Opeth - §1 (Radio Edit) {Pianist continues his exploration of heavy metal}

[@bryanmack5410]

For us die-hards, this was basically “meat is back on the menu, boys!”

[@TheErazar]

i was literally smashing my desk while listening to the song

[@bryanmack5410]

@@TheErazar yeah man - I'm 51 and reacted like my 16-year old self. One lesson I've learned - that 16-yo was far more wise than the many versions that followed (hence, my "jazz phase" in 1998).

[@naturalianoss]

raw meat and raw organs full of nutrients

[@naturalianoss]

@@bryanmack5410 one has to be over 40 to get into Jazz

[@bryanmack5410]

@@naturalianoss strange - because I was 25, playing sax, and spending 2-3 nights at different jazz clubs, so not sure how that was even possible.

[@bumblefluff79]

Glad you enjoyed it, and the fact you've listened to it 10 times shows it must be doing something for you. New Opeth albums always require several play through before it all settles into place. Watershed specifically had me confused for the longest time and then when I finally got it, it became one of my favourites of theirs. Very much looking forward to the new album and the full unedited version!

[@Darker_Waters]

It was the opposite for me. Watershed became my favorite album instantly.

[@Eirath]

@@Darker_Waters Yeah, same here

[@Dumnonia]

Watershed is an incredible album. Opeth reward their repeat listeners.

[@chrischabot4960]

For some reason, the only way I can listen to Watershed is the 5.1 mix in stereo I dvd-ripped back in the day. All the instruments have much more clarity and I'd always listen it with the vibe of the Porcelain Heart video before that stereo mix. I'd recommend listening to that specific version.

[@FlightdeckJohnny]

The mixing of this song is incredible. The stereo effect is astonishing, at least on a great set of speakers

[@Owenator26]

This is my most anticipated album for this year. The fact they brought back the growls after 16 years still blows my mind. The classic Opeth sound mixed with the newer stuff. Damnation, Ghost Reveries & In Cauda Venenum are my Top 3 let's see what they have in store for us this album beyond excited! Great reaction \m/

[@bryanmack5410]

Vid is just getting started and I found myself thinking “omg I hope he likes it” like it’s my song and I’m 13.

[@christianmenard3233]

The Wikipedia entry for the album, states the full song is 5:56 long. 7 "section" + the last song named "A story never told" for a total length around 51 min. Cannot wait for this album, this first taste was exquisite.

[@astrape]

On Tidal is 5:57

[@fruitchewx127]

First time I heard those growls I started shaking and vibrating uncontrollably I was so excited

[@Olivia_Neumann]

8:25 - 8:38 I’m pretty sure that voice is Åkerfeldt’s 17 year old daughter Mirjam!

[@AbhijeetSingh-ed3lw]

thank you!!

[@TheJML1975]

I did read that his daughter is on the album, so it’s gotta be! Supposedly Ian Anderson talks on some parts too, possibly those spoken bits, between the beginning growls?!

[@sleepinthemorningcalm]

@@TheJML1975 those spots must be them yes

[@hotfuzz0328]

This was an excellent video and breakdown you've earned a subscriber

[@chriscoote2690]

Love this track. Can’t wait for the album.

[@BlairHann-e5z]

Those major chords sound very liberating amongst all the minor evilness/sadness. Super cool!

[@soakedbearrd]

Same here, I’m really digging this song. Excited for this new album.

[@robertpetre9378]

I remember meeting Opeth years ago at a metal festival in the UK and they were really cool and funny. I think that their guitarist was a bit upset because he wasn’t allowed to take pictures with fans but apart from that it was a great experience meeting them.

[@Olivia_Neumann]

@@robertpetre9378 that’s so dope. They hung out at my local record store right next to the venue they played here in Copenhagen six weeks ago. Chatted away, took lots of photos and signed records for people. Nicest guys!

[@darkphoenix2]

I don't think something like music can actually be too intellectual for someone, but I know what Richard is saying. I think I "get" this music and I still feel those moments of confusion and uncertainty when there's a change I wasn't expecting or the rhythms and riffs are complex and hard to follow. But that's the thing - it makes it more satisfying once things click and you actually do "get" it. I only got into Opeth in 2020, so this is the first new album they'll release since I became a fan. I haven't been waiting years like the longtime fans have for the heavy stuff and the growls to come back, but hearing Mikael sound as strong and demonic as ever with those vocals was exciting.

[@ohtwo23]

It had to be 15 years ago but I remember I was heavily into Dream Theater and would post on metal forums asking users to "get me into Opeth." I would have members come and tell me "if you can't get into it, it's not you, it's them." I don't know what happened but Opeth has been my favorite band for over 10 years now. Mikael is my favorite growling/screaming vocalist of all time. Nobody can compare except for whoever the vocalist is for Draconian during their demo days. Man Orchid screaming, Morningrise growls. Definitely my type of shit haha. Cannot wait for the rest of this record

[@deller79]

As a drummer I absolutely love the mix 🥁🛢️🪘So hyped for this tune and wats to come. But the “maybe its part of the title” quote wins the day 🤣🤣👍✌️

[@kahwigulum]

my body is ready for this album

[@PK--ITA]

I'll just say this: Opeth, as my favorite band, should always be number one, among my "other" favorite bands. They are now "REALLY" number one. The album which is to be released soon promises to be "wonderful". ❤❤❤

[@sreneethomas]

Ive been loving Opeth for decades. Some albums more than others. Having Ian on flute for some tracks on this album made me perk up for the release, and to check out this drummer! To top it off, some growls are back! Im waiting in anticipation for this album. Ill always be an Opeth fan, for all their talents, but also i know they have albums that i just dont listen to. So im excited to possibly have a new album for my playlist!

[@alfonsoagren414]

Opeth is one of my too 5 bands/artists ever. Just love these musical adventures. Musical storytelling. The ”synth” sounds (flute, violin and manly viice etc) are from a classic melotrone that Mikael seems to love to use. Gives a strange presense that fits well here. Love your reactions! Cheers! Stay Metal! 🤘😎🤘😢

[@lordofdorknessdm3085]

Absolutely thrilled Mikael brought back the growls. I knew it would likely happen eventually, but I wasn't expecting it on this release. Can't wait to see them in LA at the end of October this year.

[@JeffMeyers-zm2lh]

This track is epic. I listened to it at work like 6 times back to back.

[@stepitupandgo67]

Looking forward to this album for sure

[@MartinUglow]

The standard edit is available on streaming services - and the extra time is for a instrumental piece at the end. Sounds like it'll lead into the next subsection! Really enjoyed this track and looking forward to the whole thing!

[@mikaelakerfeldt27]

you kept your promise for reacting to this single!! 😂 I will also be there on October 11, would you guys think about organising a small meet&greet just before the Opeth concert? thank you ❤

[@ysteinSundsb]

Growling is back! \,,/

[@milton1448]

Coolest riffs in metal

[@-Heavy-]

I have that feeling that this album brings me back to Opeth for I kind of lost interest in them over the last few albums. This here gives me Ghost Reveries vibes mixed with a new kind of craziness....I like it!!!🤘

[@Mike-xq7ib]

It's literally the musical reading of a will.

[@CoastalEddieinflames]

You're wearing my favorite Cattle Decapitation shirt!

[@alcofgod4211]

Great song and it promises to be a great album

[@mister_syre]

That's when you are progressive with your music: you try to go beyond the expectations, push the boundaries and thread new paths. Opeth manages to do that within the parameters of Death Metal, influenced massively by 70s Prog/Kraut/Psych Rock bands.

[@CLFmoto87]

Do a listen along fir the whole album! A first for the channel. There’s so much depth to it. Album of the year.

[@nielsenjesp]

Vibrato is back! By the way I was hoping that they would continue making swedish lyrics, but who knows about the rest of the ”paragraphs”. Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull narrates, and also play flute on some of the songs. But I also think its mellotron on this song..

[@_nurmi06]

There is a real flute on the symphonic section on §1 which is just after the radio edit ends

[@notalastorr]

​@_nurmi06 how might one come upon the full version early?

[@Nergrettez]

The full version of §1 is on e.g. Apple Music and Tidal

[@alistairclifton1286]

Important to remember that this radio edit will be much shorter than the album version.

[@sand_la]

It's just an outro that is missing. The full song is on apple music

[@sparkyxiii13]

The full version is on Tidal as well.

[@ericajade2601]

While I'm not sure about this particular song, Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull plays flute on several of the album's tracks.

[@Eirath]

Now that you've experienced Walts drumming it might be a perfect time to dive into what he did for Paradise Lost on their Medusa and Obsidian albums.

[@naturalianoss]

the hispanic guy was superior

[@Eirath]

​@@naturalianoss Hispanic drummer in Paradise Lost? Oh, you must mean Lopez who used to drum in Opeth back at the turn of the millenium? Nah. He was good indeed, but Waltteri is a goddamn prodigy.

[@CheckTheWiki]

Yeah these drums don't sound like Opeth to me, it's very run of the mill metal drums. I'll give this another go with headphones but I hope there's a return to form for the drums on the other tracks.

[@Eirath]

@@CheckTheWiki Ah, you're criticising style, not skill. Fair enough. Yeah, Walts drumming is more contemporary in style comparatively. But I mean, so was Axe too in a way. But I get it, Lopez definitely had a different approach.

[@wirdoasymmetry]

oh man, it is a canon event, the return of akerfeldt growls, beautifull t-shirt btw

[@derekd.4156]

I think this song is like the beginning of 2112. Where it has snippets of the sections of the song in the prologue. Typically, a paper starts off (section 1) with an abstract, which is a brief overview/summary of the whole paper

[@pixelchicken5682]

Love this track, only thing I can see topping it this year is wintersun

[@julien2231]

Holy crap... i need to stop and lisyen to the version untouched before comijg back😅 this is heautiful

[@The13thblade]

FNA. You guys are spot on.

[@IvanStojsic]

Their music is not for everyone,not even for most metalheads, complexity, diversity and key changes are insane and still they sound fresh,new and full of energy,one of my favorite bands, maybe cause I prefer progressive metal and classical musicbtoo

[@jamesreilley5880]

The keyboard section starts with a Fender Rhodes electric piano, then Mellotron, and finally a Hammond organ.

[@johnpelfrey2425]

It's incredible

[@salkynsuuguitarraqua]

When you listen same songs/albums by them several times, they become more closer and better. Opeth is not just primitive and straight music, you should start feel it.

[@ohtwo23]

Radio edit. The non-radio version will probably be +10 minutes and I won't complain one bit

[@VanJR.]

I started listening to Opeth in 2003 @16 y/o and now as a 36 y/o I’m just as giddy as I was back then listening to Mikael’s growls

[@Akindmind-oe7ol]

Another new one to me! I like it! Now off to find some Billy Joel…

[@newman7316]

it is very mike pattonish

[@coreysprague]

Would love to hear you guys react to something off of the Still Life album, preferably the Moor!

[@Censeo]

We need some red MÅGA hats "Mikael Åkerfeldt Growls Again"

[@vibin_psilocybin]

Dang i liked that a lot. Never was a big Opeth fan, either

[@Xaikar]

I'd be surprised if Section isn't the word referred to on an album called "Last Will and Testament".

[@naturalianoss]

Cryptopsy-Mutant Christ is all you need to turn Judson in a total metalhead.

[@PieterKleij]

Gonna see them live tonorrow, maybe they will play it. Anyway, it is gonna be great anyway. Love the track.

[@deminybs]

🎶🥰🤟

[@guilloboi]

Bruh I laughed so hard at 13:57

[@canarioobediente92]

Bro you look good with that hair!

[@sleepinthemorningcalm]

Why these guys give me Rhett and Link vibes

[@alejandrosalazar2017]

Do a full album reaction when it’s released!

[@ricksuddarth7200]

It's paragraph 1 ,so I read from a recent interview

[@scottlick9781]

I saw something earlier today. The sing name is paragraph 1

[@rayconnell8866]

I think Akerfledt's "Have you Got it Yet" is a reference to Syd Barret / Pink Floyd

[@Greatmeasures]

That’s cool

[@rayconnell8866]

@@Greatmeasures Going to see Opeth tomorrow night in Tilburg. Can't wait

[@metatron333ascension]

chances are that flute sound is from a mellotron and not a real flute. he loves the mellotron. they have a few different sounds on it including orchestra. the mellotron is famously used on strawberry fields by the beatles. i also do believe they use a mellotron to sound design movies as well

[@crimsontowerfullmoon8646]

Would love to see your and his reaction to Septic Flesh Eldest Cosmonaut (Clean version). Cheers from Morocco

[@Bellathor]

I actually liked the last Opeth album cause it seemed like the songwriting was great again, awesome to hear the growls again. P.S. check out some Symphony X lol.

[@Downsider24]

Opeth had become a tough listen for me after Heritage, especially when Orchid to Watershed were just so goddamn perfect, even though not always equal (MAYH is my absolute favourite) and Watershed took over a dozen playbacks until it just clicked for me, but everything after Heritage was such an insane challenge for me to enjoy. In Cauda Venenum definitely grew on me sooner than the rest, but this track has quite literally brought me to tears, and I never thought we would hear THIS in a new Opeth record. The fact they managed to combine the Old with the New, and it sounds like it could've easily been released between Ghost Reveries and Watershed blows my goddamn mind. All I want now is Damnation 2.0.

[@JusteSimon88]

You should try some Enslaved... Kind of the same prog'ish clean/growl death metal. Without being the same genre... The songs Night Sight and Thoughts like Hammer are good example.

[@patriceye3892]

You should go with Orphaned land Disciples of the sacred oath p 2 for the next one !

[@DarkMustard1337]

I own every albumn but the last few, didnt like their direction...this is gonna bring them back 10 fold, older fans were waiting for this. Also have you guys listened to Ne Obliviscaris?

[@hugemetalfan6664]

I haven’t really listened to this band either but I only like one song from this band!!

[@mellertid]

It would be such a move if this is the only track with growls. 😁

[@DBASSDAN]

Id love a reaction to ULCERATE - TO FLOW THROUGH ASHEN HEARTS

[@IronMetal]

Go home Jedson, you're drunk 19:15

[@TheBFN]

👿🔱😈... medieval demon...or Dawn Of Ashes or Suicidal Tendencies 👍👍👍☺☺☺

[@Capitaomac1]

That IS a flute, and it's Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) playing it. It seems he also does spoken word. Can't wait for the rest of the story.

[@JamesHippe-wy9qh]

Absolutely love prog when I get it.. Rush, Tool, Mastodon.. they usually have the best drummers Neil, Danny, Brann.. sometimes I just don't get it.. Dream Theater, Opeth, Devin Townsend.. I don't hate it, but I keep trying to like it and it doesn't happen.. 🤷

[@BlackRoseImmortal]

I am glad he is back with some growls, however the music itself is gone way overboard with the Prog side. Earlier Opeth was easier to digest. the growling sections were paired with much heavier music, and the clean vocals were generally paired with great acoustic guitar parts. Now it all just seems to run together. What I enjoyed about the older stuff is how dynamic each side was, the heavy was just that, heavy and the clean sides were much more melodic and for lack of a more manlier word, pretty. It was that dynamic clash of the two sides that got me interested in the band. Everything is just blended together now.

[@soakedbearrd]

When they changed their style from morningrise to MAYH it was a shift. Same thing happened with still life, watershed and post watershed. That’s what kept them fresh and unpredictable, and it kept them creative. When a band stops being creative and starts making material they’ve already made, it bores and stagnates them. This is why Opeth is different because Mikael isn’t afraid to reinvent and change the status quo, and he does it for himself not for anyone else. You have to respect that as an artist. Now that doesn’t mean everyone is going to like it and you aren’t going to lose fans in the process, but you will also gain fans. Basically I get what you’re saying (even though I like this), but mikael is going to be Mikael.

[@jean-philippep2412]

I agree with your analysis!

[@TheJML1975]

@@soakedbearrdI agree with this… but to me it feels a back step, going back to growls (even though I love them) and when I’m humming this song, I find I drift into Grand conjuration!

[@omgoneguy6615]

Hey, I lost interest since Watershed. Imagine waiting nearly 20 years for a return to form. Can't wait. Still miss Peter....

[@leddygee1896]

I think Mikael enjoys a fine Pinot Noir once in a while!!😁

[@RiffisKing]

I’m pretty sure it’s paragraph 1!

[@SuperCoon88]

Close, but it should actually be "Section 1" (to my understanding at least). The two S's on top of each other mean "section" in legal documents.

[@RiffisKing]

@@SuperCoon88 it’s paragraph in europe. Mikael even says so in a recent interview

[@SuperCoon88]

@@RiffisKing In Europe? There’s dozens of different European languages, dude. It might be similar to paragraph in other European languages, but in English, that would specifically and objectively be titled “Section 1.” And Mikael might have said that because English isn’t his first language. In German (as an example of another European language that I’m familiar with), the direct translation would be “paragraph” because their word for “section” has a connotation more distant to the concept of section in a body of text, thus interchanging “sektion” with “paragraph,” since “sektion,” (which literally translates to the English “section”) is much more typically used with dissecting a corpse or doing an autopsy. Any translator would take the English word “section” in this context and translate it into “abschnitt” or “paragraph,” not “sektion.” So the best translation for “section symbol” in German would be “paragrafzeichen,” or literally “paragraph symbol” in English. And come on… it’s two S’s. It’s way more intuitive to call it “section 1” in english. And it’s also what the symbol is called in English. It’s a weird wrinkle in translation, but the connotations and usages of synonyms in one language don’t always carry over to another.

[@RiffisKing]

@@SuperCoon88 i meant to write scandinavia. For example if you read the law in norwegian, § is paragraph, same in sweden.

[@SuperCoon88]

@@RiffisKing I don’t think you’re picking up what I’m dropping. Yes, the direct translation would be “paragraph,” but that’s not the proper translation. In English, it is “section.” A professional translator would take the symbol as section because the definitions and uses of the “section/sektion” and “paragraph/abschnit/avsnitt” between English and the Northern European languages are different. This is because in English legal documents you have sections with multiple paragraphs. To point out a specific sentence in a document you might say “Section 2, paragraph 3, line 16” Section and paragraph have similar but different meanings in English, especially in a legal document.

[@The13thblade]

Also can I like twice.?

[@bam3666]

expected you guys to check out 'the leper affinity' by now, probably opeth's signature tune

[@pandabearguy1]

Just do the full Blackwater Park album tbh

[@galebe135]

Love The Leper Affinity but Drapery Falls is definitly more of their "signature tune"

[@TheBFN]

👿🔱😈... definitely check out poisoning the steps of Babel by Dawn Of Ashes Wild video.. Cant say im a opeth fan.. But this song is diff and ive never heard it before..so 👍☺.. it's good that you're giving a band you don't really dig and new to you music a chance... I try to listen to new and different bands and genres daily... you can't get stuck in one genre or place in life..life is Journey so check out everything along the way😊

[@lawrencefine5020]

Pleasantly surprised that Mike brought back the growls. The guitars got heavy-er. If I had one complaint it's the drums are way too high in the mix and drier than the Sahara Desert, but played very well. But the growls are back baby. And that make's this Neanderthal very happy. My favorite band is back.

[@naturalianoss]

drier than the Gaza strip

[@lubslov]

Richard, do you know dying fetus? Worth checking them out and exposing your friend to their stuff

[@sxelady]

Something peeks out the back of your t shirt when you turn your head at the piano. So now ill imagine a Ben Affleck’s dragon tattoo sized monster tat grace your entire back. Unless you say otherwise.

[@Greatmeasures]

I do have my back tattooed extensively. Good eye!

[@sxelady]

@@Greatmeasureswicked👀 Which guess comes closest, is it Richard’s face a la Steve O’s back tattoo, something biblical like angels and demons, or something music related?

[@Greatmeasures]

@@sxelady I might have to just show it for you!

[@sxelady]

@@Greatmeasures you gotta!

[@aarontrudeau3257]

Not above your intellect. It’s tool-esque and then it’s Genesis/King Crinson the. To 2004 Opeth

[@diegoquiroz5166]

fiiiiiiorst

[@coyscottberg2507]

It's meh. They really haven't written an album worthwhile since BWP. Do yourself a favor and listen to Still Life front to back.

[@adamp.7358]

Meh.

[@coyscottberg2507]

@@adamp.7358 meh

[@omgoneguy6615]

Ghost Reveries is up there for me, while BWP never struck me as a favorite. I'd put the first 4 albums on top. BWP below Ghost Reveries / Deliverance and all the recent albums on the bottom. Been listening since the 90's. Glad to see the return to form and they have artfully blended their more recent sound into it in a way that I can dig. Growls = good

[@golgol4903]

cool n all but there's plenty of classic Opeth to do before a brand new single imo.

[@tmp1k]

the lyrics don't read like a legal document at all so the song titles don't really makes sense. i'm not sold on this one.

[@joshmorris9908]

5/10. I never got in to them.

[@coisasaqui]

opeth is not heavy metal

[@jean-philippep2412]

Recent Opeth is extremely boring, this song shows that even the return of the growls can't help...

[@ondrom1685]

This song is killer composition

[@tmp1k]

it's just meh for me dawg. the clean vocal melodies are kinda lame.

[@alexgram1276]

Honestly, it's bad

[@Silver_Something]

Nah, it’s great actually. I was on the fence on first listen but this is pretty special.

[@spockhozzer7207]

It's not just bad, it's terrible. People who say they like this either have no idea what music is, or they're trying really hard to get clicks from those idiots

[@alexgram1276]

@@Silver_Something it just seems to me like pretentious prog aka Dream Theater. I really love all their albums until Watershed. Then it went south for me... And the growls are the marketing point of this single

[@Silver_Something]

@@spockhozzer7207 lol okay pal.

[@kahwigulum]

who hurt you

[@sarahwilliams-curto6750]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/namtg6uug9aeo6Msi=ybWO9-CNYLdcElWe Official video...also My Pandora played me #3 on new album, equally as fun! So Happy Yall did this, I work overnights, and was just thinking on the way that I missed Yall...😊 Thanks A Bunch!! Love Yall!!