a crowd of thousands of rowdy metal heads........it actually gives me chills, I can only imagine what it's like for the band to know that their audience is hanging on every note, That silence (at most live performances of Opeth, not all obviously) is simply amazing.
When a friend of mine wanted to cheer me up after a bad break up he asked me what song I want a local radio station to play for me. I asked for this shit. I find it really relaxing!
Top 10 all time for me. When I first heard this in 2006 I was mesmerized.....and I am still am.
That last part gives me chills and like i'm about to cry....
I wish Opeth still made music like this.
Same. In Cauda Venenum is the worst nu-Opeth album to date, I'd say. It's just not very engaging compared to the composition of the other albums.
@@sulociou7846 lmao
@@sulociou7846 no growls,😥 it isn't music anymore, right? 😒😐
@@sulociou7846 ¿? Lovelorn Crim, All things will pass,
@@aoaoa605 It's not about the growls, it's about the music. Watershed only had growls on 2 songs and then 10 seconds of 1 song; it was mostly soft but we all loved it anyway. And don't forget about Damnation.
This song is a true masterpiece...
Absolutely astounding as is the whole of the Blackwater Park album , i never ever ever tire of hearing it 😍😍
I love the bass line in this song
This song is so fucking BEAUTIFUL....damn
His songs are like Klimt paintings. So beautiful colours and so dark at the same time.
What an incredible solo ! 3:00
Mendez bass sounds sweet 🍺
This entire record is a masterpiece!
I love how the croud isn't jumping around like crazy... They are in awe, as I would be..
This album simply blows minds away...
This is amazing, true musicianship in its purest form
Listening to Opeth feels like watching a good fucking movie.
What a song
this is obviously best Opeth's live song ever !
First song I ever heard of Opeth. Never missed a single song since then!
man, the sound on this dvd is amazing! so alive, clear and brutal.
Listen to the album version = superb, then listen to this version = Magnifique!
I first heard this about a time I broke up with a woman I thought I'd share the rest of my life with. It is very sad but that ending is a beautiful mixture of tragedy and yet hope at the same time. So at least to me this is a personal favorite. Awesome band!
this band is very good
6:02 That outro. To me it always sounded like the soundtrack to the album cover with the ghostly silhouettes in the dark swamp.
Absolutely, also the calm part in the middle of the title track, with all those atmospheric guitar sounds...
Це така крута група я слухаю їхню музику зовсім недавно хоча рок слухаю вже 50 років дякую інтернету і ютюбу
The end brings such strong emotions in me, reminds me how much shit I have been through, now I sit here hardened by experience, numb to pain.
Classic.
My favorite track on Blackwater Park.
The create such a dark and intese atmosphere, it's amazing!
Mendez is a beast. Just look at him playing smoothly ...
IN-fucking-CREDIBLE!
Wow, a band that can actually keep time with their own tracks they put out.. Imagine that.
What a beautiful ending..
These guys are everything good in music
it's very hard not to cry hearing this song...
whole piece is nice, but from 1:57 i could listen whole day. sooo gooood
This F'ing rules, amazing how great this sounds live. Love when the heavy part kicks in, sounds incredible. I think my favorite part starts at 3:16, Mikael and Fredrik playing those melodic lines is just awesome...both have excellent vibratos.
Those growls are overwhelming
So beautiful
Pure beauty. Reminds me a very dark time in my life, but sounds like liberation to me...
How does his voice do that that’s amazing
Love it forever..
So beautiful ! so powerful and deep dark !
Gives me goosebumps every time
La mejor versión que hay sin dudas
I love this song.
That intro and outro tho!
Saw this video on VH1 a few years back, till then I am a great fan of Opeth.
Jignesh Shah same here..saw the exact thing live and I'm hooked till today. Great band
Did VH1 also posted such good shit? All I saw were some pop and rap
@@geetbehera3593 Maybe I was lucky that day.
Dirge for november
Face of Melinda
Ghost of Perdition are the most beautiful pieces of art from Opeth.
Winter Sun Don't forget Black Rose Immortal!
Winter Sun you forgot "to bid you farewell"
Very very good music
melancholia. thats the brief of this song.
This is truly one of the best songs ever written. Very depressing...
finally my prayers have been answered, opeth and katatonia playing at the worcester palladium in massachussetes...only 27.50 a ticket, ive already seen katatonia live (which was amazing) but opeth and katatonia, thats my definition of heaven they are my 2 favorite bands EVER
What a voice!
Amazing song...
Good recording and mix. Love this song so much. Tuesday, November 16 Asheville, NC. I will be there!
I know the entire song is freaking amazing but the intro is just . . . goddamn beautiful.
Y aquí sigo 10 años después
Das Video ist so Hammer ;) vielen Dank für die tolle Musik ... I love it. thx :- )
Doesn't get much better than this.
I sold my soul to !Opeth.!., so I am already in heaven now.
I am entranced...he sings and growls so effortlessly. Phenomenal live!
3:53 most badass triple zoom in the history of mankind.
Just beautiful!!!!!
Hands down favorite song off Blackwater park.
00:35 "where's metal?... where's the fucking metal?"
Qliphirot just a fucking idiot
what a bellend
Majestic
6:07 flawless
Opeth is awesome🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘