Death.FM - Opeth - Ghost Reveries

#	Track Listing	Length	Played
01	Ghost Of Perdition Opeth	10:29	216
02	The Baying Of The Hounds Opeth	10:41	150
03	Beneath The Mire Opeth	7:57	66
04	Atonement Opeth	6:28	37
05	Harlequin Forest Opeth	11:39	119
06	Hours Of Wealth Opeth	5:20	40
07	The Grand Conjuration Opeth	10:21	138
08	Isolation Years Opeth	3:51	72

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4 reviews done for this album.

2005 Death's finnest

By:	PuritanusEliminatus
Date:	21 Jul 2010
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This album Ghost Reveries marks the another full realization of Mikael Akerfeldts artistic vision. This is not just music that caters solely to the extreme crowd like Black Sabbath, like Bauhaus or like Nine Inch Nails. It's gloomy music for the masses, as exhilarating as it is ghostly. For anyone who doesn't mind a hint of darkness in their collection -who i know its large and full- this album is essential.

While the new album is a decidedly moody piece of work, it's both a very accessible album and a welcome return to the monstrous sounds of the past, something instantly noticeable on the opening track "Ghost of Perdition", which, after a brief, understated intro, explodes with distorted chords and death vocals. Only here, there's more nuance to Åkerfeldt's compositions, the disparate styles intertwining with a grace that is all too rare in metal music. Both "Ghost of Perdition" and "The Baying of the Hounds" mark a return to the challenging progressive strains of Deliverance, and especially on the latter, Åkerfeldt reaches a new level of creativity. After opening with a sensational, organ-driven groove reminiscent of Deep Purple and Uriah Heep, the song takes off on a winding road full of hairpin turns, from a murky movement dominated by Rhodes piano, to soaring, Isis style chords, to an astonishing, contemplative acoustic breakdown that materializes from out of nowhere, but fits perfectly, piano notes cascading, and mellotron droning mournfully in the background, before returning to the thunder of five minutes previous.

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Album Review

By:	RipperChris
Date:	12 Jul 2011
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With all the hype around the new Opeth album, their debut for Roadrunner, the addition of a permenent keyboard player, the absence of Steve Wilson in the studio, and the waiting, I decided not to get too excited or expect that somehow they'd top any of their last albums. After all, Opeth had just put out what I consider the 3 most amazing albums of their career in the past few years, ("Blackwater Park", "Deliverance", and "Damnation") how do you top that when "My Arms Your Hearse" and "Morningrise" are also under your belt?. So, it's finally here and I'm glad I didn't get too excited. Don't get me wrong, this is still an Opeth album in every sense, it doesn't sound like any suits over at Roadrunner tried to rip the band apart and rebuild them as the next Nickelback (shudder). Opeth still do everything they usually do, but they've tried to throw even more into the mix and now it sounds like they've got too many cooks in the kitchen. This album is progressive, has the complex death metal parts that flow into the folk guitar sections etc. It's just not grabbing me like their previous efforts do. Opeth sound like they're trying to do too many things here and it just doesn't flow in some places. Mikael takes some chances with the vocals on a few tracks, trying new styles out, most noticeably on "Ghost Of Perdition", and there are definately more keyboards. It'll be interesting to see where Opeth go from here, but this one just isn't taking over my cd player yet

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Maybe Best Opeth Album

By:	beladakin
Date:	13 Jul 2011

It seems like Opeth has put a step forward with this album. The songs are complex and has beautifull riffs with surprising guitar solos. The drummer has done a distinguishable work in this album. My favourite one is The Grand Conjuration. The extreme vocals are traditional Opeth style. A progress and variation i would expect in the future too.

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The Pinacle

By:	estebann
Date:	27 Dec 2018
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This is, in many ways, Opeth's greatest record ever.
The style and sound they were maturing since 1990 peaked in 2005's masterpiece Ghost Reveries.

From the classic opener Ghost of Perdition, it is perfectly clear that the aggression and heaviness we all love is at its best in here. The amount of unorthodox riffing madness that encompasses this 10:29 opus is awe-inspiring to say the least. The creativity, the sense of epicness and adventure are easily comparable to reading a great novel (also the great lyrics help). Here, Akerfeldt shows off his most brutal and demonic growls ever with such mastery and control, it even makes you think they fixed his vocals in the studio.

Then, one could pretty much think that's the best track and that they put all the meat on the grill, but then the second track, The Baying of the Hounds comes out and the second adventure begins. Another composition full of different riffs, variations, acoustic sections, it just feels endless in a good way.

Right at middle of the middle of the album we find a very quiet, melancholic track named Atonement, which serves as a great mood and pace changer. Along with Hours of Wealth and Isolation Years these represent the true highlights of the album. The natural voice, acoustic guitars, sweet, errie oniric mellotron and keyboards, it's nothing but pleasure to the ears. And after the great success of the album Damnation, these beautiful little tracks feel like a 'welcome back'.

I can't recommend this album enough for true music lovers. If you don't posses the experience nor the patience for long tracks, I whole-heartedly recommend you to start right now. You won't be disappointed.

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