I love how you are able to hear all Opeth’s journey in one song, it sounds like the peak of their music, like the fruit of 30 years of experimentation, it sounds freaking ominous ☠️
I love the way the will is basically read out in death metal growls, implying father is a monster or at the very least a bit of a git. This is really good music
I've been listening to this daily since it came out, the growls!!! I am so excited to listen to the album in its entirety. Concept albums with interconnected songs are so badass, Meshuggah's Catch 33 and Thordendal's Special Defects grips me the same way!
@@Zyborggian Same ballpark, yes. I’m happy he’s retained as much as he has, as I highly doubt his original technique was safe. Either that, or he started over exerting himself once he got in-ear monitors. Regardless, he did hurt his voice a lot, and I’m happy it’s recovered the way it has.
With all due respect to Axe, but Opeth lost a LOT with the exit of Lopez. Waltteri seems to have brought back the type of drumming that perfectly suites Opeth. I'm very excited
@@IcaroMPA I would argue that Waltteri has brought some Porcupine Tree / Gavin Harrison to Opeth. And as a fan of PT/SW, I'm all for that! (I had to triple check that SW had nothing to do with this song/album when I first heard the drums come in. ;D)
Åkerfeldt has become hypocritical. Previously, he always said that since 1995 he had completely lost interest in death metal, he no longer likes to growl. And now that the audience has a great demand for extreme music. He abandoned his principles for monetary gain.
@@Derzak179 it's not AI Generated, at least I don't think it is. If you hire a company (hard-media) full of professionals to make you a video AI is out of the question.
It 100% is, the candles meld with each other in no defined shape just like in most AI generated video with image prompts. The rest of the video features a ton of obvious AI as well, you can see it in how unnaturally the images warp. Like in 2:38 for example, where most people holding the umbrellas simultaneously have both hands in their pockets while the umbrellas just float in the air or in 2:49 where the fourth man just melds into the fifth and vanishes. As for whether professionals should be using AI, I agree, they shouldn't. Problem is most industries are already embracing this shit because you can throw together a video like this with no cost and call it a day and most people won't notice. It's all about the money.
I am expecting the album to be a masterpiece and here's why: I've listened to §1 almost non-stop since its release and it has become my favorite Opeth track since at least Harlequin Forest. I may actually enjoy §1 more than any single track on Ghost Reveries or even Blackwater Park (crazy, I know). §1 is a beautifully sinister-sounding piece of music, expertly crafted to be just that. The intervals performed by guitars and vocals are quite uncommon, empty-sounding, as they jump from note to note without a minor or major interval in sight (with a few exceptions). To my ears and mind, it feels ethereal, ghostly. It feels like an old abandoned mansion looks, if that makes sense. The sliding-guitar notes and slowed-down "draped in death" spoken word parts add to the macabre atmosphere. The growls are essential as well, not because Opeth's music needs growls to be good, but because this specific track truly benefits from having them. The absolute icing on this cake are the low cleans around 3:20 that are reminiscent of Eric Clayton from Savior Machine. Clayton sang with Mikael on the Ayreon album The Human Equation. Anyway, this song is completely brilliant.
Every time i hear this song i love it more. There is Oldpeth, there is Newpeth and there is Rock Opera feel to it now. If the feel of this song is a showcase of the rest of the album, i shall call this new Opeth, from now on, Operath!
@@jericosha2842 it's probably a mixture of me being autistic and also a big Opeth fan, but I was teary when this just came out, the sheer novelty and awesomeness of the track did that
@@matiasm457I get a similar feeling along with goosebumps all up and down the arms. I call it a mugasm. Some of us just feel the music more than others 😁
This is a breath of fresh air to me after so many years, albums, and songs that have been written/released with no gutteral vocals. It brings earlier albums to mind and I'm here for it.
Åkerfeldt has become hypocritical. Previously, he always said that since 1995 he had completely lost interest in death metal, he no longer likes to growl. And now that the audience has a great demand for extreme music. He abandoned his principles for monetary gain.
@@FELTSZ I respectfully disagree. First off, if this was a money grab he would be writing easily accessible songs....this is not mainstream in any way. The whole album is prog. Weird and amazing prog. And he and he has said this album has a lot going on and may take some time to unpack. As for him doing growls again....people change. Our tastes change and he is no different. He saw that this music required a more sinister voice at times. I do not believe for a second that Mikael abandoned his principles for monetary gain. Peace!
Yeah post Watershed makes a lot of sense. I never really got the hate for later Opeth though? Tbh Pale Communion is my second favourite album after Blackwater Park. But what’s cool about them is whether they’re doing straight-up death metal or proggy fusion-rock you can still always tell it’s Opeth. Mark of a great band
@@lukedoyle2770 For myself and I'm sure a lot of people, it wasn't hate really. I still like alot of their most recent stuff, its just maybe too big of a leap in sound and style.
The song is very consistent in its tone and character through all its variation. Sometimes Opeth songs feels lite twenty completely different songs mashed together - which is not necessary a bad thing. But §1 is really one song and I like that.
First time ever I've checked out Opeth!! And I'm FORTY THREE!! I don't know why I passed their CDs a hundred times in store - now I'm loving this masterpiece!! Thanks Opeth for brilliance!!
@@BossDrSample I think we're gonna have to get used a lot of these record company made "visualiser" type videos leaning on it tbh and it reads more "editor on a deadline who used all the stock archive footage, album key art and photos at the start". But yeah, some of those "spoopy skeletons, painted illustration, 4k, atmospheric, metal, demon, goth, cool" images mixed in feel really cheap and decisively not Opeth - who always put a lot of care into the graphics and artwork. Disappointing from the label, but I'm not gonna worry until we start seeing it on T-shirts or album covers.
Listened to the entire album a few times within the last 24 hours, very proggy but with the growls, it's killer. I do miss some of the stripped down acoustic sections we used to get on the early albums, but that's just me. Excellent album overall. The riff at 2:45 on this track is so good, one of my favorite sections on the entire album.
This is so fucking good. I feel this album has the potential to become another landmark album like Blackwater Park. Something about the vibe and concept and darkness and element of surprise is so exciting.
Listened to all of blackwater park the other day and what this album really needs are parts like the section before the piano on leper affinity or that bridge in bleak.
Opeth have always been a very unique and incredible band with a sound of their own. Very excited to hear the rest of the album. Bringing back the times of Ghost Reveries. Excellent work gentleman.
I love every Opeth album because each one is different. 5 years since the last one was a long wait, but it will be worth it. Also, I've got tickets to their show in Atlanta in Oct. Its gonna be awesome!
I like the part when the clock stops on the Mellotron part, like if the "suspect" of the testament finally died, and than a FUKIN MAJOR CHORD!!!! i guess the heirs were happy about it haha
Although I was never a dedicated Opeth fan, they always played very good music. But they totally got me with this song. A dark deranged ghostly musty sound of death. Excellent work!!! Thanks. 😁🎸🤟
Insane track! Awesome! I loved In Cauda Venenum (Swedish) but this track reminds me of the past but pushed it to the max!. Pale Communion combined with In Cauda Venenum Combined with Watershed/Blackwater Park.
Banger song, banger prod, banger riffs, banger lyrics, banger growls, shity cliché IA made lyrics video. This thing is deeper than what I just saw on screen.
That's what got me into Opeth 20 years ago … that nice nostalgic creepiness. It was gone for some time imo but it's back in this song :)
i hadn't put it like that but that's exactly right for me too
Trying to sound like Kansas and King Crimson doesn't work, being yourself does work!
I love how you are able to hear all Opeth’s journey in one song, it sounds like the peak of their music, like the fruit of 30 years of experimentation, it sounds freaking ominous ☠️
Its absolutely fantastic
I love the way the will is basically read out in death metal growls, implying father is a monster or at the very least a bit of a git. This is really good music
Hearing Ghost Reveries, Watershed and In Cauda Venenum at the same time. Pure prog mix. Like it very much. Brilliant.
Some of the art here reminds me of Still Life sooo much
...and The Fathomless Mastery :)
It's like if the Grand Conjuration was an ICV song. Maybe it's just the drumming and eeriness that's giving the Grand Conjuration to me.
Its freaking fantastic
2:37 - 2:45 is like straight off Pale Communion vibe wise. I know its just a transition riff but still.
I hope the day is dreary, dark, gray, raining, and cold on the day the album gets released.
Me too 😂 seems appropriate
Love Opeth. I am an old geezer of 69, but love my metal; don't love everything MA does, but do love his ambition. Can't wait for the album.
I've been listening to this daily since it came out, the growls!!! I am so excited to listen to the album in its entirety. Concept albums with interconnected songs are so badass, Meshuggah's Catch 33 and Thordendal's Special Defects grips me the same way!
Thordendal's album is awesome. Nice to see it getting mentioned.
Maybe you might like some of the stuff by Cult Of Luna.
You'll probably enjoy Uneven Structure - 'Februus'. The album segues together as one long composition in 3 sections.
As a drummer, Waltteri's drumming on this one is INSANEEEEEEEEEE
Superb 🤘👏👏👏
Agreed!!! As a drummer… this is kick ass
@@nathanfisher4452 Totally! it remembers me the great Sean Reinert (each one with their own style)! jazzy but soooo heavy.
@@Nico89Cani I just saw them in Worcester…. FLAWLESS….
The Best drummer!!!
I AM SO FUCKING HAPPY FOR THE GROWLS
He sounds like he did on BloodBath
@@drquskSpecifically Unblessing the Purity, at least to my ears.
"growls" rather. Way better back in the day.
@@dogbiscuits752 IMO he sounds slightly better than his later Bloodbath stuff here. Not by much tho. Its same ballpark.
@@Zyborggian Same ballpark, yes. I’m happy he’s retained as much as he has, as I highly doubt his original technique was safe. Either that, or he started over exerting himself once he got in-ear monitors. Regardless, he did hurt his voice a lot, and I’m happy it’s recovered the way it has.
I can't tell you how much I love the drums among other things
With all due respect to Axe, but Opeth lost a LOT with the exit of Lopez. Waltteri seems to have brought back the type of drumming that perfectly suites Opeth. I'm very excited
@@IcaroMPA I would argue that Waltteri has brought some Porcupine Tree / Gavin Harrison to Opeth. And as a fan of PT/SW, I'm all for that! (I had to triple check that SW had nothing to do with this song/album when I first heard the drums come in. ;D)
@@EiriUesugiKunyes! I'm hearing a certain Gavinistic approach. Beautiful.
OMG! I've been waiting for an Opeth album to sound like this since Watershed.
this album is built for headphones. sound so bloody good..
From ghost of mother.. to last will of father.. A life cycle is now complete.
Welcome back old friend. We’ve missed you
Missed the death vocals
Love the Opeth written using candles at the very end! The atention to detail!
Åkerfeldt has become hypocritical. Previously, he always said that since 1995 he had completely lost interest in death metal, he no longer likes to growl. And now that the audience has a great demand for extreme music. He abandoned his principles for monetary gain.
@@FELTSZ oh god... seriously? there are so many problems with your statement that I would not even know where to begin with lol
What attention to detail? It doesn't even properly spell the name because it's obviously AI generated, just like most of the background art and video.
@@Derzak179 it's not AI Generated, at least I don't think it is. If you hire a company (hard-media) full of professionals to make you a video AI is out of the question.
It 100% is, the candles meld with each other in no defined shape just like in most AI generated video with image prompts. The rest of the video features a ton of obvious AI as well, you can see it in how unnaturally the images warp. Like in 2:38 for example, where most people holding the umbrellas simultaneously have both hands in their pockets while the umbrellas just float in the air or in 2:49 where the fourth man just melds into the fifth and vanishes.
As for whether professionals should be using AI, I agree, they shouldn't. Problem is most industries are already embracing this shit because you can throw together a video like this with no cost and call it a day and most people won't notice. It's all about the money.
Sounds like an incredible blend of old and new. Can't wait to crown this album of the year. 👑
This is all I’ve been listening to this week. It’s too badass 🤘
One of the few bands that gives you chills welcome back guys
Very true! Nothing gives my chills anymore nowadays, except for these guys.
11th October can't come soon enough ..... goosebumps 🤘🔥🤘🔥🤘🔥🤘🔥
Crazy I was literally thinking the exact thought and saw this comment.. man am I excited
yes cuz my bday is 10/10!
I am expecting the album to be a masterpiece and here's why:
I've listened to §1 almost non-stop since its release and it has become my favorite Opeth track since at least Harlequin Forest. I may actually enjoy §1 more than any single track on Ghost Reveries or even Blackwater Park (crazy, I know). §1 is a beautifully sinister-sounding piece of music, expertly crafted to be just that. The intervals performed by guitars and vocals are quite uncommon, empty-sounding, as they jump from note to note without a minor or major interval in sight (with a few exceptions). To my ears and mind, it feels ethereal, ghostly. It feels like an old abandoned mansion looks, if that makes sense. The sliding-guitar notes and slowed-down "draped in death" spoken word parts add to the macabre atmosphere. The growls are essential as well, not because Opeth's music needs growls to be good, but because this specific track truly benefits from having them. The absolute icing on this cake are the low cleans around 3:20 that are reminiscent of Eric Clayton from Savior Machine. Clayton sang with Mikael on the Ayreon album The Human Equation. Anyway, this song is completely brilliant.
Every time i hear this song i love it more. There is Oldpeth, there is Newpeth and there is Rock Opera feel to it now.
If the feel of this song is a showcase of the rest of the album, i shall call this new Opeth, from now on, Operath!
it brings me to tears
@@matiasm457 Interesting lol. Not laughing at you though, music touches us all differently.
@@jericosha2842 it's probably autism, but I'm a big Opeth fan also
@@jericosha2842 it's probably a mixture of me being autistic and also a big Opeth fan, but I was teary when this just came out, the sheer novelty and awesomeness of the track did that
@@matiasm457I get a similar feeling along with goosebumps all up and down the arms. I call it a mugasm. Some of us just feel the music more than others 😁
This is a breath of fresh air to me after so many years, albums, and songs that have been written/released with no gutteral vocals. It brings earlier albums to mind and I'm here for it.
“There will be no Radio Edit, I hate that shit!”, “Here’s your Radio Edit!” 😂
The edit didn't cut much of the song anyway. Just the minute long orchestral outro
Which connect to next song so i guess that's why@MoSweiti666
Åkerfeldt has become hypocritical. Previously, he always said that since 1995 he had completely lost interest in death metal, he no longer likes to growl. And now that the audience has a great demand for extreme music. He abandoned his principles for monetary gain.
@@FELTSZhe lost interest when he released his first album? Huh? 😂
@@FELTSZ I respectfully disagree. First off, if this was a money grab he would be writing easily accessible songs....this is not mainstream in any way. The whole album is prog. Weird and amazing prog. And he and he has said this album has a lot going on and may take some time to unpack. As for him doing growls again....people change. Our tastes change and he is no different. He saw that this music required a more sinister voice at times. I do not believe for a second that Mikael abandoned his principles for monetary gain. Peace!
So oldschool Opeth and newschool Opeth had a baby? Sweet!
Thankfully much more on the Oldshcool sound of things. To me this sounds like the natural progression of post Watershed.
Yeah post Watershed makes a lot of sense. I never really got the hate for later Opeth though? Tbh Pale Communion is my second favourite album after Blackwater Park. But what’s cool about them is whether they’re doing straight-up death metal or proggy fusion-rock you can still always tell it’s Opeth. Mark of a great band
@@lukedoyle2770 For myself and I'm sure a lot of people, it wasn't hate really. I still like alot of their most recent stuff, its just maybe too big of a leap in sound and style.
"We called Opeth from Stockholm, Sweden!"
Can't wait to finally see you in Hamburg again! 🔥🤘🏻❤
Another Radio Edit. Me still listening to it 😃
Accurate 😂
Waltteri brings back EVERYTHING that I loved about Lopez's drumming. Damn this is a great year that we live in.
The song is very consistent in its tone and character through all its variation. Sometimes Opeth songs feels lite twenty completely different songs mashed together - which is not necessary a bad thing. But §1 is really one song and I like that.
First time ever I've checked out Opeth!! And I'm FORTY THREE!! I don't know why I passed their CDs a hundred times in store - now I'm loving this masterpiece!! Thanks Opeth for brilliance!!
Let know what you think of this album in it's entirety. Welcome aboard.
This is sounding a LOT like Watershed..... absolutely love that. Can't wait for this album!!
These graphics were made with artificial intelligence
100%. Love the vibe they were going for but it would have been so much better with real photography. Granted much more expensive but way cooler imo
@@BossDrSample I think we're gonna have to get used a lot of these record company made "visualiser" type videos leaning on it tbh and it reads more "editor on a deadline who used all the stock archive footage, album key art and photos at the start". But yeah, some of those "spoopy skeletons, painted illustration, 4k, atmospheric, metal, demon, goth, cool" images mixed in feel really cheap and decisively not Opeth - who always put a lot of care into the graphics and artwork. Disappointing from the label, but I'm not gonna worry until we start seeing it on T-shirts or album covers.
Who gives a fuck?
@@RBFObscure we do clearly
@@RBFObscure It just makes it feel a bit cheap (that and the heavily aliased foreground tree). But lyric videos are always a bit cheap so whatever.
Listened to the entire album a few times within the last 24 hours, very proggy but with the growls, it's killer. I do miss some of the stripped down acoustic sections we used to get on the early albums, but that's just me. Excellent album overall. The riff at 2:45 on this track is so good, one of my favorite sections on the entire album.
Dude now this is fucking Opeth! I knew they could do this again if they wanted.
This is so fucking good. I feel this album has the potential to become another landmark album like Blackwater Park. Something about the vibe and concept and darkness and element of surprise is so exciting.
I'm glad the growls are back, but I don't feel this song is not even close to be as good as anything off of Blackwater Park.
I hope the other songs are way better.
Listened to all of blackwater park the other day and what this album really needs are parts like the section before the piano on leper affinity or that bridge in bleak.
Those are just examples, there’s obv more on that album
LOL
Ive been waiting for those growls to come back for so long. It makes me happy to be able hear them again outside of their old albums.
This song goes hard as ffff!
Their meter is unstoppable.
F'n incredible.
So progg , so evil and dark, and so beautiful . love it. Opeth for ever!
can’t wait to see them at the roundhouse in london next year
can’t tell you how exciting it is to hear new material
Now THIS IS OPETH, returns to their roots. Incredible!
WOW....finally the REAL Opeth! fantastic song
lol what ? Tell me this sounds like the early stuff with a straight face.
@@TheMartinTD just because you don’t like it doesn’t mean others won’t like it
@@realrealreal_ and it’s not finally teh real Opeth, it’s pure garbage.
@@TheMartinTD this is "teh" welcomed back sound we have been waiting for.
@@trendmassacre8423 lol no it isn’t
Opeth have always been a very unique and incredible band with a sound of their own. Very excited to hear the rest of the album. Bringing back the times of Ghost Reveries. Excellent work gentleman.
Sounds magnificent...cannot wait for the whole album grrrr.......
I love every Opeth album because each one is different.
5 years since the last one was a long wait, but it will be worth it.
Also, I've got tickets to their show in Atlanta in Oct. Its gonna be awesome!
Great song!
You would think it'd be cool to be able to read the lyrics in a lyric video, but here we are.
2:02 HEAUGHHH
they missed that for some reason🧐
The HEAUGHHH is “Hear”
man can't wait to hear it live! Opeth class act!
Fruktansvärt bra. En platta till intågandet av hösten tack 🙏 🍂
Watershed Venenum. Brutal. Thanks Mickael
This is greatness! Did not expect this at all. Opeth are just amazing !
One of the best songs I've ever heard.
Good to know they still like some heavy. Also on radio... here in DK. Nice :)
wow, growls are back!
I like the part when the clock stops on the Mellotron part, like if the "suspect" of the testament finally died, and than a FUKIN MAJOR CHORD!!!! i guess the heirs were happy about it haha
THE HOWL!!!
The only difference between the radio edit and the album version of this song is a quiet meandering outro. Most people would skip it anyway
You hear the album already?
@@jammerswank Apple Music and Amazon Music both have the full version
@@jammerswankyou can find the album version online
@@jammerswank Someone posted the album version of that song on Reddit.
@@007nikster2 oh ok, I think there was a guy on here saying he heard the album, but I haven’t checked out the video yet
Hearing him growl again puts a smile on my face
YYYEEESSSS !! Welcome back Opeth !! LOVE YOU GUYS !!!!
🖤
Absolutely sinister, maniacal. Perfection. Opeth!
I missed this version of Opeth
I can't wait for the whole album! 🔥🔥🔥
Excited to see them in Denver soon!
Although I was never a dedicated Opeth fan, they always played very good music. But they totally got me with this song. A dark deranged ghostly musty sound of death. Excellent work!!! Thanks. 😁🎸🤟
Opeth seems to be back after a looong time. I am excited
Ya kiero tener el cd en las manos
He's back !!!!
Holy shit! Back to the roots!!! LOVE IT!
Thank you Opeth. Love all your creations.
Don't forget Fred "the Shred" on the guitar. Amazing!
I love the early Mr Bungle references!
Sounds like Opeth!❤❤
Newpeth.
@@discursion Oldpeth
Can't stop listening...
Rock On!!!
Can't believe this is happening
最高です！！！！
The greatest band to walk this earth
Sickening
ghost reverious opethesque traditional after 1 sec ;-) abvsolutely freaking ff****** gonna love the new tour
Oh this Album is like a Ghost Reveries of Father, and the gutturals return.
I like that characterization, we shall see. I get a Watershed,”family drama/descent vibe” too
Insane track! Awesome! I loved In Cauda Venenum (Swedish) but this track reminds me of the past but pushed it to the max!. Pale Communion combined with In Cauda Venenum Combined with Watershed/Blackwater Park.
We are so back. I listen again the best death metal voice. I think I'm dreaming
Great song for those with ADHD. Action packed…
Ach, that's why I love it already so much 🥳
It's addicting
Haunting! This is fire!
Good blend of opeth of the old and new
damn those growls are so clean... lol
What are you on? They're not clean, they're VERY heavily processed. But they do sound great.
@@Tamarocker88 of course, meaning behind clean was very cleanly processed and you can hear what he is singing, which is great. Have a nice day
I choose to believe that the full version is much better
I thought I’ll never gonna hear the death growls of them again
Opeth is amazing!!! \m/
I like early AND later Opeth. AAAAND here are TOGETHER 🤘🏼
superb.
Absolutely awesome! 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
i wasn't expecting the RAWWRRRR
I WANT THIS FUCKING ALBUM RIGHT NOW
Me too homie
dark!
Banger song, banger prod, banger riffs, banger lyrics, banger growls, shity cliché IA made lyrics video.
This thing is deeper than what I just saw on screen.
Respect, Maestro Mikael.
Epic chills!!!
The intro good to 007 soundtrack film
Damn, i love Opeth 🖤