Demon, Drowning, Deliverance | Opeth is Back

[@MusicCatsandCoffee]

Forgot to share the poll results. Deliverance: 48%, Bleak 34%, Moon Above & Sun Below 17% :)

[@AbhijeetSingh-ed3lw]

Bleak some day maybe?

[@dutchmastah07]

Bleak is a must.

[@bobbyanderson7133]

Bleak is the first song I heard from Opeth and the one that hooked me. It has both death and clean vocals, and the middle section with the high droning notes are ...transcendental and sublime.

[@-LOST-eb5xz]

Although Deliverance is a great song, I feel Lauren would’ve appreciated Bleak a lot better.

[@eyal4463]

Bleak is really amazing for the atmosphere, sound and lyrics. But you Got to suffer a really bad half of the song to get there

[@bryanmack5410]

I still chuckle when I see your vid for Hessian Peel, "Just kidding it's me, Demon"

[@floridabelle]

What a nice surprise to see more Opeth! ❤ I love these reactions. You're still as clever & funny as ever.

[@morlokkurak4763]

Thank you, Lady L, for reacting to my favorite Opeth song. You're the best! 🥁👍👍👍🎶🎵🎶🤘🤘🤘🎸

[@alanbrown7412]

Hi Lauren. Thank you for reacting to more Opeth. I have been a fan from when the first album Orchid was released. The band are just brilliant. I really love Mikael's vocals...growls and cleans.... All the albums since Watershed are without growls...but they are still brilliant. On the poll for Deliverance you listed The Moon Above The Sun Below...this is a brilliant track and well worth a listen. I really enjoy your channel and love your reactions...I really like the pauses because you can actually talk about what you have just heard... especially when a song could be over 10 mins long as the case a lot with Opeth👍😆. Looking forward to your next reaction Take care, stay safe. Peace and love from Liverpool UK 👍✌️🤘☮️

[@bruxxy6814]

I hope this means you'll do the other ones from the poll next? I'd love your thoughts on moon above sun below, it's my personal favourite opeth track and quite different from the ones you've heard so far :)

[@azrar]

Nice reaction! I think you would really like All Things Will Pass; it's very haunting, with clean vocals and very beautiful ending.

[@victorlojero8318]

I'm honestly conflicted, lol. On one hand I'm sort of glad that my question about you disliking a song enough to not post it came to fruition. However I'm sad that it was with the band I introduced you to as they are awesome. I'm so happy that your channel is growing and yes cats are weird. That's why we love them. :)

[@MusicCatsandCoffee]

No, the song was fine. I didn't like the video itself. Big difference. :)

[@OrdinaryWackoGaming]

Good that you picked Deliverance (I put my vote there). Nice reaction video as always! 🙂

[@deth2sokpuppets504]

This is such an epic song and I love the end it is definitely groovy. Maybe you could do the song you sat thru without stopping in a live version and react. Please think about reacting to opeths black rose immortal or maybe put in a poll. Have a good day.

[@bryanmack5410]

I really hope you'll try dome demon-free Opeth. Anything off the new album.

[@markblaauw4961]

In Cauda Venenum has got brilliant compositions. But I really think you should listen to that in its intirety to fully enjoy the trip. But you are right. It's about time for Lauren she discovers new Opeth. I guess we have to wait for some poll? 🙂

[@ManWithoutThePants]

@@markblaauw4961 Also few pieces from Damnation would be nice for reacting. They are in style quite different from new Opeth. Not as progressive, but more soothing great songs. Mix of both couple Damnation pieces and then newer Opeth where there are lots of different kinds of songs to react.

[@danielrivera1005]

So many demons !!... you are hilarious. Keep up the awesomeness ..

[@ScottHodgins29]

Excellent video!

[@trumbell]

Emperor! I Am The Black Wizards, that's some demon voice

[@markblaauw4961]

When you want to listen to growlless Opeth try The Wild Flowers, Cusp Of Eternity or Sorceress. But when you choose Sorceress please, please make sure you react to The live registration on Red Rocks. The sound from that recording sounds way better than the poor produced album version. I admit that I love the old Opeth (with growls) a bit more, but the clean singing Mikael is also a gem. The music from their later albums is as you may know by now different (more progrock/progmetal with more room for keyboardguy. Cheers again 🤘🍺

[@bretmorris830]

I'd add Faith in Others also, probably my favorite vocal performance from their prog rock era.

[@EndreBarathArt]

cool to see on your face as your brain decoding the poly-poly-poly-polyrhythmpolyphony :)

[@bulletproofvita]

Great track, one of their best...epic

[@mercerfrey9427]

Nice pfp

[@bulletproofvita]

@@mercerfrey9427 Thank you, Wilson 😆

[@mercerfrey9427]

@@bulletproofvita He is my soulmate

[@bulletproofvita]

@@mercerfrey9427 he is a genius at composing music.

[@bobbyanderson7133]

Lauren, you mentioned if the whole song was like that first cleaner section, you'd love it? You should check out some of Porcupine Tree's music. Their singer/songwriter, Stephen Wilson, produced the records that most of the Opeth songs you've listened to were from, and he does clean vocals on some of those songs too - Bleak is one. "Arriving Somewhere But Not Here" and "Anesthetize" are great songs to start on.

[@bobbyanderson7133]

Also, you would LOVE "Isolation Years" by Opeth. No death vocals. It's beautiful and probably the closest thing to pop you will hear from Opeth.

[@aydinnouri619]

Thanks for reacting to Opeth, please do more and often but let me give you some information about some songs and records, the Deliverance record has got a lot of black metal influences that it might be not suitable for anyone, even the vocals from Mikael is black metal types in this record, but after all of these growls Mikael himself just said in the interview that after a while listening to his old records and growling he didn't want to do growls anymore and he was tired of it so Opeth started to produce much more of progressive Metal, Rock type and if you want to listen to the non growling but beautiful songs try (Damnation( witch death whispered lullaby was in this record) , Sorceress, In cauda venenum , Pale communion , Heritage) and the last thing if you read my comment as well i'll be glad if you react to the ( Heart in Hand kzbin.info/www/bejne/oH2WiHSanqajqdk ) or ( Face of melinda kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2m7qpukgNOteKM ) or this one i highly highly recommend to watch as an Opeth fan ( Universal truth kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6HHnXSDja6pea8 ) thanks again ....

[@iamjatan]

I believe the song in part is about some of Mikael the lead singer's friends who were kidnapped or held hostage, I can't remember the exact story but the song is half about that blended with another theme.

[@HattemAlHajry]

Opeth, the kings of outros

[@godpatton4765]

Amo tu expresividad...

[@snordal]

What is the time signature at the end? Please check out the Opeth Universal truth video at some point!

[@raimukoyoasu6636]

it's just common time or 4/4 with syncopation, opeth did this kinda thing a lot in their song

[@snordal]

@@raimukoyoasu6636 thanks, i get it now. Just seemed a bit moore intricate.

[@reijonator]

They played this at Red rocks, just putting it out there ;)

[@sarwnrg1862]

Thats the point, to sound like a demon like pain like suffering...

[@deminybs]

It's here guys!!

[@IslamAmr]

Must try black rose immortal by opeth also, it's a masterpiece

[@lawrencegambrell4293]

There's a story behind the lyrics. Do your research. I'm enjoying your very unusual and very funny reaction to Opeth.

[@ericreinhard1918]

Deliverence. Baptism.

[@stevendelange3352]

If your into the late 60s/70s rock era (Yes, deep purple, iron butterfly etc... and the more experimental stuff of that time id say listen to anything from the Heritage, Pale Communion and Sorceress albums. and why have you not done The Moor Yet???!!!

[@MusicCatsandCoffee]

I did. Check the playlist. :)

[@stevendelange3352]

@@MusicCatsandCoffee will do, thanks.

[@stevendelange3352]

OMG, i did watch it! but either way, check out the later albums. im sure you will recognise some influence from the 70s rock era bands.

[@16dbuse]

I apologize if this is lengthy. The Damnation album and the Deliverance albums came out a few months apart, in my opinion, if you were to look at the album titles as their impression from their fans reactions, with Damnation being completely soft songs and Deliverance being more aligned to the path from Blackwater Park. I love this song, and this album, it's the first time I saw them live. But Damnation is so fucking good, and it does get overlooked, with songs like Windowpane, Closure, Hope Leaves, they are incredible, but also I can see the band viewing it as its reception from their fans and bringing it back around with Deliverance. A great reaction, thank you, this is truly one of their best.

[@netragtulb]

I agree that Damnation is great. I'm a Blackwater Park person myself and I'd take Damnation over Deliverance any day. I believe Lauren also liked both the songs she did so far (Death Whispered Lullaby and Windowpane), so she would probably agree.

[@16dbuse]

@@netragtulb I didn't see she had done Windowpane, I'll have to find that.

[@shaunholden9363]

I get ya gotta talk about the song.. But pausing opeth or tool is a crime lol

[@MusicCatsandCoffee]

Agreed

[@chrisdepp7665]

Perfectly paused production!!!

[@danibeto]

you make some good videos, react to Honey Bucket by Melvins

[@lucianoastudillohenriquez2866]

;)

[@bernhardkrickl3567]

By all means, stick to the pauses!

[@circulation69]

Yep Opeth are in a totally different league, you're right there. If you want to get around your Blackwater Park issue then the answer is (now you know the song) to react to the live version. Here's the link to them playing it live in 2010 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, it's taken from the dvd so the quality is good and I have seen other reactors use this version so there shouldn't be any blocking issues either. Loving your reactions :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZW6c2pjqrFmnKc

[@floridabelle]

THIS!