Absolutely. I was big into metal when I was like 18 but for the past 6 years or so I have moved on to many other genres and wouldn’t really call myself a metalhead anymore, but still to me Blackwater Park is definitely one of those few records that is just undeniably one of the all time greats across any genre.
Agreed. A decade has passed since i discovered Opeth and i always have them on repeat, this whole album is such a class act masterpiece and will never get old.
If someone asked me to play the most beautifully mournful part in any song ever, it would be the outro/intro of The Drapery Falls. I feel like my soul is both healing and drifting away from this planet when I hear that part.
I had an incredible online friend who introduced me to Opeth. This was the first song he sent me - in spite of being a life long heavy metal fan, I was new to the death growl. My first thought? " What the hell did you send me??" The second listen made me a fan. I even have their logo tattooed on my forearm. My friend passed almost two years ago, but he will never be forgotten and is very much missed. I think of him every time I listen to Opeth
I remember the era when I was starting to open up more to death growls and it opened up way more legendary bands. Opeth and Enslaved are 2 bands that are in my top 5 all time
I was born a metalhead but growls were not my thing... until one day about ten years ago. I had a random list on RUclips and this song came up. The world of Opeth just exploded in my life.
It was a beautiful thing, right? I was in the same boat. My introduction to Opeth was The Roundhouse Tapes. I couldn't stand the harsh vocals, but the musicianship along with Mikael's cleans just blew me away and then...down the rabbit hole i went
@@mastodon0124 After listening to Blackwater Park I became a huge fan of Opeth. So I have bought all their LPs. Yes, Ghost of Prediction is also a great song!
I honestly think it really helped that Steven Wilson was behind the producing of it. It's a brilliant album. November is the best time to put it on again
THERE IS FAILURE INSIDE HE STANDS FOR LEPRESY GET BACK FOR THE ENIGMA NO QUIET INTERIOR IS SANITARY DEVIL AND BASTARDS, MAKE MY WAY THERE'S A GHOST IN THE CORNER POURING OUT THE REST OF YOUR SODA
Is it just me or does this album get better each time I hear it? Nuance, tempo... chord progression. Magnificent. Redefined my definition "Death Metal". My first introduction into Opeth, Blackwater Park. Can't wait to go down this rabbit hole.
I've revisited the album more or less yearly for around a decade, and it does get better with age and a healthy amount of listening sessions. I'm envious you get /got to discover Still Life and Ghost Reveries after listening to Blackwater park for the first time. All 3 are equally genius with enough variety to make each of em unique albums., the best proggy/experiemental death metal albums ever. Some of the best albums I've ever heard in any genre. Check out Katatonia - The Great Cold Distance and Edge of Sanity - Crimson II as well - and then the rest of their discographies. Just other Swedish death metal with prog/experiemental flair and influences all over the place.
@@chikenspongebob5434 There's no going wrong with this record, you'd do yourself a favor by listening beginning to end. This song is actually a great foreshadowing of how the album has heavy stuff juxtaposed with softer emotional stuff.
Same, and it's still their absolute best imo. It's been more than 10 years that im listening to them and not a single day goes by without me listening to it, and i listen to the whole album at least once a week. No other musician in human kind's history will ever match the divine artform which is Opeth's music.
The first time I heard the song it felt like I've always known it. It's the kind of music that's already inside you. A dark horror, hope and light, drowning darkness and the strength to carry on.
Yeah right? Plus it's in odd time which makes it even more jarring. I had to immediately sit in front of my piano the first time I heard that to figure out what the hell kind of satanic music theory was behind that sound.
I heard this on shuffle in a metal playlist and holy shit… I am blown away this is beautiful music. My #1 band of all time is Tool so this instantly clicked with me and am now a big fan of this band!
Music is all highly personal I guess, I love the fact that everyone can come up with their own interpretation. That being said I'd like to share what it means to me without dismissing anyone else's ideas: When I close my eyes while listening to the opening/closing part I always see a waterfall. The acoustic guitar in the beginning sounds like the gentle streaming of the river up top. The noise slowly approaches over the horizon through that one pressing note... then it all tumbles over into chaos. The general 'wall of sound' and the prominent bass line (perhaps not loud, but providing a lot of melody) give me the same feeling as massive amounts of water turning over. There's also the cymbals and lots of hi-hat, i associate those with the splashy sounds of water hitting rocks. I'd say the 'Falls' in the title could be both a noun and a verb, giving the title a double meaning. Perhaps there's a waterfall somewhere in Blackwater Park called Drapery Falls. I imagine that it's about the vastness of nature, the world and society around us. About feeling lost and throw around, and struggling to find a place where you belong. It's the slow realization that you are part of something enormous that neither you or anyone else has control over. When you're young the world seems much more man-made, grown ups seem in control of everything. The realization that this isn't the case (if it comes at all...) is something you have to discover for yourself. That's what the other meaning of the title signifies for me: the drapery concealing this fact slips away and you must accept that there's no guaranteed happy endings in real life. There will be bad things happening that you can't prevent. One more thing, I find Mikael's screams to be some of the most appropriate I've heard. There's no aggression, no trying to impress, nothing that makes me go "ugh just shut up edgelord". Instead it sounds like genuine internal struggle, a person facing up to extreme emotions. I haven't even said anything about the lyrics yet... Forgive me for taking so many words, and thanks for hearing me out, kind Opeth listening internet stranger.
vic verstraete I need to be smoking what your smoking bro. I love this song and type of music but damn bro, you are experiencing this at a different level. A elevated level might I say
@@gregtheflyingwhale agreed. Much more complex. Id argue lightly that Danny Carey is perhaps a more "technical" drummer than Mendez, but Opeth trumps them in all other areas. Imho
Still as hauntingly beautiful as the first time I heard it. Opeth's music washes over you like a wave of dread and ethereal melancholy. "Pull me down again and guide me into..." that moment at 3:55 is always incredible. My favorite on Blackwater Park.
Though I absolutely enjoy the new sound of Opeth very much, I really miss these days. This album had such a huge impact to my musical taste, influences and preferences and this song is absolute magic.
Please remedy my confusion And thrust me back to the day The silence of your seclusion Brings night into all you say Pull me down again And guide me into pain I'm counting nocturnal hours Drowned visions in haunted sleep Faint flickering of your powers Leaks out to show what you keep Pull me down again And guide me into Ah ah ah Ah ah ah Ah ah ah Ah ah ah There is failure inside This test I can't persist Kept back by the enigma No criterias demanded here Deadly patterns made my wreath Prosperous in your ways Pale ghost in the corner Pouring a caress on your shoulder Puzzled by shrewd innocence Runs a thick tide beneath Ushered into inner graves Nails bleeding from the struggle It is the end for the weak at heart Always the same A lullaby for the ones who've lost all Reeling inside My gleaming eye in your necklace reflects Stare of primal regrets You turn your back and you walk away Never again Spiralling to the ground below Like autumn leaves left in the wake to fade away Waking up to your sound again And lapse into the ways of misery
Haven't been listening to Opeth since I was maybe 15. Now I'm 25 and got here through YT's algorithm while listening to atmospheric black metal... Jeez, Opeth are dope. Why did I stop listening to them? Teenage me was more wise than I am
Years and years later...that opening makes me fall in love over and over again. Unmatched. This song is one of, if not the best, I’ve heard in terms of composition in a very long time.
The guitar riffs at the beginning and end of the song make me feel that no matter how much I run from something I don't know, I will never be able to escape and what chases me will take me to a dark place that I will never be able to leave.
Atmospheric Extreme Progressive Melodic Death Metal. I doubt there are any other metal bands on the planet with such fluid fusion of different styles of metal. You can't help but gape in utter amazement.
@@killerpaja03 Thanks, but I've listened to these bands, including Gallowbraid and dark folk bands along the same lines. I'm looking for stuff that is not well-known in the metal community.
It makes me sad knowing that every day millions of songs are played in the ears of millions of people all over the world and 97% of them don't hold a candle to this. This song (along with most of Opeth's discography) is beautiful and timeless!
One of the most brilliant compositions in the history of music and humanity. Rage and deep melancholy... ugliness and beauty... violence and calmness... all in just one song. A sublime masterpiece. Words fail to describe how majestic this song is, words fail to describe how deeply melancholic and beatiful it is. Not only that, also the lyrics can't reach the level of expression and beauty of the sound. The end and the start of this song are basically the same, which makes the song seem like an endless cycle of deeply moving sadness, a wheel of pure melancholy that will roll for eternity (if there is such thing!). I can compare very few pieces that can top or be equally sublime to the level of execution and majesty of this amazing work. And I must say those pieces that can be compared are usually outside the metal music realm. Congratulations to this band and everyone who were involved on the creation of this song and this album for producing such a well crafted work. There are many modern bands that are very technical and way more complex in composition... I have listened to countless bands (old and new) and metal subgenres... But unfortunately none of those bands have reached this level of sublimeness in my vision. Not trying to be pretentious, it is just the way I feel. I enjoy a ton of different metal bands that I consider to be excellent... some of them are black metal, grindcore, avant-garde, noise and progressive... Not all excellent music is sublime, but all sublime music is excellent. Also, sublime music is very rare outside the classical realm. I'm always looking for the best compositions I can, and Opeth is a band that knows how to create masterpieces.
I think that, similar to every other part of the fabric of human(and perhaps other?) life, all genres of music hold the potential for golden opportunity: I think, there are a myriad filters of perception: visionary composers; witty lyricists; analytical mixers; moody audio environments; great musicians; high-quality equipment; diverse audience members: all of these and more, sharing and constructing an ever-growing, infinitely manifold work of art.
It's a simple thing, but I really love the way Mikael did the "Pull me down again, and guide me into pain." verse in this song, especially when the second time it comes back, instead of saying pain, he lets out this melody that sounds like hes kinda "Screaming". I don't know if it was intentional, but I like it a lot
The best song in the entire history of music. I honestly pity the billions of human beings that go on their lives without listening to this masterpiece or knowing it exists.
08:46 Apartir dai ja começo a chorar, uma sensação boa e ruim ao mesmo tempo, me faz lembrar td que passei na vida coisas boas e ruins. 🎼🎼🎼🎼❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷❤❤❤❤❤❤
An old friend's New Years Eve party, me on mushrooms by myself, lying on a couch away from everyone else, listening to this track, Dec 31 2004. WHAT A NIGHT
My interpretation is that this song is about an abusive relationship and the narrator is the one suffering abuse. You can see how it lacks self-esteem (please remedy my confusion / a pale ghost in the corner pouring a caress on your shoulder), grieves his absence (the silence of your seclusion brings night into all you say), sees the other as a godlike creature (faint flickering of your power leaks out to show what you keep) while still recognizing how painful this relationship is (pull me down again and guide me into pain / there is failure inside this test I can't persist). The struggle makes it try to escape (nails bleeding for the struggle / it is the end for the weak at heart / a lullaby for the ones who've lost all reeling inside) and ultimately it confronts the other (my gleaming eye in your necklace reflects, stare of primal regrets) and the other simply turns around and leaves. Which causes the narrator to fall on the ground, just to wake up by the calling of the abuser and "lapse into the ways of misery". Then it all starts again, and that's when the main riff returns. This band is out of this world.
I've noticed something these guys do as well as Mastodon...They have sudden transitions, but flow well in many of their songs. A lot of both of these artists stuff sounds moreike 2-3 songs in one. And they pull it off masterfully!
It’s funny cuz that’s one of the things I hate about zeppelin but I almost don’t even notice it with opeth because it actually serves a functional purpose that doesn’t muddle the tone
It took me almost 20 years to discover this incredible song that reminds me the good musical days, Dimmu Borgir, Cradle of Filth, Emperor, Theatre of Tragedy, Samael, Anathema, Paradise Lost...
I met them with this track, moons ago, on one of those iTunes "radios" that were actually loops if I'm not mistaken. I selected the prog rock, and I listened to this from beginning to end. I stopped what I was doing, hypnotized, mesmerized by the harmonic landscape and everything about this song. I even remember what I was wearing. Unforgetable. One my favourite bands ever since. I was literally happy to be alive listening to these dudes during the 2000's. Undescribable joy.
Blackwater Park is one of the best albums of all time. No question.
Absolutely. I was big into metal when I was like 18 but for the past 6 years or so I have moved on to many other genres and wouldn’t really call myself a metalhead anymore, but still to me Blackwater Park is definitely one of those few records that is just undeniably one of the all time greats across any genre.
No doubt sir
Opeth just knows how to write amazing chord progressions with awesome mixing
Agreed. A decade has passed since i discovered Opeth and i always have them on repeat, this whole album is such a class act masterpiece and will never get old.
@@teodora5377 Fax. Every time I listen to this goldmine of an album is like the first time. Absolute masterpiece.
Oh how I miss old Opeth...so dark and brooding...so deep and beautiful. No band will ever create music like this again.
try aquilus
It's so much more than "what the old opeth used to be"
go listen to In Mourning, also a great progressive death metal band from sweden
@@marcusdewith6539 I love In Mourning! I think if you are an Opeth fan, you will love it.
Bands such as gojira and Jinjer are making some good new music
That intro/outro is one of the most beautiful things sounds can produce
❤ 🤝
I totally agree!
Great talent and vision.
If someone asked me to play the most beautifully mournful part in any song ever, it would be the outro/intro of The Drapery Falls. I feel like my soul is both healing and drifting away from this planet when I hear that part.
so real
“the silence of your seclusion,
brings night into all you say.”
Unreal.
I had an incredible online friend who introduced me to Opeth. This was the first song he sent me - in spite of being a life long heavy metal fan, I was new to the death growl. My first thought? " What the hell did you send me??" The second listen made me a fan. I even have their logo tattooed on my forearm. My friend passed almost two years ago, but he will never be forgotten and is very much missed. I think of him every time I listen to Opeth
I remember the era when I was starting to open up more to death growls and it opened up way more legendary bands. Opeth and Enslaved are 2 bands that are in my top 5 all time
Sorry for your loss friend
I was born a metalhead but growls were not my thing... until one day about ten years ago. I had a random list on RUclips and this song came up. The world of Opeth just exploded in my life.
I still don't like growls, but I accept Opeth ones!
It was a beautiful thing, right? I was in the same boat. My introduction to Opeth was The Roundhouse Tapes. I couldn't stand the harsh vocals, but the musicianship along with Mikael's cleans just blew me away and then...down the rabbit hole i went
Me too. The growls actually scare me but this is such a masterpiece that I accept them.
Ever heard of Ghost?
@@mastodon0124 After listening to Blackwater Park I became a huge fan of Opeth. So I have bought all their LPs. Yes, Ghost of Prediction is also a great song!
2:16 "please remedy my computer"
Mikael must have had some pretty bad malware on his PC
Legit laughed while working. thank you
I laughed harder than I should have at this. Take my upvote
Lmao XD
:*(
No, he is from Cult Mechanicus.
Opeth is the best thing ever happened to my music taste by far.
Opeth and Gojira for me
Opeth, Gojira and Meshuggah for me
Opeth, Gojira, Meshuggah and tool for me
@@fdrums046 opeth, gojira, meshuggah , tool and sigur ros for me
Opeth, Gojira, (not) Meshuggah, (not) Sigur Ros and Leprous for me
Opeth's darkest, most chilling, most brooding, and most emotionally heavy song ever. Nothing short of a masterpiece.
I love the bassline on the main riff.
It's like a silent scream
yes there is really something in that bassline
Incredible how Blackwater Park is so stacked with masterpiece songs and layers of unforgettable melodies. 10/10 album
This is one of the most underrated bands
fart souls
I honestly think it really helped that Steven Wilson was behind the producing of it. It's a brilliant album. November is the best time to put it on again
That bassline in the intro is ridiculously good. Some people focus on the guitars but it's the bass that makes the opening section so atmospheric imo
Meh
Yesssss
The bass is incredible in this song.
YES.
here, Here... i'm a bass chick all the way - plus drums #tribal ... just began my journey into opeth this year
When this track hits on crisp autumn day, there's simply no other feeling like it.
I'm here on a crisp autumn night and you're absolutely fuckin correct
That mid-song instrumental passage is godly. The Drapery doesn’t just fall it shows so much.
The transition from the growls directly into clean vocals is unmatched in my book, such a unique masterpiece
For me it's the transition from clean vocals for the first part of the song into growls around 5 minutes
THERE IS FAILURE INSIDE
HE STANDS FOR LEPRESY
GET BACK FOR THE ENIGMA
NO QUIET INTERIOR IS SANITARY
DEVIL AND BASTARDS, MAKE MY WAY
THERE'S A GHOST IN THE CORNER
POURING OUT THE REST OF YOUR SODA
3:56 - 4:07 that whole section is on another level
It's been years already and I keep coming back to this masterpiece. Absolutely astonishing intro/outro.
the intro riff's gotta be the emotionally heaviest non heavy riff of all time
Caio Andrade try Dirge For November
🤣👌🏼✅
the chord progression is really clever too
@@joeyhardin5903 Mikael is a master of those sus's and add's!
@@discomfort5760 just the tonality itself. Cm B♭m7 A♭m7 B♭m B♭m/D♭ is just really nice
9:49 when the double bass comes I feel my heart melting
i have a question, would you fly from mars to sirius C?
@TT10Kofficial just came back from Europe xoxo
Criminally underrated man. One of my favorite vocalists of all time, beauty and the beast.
Is it just me or does this album get better each time I hear it? Nuance, tempo... chord progression. Magnificent. Redefined my definition "Death Metal". My first introduction into Opeth, Blackwater Park. Can't wait to go down this rabbit hole.
I've revisited the album more or less yearly for around a decade, and it does get better with age and a healthy amount of listening sessions.
I'm envious you get /got to discover Still Life and Ghost Reveries after listening to Blackwater park for the first time. All 3 are equally genius with enough variety to make each of em unique albums., the best proggy/experiemental death metal albums ever. Some of the best albums I've ever heard in any genre. Check out Katatonia - The Great Cold Distance and Edge of Sanity - Crimson II as well - and then the rest of their discographies. Just other Swedish death metal with prog/experiemental flair and influences all over the place.
That's one deep hole
First time I listened to it was 2009 and here I am doing it again... it sounds better than ever today
No....it does.
i'm finally falling...🤘🏼🔑🦋❤️🔥 #betterlatethannever
the opening riff is orgasmic to my ears.
Soly I was listening to the song for the first time and thinking “Is it possible for a song to make you orgasm.”
it's from steven wilson
eargasmic
To my ears as well.
I could listen to the intro in a loop for hours.
jesus christ the bass is so yum
Yes!!
Almost 20 years have passed ... an album that is close to perfection
I’m old3
Why u have to say this
Not close to, it the very definition of perfection!
if it's not perfection, what is it missing?
Holy big goddamn *FUCK!* - I just discovered this in 2020 and it's the best thing quarantine has given me so far. I'm blown away to my socks.
Me too man. I just started 2 weeks back so i would love if u recommend what to hear.
@@chikenspongebob5434 There's no going wrong with this record, you'd do yourself a favor by listening beginning to end. This song is actually a great foreshadowing of how the album has heavy stuff juxtaposed with softer emotional stuff.
@@XistoKente thanks man. The only 2 albums i have heard in entirety till now are Still Life and My Arm Your Hearse.
Jolly ol St. Quarantine
oh my, welcome to the party
I don't know why, but this introduction made me cry because this song made me remember something from a past that will never come back.
Thank God for that right? It's in the past for a reason
Me too buddy
That s the opath effect
maybe the thing from your past that will never come back is Mikael Akerfeldt doing death metal vocals :'(
5:20 DEADLY BADGERS MADE MY WEEEED
😂
This song is so epic, I literally have to stop what I'm doing and just focus on it's badassness...
Bleak>Harvest>Drapery Falls is an absolute tour de force of music. Beautiful, brutal,melodic. Probably the peak of Opeth
Coincidentally, these are the three songs in BWP Steven Wilson did vocals for.
Burden is also great
the leper affinity dude..
i concur 👏🏼🔱❤️🔥
idk man, it's pretty hard to top the Moonlapse Vertigo>Face Of Melinda>Serenity Painted Death journey on Opeth mountain. but it's pretty close!
the first song I ever heard for Opeth, it was love at first note..
MashAllah bro
Same, and it's still their absolute best imo. It's been more than 10 years that im listening to them and not a single day goes by without me listening to it, and i listen to the whole album at least once a week. No other musician in human kind's history will ever match the divine artform which is Opeth's music.
I just want to say that this band is exquisite.
Just like Corn Flakes® with just enough milk.
So is your taste
The first time I heard the song it felt like I've always known it.
It's the kind of music that's already inside you.
A dark horror, hope and light, drowning darkness and the strength to carry on.
I love this comment. Also hope you’re doing alright, my friend.
@@thecalmboi4236 I'm doing better. Spending more time in the light.
i never thought i would describe a song as both beautiful and brutal.
i just discovered them last night.
A little late, but finally you find my beloved Opeth. Cheers hope you enjoy them as much as many of us!! 🤘
@@abigaillkruss8823 I still do. Isolation years is one of my favorites
Try another.. The Faceless😉
5:57
harmonising tritons in minor seconds
you can't get more dissonance than that
Yeah right? Plus it's in odd time which makes it even more jarring. I had to immediately sit in front of my piano the first time I heard that to figure out what the hell kind of satanic music theory was behind that sound.
I heard this on shuffle in a metal playlist and holy shit… I am blown away this is beautiful music. My #1 band of all time is Tool so this instantly clicked with me and am now a big fan of this band!
Can you send me this playlist
@@invertedthrills144 yes please
The thinking man's metal!🖤🤔
Music is all highly personal I guess, I love the fact that everyone can come up with their own interpretation. That being said I'd like to share what it means to me without dismissing anyone else's ideas:
When I close my eyes while listening to the opening/closing part I always see a waterfall. The acoustic guitar in the beginning sounds like the gentle streaming of the river up top. The noise slowly approaches over the horizon through that one pressing note... then it all tumbles over into chaos. The general 'wall of sound' and the prominent bass line (perhaps not loud, but providing a lot of melody) give me the same feeling as massive amounts of water turning over. There's also the cymbals and lots of hi-hat, i associate those with the splashy sounds of water hitting rocks.
I'd say the 'Falls' in the title could be both a noun and a verb, giving the title a double meaning. Perhaps there's a waterfall somewhere in Blackwater Park called Drapery Falls.
I imagine that it's about the vastness of nature, the world and society around us. About feeling lost and throw around, and struggling to find a place where you belong. It's the slow realization that you are part of something enormous that neither you or anyone else has control over. When you're young the world seems much more man-made, grown ups seem in control of everything. The realization that this isn't the case (if it comes at all...) is something you have to discover for yourself. That's what the other meaning of the title signifies for me: the drapery concealing this fact slips away and you must accept that there's no guaranteed happy endings in real life. There will be bad things happening that you can't prevent.
One more thing, I find Mikael's screams to be some of the most appropriate I've heard. There's no aggression, no trying to impress, nothing that makes me go "ugh just shut up edgelord". Instead it sounds like genuine internal struggle, a person facing up to extreme emotions.
I haven't even said anything about the lyrics yet... Forgive me for taking so many words, and thanks for hearing me out, kind Opeth listening internet stranger.
vic verstraete I need to be smoking what your smoking bro. I love this song and type of music but damn bro, you are experiencing this at a different level. A elevated level might I say
vic verstraete damn... i already knew this kind of music is way too big brain for me and this just solidifies that
Daddy chill
Great view
Dont apologize. Keep typing. Express your emotions and imagination here!
I love it!
Music like Opeth brings out the best in us all!
If he listens to this marry him.
Cringe, sorry
@@qwerty975 replying Cringe is also cringe... 🤣
@@Nickday112 yeah very funny ha ha
I listen to this but it only matters to me. Only I can feel the depth in my own way .
But I'm a straight male.. I'm confused
That transition at 8:42... Immortal.
This band is totally genius.
Lindgren and Lopez. A great lineup that was.
Better than tool
@@gregtheflyingwhale 100x better than tool
@@gregtheflyingwhale agreed. Much more complex. Id argue lightly that Danny Carey is perhaps a more "technical" drummer than Mendez, but Opeth trumps them in all other areas. Imho
@@gregtheflyingwhale totally different. It’s apples vs. oranges.
I love how the mood of the song changes at 5:04 as soon Mikael’s growls make their presence.
Se vuelve más oscura la ambientación
One of the best metal instrumental tantrums of all time follows.
Still as hauntingly beautiful as the first time I heard it. Opeth's music washes over you like a wave of dread and ethereal melancholy. "Pull me down again and guide me into..." that moment at 3:55 is always incredible. My favorite on Blackwater Park.
no
@@gillesrillette8291 what did you mean by this
Precisely the part that guided me into Opeth :)
I read this right at 3:55. Sweet
This song defines me, it will forever be the song of my life. GREAT OPETH!
Also the song of my life
AWE-SOME 🤘🏼❤️🔥🎉
This album is ageless... 🖤
That chord progression in the intro gets me every time. Absolute masterpiece.
Though I absolutely enjoy the new sound of Opeth very much, I really miss these days. This album had such a huge impact to my musical taste, influences and preferences and this song is absolute magic.
My favourite Opeth song so far
Diego Corrado what's it now?
the lotus eater hahaha
The best thing that happened in my life is Opeth. I really wish to see them live.
Please remedy my confusion
And thrust me back to the day
The silence of your seclusion
Brings night into all you say
Pull me down again
And guide me into pain
I'm counting nocturnal hours
Drowned visions in haunted sleep
Faint flickering of your powers
Leaks out to show what you keep
Pull me down again
And guide me into
Ah ah ah
Ah ah ah
Ah ah ah
Ah ah ah
There is failure inside
This test I can't persist
Kept back by the enigma
No criterias demanded here
Deadly patterns made my wreath
Prosperous in your ways
Pale ghost in the corner
Pouring a caress on your shoulder
Puzzled by shrewd innocence
Runs a thick tide beneath
Ushered into inner graves
Nails bleeding from the struggle
It is the end for the weak at heart
Always the same
A lullaby for the ones who've lost all
Reeling inside
My gleaming eye in your necklace reflects
Stare of primal regrets
You turn your back and you walk away
Never again
Spiralling to the ground below
Like autumn leaves left in the wake to fade away
Waking up to your sound again
And lapse into the ways of misery
So poetical I love opeth so much
Haven't been listening to Opeth since I was maybe 15. Now I'm 25 and got here through YT's algorithm while listening to atmospheric black metal... Jeez, Opeth are dope. Why did I stop listening to them? Teenage me was more wise than I am
Years and years later...that opening makes me fall in love over and over again. Unmatched. This song is one of, if not the best, I’ve heard in terms of composition in a very long time.
The guitar riffs at the beginning and end of the song make me feel that no matter how much I run from something I don't know, I will never be able to escape and what chases me will take me to a dark place that I will never be able to leave.
That modulation at 4:01 will always be breathtakingly beautiful.
Atmospheric Extreme Progressive Melodic Death Metal. I doubt there are any other metal bands on the planet with such fluid fusion of different styles of metal. You can't help but gape in utter amazement.
Try Agalloch
@@killerpaja03 Other non-mainstream bands?
@@arhaanchettri95 Empyrium and Ihsahn
@@killerpaja03 Thanks, but I've listened to these bands, including Gallowbraid and dark folk bands along the same lines. I'm looking for stuff that is not well-known in the metal community.
@@arhaanchettri95 Kardashev is my last chance, idk any less popular stuff
Been listening to Opeth since around 2003 or 2004 when I was 8-9 years old. This is the classic that got me into the band.
I wouldn't believe this sound could be achieved live .. without experiencing it.
It's ALL TRUE and BRILLIANT!
Mastodon / Opeth 2022 🤘
He can't growl as well as he used to. His tone is off.
bro .. i've seen them twice in greece . 2007 and 2011 . maybe the best sounding band in live
.. bros, i was speaking of the musicianship
"The silence of your seclusion, brings night into all you say..."
I listen to this song and I am in disbelief at how fast almost 11 minutes goes by !!
Time pass bye and you just don't notice it. That's when you really enjoy what you are hearing. it's awesome how Opeth evolves you with their music
"please remedy my confusion" I am a HUGE RUSH fan, but Opeth is no joke!!!
Fun fact: I suffer from deep depression and the art on the album is exactly how I see this world. I couldn’t describe it better.
Fun fact: nobody asked #boomnigga
Fun fact: nobody asked #ownedepicly
@@sibek3415 that’s what I’m saying
@@sibek3415 Fun fact: You look like your relatives are hippopotamus
@@Hiro.the.God. Fun Fact: my grandma could beat your frail ass in a fight
7:48 greatness.
It makes me sad knowing that every day millions of songs are played in the ears of millions of people all over the world and 97% of them don't hold a candle to this. This song (along with most of Opeth's discography) is beautiful and timeless!
I agree 💯💯
That's the world we live in these days. Unfortunately.
great expression!!! 🥰🔱 ... painfully true... but to all those missing out, your minds may melt anyway
97%, pretty specific
Played this song at my fathers funeral
RIP dad, still think of you when I hear it
That is a beautiful choice, I'm sorry you had such a loss, keep going my friend
@@beauarthur2617 Crazy to see this today, as it's his anniversary
4/27/2004
@@ZacktheImpaler hopefully its a good message from somewhere to get you through a tough day, much love friend
Bless You... a toast to your Father 🌹
5:40 Noises of the Earth collapses.
8:50 Sounds of the new dawn of humanity.
Exactly
1st listen of this caught me off guard. Especially that opening. That may be one of the best openings to a song ever
One of the most brilliant compositions in the history of music and humanity. Rage and deep melancholy... ugliness and beauty... violence and calmness... all in just one song. A sublime masterpiece. Words fail to describe how majestic this song is, words fail to describe how deeply melancholic and beatiful it is. Not only that, also the lyrics can't reach the level of expression and beauty of the sound.
The end and the start of this song are basically the same, which makes the song seem like an endless cycle of deeply moving sadness, a wheel of pure melancholy that will roll for eternity (if there is such thing!).
I can compare very few pieces that can top or be equally sublime to the level of execution and majesty of this amazing work. And I must say those pieces that can be compared are usually outside the metal music realm.
Congratulations to this band and everyone who were involved on the creation of this song and this album for producing such a well crafted work. There are many modern bands that are very technical and way more complex in composition... I have listened to countless bands (old and new) and metal subgenres... But unfortunately none of those bands have reached this level of sublimeness in my vision.
Not trying to be pretentious, it is just the way I feel. I enjoy a ton of different metal bands that I consider to be excellent... some of them are black metal, grindcore, avant-garde, noise and progressive... Not all excellent music is sublime, but all sublime music is excellent. Also, sublime music is very rare outside the classical realm.
I'm always looking for the best compositions I can, and Opeth is a band that knows how to create masterpieces.
05:28 PALE GHOST IN THE CORNER, POURING OUT THE REST OF YOUR SODA!
wow, Opeth really do have some evil lyrics
Great...now thats all ill hear!! LMAO!
There is no emoji to describe this brilliant comment
Aw, not my soda :/
hahahahahaha
A true masterpiece.
I forget this song is 10:55 minutes long. It is so good that it only seems like a 3 minute song when i listen to it.
Masterpiece. Every song on this album is.
I love Opeth so much!!! Metal is the greatest genre of music ever!! Thrash, Black, Death, Heavy god fucking every genre of metal is gold!!
I think that, similar to every other part of the fabric of human(and perhaps other?) life, all genres of music hold the potential for golden opportunity: I think, there are a myriad filters of perception: visionary composers; witty lyricists; analytical mixers; moody audio environments; great musicians; high-quality equipment; diverse audience members: all of these and more, sharing and constructing an ever-growing, infinitely manifold work of art.
Please big Daddy quench my thirst
@@auturgicflosculator2183 well said
Me too my friend! Specially the old Opeth. And yes there's nothing better in this fucking world that Metaaaalll ! 🤘
I guess you shouldn't exactly thank god for Black Metal :D
It's a simple thing, but I really love the way Mikael did the "Pull me down again, and guide me into pain." verse in this song, especially when the second time it comes back, instead of saying pain, he lets out this melody that sounds like hes kinda "Screaming". I don't know if it was intentional, but I like it a lot
i feel old knowing this is turning 20 yrs old this year.
This song never gets old to me. The most complete band you could put together.
Emotionally taxing in its brilliance.. what a song. Almost an epic in one song.
Whatever time period you find yourself here, this is a good Sonic space to be. Have a good day everyone.
The best song in the entire history of music. I honestly pity the billions of human beings that go on their lives without listening to this masterpiece or knowing it exists.
Lol
So you're a fan?
Yeah peasants enjoy your Nickelback 😂
As well as the people who just shut it out because it’s labeled as death metal
This is the song that got me into Opeth and I couldn't be any more grateful!!! One of the best outros in progressive metal
08:46 Apartir dai ja começo a chorar, uma sensação boa e ruim ao mesmo tempo, me faz lembrar td que passei na vida coisas boas e ruins. 🎼🎼🎼🎼❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷❤❤❤❤❤❤
The best 10 minutes and 56 seconds of my life first time listening
An old friend's New Years Eve party, me on mushrooms by myself, lying on a couch away from everyone else, listening to this track, Dec 31 2004. WHAT A NIGHT
Everyday listen to this banger. Opeth inspired me to learn more about guitar, and now I'm learn how to play this banger. This song is a fkn banger
My interpretation is that this song is about an abusive relationship and the narrator is the one suffering abuse.
You can see how it lacks self-esteem (please remedy my confusion / a pale ghost in the corner pouring a caress on your shoulder), grieves his absence (the silence of your seclusion brings night into all you say), sees the other as a godlike creature (faint flickering of your power leaks out to show what you keep) while still recognizing how painful this relationship is (pull me down again and guide me into pain / there is failure inside this test I can't persist).
The struggle makes it try to escape (nails bleeding for the struggle / it is the end for the weak at heart / a lullaby for the ones who've lost all reeling inside) and ultimately it confronts the other (my gleaming eye in your necklace reflects, stare of primal regrets) and the other simply turns around and leaves.
Which causes the narrator to fall on the ground, just to wake up by the calling of the abuser and "lapse into the ways of misery".
Then it all starts again, and that's when the main riff returns.
This band is out of this world.
It starts at 6:10 and it's literally two chords. Those two chords are perfection. Beauty, chaos and tension.
Absolute perfection.
I've noticed something these guys do as well as Mastodon...They have sudden transitions, but flow well in many of their songs. A lot of both of these artists stuff sounds moreike 2-3 songs in one. And they pull it off masterfully!
It’s funny cuz that’s one of the things I hate about zeppelin but I almost don’t even notice it with opeth because it actually serves a functional purpose that doesn’t muddle the tone
This song is the embodiment of deep existential contemplation at 3am.
i miss this opeth
The intro is so Melodic Black Metal that it's very beautiful.
Opeth is an amazing group and they have created their own style of metal
One of the greatest songs on probably the greatest album ever written
I prefer Still Life, but their MAYH through Ghost Reveries run is all 10/10s. Watershed is growing on me..
One of the best metal bands ever.
Does anybody else feel like Mikael should write the soundtrack for Diablo IV?
Maybe
That'd be cool
6:11 The Earth shaking itself to pieces beneath your feet.
You can hear the unending roar in your head.
It took me almost 20 years to discover this incredible song that reminds me the good musical days, Dimmu Borgir, Cradle of Filth, Emperor, Theatre of Tragedy, Samael, Anathema, Paradise Lost...
This is a far piece from Norwegian Black Metal. Can't imagine Mikael in corpse paint
@@tikhongilson3770 take a look at Bloodbath - Live at Wacken 2005
Old Opeth gave us a bunch of very beautiful and Unique Masterpieces. Opeth love you with all my hearth! 💓💕
The right song to listen to , this autumn...
I met them with this track, moons ago, on one of those iTunes "radios" that were actually loops if I'm not mistaken. I selected the prog rock, and I listened to this from beginning to end. I stopped what I was doing, hypnotized, mesmerized by the harmonic landscape and everything about this song. I even remember what I was wearing. Unforgetable. One my favourite bands ever since. I was literally happy to be alive listening to these dudes during the 2000's. Undescribable joy.
I'm guessing System of a Down is another favorite 😂
"Hypnotized, mesmerized"
maybe just a coincidence
One of the best Swedish metal albums ever.
one of the best albums in general
Opeth from 2001-2008 was the sweet spot.
This intro aways give me chills
The outro is even better IMO
masterpiece.