Song of the Week – Ghost of Perdition

When I was first introduced to Opeth, I became exposed to just about everything they recorded in a short amount of time.  At the moment, I would consider them one of my all-time top 10 bands.  However, I still have a hard time placing some of their music to a particular album…especially their older material.  Note to self, do not acquire an entire band’s discography and try to absorb it all at once!

Last night I had a great experience with Opeth in Boulder, Colorado.  It was my second time seeing them live.  I recognized mostly all of their songs except one or two.  One was White Cluster which pretty much reinforced a need to listen to Still Life some more.  The other was today’s, song of the week, Ghost of Perdition.  When it was announced, I thought “what album is this from?”  It was a great song, but I was at a loss trying to think of where it came from.  Today, I found my explanation.  It’s on Ghost Reveries which is my favorite Opeth album.  How did I miss this you ask?  I simply do not have it in my library.  I guess this is a fault with digital music libraries.  I don’t know why, but it’s not there and I never noticed that the songs on that album start with The Baying of the Hounds.

Needless to say, I am going to have to purchase the single to round out my favorite album of the band, but yeah…I never knew it existed.  So, why not make it the song of the week this week!  It was very well received by the crowd last night and I, simply pondered what album this song came from while enjoying its deathly harmony.  Have a great week and I don’t know about you, but I love discovering new music even if I should have known about this one all along…

Reggie’s Top 100 Favorite Albums of All Time #10-6

As we journey down the path to my number 1 favorite album of all time, we have finally breached the top 10.  From here on out, you will likely see more and more classic metal albums appearing on the list except for one or two that are relatively new (to me) compared to the rest.  This all-time list is an ongoing effort started by our friends at The History of Metal page on facebook.  Each day we list another album until we get to the end.  Below is my next list of five as we near our way to #1.  Enjoy!

Album Spotlight- Ghost Reveries- Opeth

It seems as if we have been a bit absent minded in the album spotlight department, whoops.  Since one of the most highly anticipated releases that I have been obsessively talking about is coming out next month I felt it would be fitting to put one of their previous albums into the spotlight.  Opeth being that band.

I had known of Opeth previous to the release of Ghost Reveries and enjoyed them(the only other album I had owned before this was Blackwater Park), but when I first heard this album, let’s just say, I was blown off the planet by this recording.  Every single note and sound on it was perfect and filled with emotion and passion.  It was after I heard Ghost Reveries that I went back and delved deeper into their back catalog and listened more attentively to all their albums, and was consistently overwhelmed by the passion and quality each time I dug a bit deeper into their music.  Ghost Reveries is an album I feel any open minded music lover should at bare minimum give a serious listen to no matter what their preferred genre is.  It’s a shining example of metal at its finest and is a great introduction into the realm of Opeth.

I’ll re-post a review I wrote on the album some time ago for those interested.  Check it out.  Peace Love and Metal.
Every once in a while an album comes along blows the top off the music world. One of those rare occurrences would be Ghost Reveries by Opeth. Not only does this album brutalize the listeners auditory sense with its harsh metal passages, it also haunts the listeners soul with its harrowing, elegant, and refined mellow and acoustic passages. It’s not just an album that relies on the gimmick of changing pace up and down, softer and faster to show a contrast, every movement within this record has its place and every change, sound, word, growl, beat, and note feels perfectly placed, natural, and organic. Every single sound fits perfectly into place and every sound works with its surrounding dins and tones faultlessly and in the end creates a listening experience like no other.