Classical Pianist Opeth Hessian Peel Reaction

[@bryanmack5410]

THIS is the song I like to introduce people to Opeth with. The full spectrum of what they do.

[@PJAlphaMusic]

This is a very good song!

[@mortenrl1946]

I think this is one of their more fun songs to dive into as a musician, they really mess with the scales and time signatures on it. I like all the "uh.. what? no it makes sense now thats cool" moments, lol, good to know its not just me

[@PJAlphaMusic]

Right lol you are not only one going like🧐🤔

[@lawrencefine5020]

To me Opeth is like Pink Floyd, they are their own genre inspired by multitudes of other styles. No one sounds like Opeth.

[@PJAlphaMusic]

Interesting...

[@sus_beatz8559]

Pink Floyd made by vikings

[@GlimB]

I know this isn't related to this video really, but you've asked in earlier videos where the "medieval" influences come from, and I think I might have an answer. I know Mikael is a big fan of Comus and they have the same kind of medieval feel to them so that's a very likely source of inspiration.

[@PJAlphaMusic]

Boom! do you have the entired name of the band? Is it Comus like that?

[@floridabelle]

Great reaction Pablo! Looking forward to the next one, Hex Omega. I think it's way too underrated. Anxious to see what you think.

[@deminybs]

shhhh don't tell my boss again 😹

[@PJAlphaMusic]

Can't wait!

[@floridabelle]

@@deminybs 🤣

[@floridabelle]

@@PJAlphaMusic Ditto!

[@tricia154]

Pleeeeeease don't end at Hex Omega, please include the bonus track Derelict Herds in your album reaction, it tends to be criminally ignored by reaction youtubers lol

[@bubblegum0912]

YESS!!! Derelict herds is so underrated I think! Fucking love that song 🤘🤘🤘

[@Taunic]

Very underrated. Amazing song!

[@PJAlphaMusic]

I got you!

[@natesnotes101]

Great song. Sam abbott does this on piano perfectly as well btw

[@PJAlphaMusic]

Sam Abbott is their keyboard player, correct?

[@tricia154]

@@PJAlphaMusic Sam Abbott appears to be a pianist KZbinr that does covers of songs :)

[@benneburg]

11:44 Death metal to my ears, but I only have listening ears, not analyzer ears. Orchid and Morningrise have more of a black metal feel to them, in particular the bonus tracks from those albums, Into the Frost of Winter and Eternal Soul Torture. A lot of the calm and atmospheric things, are very much a black metal thing to do, too.

[@PJAlphaMusic]

Maybe there are still some Black metalish influences still lingering around?

[@benneburg]

@@PJAlphaMusic I don't doubt that, would be surpriced if there wasn't

[@deminybs]

Yayyy

[@PJAlphaMusic]

Lol

[@deminybs]

also I'm 100% sure on the genre deal you were talking about, my ears&brain apparently just like good music when they hear it 😋 I've listened to cradle of filth a handful of times and didn't really get that vibe, maybe because he's got them distinct vocals I don't see it , but meh, enjoy the next one!

[@floridabelle]

❤💯

[@PJAlphaMusic]

Thanks For The support!

[@floridabelle]

@@PJAlphaMusic Always.

[@Nukaria]

I haven't looked back st anything else yet but if you haven't already pls listen to heritage (the song, it's not very long at all always wished it was longer but it's just a piano piece by opeth and i love it.)

[@PJAlphaMusic]

I think already did

[@jayclean5653]

It's pronounced Heh-shn. Just letting you know. It was the nickname of the German mercenaries from the States of Hesse-Kassel and Hesse-Hanau (and any other state) that fought in the American Revolution.

[@PJAlphaMusic]

Thanks for the historical facts!

[@jayclean5653]

@@PJAlphaMusic Here to help.

[@bryanmack5410]

The first few Opeth releases were pretty rooted in death metal with some "black metal nonsense" as Mikael once said. The middle albums blend multiple metal genres, so they became "progressive metal," and the more recent works have abandoned "metal" to become "prog rock." At least that's how I hear it.

[@PJAlphaMusic]

They are telling me watershed was basically the last album with death metal resembles, is that true?

[@bryanmack5410]

@@PJAlphaMusic Yes. Dramatically. "Heritage" came out a few years later, and began the war of "Oldpeth vs Newpeth." There are zero "growls" and only a few songs that use any "metal styles." It was not well-received at all, ESPECIALLY by the fans. The next albums would be stronger, with their most recent being the "masterpiece" of the new prog-rock style. But they, of course, still play all the old classics live to this day.

[@joaquingonzalez3359]

Men this is my favorite track of the álbum, the violin and the acoustic guitar of the beggining is something else... by the way, you just mention that mikael wife cometed suicide, but thats is fake i think, i never read that and i just search that

[@PJAlphaMusic]

So did not commit suicide.?

[@TheFbiFilesRepeat]

I think she did killl herself

[@markblaauw4961]

@@PJAlphaMusic I don't know if it's true, but the story is circulating that at the time he wrote the music for this album, his girlfriend did actually commit suicide.

[@joaquingonzalez3359]

@@PJAlphaMusic what i found from an official interview is that mikael had a girlfriend in the 90s that lasted only a few months and they broke up, then he married his current wife in 2003, he comments that his ex-girlfriend had a son and that he wished he could overcome his depression, if it weren't for her, he would do it for his son, but during the recording of Watershed he found out that he committed suicide and he was very inspired by that situation to write hessian peel and hex omega (when the song say "will the children cry when their mother dies" for example), but it's not that his wife committed suicide, and mikael suffered from depression because of it, all of that is false

[@markrichardson8378]

If you listen to early opeth,that will probably be classed more black metal.

[@PJAlphaMusic]

agree some folks are saying the thing maybe Orchid?

[@markblaauw4961]

This is a typical example of progressive death metal. No black metal included. The build up is really unsurpassed. You really should listen to it again and again (endlessly as far as I'm concerned😊) but listen particularly to the bass. It's extremely important in the build up of this song.

[@PJAlphaMusic]

Got it thanks for the tip though!

[@josueignaciomm]

The heavy middle part after the little piano break is VERY black metal, as are many of other parts of this album (lotus eater for example). Their black metal influence is undeniable, and that's partly why I don't like to label Opeth. They're definitely their own thing, but with a lot of progressive, folk, black metal and death metal influence.

[@qwerty.4450]

@@josueignaciommI think the middle heavy part in heir apparent also has a black metal feel (the part with the minor 2nd tremolo riff)

[@DavaHerian]

3:39 Uoy ees I, natas teews ym Thginot kcab emoc, draytruoc eht no tuo (Out on the courtyard, come back tonight My sweet satan, I see you) 8:55 Yhw nosaer ruoy regnol on re'yehT (They're no longer your reason why) nice satanic message joke