InnerSelf proofread free
Posts: 2620 From: Syria  |
14.02.2018 - 19:30Rating: 9
InnerSelfproofread freePosts: 2620 From: Syria 
Written by Zap on 14.02.2018 at 17:11
unadulterated passion.
Internet history.
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Erudon
Posts: 17 From: Brazil
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17.02.2018 - 17:24Rating: 10
After listening so much Opeth my favorite albuns were always changing, but i still remember how amazing i felt when i listened to this album for the first time
so this album feels more special for me.
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Maasai Mara
Posts: 159 From: Kenya  |
02.01.2019 - 23:21Rating: 1
Ah! Sweden, the land of melody and all that is beautiful. Metalstorm admins are cowards for not giving the option to rate albums 0. This is weak, plods along meaninglessly, the acoustic passages are dull.The vocals are the worst , the songs are too long for their own good. The band should just have stuck to the generic formula of the song harvest and produced a prog rock album instead. If this connects with your emotionally and is some kind of journey into the depression and darkness in your life, well that is the reason why you are depressed. Go listen to some doom metal or atmospheric black.
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nikarg Mod
Posts: 3906 From: Greece  |
nikargModPosts: 3906 From: Greece 
Written by Maasai Mara on 02.01.2019 at 23:21
Ah! Sweden, the land of melody and all that is beautiful. Metalstorm admins are cowards for not giving the option to rate albums 0. This is weak, plods along meaninglessly, the acoustic passages are dull.The vocals are the worst , the songs are too long for their own good. The band should just have stuck to the generic formula of the song harvest and produced a prog rock album instead. If this connects with your emotionally and is some kind of journey into the depression and darkness in your life, well that is the reason why you are depressed. Go listen to some doom metal or atmospheric black.
Dude, I don't like Opeth either but this is some next level bashing. It is not that bad.
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Maasai Mara
Posts: 159 From: Kenya  |
03.01.2019 - 11:47Rating: 1
Written by nikarg on 03.01.2019 at 11:06
Dude, I don't like Opeth either but this is some next level bashing. It is not that bad.
It's that bad considering all the hype around it like its some kind of masterpiece. Opeth have too many things going on here that this ends up being a mash up of nothing significant. Seeing that this is the most expensive album on the metalstorm top 10 albums is really laughable.
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Starvynth i c deaf people
Posts: 1396 From: Germany  |
03.01.2019 - 23:51Rating: 7
Starvynthi c deaf peoplePosts: 1396 From: Germany 
Written by Maasai Mara on 02.01.2019 at 23:21
[...] Metalstorm admins are cowards for not giving the option to rate albums 0. This is weak, plods along meaninglessly, the acoustic passages are dull.The vocals are the worst , the songs are too long for their own good. [...]
Are you very sure you understood the rating system? I'm not a big Opeth fan either, but 1/10 is plain absurd and you know it.
Not all of your reactions are utter bullshit, so besides the joys of anonymous pubertal trolling, what is your intention?
Bashing the most popular albums on MS and spreading random ratings has no effect. You will not change the average and you can not influence opinions.
Besides, it's a pity you don't have the balls to express yourself via your real account. Only cowards use new fake accounts just for the sake of trolling.
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InnerSelf proofread free
Posts: 2620 From: Syria  |
04.01.2019 - 05:22Rating: 9
InnerSelfproofread freePosts: 2620 From: Syria 
Quote: This is weak, plods along meaninglessly, the acoustic passages are dull.The vocals are the worst , the songs are too long for their own good.
Heh, saying you don't like an album is 100% fine, I don't mind it at all, I hate a lot of music that is highly-regarded/critically-acclaimed but saying this as if it's fact and not an opinion is so stupid and is typical troll behavior.
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Mercurial
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It's fine guys, he'll either run out of classic albums to moan about, or his mum will call him up from his basement to put his crusty spunk socks in the washing and he'll forget all about MS.
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Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck
Posts: 40071 From: The Netherlands  |
Has Mr. Strawberry returned?
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Starvynth i c deaf people
Posts: 1396 From: Germany  |
04.01.2019 - 12:27Rating: 7
Starvynthi c deaf peoplePosts: 1396 From: Germany 
I don't think so. The infamous Mr. Strawberry suffered a serious malfunction defining and understanding genres and his English was quite bad.
But the self acclaimed Metal Maasai is most probably a native speaker, focusing on pointless bashing of established bands and classic albums just like Angelic Man did a few days ago. In fact, they could be related somehow, maybe Ivan should compare their IPs.
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Maasai Mara
Posts: 159 From: Kenya  |
04.01.2019 - 13:29Rating: 1
Written by Starvynth on 03.01.2019 at 23:51
Are you very sure you understood the rating system? I'm not a big Opeth fan either, but 1/10 is plain absurd and you know it.
Not all of your reactions are utter bullshit, so besides the joys of anonymous pubertal trolling, what is your intention?
Bashing the most popular albums on MS and spreading random ratings has no effect. You will not change the average and you can not influence opinions.
Besides, it's a pity you don't have the balls to express yourself via your real account. Only cowards use new fake accounts just for the sake of trolling.
yes, 1/10 is absurd for this borefest and that is why i was shocked that they is no 0.
Mr. policeman, i am expressing genuinely how i find the albums that i rate. I get an impression that it is somehow taboo to rate albums on metalstorm less than a 7 no matter how shite they sound to the person giving the ratings.
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Maasai Mara
Posts: 159 From: Kenya  |
04.01.2019 - 13:31Rating: 1
Written by InnerSelf on 04.01.2019 at 05:22
Quote: This is weak, plods along meaninglessly, the acoustic passages are dull.The vocals are the worst , the songs are too long for their own good.
Heh, saying you don't like an album is 100% fine, I don't mind it at all, I hate a lot of music that is highly-regarded/critically-acclaimed but saying this as if it's fact and not an opinion is so stupid and is typical troll behavior.
i fail to see how you end up reading my comment as a fact rather than opinion.
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Maasai Mara
Posts: 159 From: Kenya  |
04.01.2019 - 13:32Rating: 1
Written by Mercurial on 04.01.2019 at 05:32
It's fine guys, he'll either run out of classic albums to moan about, or his mum will call him up from his basement to put his crusty spunk socks in the washing and he'll forget all about MS.
i find it hilarious that it is only problematic if i rate the so called classics negatively and no one is complaining if i rate them highly.
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Maasai Mara
Posts: 159 From: Kenya  |
04.01.2019 - 13:33Rating: 1
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 04.01.2019 at 07:45
Has Mr. Strawberry returned?
is there a rating committee that i should consult before rating albums on metalstorm.
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Maasai Mara
Posts: 159 From: Kenya  |
04.01.2019 - 13:34Rating: 1
Written by Starvynth on 04.01.2019 at 12:27
I don't think so. The infamous Mr. Strawberry suffered a serious malfunction defining and understanding genres and his English was quite bad.
But the self acclaimed Metal Maasai is most probably a native speaker, focusing on pointless bashing of established bands and classic albums just like Angelic Man did a few days ago. In fact, they could be related somehow, maybe Ivan should compare their IPs.
Mr. Ivan should fire you and hire a new policeman. 0/10 sleuthing skills
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Mercurial
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Written by Maasai Mara on 04.01.2019 at 13:32
i find it hilarious that it is only problematic if i rate the so called classics negatively and no one is complaining if i rate them highly.
Maybe the Kenyan heat is making mundane things seems hilarious.
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InnerSelf proofread free
Posts: 2620 From: Syria  |
19.05.2019 - 05:12Rating: 9
InnerSelfproofread freePosts: 2620 From: Syria 
Everything that has to be said about this album has already been said but goddamn ... going back and listening to it after all those years is still rewarding af. The way the album closes with Blackwater Park is just glorious, this song alone is an achievement in itself. Opeth deserve all the praise they get.
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TSRodriguez
Posts: 56 From: Chile  |
19.05.2020 - 05:01Rating: 9
I didn't wanna believe the hype, I was sure this was a poser album, an overhyped pseudo emotional drivel... but god damn! it's an amazing record, damn near perfect... This probably has the most emotive section in any metal record I've heard (the end of the chorus in Bleak)
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gavdann
Posts: 214 From: UK  |
Written by TSRodriguez on 19.05.2020 at 05:01
I didn't wanna believe the hype, I was sure this was a poser album, an overhyped pseudo emotional drivel... but god damn! it's an amazing record, damn near perfect... This probably has the most emotive section in any metal record I've heard (the end of the chorus in Bleak)
I must confess, their latter albums leave me cold but their earlier stuff (and BP in particular) are immense. Their Royal Albert Hall show from a few years back when they played this in it's entirety was top 10 best ever gig worthy.
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Paulh
Posts: 507 From: UK  |
20.05.2020 - 14:03Rating: 10
01. The Leper Affinity - 10/10
02. Bleak - 10/10
03. Harvest - 10/10
04. The Drapery Falls - 10/10
05. Dirge For November - 10/10
06. The Funeral Portrait - 10/10
07. Patterns In The Ivy - 10/10
08. Blackwater Park - 9.5/10
Overall: 9.9/10
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Troy Killjoy perfunctionist
Posts: 20739 From: Canada  |
Written by Maco on 29.01.2015 at 08:43
Well, I finally developed some love for this.
It only took me 7 years after repeatedly posting about how much I can't get into Opeth, but I finally came around to this one after an all-night discog stream. You beat me by a minute.
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Maco Classless
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MacoClasslessPosts: 3320 
Written by Troy Killjoy on 06.09.2020 at 22:11
You beat me by a minute.
A minute in Canada means 5 years?
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doez Hallucigenia
Posts: 193 From: France  |
26.09.2020 - 11:45Rating: 7
doezHallucigeniaPosts: 193 From: France 
How this is considered the best album of all times is beyond me. A great album ? Sure, but imo not even the best of Opeth. As I said earlier, still a great album, a bit overhyped one that is
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Gammont
Posts: 7
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13.11.2020 - 05:43Rating: 10
FOR ME this album is a masterpiece, a complete breakthrough in Opeth's songwriting, the build up from the subtle introduction of The Leper Affinity to the ending riff of the title track is a joy for my soul... I've listened to this album hundreds of times and I can't find one thing that I don't like about it.
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doez Hallucigenia
Posts: 193 From: France  |
02.12.2020 - 17:07Rating: 7
doezHallucigeniaPosts: 193 From: France 
After listening to it again I think I like it even less, changed my 8 for a 7
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JavierPaper
Posts: 83  |
03.01.2021 - 02:08Rating: 10
Excellent album! There isn't a bad song in this album, Best songs: Blackwater Park, The Funeral Portrait and The Drapery Falls (my opinion)
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And when you look long into the abyss, the abyss also looks into you."
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