Opeth - Heritage
| Release date: | 14 September 2011 |
| Style: | Progressive rock |
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01. Heritage
02. The Devil's Orchard
03. I Feel The Dark
04. Slither
05. Nepenthe
06. Häxprocess
07. Famine
08. The Lines In My Hand
09. Folklore
10. Marrow Of The Earth
11. Pyre [DVD bonus]
12. Face In The Snow [DVD bonus]
The Biggest Surprise Of 2011
Featured in "Getting Into: Opeth"
02. The Devil's Orchard
03. I Feel The Dark
04. Slither
05. Nepenthe
06. Häxprocess
07. Famine
08. The Lines In My Hand
09. Folklore
10. Marrow Of The Earth
11. Pyre [DVD bonus]
12. Face In The Snow [DVD bonus]
The Biggest Surprise Of 2011
Featured in "Getting Into: Opeth"
Reviews 
Lyrics Written and produced by Mikael Åkerfeldt.
Mixed by Steven Wilson and Mikael Åkerfeldt.
Engineered by Jens Borgen.
Mastered by Peter Mew at Abbey Road Studios.
"Slither" is a tribute to Ronnie James Dio.
Artwork by Travis Smith.
DVD contains a 5.1 mix of entire album, a "making of" documentary, and a card to download the bonus tracks Pyre and Face In The Snow.
Rating:
7.8
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Rating: 7.8 |
The general consensus when a great band dares to move away from their original Death Metal sound is usually not positive. However Opeth have done it before masterfully with Damnation in 2003. They are back at it with one of the year's most anticipated albums, Heritage. Cutting to the chase: Compared to their previous releases, Heritage lacks character. Despite the song structures being very progressive rock and the vocals being crazy good, the absence of catchy guitar riffs or memorable growls is a downer. One can positively recognize Opeth as the artist, especially since a lot of the songs borrow tidbits straight from the Ghost Reveries period. Certainly they manage to perpetuate a dark atmosphere throughout the album, but the mellowness of the whole thing is borderline irritating to someone expecting their trademark sound. I know we have been forewarned by Mikael Åkerfeldt himself about this being a throwback kind of release. Still, I believe this would be either catchier or more aggressive. Nevertheless the album does feature good moments, mostly from the jazz-infused portions of the songs. Read more ›› |
Rating:
8.6
8.6
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Rating: 8.6 |
Heritage poses more questions than answers. Have Opeth reached a creative cul-de-sac? Have they chucked their "Extreme Progressive Death Metal" for good? Have they finally shed their "Underground Garage Band" (I am quoting Akerfeldt from an earlier interview) and have ventured out into the Pantheon of the "mainstream" Gods from their hallowed underground temple so frequented by hordes of reverent worshipers? Read more ›› |
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| Czerny Reiter Posts: 291  |
Take me to the fan-boy kennel, I'm seriously excited by this album's upcoming release. 
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| BloodTears ANA-thema Elite Posts: 11835  |
Written by Fat & Sassy! on 01.06.2011 at 20:53 I think they are gonna copy Pain of Salvation's Road Salt One. Just saying 
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| Destructo Posts: 198  |
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| (((O))) Posts: 373  |
Written by Fat & Sassy! on 01.06.2011 at 20:53 Yeah, should we expect another "Damnation"?
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| Fat & Sassy! Elite Posts: 3857  |
Written by (((O))) on 02.06.2011 at 20:42 I was thinking something a little bit less mellow, but personally... I would not mind another Damnation.
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| Risto Wandering Midget Posts: 1115  |
Couple of facts about this album: - 56 minutes - no growls - strong 70s vibe, even the production nods to that direction a bit From an article about the album pre-listening session by a Finnish journalist.
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| sonykov Posts: 6  |
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| sonykov Posts: 6 |
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| advent Posts: 268  |
Written by Risto on 03.06.2011 at 00:46 no growls  NOOOOOOOO!!!!
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| Milena gloom cookie Staff Posts: 4603  |
Written by Risto on 03.06.2011 at 00:46 Groovie.
---- 7.0 means the album is good
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| Fat & Sassy! Elite Posts: 3857 |
Written by BloodTears on 02.06.2011 at 17:56 Written by Risto on 03.06.2011 at 00:46 Bloodtears, fortuneteller extraordinaire!
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| X-Ray Rod Skandino Staff Posts: 18274  |
Hmmmm... I'm just going to pretend this is not Opeth, just some project by Åkerlfeldt that happens to have the Opeth tag on it. I'll keep my expectations extremely low since I don't feel like being dissapointed again. As long as they keep the wanking at minimun and for the love of god please take some sessions musicians with you, it's so cheap to use the keyboard instead of having someone doing the strings for real...
---- Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
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| K✞ulu Seeker of Truth Posts: 2570  |
Good.
---- Savor what you feel and what you see Things that may not seem important now But may be tomorrow R.I.P. Chuck Schuldiner Satan was a Backstreet Boy
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| superbarhom Posts: 13  |
I NEED IT ............ Can't Live any more >>>>>>>........OPETH I worship YOU
---- super barhom
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| advent Posts: 268 |
Just don't get it, why he is insisting in making the band sound simpler and simpler, while the thing that keeps them unique is their complex songwriting and diversity , i am afraid of what Opeth might become .
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| BloodTears ANA-thema Elite Posts: 11835 |
Written by Fat & Sassy! on 04.06.2011 at 01:44 Why, thank you! 
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| AXA Posts: 199  |
.. finally ... ,,,i cant wait more this album  :wall: .. i know will be greatfull top    album for this year ,,, hope good luck with this album ...\../ 
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| BenWasHere Posts: 124  |
I feel like there's still going to be growls. Mikael did say there was going to be intense parts and some things like their older albums.
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| BloodTears ANA-thema Elite Posts: 11835 |
Written by BenWasHere on 09.06.2011 at 06:02 Intense moments doesn't mean growls at all.
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| SODOM666 Posts: 62  |
Hmmm I love growls but I also enjoy his clean vocals so it will be interesting to see where I stand on this one. As long as there is those "intense parts" I should be satisfied.
---- Wendy's frostys are "black metal."
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| AXA Posts: 199 |
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| AXA Posts: 199 |
NEW TRACK ... NEW STUFF ... DIFFERENT STYLE \../LIKE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWr94pZui6o
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| Andresopeth Posts: 201  |
Well, now i am very suspicius about the album, 10 songs and 56 minuts?, too many songs very few minuts. I love Opeth ability to impress me with their technical skills (By The Pain I See In Others, The Twilight Is My Robe, The Moor), their mood changings through the same song (The Moor (again), Bleak, Master's Apprentices, Hessian Peel) and the lenght of their songs (which is an atributte that often contributes with the others two) (Deliverance, Black Rose Inmortal, Wreath). But now i found the longest track on this album is "Famine" 8:32, they already have me thinking with the lenght, and really hope does not happen the same neither with the technical skills nor with the mood changings. I love Opeth and i always have had high expectations of them they have never let me down so far.
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| Megi Posts: 29 |
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| Ab.Victor عرص Posts: 52  |
Hahahahah What About The New Pic !!! It Shocked Me
---- Stab me with hate Enforce my fate Pain's my belonging To death I am longing The death I desire The dead I admire See no more illusion Just thy persecution So finish your work Stab me with fork Torture with knife End useless life Slit all my wrists
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| rekkuza- Posts: 102  |
New album cover, looks proggy...
---- The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it- Oscar Wilde
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| BloodFireDeath Posts: 182  |
I hope it is better than Watershed. That album proved to me that Opeth is a one trick pony who has become incredibly predictable.
---- Goodspeed on the Devils Thunder
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