OPETH - Still Life 2 LP 180 Gr Vinyl NEW SEALED Peaceville
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Description
Immediately, Opeth looks like a different metal band. The name of this album, Still Life, shows a side of Opeth that most metal bands do not have. Most other bands may have titled this album "Still Death." Life and the beauty of it clashes with the gritty, death obsession that comes with the genre of metal. Examples are abundant, including Metallica's Kill 'Em All, Children of Bodom's Are You Dead Yet, and Dimmu Borgir's Death Cult Armageddon. While the album storyline results in death, most of the album revolves around love, another representation of Opeth's almost Bohemian ideals.
Still Life is Opeth's 4th studio release and the first since the debut to represent a full band rather than a few permanent members playing with studio musicians. The album showcases more complex riffs and more originality due to the fact that the band is made of entirely permanent members. Another aspect of Opeth shows they are not just another metal band as well. Many of Opeth's songs enter incredibly melodic acoustic passages and give the listener a break from the huge metal riffs that pound eardrums worldwide. Singer Mikael Akerfeldt screams intense, powerful metal growls and still shows his ability to sing clean, beautiful vocals when needed. Martin Lopez never falls into the metal stereotype of relying on double bass. While he does kick the double bass sixteenth in the climatic moments, he knows how to make a great metal drum feel without it. However, he and Martin Mendez serve as background and an undercurrent for the guitar riffing, which is nearly always the instrumental theme.
tracks:
1. The Moor - 11:26
2. Godhead's Lament - 9:47
3. Benighted - 5:00
4. Moonlapse Vertigo - 9:00
5. Face of Melinda - 7:58
6. Serenity Painted Death - 9:13
7. White Cluster - 10:02
Label: Peaceville
cat. VILELP78
YEAR: 2010
COUNTRY: GERMANY
SEALED
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