Baying of the Hounds is a Metal Poetry Slam | An Opeth Reaction

Opeth Reaction. Baying of the Hounds Reaction.
His words are flies, swarming towards the true insects, feasting on buried dreams, and spreading decay upon your skin. Have a good one! :)
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[@MusicCatsandCoffee]

Favorite lyric and go!

[@16dbuse]

All of them

[@bretmorris830]

Definitely the "His body is a country..." section. I never really search for the meaning of lyrics, I mainly prefer how their arranged and sung and I love how brutal and metal these are.

[@bajasmancer]

The follow up to this one is called "Purring of the kittens" it's the more heavy of the two :P

[@futurebreedmachine9302]

I always hear the line "Pest - ridden jackals of the Earth diabolical beasts" as "Best made tacos of the Earth diabolical beans" 😅

[@floridabelle]

🤷🏼‍♀️

[@warwanwusic]

"everyone you loved is a death burden" very nihilistic, right up my alley.

[@sunrisesurflessonskauai9355]

Yet we all will go through it😢

[@matigo1977]

"I have been listening to this band for a year and yet they still have songs that are this good that i have not heard yet." -- Yes! and this will continue until you heard them all. Im looking forward to your next opeth poll. 😉🤘

[@deminybs]

yes , the first time I heard opeth I immediately bought their discography & have not been disappointed

[@SteveFrank111]

This album is in my all time top 5. A friggin masterpiece.

[@mcgreggor5543]

Every Opeth album has been in my top 5 some time. My top Opeth album seems to change from week to week bepending on my state of mind

[@fcamiola]

@@mcgreggor5543 So true! But Ghost Reveries, Blackwater, Damnation, Watershed, and Pale Communion are always top 5. Maybe My Arms in there too! The best...

[@hackandslash873]

This track was the defining Opeth moment for me - "Best music and band I've ever heard". Really enjoyed your reaction.

[@arwiviv]

As a guy who has listened to this song at least 500-750 times, still goosebumps every time.

[@josiahlegacy]

it's so rare with music these days. This song is exceptional.

[@alessa_cybergoth]

​@@josiahlegacyit's rare to find well composed music in general these days.

[@u11113901]

Love the opening groove in this song, so good.

[@Salomon_G]

The melodic vocal part I always can't help but sing along too, it's so good. Such a different contrast to the rest of the song. Oddly happy sounding, with dreary lyrics. This album is a concept album, but I can't remember exactly what it's about right now. I know it involves the occult and conjuring the devil or something. Mikael said something about taking some subject he saw as stereotypical of metal that he grew up with, and see how he would write about it as a grown man.

[@futurebreedmachine9302]

Awesome! Now it makes sense to do the next song "Beneath the Mire" which is also mentioned in this song.

[@rexatkins9264]

Oh, you’re all in, now, Lauren……you are head bobbing to the music and you’re just a few more OPETH listenings/ reactions away from head banging with us, and I love it! 🖤

[@DaniRobot]

0:48 "IN THE DISTANCE I AM DEVOURING, BEST MADE TACOS OF THE EARTH, DIABOLICAL BEANS"

[@Zitronenparty]

Try "Faith in others" by them already!!! :)

[@soakedbearrd]

Such an emotional song, it gets me every single time. I own all 13 albums and a few lives ones and faith in others is top 5 for me.

[@josiahlegacy]

you two😊, finally someone who gives that masterpiece recognition

[@soakedbearrd]

Martin Mendez is so low key but so talented. One of my favorite bassists. Mikaels growls are amazingly clear when you see them up against the lyrics. Btw love the edits, you are hilarious and real.

[@craigroberts6374]

This song is just awesome. One of my favorites.

[@mattcavanagh5701]

You need to check out “The Grand Conjuration” from this album

[@GetzGoth]

Damn those Baskervilles!

[@stefanovitali2925]

Love the song, love the reaction but It must be said. First verse he clearly sings "best made tacos on the earth, diabolical beans"

[@MusicCatsandCoffee]

😂 This made my whole day. Thank you.

[@mcgreggor5543]

😂😂😂 Not sure I can unhear that from now on

[@floridabelle]

😂🤣😂

[@stefanovitali2925]

@@mcgreggor5543 sorry about that, but I couldn't pass. Pretty sure he also screams Biaaaaaaaaaaaatch in either Bleak or The Drapery Falls

[@tommyandersson224]

They just presented a new drummer in the band. A guy from finland. I hope he is able to drive the music like Martin did. Tommy

[@tommyandersson224]

I think you are a top notch opeth reactionlady❤

[@fcamiola]

I think he's closer to Lopez than Ax was....

[@Easy_Skanking]

"Everything you believed is a lie." This one just sums up the vast majority of humanity perfectly. 😁 Moog is, as you said, a very particular kind of synthesizer. They started analog and have a really rich fat tone. It was also an NHL goalie, Andy Moog!!! 🏒

[@geetbehera3593]

Imagine listening to the first 2 songs of this album on the release day in 2005 after getting your copy. Not that they wouldn't have done that before in Still Life and BWP

[@jamesking9807]

Keep in mind that although 'Ghost Reveries' isn't a concept album, all but the last song tell a continuous story. in 'Ghost of Perdition', protagonist kills their mother, an unspeakable crime. They think of suicide, but the Devil appears and says "You have to live before you die young". In 'Baying of the Hounds', protagonist is fleeing their crime, but the Devil is tracking them with his baying hell hounds, and sending temptation the whole time. Protagonist gets glimpses of the enormity and power of the Devil through the hounds. The first seven songs of 'Ghost Reveries' is the tale of a person committing a heinous crime, fleeing while being tempted by evil, seeking atonement and failing, seeking refuge and failing, realizing that their crime is so horrific that they will no longer be welcome amongst their fellow man, and thus saying "Eff it" and giving themselves completely over to evil by selling their soul to the devil. My interpretation, YMMV.

[@asipavingoffice5537]

Most underrated song Funeral Portrait

[@troyjovellanos5903]

You should react to the next song w/c is Beneath The Mire

[@metaldeank]

"so, I just sort of picked one" haha lovely

[@xyhmo]

This song is just great, an overlooked gem. 💫

[@theyonlycomeoutwhenitsquiet]

I picked up an Opeth disc on a whim from the Ghost Reveries album cover... Baying of the Hounds was the track that sold me on the band.

[@Luixgs]

in the line of type o negative there is "Danzig" you will get a lot of fun and you will be surprise with that voice maybe you could start with "i dont mind the pain"

[@kimkristensen83]

The Grand Conjuration is a great song to react to!

[@jamesking9807]

The first time I heard this song, which was the second Opeth song I ever listened to: ..transition.. Me: Cool, that's kind of a happy, peppy groove. Mikael, singing upbeat and with heart: "Everything you believed is a lie, everyone you loved is a death-burden..." Me: Oh. Well then. And I've loved it ever since.

[@dianajemison105]

That was...a lot! Mikael writes his lyrics, right? But, does The Demon write his own lyrics? Lol! I picture Mikael writing in jeans and a t-shirt, with a pen and paper, and The Demon writing in a 10, 000 year old black cloak with a hood, with the blood of the damned on scorched flesh, of the same damned. Sweet dreams! : )

[@TheLegendofGumby]

11:33 I love this so much because I’ve gotten to the point of using Opeth as a verb when describing other metal bands. Like, “Dude, listen to this part, these guys Opeth” 😂

[@scottspears9347]

Master's Apprentices is a must listen . I think its will be in your top 5 Opeth songs

[@Luixgs]

in "closure" you will notice the latin influence in martin lopez drum style

[@Luixgs]

i cant beleive you have not hear "harvest" yet, maybe the most widely known opeth song

[@volvulusx5043]

14:19 "I love not only how many different sections they do, but how vastly different they are in tone, in timing, in vocal... in all of it. You just never know what's going to happen." The band Between the Buried and Me is also amazing in this way. As such, I think they would make for great content for yourself to enjoy personally as well as for the channel. Sorry if there was already an acknowledgment elsewhere of this band; it just really seems like a no-brainer as they have been a staple in the prog metal scene for over a decade. For recommendations, the song Ants of the Sky would surely do well. It could be considered slightly more out there for them, but still captures their sound overall.

[@hussainrazvi8811]

Beneath the mire or the grand conjuration next !

[@markblaauw4961]

This had IMPACT!!! 😁

[@MrScrofulous]

You have to understand the over-arching story of the demon and his mother that threads this album to fully grok these lyrics

[@scottspears9347]

Love this song

[@16dbuse]

Good shit!!!! You are so much more comfortable in your reactions. It's a great song, my favorite on the album. One day you're gonna get to the darkness and doom of My Dying Bride, because I think you might enjoy that. The Dreadful Hours is an amazing song with a powerful story, but that's what they do. I think Thy Raven Wings would be a good introduction tho, or Blue Lotus.

[@linojvni2038]

i'll keep seconding this, need her on that mdb

[@MusicCatsandCoffee]

I've lost all self-respect. LOL! As for My Dying Bride, I'm doing them in October. :)

[@16dbuse]

@@MusicCatsandCoffee for your Valentines thing, you must put in their song, I almost loved you. And Yaaaaaaaaaay!!!!!!! It's so hard to recommend a song, cuz they're all so different

[@jettrainbow]

nice. great band.

[@roscopervis]

You still have a long Opeth journey to go, it’s rewarding and excellent. I seriously think you would love the band Swedish band Soen when you can squeeze a personal listen in. Reasons are excellent bass, the drummer from this song (Martin Lopez) is a founding member of the band, they don’t have demon, they have some Toolish vibes but are their own band and there is some ticklish hair.

[@futurebreedmachine9302]

I agree. Soen for me is Opeth + Tool. And I mean in a good way.

[@capoditutticapos19]

great soen songs: god's acre, martyrs, dissident, monarch, modesty, antagonist

[@jonkwape3097]

One of their best but underrated songs. Please do Beneath the Mire next, to complete the 3 first songs on Ghost Reveries album. This song is literally referencing the next one:)

[@Luixgs]

other epicness and best keyboard you may find is in "Nightwish" but be sure to hear the Floor Jansen version not the other singers, you could start with "gost love score" from buenos aires concert or with the "endless forms most beautiful" album, first album with Floor

[@chrisdepp7665]

Opeth is so amazing i will never get tired of them! There is only a handful of bands i can say that about... Fates Warning being one of them. Let me know when you are ready for some of that...no growling, just absolutely incredible music and breath taking vocals! Lauren for Queen!!!

[@Easy_Skanking]

Fates is one of my favorites and Ray Adler has such an amazing voice. It's so rich. Then there's the whole awesome prog musicians behind him!

[@chrisdepp7665]

@@Easy_Skanking perfect symmetry is a perfect album

[@Easy_Skanking]

@@chrisdepp7665 I really love the moody concept album "A Pleasant Shade of Grey". I saw them twice on that tour and it was incredible both times.

[@chrisdepp7665]

@@Easy_Skanking yeaaa I love that one also! Me and my friends got drunk with Adler at a club on long island, one of the most amazing times in my life!

[@Easy_Skanking]

@@chrisdepp7665 That's awesome! 👍 They don't get to the south much, so I've only been able to see them a relatively few times.

[@An0xymoron127]

“Positive Affirmations” XD “you are everything, they are nothing” That line is actually saying the protagonist of this album is the monster and problem. Constantly condemning others, never looking within to see his possession. As others react to his atrocity, “forced to confront your enemies,” they follow him into the mire and drown in such dark desires. This cycle culminates in Harlequin Forest, where he burns the village, the forest, and even the food that would sustain the survivors. Imo burning all 3 makes me think about how they together create a self propagating system, like revenge.

[@markblaauw4961]

Please Lauren, concsider reacting to Moonlapse Vertigo (groovey, jazzy, layered) or April Ethereal (unmistakable sound of Opeth with black metal influences, with a beautiful vocal interlude and arguably their best outtro).

[@lukesabin691]

I second this 1000%! April Ethereal and Moonlapse Vertigo are both outstanding

[@soakedbearrd]

Both top notch songs. April ethereal is probably my fav off of MAYH, and moonlapse (especially the bass) is also fire.

[@milton1448]

I'm not sure that outside of some 70ies fusion jazz/rock stuff I've heard a more atmospheric band than Opeth. And it doesn't get old play after play. Thanks- I'm always here for your Opeth experiences.

[@fabiocabrod2011]

Yoy should really, really react to River, from Pale Communion album.

[@floridabelle]

I wish I could use descriptive writing in my comment, but yeah, I'll need more time in the classroom for that to happen. 🙄 I'll just have to go with my usual... your style of listening, dissecting, reacting, and engaging the viewer is the BEST!

[@scottspears9347]

I just realized that you haven't done The Grand Conjuration yet

[@deminybs]

IT'S SO METAL 😂 also when you say you keep getting lost (on lyrics I'm assuming??) you're not watching the lyric video that you posted with your reaction??? lmao that would be so much easier 😋

[@scottspears9347]

It might have been me when you said the band that you like to react to the best is Opeth because you never know what to expect

[@MusicCatsandCoffee]

Yeah, I think so.

[@karla1957]

OPETH!!!! fun fact if you’re interested, they did a cover of the song Would? by Alice In Chains and it was released along with the Burden single it would be AWEOSME if you want to check it out or add it to one of your polls at some point

[@MusicCatsandCoffee]

Will do! Would is my favorite AIC song. :D

[@mellertid]

@@MusicCatsandCoffee have you heard any other covers they did? I think they are all fine, but imo too respectful, staying very close to the originals.

[@xyhmo]

It's a good cover, but the original is still better! No one beats Layne.

[@karla1957]

@@xyhmo True rip the legend, one of the best vocalists EVER!!!

[@geetbehera3593]

@@MusicCatsandCoffee deep purple Soldier of Fortune also been covered by them

[@SteveFrank111]

Not a timpani, just his floor tom. Toms aren't typically tuned to pitch, unless you're Terry Bozzio.

[@Luixgs]

other master band above all others but differen genre is "therion" a ton of master pieces all "vovin" album "deggial" an so on. I would recommend start with "via nocturna" or maybe a more standard song "rise of sodom and gomorrah"

[@Luixgs]

other opeth song you will love is "closure" (no demon). you should watch all the Shepherd's Bush Empire concert at least the songs you have reated already, they are better than the album versions. in that concet you will have the no fade end for "a fair judgement" and is the best song end i know. last my favorite opeth song is "the drapery falls" that you have already reacted to.

[@warwanwusic]

you should also check out caligula's horse, prog metal band, i recommend you start with dream the dead and the hands are the hardest

[@Luixgs]

martin lopez was the best drummer that opeth ever had saddly they lose him, you may look deeper into his enormous influence in the opeth style he deserves a complete reaction video as well

[@Luixgs]

if you like challenges react to "greatest show on earth" a 24 minutes Nightwish song and best song ever composed (sorry to exagerate but is my number one)

[@Eklipze3k]

Demonverse is the next phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe xD

[@MusicCatsandCoffee]

Love it.

[@oelapaloma]

The only thing that bothers me is the wrong use of prepositions like "inflict harm to others" instead of "on others" haha, there are a couple examples in Mikaels lyrics but he is not a native speaker so fair enough. My absolute favorite band of all time.

[@sunrisesurflessonskauai9355]

The hardest thing about listening to music reviews to songs one already knows, is when the creator pauses at THE WORST POSSIBLE TIME 100% OF THE TIME! Unsequestered edging :(😢

[@rosendoza]

KZbin premium is your friend.

[@TheCiddan]

"Positive affirmation" = Core tenant of Satanism, apparently :D

[@apollyonexe868]

This album is a prime example of why Martin Lopez ran circles over Axenrot as a drummer.

[@lukesabin691]

C’mon man you must be joking. Or maybe you’re not a drummer. Lopez was great on this album, but Axe’s playing live and in the studio is light years ahead of Lopez.

[@apollyonexe868]

@@lukesabin691 I am sorry for your condition.

[@soakedbearrd]

Axe is fantastic, and might be a better technical drummer, his work in pale communion is fantastic. But there was something special about Martin Lopez drumming that’s so memorable, it’s a feel, groovy, with Latin sprinkles and tasteful cymbal and bass drum work. Axe although good, sometimes sounds like he’s trying to add too many notes. Sometimes the space or silence in between notes matter just as much as the notes.

[@lukesabin691]

@@soakedbearrd Agreed that rests/silence is equally important. But Axe’s fills, grooves, left hand ghost notes, double kick playing, dynamic right hand patterns on the ride and hi-hat, accent patterns, etc. ad infinitum are superior. Especially when you see that Axe played as well if not better live than on studio recordings. Lopez was borderline awful live, and sometimes in studio (see Amon Amarth’s first record) dude couldn’t even play in time.

[@lukesabin691]

@@apollyonexe868 I am sorry for your extra Chromosome.

[@mellertid]

I never paid much attention to the lyrics. They kind of suck 😀

[@MusicCatsandCoffee]

So...the lyrics of this song: His mouth is a vortex Sucking you into it's pandemonium Fools you with a helping hand of ashes Reached out in false dismay His body is a country The cities lay dead and beyond despair Friends turned enemies unable to come clean In a rising fog of reeking death Now, this is what society deems popular: In a minute I'ma need a sentimental Man or woman to pump me up Feeling fussy, walkin' in my Balenci-ussy's Tryna bring out the fabulous 'Cause I give a f--- way too much I'ma need like two shots in my cup One to get up, one to get down Mm, that's how I feel right now People like what they like, but it makes me want to weep. lol Opeth lyrics are awesome. :D

[@mellertid]

@@MusicCatsandCoffee fair! I just felt the words sounded cumbersome in his mouth, you know, unsmooth lol. Odd in a bad way. Awkward is the word. I agree lyrics in general are absolute rubbish. Probably I just don't get it 🤪

[@mellertid]

Though while a bad poem is nothing, a good song with bad lyrics is still a good song. And I wouldn't wish the voice-instrument away.

[@mellertid]

@@snyy3566 well, I know people appreciate their / his lyrics. Still think they're more often than not awkward, especially in contrast to the fluid lines of the other instruments.