Opeth - Orchid (rock, albums, quote)

Rainard Jalen · 01-20-2007, 06:56 AM

I've been trying to listen to this album lately, and am not really sure what I think of it. It's fairly inaccessible, even though I like what I know of Opeth's other material (e.g. Ghost Reveries and Blackwater Park). I feel this record has a particular inaccessibility to it.

Anybody really dig this record? Whether or not you do, I'm still interested to hear how you tend to rate it alongside other Opeth material.

~~The Unfan~~ · 01-20-2007, 01:41 PM

One of my favorite Opeth records, it has a certain raw intensity that they never managed to capture again.

Seltzer · 01-20-2007, 05:42 PM

It's a good album - very nice and raw.

But it's not as good as their later albums because there is a bit of directionless meandering in Orchid at times. Not having Martin Lopez makes a big difference as well. Akerfeldt wasn't quite as vocally developed either.

beat yr own KID · 01-20-2007, 05:43 PM

Orchid > opeth

<3

sleepy jack · 01-20-2007, 05:44 PM

Your chaos aint me.

riseagainstrocks · 01-20-2007, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by beat yr own KID

Orchid > opeth

Oh Adam. What's it like to be THAT wrong?

Inuzuka Skysword · 01-22-2007, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Rainard Jalen

I've been trying to listen to this album lately, and am not really sure what I think of it. It's fairly inaccessible, even though I like what I know of Opeth's other material (e.g. Ghost Reveries and Blackwater Park). I feel this record has a particular inaccessibility to it.

Anybody really dig this record? Whether or not you do, I'm still interested to hear how you tend to rate it alongside other Opeth material.

Personally I love all their albums almost all the same......This and Deliverance are the the only ones I would put below the others only because Orchid, as said earlier, did not have Lopez. Deliverance is low because I just thought it is weak.

swim · 01-22-2007, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by beat yr own KID

Orchid > opeth

<3

QFT

this is my least favorite Opeth album.

beat yr own KID · 01-22-2007, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by riseagainstrocks

Oh Adam. What's it like to be THAT wrong?

I wouldn't know. It never happens.

paulrawnerve · 02-08-2007, 06:57 PM

i do love this album, 'my arms, your hearse' is my favourite opeth though.. but yeah, orchid is quality..

01-20-2007, 06:56 AM	#1 (permalink)
Rainard Jalen Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,221	Opeth - Orchid I've been trying to listen to this album lately, and am not really sure what I think of it. It's fairly inaccessible, even though I like what I know of Opeth's other material (e.g. Ghost Reveries and Blackwater Park). I feel this record has a particular inaccessibility to it. Anybody really dig this record? Whether or not you do, I'm still interested to hear how you tend to rate it alongside other Opeth material.

01-20-2007, 05:42 PM	#3 (permalink)
Seltzer Fish in the percolator! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Hobbit Land NZ Posts: 2,870	It's a good album - very nice and raw. But it's not as good as their later albums because there is a bit of directionless meandering in Orchid at times. Not having Martin Lopez makes a big difference as well. Akerfeldt wasn't quite as vocally developed either. __________________ In the Court of King Crimson \| Last.fm \| RYM

01-20-2007, 05:43 PM	#4 (permalink)
beat yr own KID Music Addict Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Fort Washington MD Posts: 923	Orchid > opeth <3 __________________ I was dead. This was hell. There were no demons, no hellfire or brimstone, just a deep, complete feeling of darkness and hopelessness. This was the never-ending void. Not at all how I had imagined it, but worse than I thought that it could have been.

01-20-2007, 01:41 PM	#2 (permalink)
~~The Unfan~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Methville Posts: 2,116	One of my favorite Opeth records, it has a certain raw intensity that they never managed to capture again.

02-08-2007, 06:57 PM	#10 (permalink)
paulrawnerve Groupie Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Leeds Posts: 34	i do love this album, 'my arms, your hearse' is my favourite opeth though.. but yeah, orchid is quality..