Opeth - Blackwater Park (Audio)

[@francismcalister7811]

I feel this song alone has more good riffs than many metal bands' entire discographies

[@powerslop7941]

Hi, I really like Dream Theater oh hey there's a crevice........

[@mattherbert6668]

You didn't just compare opeth to dream theatre.......🤦 Open your ears, absolutely nothing like each other. They have long songs that's about it. Both are fucking awesome though don't get me wrong but I'd suggest a delve into opeths back catalogue if that's honestly what you think.

[@powerslop7941]

I was referring to Dream Theaters discography more than anything.

[@connerkz5771]

Idk bolt thrower are the Kings of riff

[@kirisutegomen12]

@@mattherbert6668 their sound is similar tho

[@taufiqrahman2363]

*Writes 37 of the best drop d riffs* *Puts it in one song*

[@trippiezerotv]

Love this comment 😂😂, it’s so true bro! Opeth and metal forever 🤘🏻

[@timothypulliam2177]

Refuses to ellaborate

[@lasilviolin]

😊000😊😊0

[@Henry14arsenal2007]

I love how delusional Opeth fans are lol, tons of bands have written much better, more memorable, heavier and more technical riffs in drop D. Opeth is 90% boring chord progressions that lead nowhere to bloat a 3-minute song to 12 minutes. Opeth is the metal band for people who dont like metal.

[@danmcleod1938]

@@Henry14arsenal2007 You don't love anything, Mr. Udall.

[@Paniekzaaiertje]

Opeth is the definition of “autumn sound”

[@Oi-mj6dv]

literally (listening in the mid of nov ahahaha)

[@doh5artcrimeskrew]

I listen to this album all year long tbh but I admit it, with the right weather it hits different

[@monerpapa12]

autumn and winter, never spring or summer

[@gaborkrausz5402]

*I really like the riff between **0:06** and **12:13*

[@laoude7890]

yeah, the first 5 seconds really sucks.

[@drewpeterson9236]

@@laoude7890 Even the first 5 seconds are amazing. That buildup gives chills

[@gaborkrausz5402]

@@drewpeterson9236 Ye

[@frowningJoker]

That's like...the whole song man

[@dallasdavis5765]

@@frowningJoker name checks out

[@ManateeMentality]

This song. So many amazing riffs. Just so many. It’s incredible. 0:07 Riff 1 1:15 Riff 2 !!! 1:59 Riff 3 !!! 5:14 Riff 4 !!! 6:02 Riff 5 6:36 Riff 6 6:58 Riff 7 !!! 7:21 Riff 6 (again) 7:44 Riff 8 8:07 Riff 9 9:15 Riff 8 (again) 9:43 Riff 10 !!! 10:57 Riff 11

[@__somnii]

ManateeMentality 3,4,5 best of all time

[@butHomeisNowhere___]

Nah son, number 7 is the most brutal riff of all time.

[@NLoveN013]

11 is the best 🤘🏻

[@verkheia]

7 is nasty af

[@edgeharper6859]

Opeth riffage is the main reason I keep playing guitar

[@jamesmaster1450]

Everyone is talking about these riffs, which I totally understand, but man this might be one of the best death metal vocals ever recorded.

[@eggZ663]

The guy can do it live too. I saw them in Leeds and they were one of the tightest live bands I've ever seen, and I've seen all the big metal bands, fuckin awesome!

[@userhandler0tten351]

Pushes glasses up 🤓, “Don’t you mean Melodic Death Metal sir?”

[@sheldoncooper8199]

@@userhandler0tten351 Its actually Progressive Death Metal

[@sheldoncooper8199]

@@eggZ663 He doesnt Growl no more since 2011. But yeah he could do it Live

[@sheldoncooper8199]

@James Master You should hear him in the Grand Conjuration.

[@M4RCi92]

I remember the first time I ever heard this song. The december of 2014, 100 kilometres. Heavy snowfall, flakes the size of a man's fingernails, and fog so thick I couldn't see 2 metres ahead. Pitch black night. I could barely even see where the road was, I even drove off the road a few times. Lucky that I've done that drive a few hundred times before. I was driving at 20 km/h at most. I was alone, and this beast of a song came up on Spotify... Then when I heard that ungodly heavy riff at 1:15, I turned it up to max volume. I was terrified, excited and in awe at the same time, it took over me. I had a weird feeling, like some kind of a malicious supernatural creature was following my car home, waiting for me to make a mistake and crash, so it can take me out of the car and I'll never be seen again. But I couldn't stop listening. I repeated this song like 10 times. One of the most intense experiences of my life. Opeth is fucking awesome.

[@Javier-il1xi]

That's fucking metal, man. Awesome story

[@M4RCi92]

@watergod 83 Yeah, it's one of the most intense memories of my life. Kind of like living in a horror movie for a few hours.

[@abhishekchaubey903]

I have had a similar feeling.

[@bobbyosborne2375]

Inspiring man. A good song could come out of that

[@justinvanevenhoven8789]

Listened to this in thick fog too

[@mozonelaya]

It is astonishing how the popularity of this music genre and bands like Opeth pales in comparison to today’s new generation of music. I’m talking billions of views on.. Taylor Swift.. but only 2.2M on a masterpiece like Blackwater Park. Truly, popularity does not indicate quality.

[@MartinAlvito1]

It never did.

[@el0j]

we appreciate it, i think that's what matters, i would hate if opeth became mainstream

[@gatorhkman]

Group think and psychology is nasty (ie swift vs your statement). Learn and be strong and be true to you.

[@josiahsegovia04]

This is peak music 🤘

[@carmenlynn5441]

I feel out of my time having discovered this band in 2021 at 19

[@ledsabbazepplath3889]

The Riff Affinity Bl-riff Riff-vest The Riff Falls Dirge for Riffs The Funeral Riff Riffs in the Ivy Blackwater Riffs

[@chikenspongebob5434]

Undrrated comment

[@Opethfannumberone]

the leper affiniriff bliff harviff the draperiff falls riff for november funeriff portrait riff in the ivy riffwatiff priff

[@elitebelt]

Riff of Perdition

[@riccardobassani7405]

"Holy moly, there are some riffs in the Ivy! where the fuck did they come from??"

[@thewyattmeister59]

Under the Weeping Riff Demon of the Riff The Twilight Is My Riff Black Riff Immortal My Riffs, Your Hearse To Riff the Disease Death Whispered a Riff Riff Leaves

[@lorenzoreggiannini2559]

Eternal Masterpiece

[@strilka__]

this song has, like, all the riffs

[@isador21]

All of them.

[@aliceinchains7325]

It's not fair man :'(

[@citrus7115]

And the riffs are so much fun to play aswell

[@Drunkcat008]

This song got ghost rifts Slipknot rifts Lamb of God rifts And..........

[@Jablan11]

@@Drunkcat008 Its the other way around, Opeth is older than all the bands you mentioned

[@donnymurph]

The growl and riff at 1:58 changed my 15-year-old life the first time I heard this track. My age has doubled since then, and I'm still here.

[@abigaillkruss8823]

Yeah my friend! I love Opeth from the first time i hear them too

[@Benikrooni]

Donovan Murphy im 14 and have always known opeth existed, but was reluctant to listen to them as I preferred slipknot/gojira style screaming, but ive recently started listening to them and wish I had sooner. The entire album of blackwater park is a masterpiece imo

[@abigaillkruss8823]

@@Benikrooni man you are in the right way, jeje. Hope enjoy Opeth, first Opeth as many of us.

[@brosephh7130]

Opeth’s music is timeless. The only band I’ve ever had tattooed on my skin

[@Mauro-ot2ux]

Undoubtedly one of the best voices in metal, growl and clean. So warm and expressive

[@mysticmisthios]

This is the greatest song of all time, and it isn't even my favorite Opeth song.

[@romanmuzyka2723]

Shitted my pants of excitement when he growled: "The sun sets forever over Blackwater Park" One of the most epic moments in music, the best way to end such a legendary album

[@MarcusH...]

I read "i shitted my pants of excrement".. wat

[@nathanlegg3543]

except it doesn't set forever because I have the album on loop

[@Cittamatra]

I know, it's a fucking magnificent piece of writing.

[@alessandromariani99]

And then we have another great riff...

[@peculiar-coding-endeavours]

That line, at the end of that song, at the end of this album, is one of the most underrated hard hitting lines ever in metal for me. Pure chills. Gotta love Opeth.

[@jamescorvett]

this album came out the year i lost both parents, and my best friend who was like a brother. Opeth was there for me in my hour of need, and i thank them from the core of my soul.

[@davecrupel2817]

From one brother to another, I'm so sorry about the loss of your bro and your parents.

[@abigaillkruss8823]

Opeth can be for many of us our lifesavior. I'm sorry for your loss my friend. Wish you well

[@mikeyjames6808]

I can sort of relate. My little brother, the one I watched die, said to me he could listen to the intro of this song forever. I smiled cuz I felt the same way. Hes been gone over 10 years. Be strong like you are/have been - MJ

[@NervylHraje]

@@mikeyjames6808 You too man, thanks for sharing

[@DobrieNIN]

fuck that sounds like a rough year. sorry you had to endure that and glad you made it through it

[@AriePratamaSatriadi]

Mikail Akerfeldt: *Slaps blackwater park* This bad boi can fit so many riffs in it

[@arttulp]

Thank you Mikail

[@cruelitsa]

*with a large trout

[@kybamclane9357]

I believe it is spelled Mikael

[@thenoble39]

@@kybamclane9357 mikail is funnier though

[@cobaliufloof4198]

Martín is the one slapping at 8:06 :]

[@tmeyy1]

02:45 - 05:10 is literally what autumn sounds like.

[@perennialheart2955]

And after that the long winter blows

[@ThePirouliette]

@@perennialheart2955 And after the long winter GROWLS

[@jasonashley9853]

More like the soundtrack of depression there lol. Then it picks back up and we're on our feet, ready to kick ass.

[@tehsensei]

I know I'm a year late, but The Grand Conjuration from them if you haven't heard it. Absolutely dope.

[@aninfinitemindofmusicandreams]

Listening to Opeth feels like being in a dark foggy forest during a full moon night. It's either a serene scene or you're being hunted by the nightmares of the forest. This is one of the many scenes that come up in my head when I listen to them. Even if their artwork and merch didn't have this sort of imagery, I'd associate them with this sort of stuff. They sound just like that.

[@guidobottazzo]

That transition from electric to acoustic at the end is just gold

[@AmitSharma-kd7rj]

Everyone is talking about bunch of riffs. But i have to appreciate the Drummer, for 4.5 minutes he was on fire with double bass. Superb band

[@jasonashley9853]

Right?! I crank my subwoofer every time. So much badassness.

[@blppt]

Watch Axe play it live. No matter how you feel about him vs Lopez, you gotta give the man props for playing this 12 minute long song with like 3+ minutes of straight double bass with no rest. I'd say "watch Lopez play it live" since he is the drummer on the album, but i can't find any good sounding clips from his era for this song.

[@mrk.dilkington]

And that snare sound is perfect

[@kaidenknowles1042]

I agree I have so much respect for all members but the drummer as always been a legendary specimen.

[@diegonazquiroz1537]

Confessor Of the tragedies in man Lurking in the core of us all The last dying call for the everlost Brief encounters, bleeding pain Lepers coiled ‘neath the trees Dying men in bewildered soliloquys Perversions bloom round the bend Seekers, lost in their quest Ghost of friends frolic under the waning moon It is the year of death Wielding his instruments Stealth sovereign reaper Touching us with ease Infecting the roots in an instant Burning crop of disease I am just a spectator An advocate documenting the loss Fluttering with conceit This doesn't concern me yet Still far from the knell Taunting their bereavement Mob round the dead Point fingers at the details Probing vomits for more Caught in unbridled suspense We have all lost it now Catching the flakes of dismay Born the travesty of man Regular pulse midst pandemonium You're plucked to the mass Parched with thirst for the wicked Sick liaisons raised this monumental mark The sun sets forever over Blackwater park

[@cancercentral9997]

Thank you

[@notsamoht]

metalheads looking for riffs. i just want to scream along akerfeld

[@alcamite689]

Blackwater Park song and album are a masterpiece.

[@joshuawenk3485]

Thank you classical music education for such great metal possibilities. No metal without bach

[@lashedandscorned]

bach is metal

[@Dehangus]

@@lashedandscorned Bach is metal as fuck 🤘

[@brohikhondker]

Michael actually says in an interview that he is not classically trained, nor had he learned music theory. But yah, in sonic terms, absolutely.

[@chikenspongebob5434]

Guys i have a question. If his name is Mikael y is it pronounced Michael?

[@joshuawenk3485]

It isn't. It is pronounced as Mikael.

[@TimeandMonotony]

*pats Blackwater Park* You can fit so many riffs in this bad boy.

[@anxietyonline1947]

You should be slapped for copying the top comment.

[@dalissoneufrazio1589]

These growls are an absurd. Never seen anything like it. They are so filled, so low... Damn I am in love

[@Jablan11]

Opeth is incredible, this is the song that made me see growls in a different light

[@nisinduperera7130]

Check out Inter Arma - Sulphur English (the whole album) You'll love it

[@Mauro-ot2ux]

Yup

[@artistically8437]

Check out Others By No One - Dr. Breacher And The Time Travel Anomaly, Pick the 19 minutes and 50 seconds version, this song changed my perspective on growling too, and that song led me to here, good stuff.

[@kenobiknodel2480]

How many amazing riffs do you put in your songs? Opeth: Yes

[@metalmike1976]

lmao

[@K3b1bisLtu]

Song*

[@armanrei]

This song is responsible for at least 48% of my hearing loss.

[@versol111]

Same lol

[@MSL1976]

And 50% of my muscle and strength gains in the gym.

[@berserker2551]

Rly?

[@westauspokepulls9820]

What? 👂

[@Rottingchristc]

🤣

[@hogblockula9335]

this might be the greatest song i've heard in my life

[@rowieg2148]

Me too wtf . What drugs were they on when they wrote this 🤘

[@HondAcura111]

@@rowieg2148 the good kind

[@Mauro-ot2ux]

Listen to more Opeth and it’ll become a conundrum deciding which

[@Mauro-ot2ux]

Rowan Geerlings as far as I know only booze. Respectable doing this with no acid

[@Celatra]

@@rowieg2148 no drugs! mikael only drinks and smokes

[@johnsmith-kc1sn]

I get shivers at 5:15 every time I hear this song. When those vocals come in with “lepers coiled ‘neath the trees” I get a stank face and can’t stop my head from banging.

[@Jablan11]

The build up is legendary, every single hair on my body stands up when the vocals come in.

[@neko_neko9]

The shivers!!! I get them every single time.

[@GH-fh7pn]

Oh man best part love when the vocals come in hellll yeaaaaa

[@jakelevine7856]

Opeth is like classical compositions from past centuries. Brilliant.

[@Anna-ff2hn]

I haven't found a single band besides Opeth that can make such immensely heavy music, yet invokes profound peace within.

[@LyricalSteeler]

Checked out Katatonia? Opeth fans tend to enjoy their music a lot. Katatonia is the band that always should have went on tour with Opeth, would have been no need to ever find any other band to bring. Opeth fans almost universally enjoy and grow to respect Katatonia a shitload once they've checked out their discography. Their best album is this one in my opinion: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3TWYmhve8dnotU but they have so many great albums. Great tune of theirs from another excellent album: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pauadpJ4qLCljKs

[@187PROOOF]

Yup they are excellent band i dont know them much at all but a guy i know who introduced me to death metal/black etc was a huge fan of Katatonia he's an idiot now a days but i appreciate him introducing metal to me.@@LyricalSteeler

[@atlasking6110]

"The sun sets forever over Blackwater Park"

[@Brennan009]

The twin towers memorial

[@jabread8907]

​@@Brennan009amen

[@Spanishshadow]

aged like a fine wine, gets better with time

[@Engelados]

Listening to Opeth is more MUCH more than music. They take you to beautiful places, awesome trances and once you are about to reach inner peace...they shatter it....VIOLENTLY. It is not music, its an experience formed from quality sound in all aspects.

[@GrapeFlavoredAntifreeze]

I disagree in only one aspect. My inner peace is reached during the heaviest parts of this song

[@TokinCamel]

Just remember, the sun sets forever, over Blackwater Park

[@triplec8639]

Yes , forever

[@forrestengler8713]

It's harder to forget than to remember

[@BattManion1979]

Then, the sun sets over shit.

[@MrBrakitdown]

@@forrestengler8713 yup but to forget let's is reacker

[@elaxiber2328]

@@BattManion1979 if its shit then why are you here

[@aaqibchowdhury3549]

6:37 "It is the year of death Wielding his instruments Stealth sovereign reaper Touching us with ease" Whole new meaning listening in 2020.

[@isaac.12345]

My man!

[@flash_goofed_1638]

Someone doesn't know history

[@jonathanpusar5931]

There's a lot of lyrics here that reference the Black Plague...and lot of that parallels the past 2 years. Just magnify the insanity and minimize the death and that's covid lol. Sums up the differences. Historians are gonna have a field day with this just like the black plague. I just hope the sun doesn't set over blackwater park once people realize how bad we've all been led astray.

[@MSL1976]

Possibly the greatest metal composition of all time.

[@LyricalSteeler]

Definately!

[@AlfredSoul]

Sometimes, midway through the song, it just entrances me so, I forget it's about to get real heavy again.

[@mellowtron214]

*It’s so fucking good to see Opeth getting the recognition they’ve deserved for 20+ years. So good. So good.* If you live in a climate with a winter or fall, you should put any of their albums on and drive around chain smoking something. It is life affirming.

[@mirianpleite]

first time listening to Opeth and I'm speechless: what a masterpiece!

[@decapitatedyou6199]

Lucky you ! please do discover all their old albums they are all masterpiece ! \m/

[@KindredBrujah]

I'd say Ghost Reveries is their best overall album, though this particular song might well be their best individual song.

[@jamesfuentes2911]

They are amazing

[@cobyg419]

Welcome. It's all amazing! Enjoy.

[@locust7777]

Yes this album is easily their best 👍

[@chimaera01]

My first time hearing Opeth. What a treat! I need more.

[@samgamgeeterminator]

Same here. Excellent stuff.

[@jackattack7940]

Awesome! This is without a doubt their heaviest song. I highly recommend listening to 'Bleak' and 'Reverie/Harlequin Forest'

[@omkarbharambe8673]

try The Baying of The Hounds or The Grand Conjuration. Epic fcking riffs!

[@badfishrucatunes]

Me too! I asked my friends, “if you met a civilization that had never heard music before, where would you start?” This was the first suggestion

[@goinham9469]

Night and silent water and black rose immortal are next up!!

[@matt_r.2510]

One of the best songs of all time. What an amazing way to end an album!

[@Rattlehead69]

"Lepers coiled neath the trees" part always gives me goosebumps

[@manassikdar1]

6:58 makes me want to conquer everything standing in my way.

[@blindsandwich3099]

Brand new Opeth fan. Just bought the 20 yr anniversary of this on CD, and jesus christ… this may be one of the best songs ive ever heard

[@Bolt1105]

Im so happy that more people are able to feel the music! Have fun on your journey

[@tomas_horn]

Also try Porcupine Tree - In Absentia, you might like it too. Enjoy.

[@kaidenknowles1042]

I'm 29 I heard this when I was 16. It never left me. This band is incredible.

[@Nickolaars]

I was 18 when this came out and I’m still losing my shit when I hear this at 40. You’re in for a ride, my friend. Opeth never leaves.

[@fairdinkum3719]

I owe my love of metal to this song. Changed my life forever.

[@DecayingTime]

Counting how many riffs this masterpiece has, including riffs of any bar size, but excluding Ebow leads: 1. 0:06 Intro Guitar 1 2. 0:08 Guitar 1 & 2 3 1:10 Transition Variation for Guitar 1 4. 1:10 Transition Variation for Guitar 2 5. 1:13 Transition Bridge Guitar 1 6. 1:13 Transition Bridge Guitar 2 7. 1:16 Guitar 1 & 2 8. 1:27 Lead Variation Guitar 1 7. 1:48 Acoustic Guitar Bridge 8. 1:56 Guitar 1 & 2 9. 2:49 Clean Guitar Rhythm 10. 3:45 Acoustic Bridge 11. 5:15 Guitar 1 & 2 12. 6:02 Guitar 1 & 2 13. 6:36 Guitar 1 & 2 14. 6:59 Guitar 1 & 2 15. 7:10 Solo Guitar 1 16. 7:44 Guitar Lead 17. 7:44 Guitar Rhytm 18. 8:07 Guitar 1 & 2 19. 9:44 Pre-Verse Guitar 1 & 2 20. 9:49 Guitar 1 & 2 21. 10:57 Guitar 1 & 2 22. 11:20 Acoustic Outro

[@stephenfranciosa7876]

nasty riffs, Opeth has always had some of the most deliciously evil riffs

[@abigaillkruss8823]

Yes of course!

[@politicalfactsandopinions.9250]

That riff at the beginning of the song is just. Great!🤘🏾

[@GuytFromWayBack]

This song has enough sick riffs in it for an entire album lol

[@hansjoergpfeifer7744]

Rearly evil riffs 🤘😈🤘

[@jessefoster8981]

Like the one at 5:15...

[@shivanshmehra3365]

This song saved my life tonight, will forever be grateful.

[@electron-Volt]

take care

[@KeimpeJ]

I hope you're ok! Always rock on.

[@Bolt1105]

I hope your doing well.

[@C.Malefac]

The sun sets forever over Blackwater Park but not on you friend not yet

[@frugihoyi]

I forgot to say: the part starting at 8:06 is one of the greatest moments in music for me. There's something about that riff and the way you can hear the bass clicking from the Mendez giving it all he's got.

[@ernestoleighton3067]

This moment is my happy place in life

[@samuelgl3733]

Opeth is amazing, but having more moments like that with the bass in the classic albums would have been interesting

[@sirzechsazazel1150]

7:44 Eveeyone talks about the other riffs so ill talk about this one. One of my favorite sections of all time. My second favorite Opeth riff ever and the acoustic over it is absolutely HUGE to the sound.

[@u.n.peaceplan7674]

God bless the beginning riff

[@aghadmtl]

and all the other riffs

[@Robert-ns6bo]

And the whole song

[@astro2691]

I'd call it a chord progression, probably one of the darkest ever.

[@bingoperroso]

Lowkey reminds me of The Price of a Mile from Sabaton

[@Killerman551]

God bless ALL of them riffs up on this bitch!!! /m/

[@t.hussain921]

One of the greatest album closers ever.

[@jasonashley9853]

And title tracks. Seriously. What other title track is this fucking good?

[@aegon1807]

@@jasonashley9853 maybe octavarium but yeah this song rocks

[@alessandromariani99]

@@jasonashley9853 Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

[@lalicdjordjo4564]

Master of puppets and ride the lightning and ajfa and nightmare and the stage and peace sells and south of heaven and powerslave and a lot more

[@ryandlion6961]

I think I heard somebody mention that on a sea of tranquility video, I agree!

[@suryanshtk8623]

You can be a lover of any genre of metal be it deathcore,grunge, folk, groove, thrash...this is all time best metal song ever, really takes you to a whole new level. Im sitting here on a rainy friday night , this is the best feeling ever.

[@coolhammas]

This is just one of the greatest songs of all time

[@MattiaMirabello]

I love everything about this song, this album.

[@nevermore6279]

That riff at 5:14 is damn too good to be explained

[@albo3music]

literally my favorite riff of all time

[@tose5566]

It’s so badass and contrasts so well with the clean section there. It just crescendos you up and out of that relaxed state and gives you goosebumps. One of the best riffs from one of the best songs from one of the best albums from one of the best bands in my opinion

[@Jim90117]

I think there's certain music you just have to admit are actual pieces of artistic genius, the vision and feeling you get from it is completely as intended. This is one of those songs where a deep emotion is somehow completely converted into musical format and delivered to the listener.

[@sergioperezr]

You nailed it.

[@forestofoctober4688]

That bass at 8:07 is everything !! It's like the end of the world.

[@XistoKente]

6:58 The most underappreciated riff off of this masterpiece

[@omairsh8]

That's honestly my favourite. Such a badass groovy riff with a Beautiful transition

[@mat2984]

One of their best riffs, period.. absolute filth

[@sudarshannr2077]

This album celebrates 20 years of pure epicness this 2021. Sick liaisons raised this monumental mark.

[@jasonashley9853]

@@bilbobaggins9451 Without a doubt. Doesn't sound like early 2000's to me at all. Then again what do I know?

[@connector_studios]

the sun sets forever over blackwater park

[@OfficialArthusamakh]

That dirty bass at 8:07 or so kicks everything up to 13 at that point, such a fucking masterpiece.

[@TheGreenArrow83]

yeap , crazy bass skill

[@eduponzoni]

That yell close to the end, at 9:50 with that background riff gives me goosebumps every time! It’s insanely intense, like if it was full of pain, anger and excitement. So heavy, so metal… Absolutely fantastic!

[@falexandrou]

Mendez is awesome. That slap bass gets me every time. Every. Damn. Time.

[@ianmcpeck424]

A few weeks ago, I asked my Uncle what Opeth album to listen to as a new Opeth listener, he said a lot of them, but came to the conclusion of Blackwater Park. Definitely the best recommendation I have ever gotten. This song perfectly represents this album. Beautifully eerie, creepy, and brutal. I have never heard anything that made me want to head bang and curl up into a ball in the corner, while making me feel at peace, all at the same time. Opeth is F@$%ING AWESOME!!!!!!

[@toprak3479]

You have an uncle that listens to Opeth? Holy shit.

[@osirisavra1301]

You have a cool uncle,keep him close

[@ianmcpeck424]

He really is the best. And yes, we are very close and I plan to keep it that way.

[@johnny_eth]

@@ianmcpeck424 and in the future your kids will have a metal father and nephews a metal uncle :p

[@brentonm2640]

Next lesson: Ghost Reveries

[@eulalawrence1860]

Opeth is the band responsible for my musicianship. I owe it to them.

[@BlackCastle_Cincinnati]

ok nick gurr rodriguez

[@fairdinkum3719]

You and I both

[@filippians413]

Blackwater Park is a masterpiece.

[@panosas4645]

Didn't know a descendant of the Lawrence clan likes to dance to melodic death metal

[@MrEgofreak]

@@panosas4645 Who's the Lawrence clan? Some famous people?

[@jarltrippin]

Mikael and Tomas Haake of Meshuggah write better english lyrics than native english speaking bands, and I'm not even exaggerating. They're so literary and beautifully crafted that I honestly forget english isn't their first language.

[@NiemaLumiere]

Oh, I didn't know, Haake himself writes lyrics for Meshuggah songs. Anyway, M. from Mgła also composes such poetic lines. For me, non-native speaker, it gets hard to read between the lines

[@needfoolthings]

Ridiculously, the best lyrics, an album full of it, are on D:A:D's Helpyourselfish.

[@jamesfuentes2911]

Props to the DOE!

[@blppt]

Tomas sounds like a California Surfer Dude in every English interview I've ever seen him in. There are times where you'd never guess he was from Sweden.

[@pamvarner8044]

I can listen to this song on an endless loop. Sometimes I do. Genius never gets old.

[@jasonashley9853]

I listened to it over 350 times this year and counting according to Spotify. Indeed. Has not gotten old. Probably never will.

[@aggelosmanolis5689]

@@jasonashley9853 genuinely the best song of all time imo sounds like a crazy take but it's true to me

[@davidfischer1971]

this literally might be the first song i ever heard that is too much in terms of being totally over the top crazy. i think this is the best metal song of all time. it's my fourth listen right now. especially the last few minutes are so intense it is almost too much to take in a positive way. dear god they really tried to take it as far as they could with this one. i listened to all kinds of rock and metal over 20 years, but this single song might be the most amazing of them all. once again, this is the first time a song gave me more than i could take. so many layers.

[@CarstenPetersen-n8f]

When it comes to the riffs in this song: The riff at 7:44 was always the one for me. Holy, motherf....hell!!! Especially when it gets repeated with that low, neverending growl of Mikael Aekerfeldt. Not being much of a metal fan to be honest (love some of Devin Townsend but I guess the sound tires me out quickly), that beautiful acoustic section is what won me over. Talking about a perfect manifestation in sound of the album cover and the dark month of November...

[@jasonclements3453]

Bruh this song could go on forever and I'd never get tired of it.

[@metalmike1976]

kinda wished it would. it would help to drown out lifes' miseries a bit longer,at the very least.

[@horizon_79gaming98]

My favorite part of this song has to be the transition at 9:10 when he screams “suspense”. It brings back the riff from 7:44, but with the scream over it, and it feels like there’s more layers because it just sounds more full and chaotic absolutely love it.

[@nilsbleier675]

Over 12 minutes filled with epic riffs, epic solos, demonic growls and incredible emotions. This truly is a masterpiece! :D

[@dudydude3287]

I remember the first time I listened to Blackwater Park. It was 2009, and I was on my bike, riding out of Dallas to Austin, Texas for a bike race. It was starting to get dark, and go below freezing. When this song came on, it started snowing very heavily. I didn't stop. No. I kept going. I listened to the entire album and then the entire Opeth discography, while riding my bike in the snow, at night. Opeth is fucking metal.

[@joeytoosnowy]

7:44 such a beast of a riff to go with a fantastic growl.

[@prog9761]

That growl at 5:26

[@glennmattsonjr.5251]

Lepers coil beneath the trees!! Dying men in bewildered soliloquies!! Perversions bloom round the bend!! Seekers, lost in their quest! Ghosts of friends frolic under the waning moon!! It is the year of death wielding his instruments!! Stealth, sovereign reaper touching us with ease!! Profound lyrics... gives me goosebumps, and the low pitch on the growl is just perfect.

[@c.kruger7100]

If he keeps practicing he might begin to sound as good as the dude from Be'Lakor

[@robin-38-]

@@c.kruger7100 That's funny. I like Belakor though.

[@dante666jt]

@@c.kruger7100 dude from belakor is a cookie monster

[@lateralusDan]

That growl says "I'm still here... and coming for you"

[@A7xeno]

It's raining heavily outside and at 5:12 an absolutely ear bleeding thunder hit. Greatest feeling ever.

[@МстиславКалиничев-ж8я]

That riff actually reminded me of "Raining Blood" by Slayer.

[@petrp5121]

I have failed to find a better song during those 20 years.

[@wddshka]

It`s easy: Lateralus

[@metaloreo8423]

@@wddshka I love TOOL to death but I’m sorry no this song is just a pure eargasm

[@rominajuarez4095]

@@wddshka Says better

[@anonymousceleb1148]

Every other Opeth song is better than every other Opeth song

[@generalknowledge9899]

@@wddshka 😂

[@kfury1527]

2:50 So smooth, yet so dark.

[@venrakdrake]

1:57 Any more badassery concentrated in one place of space and time would cause a black hole to form

[@arsonne]

Just this song has an entire album's worth of riffs, any one of which would be most band's best ever.

[@daxtonhincher3290]

Heck yeah!

[@Ygg235]

The opening chord progression makes me feel all sorts of ways, incredibly atmospheric and haunting

[@GeoffVentures]

The man literally roars at 5:25

[@perromxerto]

9:48 dude

[@pedroantonelli2073]

Inhales

[@jiminthecountry3849]

Its so good!!!!

[@DanielVerberne]

This is one of the darker tunes in Opeth's catalogue in my opinion. It's not just the musicality and heaviness, it's the breathing space given to it's parts, to build, to grow, to shrink and hover in the distance, building atmosphere. Also, Steven Wilson is a great producer/mixer, in addition to everything else he's king at.

[@daxtonhincher3290]

Opeth has the darkest music ever.

[@Celatra]

Baying of The Hounds is another of those very dark tunes.

[@automatae]

It's been 5 years and I still wish I could erase my memory and listen to this album for the first time again

[@kalamalahala]

The opening grunt at 1:58 is the closest thing I've heard to a magic spell. "Power Word: Headbang", after many listens it still gets me every time. It's so masterfully introduced as well. The preceding swelling riffs establish the rhythm, followed by the short acoustic interlude that encourages you to fill the rhythm in subconsciously for a brief period before bringing the crunchy transition riff in and bringing the hammer down. Visceral!

[@part2interactive547]

Im surprised no one has mentioned it, but I think the riff at 6:00 is absolutely criminal. The complete distortion on the third note that makes it sound like noise rather than a note that helps descend into a dark crushing chamber of necrosis. It is truly an amazing riff.

[@tahamohammedi5898]

criminal? i murder a rhyme

[@squeezy8414]

I love how the double bass kicks in as well, the fact that this isn't even my favourite riff from this song says something.

[@ernestoleighton3067]

8:07 is exactly how my heart feels when I'm super excited with anything

[@mmtutoriaisbr]

I love how the whole song has kickass riffs but the best part is that those riffs are not hard to play. This song is the funniest song to play on guitar by them IMO

[@aumialumi]

That growl at 5:20 is chef's kiss

[@Schmootzidootz]

If i was dictator, I would play this song on every tv and radio at like 10am every October 10th or something, just to give opeth more people who have heard of them

[@horatiotwenty6569]

this song is one of the best songs i have ever heard its just perfect

[@YLLGEN]

A masterpiece

[@yassinebr1462]

shivers sent down to my spine

[@joyshaitan]

"It is the year of death" - Opeth should re-release this in 2020.

[@omarhermoso5304]

laol

[@anticksss]

just wait till 2021

[@reallyhightemplar4013]

Opeth has released stuff this year. I won't say it is bad, it is actually quite good, but not exactly the type of thing most Opeth fans would've had the taste for. They are like an entirely different genre now.

[@HAL_NlNETH0USAND]

Stealth sovereign reaper, touching us with ease... is even more poignant.

[@markpalavosvrahotes5575]

Or at least play it on a live stream.

[@mohamedsakhiri6583]

Ah yes, the music of the gods

[@ihsahnakerfeldt9280]

I remember the first time I heard the opening riff of this track. I was a metalhead fresh out of gobbling up Metallica's early classic albums. I remember getting absolutely mind fucked with the peculiarity of the riffing style here and the unearthly emotions evoked by it. That first growl changed my musical taste forever. There must be countless people like me out there.

[@zekoaqel1243]

when im mad and cursing this world or when im depressed i listen to this song to blow of steam

[@Minhmai0666]

The whole album make me feel like i'm standing in nowhere , in the middle of the forest , and it's sunset . Feels weird , like something is waiting deep inside the forest , waiting... It so cozy...

[@tikhongilson3770]

It's the wiindigoo, waiting to take you out. (Anishinabe legend)

[@daredevil2724]

feel like I'm freezing to death alone in a forest

[@chrisday1526]

Still a tremendous waterfall of riffs and splitting vocals. Timelessness incarnate.

[@aggelosmanolis5689]

This song will hit the same 40 years from now timeless music

[@JeppapeppaN]

that swell from around 05:10 and the total annihiltion 05:13-14. I get shivers down my spine, EVERYTIME.