Opeth - Ghost Of Perdition (Reaction)

[@BP-or2iu]

“Are they a big band?” They’re as big as a metal band can get without crossing over into “mainstream.” That’s my take, anyway. They’re certainly mainstream in the metal world. Every one knows about them. They’re not some undiscovered or underground Norwegian black metal band only the nerdiest of metal nerds know about. They’re extremely well known.

[@georgiosathanassiou7642]

@Adax ! They always have been progressive! On the first records the death metal influences are just way more represented than now :D For me from 'Orchid', 'Morningrise' and 'My Arms Your Hearse' they have been a progressive Black Metal band. But from Still Life until Watershed they started to be more Death than Black Metal. But its always been so damn progressive!

[@BADASSDaniDusk]

Yes. In europa

[@futurewavecs]

@Adax ! They are a Prog Metal band. Prog mixes any styles. Certainly their foundations are in Death Metal, but they mix in so much stuff they are definitely prog. :) That isn't an insult. It is a compliment.

[@thadavidrain]

Opeth is just one of those bands that can't make bad music. Even their softer stuff is amazing. Perhaps you could do something like Blackwater Park next time. The live version at Roundhouse is stunning!

[@mohamedtaharhamada7237]

Great reaction,try to check Opeth - Harlequin Forest

[@Phalse13]

The Royal Albert Hall version is great imo.

[@futurewavecs]

Yes. Probably my favorite song by them.

[@giacomojamesPunkRockHeadReact]

I am sure at the end goosebumps!

[@pasit1738]

Opeth - a drummers' wet dream! And other instrumentalists' too. Opeth taught me to like hard vocals. It isn't the basis of their music, but more of a effect, an artistic tool. I'm glad you chose the album version. I guess it's Blackwater Park or Porcelain Heart next. And about the popularity of pop music: A million flies are right - shit is good.

[@JimNewstead]

Haha, a million flies.... Brilliant analogy!

[@giacomojamesPunkRockHeadReact]

Te ne intendi di musica e ascolti con rispetto e passione. Mi piace !.. 👍🏼

[@alexfilma16]

Opeth - Burden

[@tylerschnabel1743]

Great reaction, I am thrilled that you have come around on Opeth. They were the band that made that style of vocals listenable for me. I think you should check out "The Great Dying" by "The Ocean," I have been sucked into this album since it was released. I love the Palaeozoic concept.

[@DiegoDeschain]

"They were the band that made that style of vocals listenable for me." Same here!

[@matinsoroudi]

YES! The Ocean is amazing in so many levels!

[@ThomasJ502]

Same for me. I heard Blackwater park and since then I've been able to listen to and enjoy growls

[@maurobilotti]

Very nice record. Absolutely agree! "The age of Sea Scorpions" is my one.

[@hroj]

Yes, the drummer in this song Martin Lopez, has been a huge influence for me he's really good and made some beautiful rythmics in those older albums (prior to The Lotus Eater) He now plays in Soen tho much less death metal style in his play in that band. You should still try a song from The Blackwater Park like the Drappery falls, Lepper Affinity

[@AbhijeetSingh-ed3lw]

plz make it OPETH SATURDAY......... and next one should be something like Moonlapse Vertigo to show the true beauty of OPETH

[@Murky_Lurks]

Moonlapse was first song I ever heard by them back in 2003 - been my fav band ever since

[@notchjohnson2540]

Absolute masterpiece indeed! And it only gets better with age :) Besides that I totally agree with comments about pop music being fed to people through radio and TV. My feeling is that the average person haven't ever taken their time to explore various artists within various genres of music, and hence are only conditioned for the superficial, primitive and poppy sound bites that the pop industry churns out. I've been frustratingly ranting about this for years myself, because it is sad. People are missing out and are almost indirectly groomed to dislike anything that deviates, so that their idea of quality is based on if it's something they've heard before.

[@1jacobdavis]

Meshuggah- In Death is Life/ is Death. An artistic masterpiece. Definitely the next level of brutality and disharmony, but something you should experience. The first listen might be challenging, but Meshuggah is so incredible and worth learning to understand.

[@BricktowneMedia]

By far one of my favorite Opeth's songs! So epic!!

[@PhoenixDecim]

Also check out Grand Conjuration and Harlequin Forest from the same album.

[@LongandWeirdName]

Indeed. Grand Conjuration is another gem. A sort of reversed Ghost of Perdition. Soft where it is hard. Hard where it is soft. Slow where it is fast. Fast where it is slow. An almost perfect mirror image, composition-wise.

[@FrostyJim6969]

I very much respect how you can acknowledge songs for their musicianship. I mean, you called this song a masterpiece, in spite of the fact that you found the lyrics to be silly. I like how your enjoyment of a song isn't contingent primarily on lyrical content, but you still appreciate it when necessary. A lot of other reaction channels tend to focus too much on lyrics, and unfortunately neglect the technical ability of the musicians. Keep doing what you're doing. P.S. You'll find several masterpieces reacting to Tool and Opeth. Two of my Top 5 all time.

[@simulatedrainn]

whew, love those lyrics tho

[@xyhmo]

Ghost Reveries is their best album, clearly a masterpiece from start to finish.

[@twelvemonkeys8786]

OPETH, A Fair Judgement. Do it Jim...

[@thomaswilliams2593]

Harlequin Forest is another amazing one from this album!

[@trigintatres9787]

Great great band, saw them live last summer and they were one of the most briliant live bands along with perfect circle, wintersun and igorrr :)

[@ToddFraud]

Opeth is bae. Should do Windowpane sometime, really soft and folky

[@jojogpt]

Each of Opeths's albums are something that any music fan can appreciate, just for their brilliant musicianship.

[@Spiralout-lh4dj]

Opeth is amazing! Such a good song! You should check out their newer stuff! The Sorcess live at Red Rock is amazing! Their newer stuff is more prog metal with no growls. Just Mikael's angelic voice lol. That's what's dope about Opeth. If you want to listen to their harder stuff, you can and if you want their more slower stuff, it's there, too! A truly talented band! For sure!!! I also wanted to say that your heart felt reaction to genuine art and music was very refreshing to hear. There's so much good music out there and people settle now a days for the commercialized and regurgitation that's being played, rather than appreciating actual art and music that speaks to the soul. And not just some talentless band just in it to make money and have no real substance! So right on! Lol

[@silverstoneKOTOD]

7:50 when the melody is so good you can you only express yourself by doing an impression of Mr. Krabs

[@JimNewstead]

Hahahahaha! Yes, see what you mean!!!

[@DiegoDeschain]

Opeth is just out of this world, really. From "My Arms, Your Hearse" all the way up to "Watershed" those are six, SIX 5/5 albums imo (7 if you count Deliverance and Damnation as separate albums). It's insane how consistently crazy good their discography managed to turn out for so long. Heritage was a bit too "strange" to me, but then Pale Communion came and BOOM, another 5/5. Anyway, love them so much, hope you react to stuff from My Arms and Still Life, reactors tend to neglet those masterpieces in favor of Blackwater Park onwards songs, which is a shame. Peace, Jim! :)

[@6lillium]

Made my day! Best Opeth Album as well!

[@HollowBones82]

Wasn't properly introduced to Opeth until a couple of years ago but has since seen them live three times. Loved it every time! In my ears Mikael Åkerfeldt is a genius and with that kind of band behind him there can be only perfection. One of my favourite Opeth songs is "The Devil's Orchard" which I can recommend giving a listen! Mikael himself has also done a really good collabroation with Vegard "Ihsahn" Tveitan (of Emperor) called "Unhealer" that's worth a listen aswell.

[@jamieboynton2012]

Jim Newstead. Hey with Opeth....the singer switches from clean tone vocals to the growling vocals so he does not fuck up his voice when he is on tour. Glad you picked these guys.

[@6lillium]

Bigger in Europe than in the states ( like most prog). Opeth are huge in the genre,and have influenced everyone from Steven Wilson ( and vice versa) Riverside, Katatonia, Ne Obliviscaris....can go on and on...of the " newer" albums, I like Pale Communion the best, though I like them all. By the way the Blackwater Park album was produced by SW and he is featured on the song "Bleak"

[@nimasharifi7999]

Add JINJER to your list of good bands influenced by Opeth

[@kevinkuypers]

I absolutely loved your conclusion and it's great to see you discover the different facets of rock and metal. Watching you makes me remember that I felt the same when I first started listening to Opeth :-D They are definitely amazing. For another masterpiece that includes all their different styles, I suggest: "Hessian Peel". For an extremely melodic Opeth-song, go for "Burden" (no growling). The last 3 albums they stopped doing metal and went for progressive rock, check out their album "Pale Communion", it's insanely good! Cheers and thanks for the reactions! You seem like a really cool guy! Cheers from Germany

[@futurewavecs]

As to big band. They are phenomenal. The songs are genius. Yet they also take some training of ear to truly appreciate. Most people if they listened to a song here and there for a couple of weeks would likely fall in love with them. They are truly one of my favorite bands and I kind of stumbled upon them by accident and had a big playlist of them running in the background while I was doing some PnP role playing with my family and friends and at some point the music just fit everything we were doing and I was thinking "Hold on, who are these guys?" Definitely one of my favorite bands now. Challenge... very different vocals. Check out Arch/Matheos - Neurotically Wired. Many people will HATE the vocalist John Arch in that but damn that song is brilliant and he is another one of those that if you hear for awhile grows on you. Very unique and brilliant. You might also be the only person to react to them if you did it. ;)

[@nimasharifi7999]

21:04 "This isn't music for casual listening... This is proper music to properly listen to, and to properly absorb and love." (Jim Newstead, 2018) For me, this alone is reason enough to come back and listen to Jim's analogy again and again. Very well-put.

[@rudolfbecker4313]

I'll write again before I listen to your final words : this is the first song I ever heard of Opeth and until today it's in my Top 5, even though I know the whole catalogue from album #1 up to In Cauda Venenum. And Ghost Reveries is my favourite album. If somebody asks you what is Opeth, you can play this song, it has everything, which defines Opeth : great composition, great musicians and all 3 of Mikael's voices - angelic - strong - growls. I've seen Opeth live 3 times and was always impressed and some songs can even become earworms. After the first concert for example I had the music of Deliverance "in my ear" for several days ... but also the soft parts of Ghost of perdition are very catchy, don't listen too often ... you find yourself singing these parts ... 🤣🤘

[@invisusmachina]

You definitely need to listen to the Red Rocks version, it's mind blowing.

[@Jashtvorak]

Invisus Machina Your comment is invalid. Opeth after Lopez stopped being mind blowing.

[@ieronim272]

Opeth - The Moor

[@mallacoda1]

Great reaction/review Jim. I think you’re right that it’s fear that keeps people away from great music - fear of novelty which goes hand in hand with a fear of difference, fear of a challenging listening experience and fear of liking something that others may perceive as making you an outsider if you enjoy it. Humans are silly.

[@dryferr5557]

Opeth is right up there with tool. There albums are brilliant front to backers. They are not capable of writing a bad song. Opeth are not as big as they maybe should be.

[@timothyb7371]

Absolutely loved watching you jam with this masterpiece!

[@giacomojamesPunkRockHeadReact]

The Drapery Falls in the second best song 🎵 🎶 by Opeth after this one !.. you have to check it!.. Don’t misunderstand the lyrics !.. this is a song about his mother died because of cancer . This cancer is the Ghost of Perdition, this are not silly lyrics about devil .. not at all!.. the ghost of perdition is the evil desease that defeated his mother . Excellent riffs and bass also non only drumming inside here

[@DreadfulDawn]

Whoo, one of my absolute favourite songs! Glad to see you react to it :D

[@WardenOfSouls]

Its hard to explain how much i love Music and it's variety and power. Music saved my life when i was just a boy and since then i dedicated my life to it :) And Opeth is one of those Bands that is capable of showing what is possible. I cant get over Steven Wilson tho. I just love his music more than anything i can remember :D Only Audioslave means as much to me

[@MegaLaban12345]

Felidrummer1 music is the shit! Have a good’n, friend,

[@xyhmo]

Opeth was the band that made me change my mind about growling. Still can't stand bands that's all growing and all brutality, but Opeth always make it interesting and always mix things up.

[@Hejeval]

Yes, please do The Moor :)

[@eighteen-naked-cowboys]

he has

[@JimNewstead]

Yes indeed he has 😁

[@deterfaktiskharitsoppay8660]

Opeth - By The Pain I See In Others Opeth - The Grand Conjuration Opeth - Windowpane (Lamentations) Let's go!

[@stephenhaunch3468]

Getting into opeth the last six months or so

[@vigridr7614]

No one growls like Mike. Now you've gotta do Demon of the Fall at the roundhouse tapes and Harlequin Forest!

[@MřĦ]

Opeth has a great catalogue of music to sort through! I love the live DVD.

[@xenophon343]

Hey Jim...my favorite Opeth tune! Lots more to discover. This made my Saturday! Thanks! Also check out Devin Townsend's latest vids live concert at Plovdiv. Good stuff!

[@nSayne1917]

Opeth, always been my favorite. Something about the Darkness in their music mixed with the amazing musicianship and talent. Love this band so much, been to so many live shows and too this day they still are the best live band I have ever seen.

[@Malkovith2]

maudlin of the Well - Birth Pains of Astral Projection (I know, it sounds pretentious, but please, this is one of the best things in the world)

[@simulatedrainn]

fuck yeah MotW

[@jesusaraujo1]

Hi Jim, thanks for this awesome reaction and review; perhaps you might enjoy Opeth - Burden, vocal melodies and harmonies are so destacable in that song

[@thinkingkind8675]

Jim, would love to see you react to Dimmu Borgir Gateways - Live (Forces of the Northern Light). If you're getting a bit more accustomed to the harsher vocal style, this one is an AMAZING performance. A whole orchestra, choir, a spine-tingling performance from a female guest vocalist. Cannot recommend this one enough.

[@djclaudeus]

Do yourself a favor and give the entire album a listen. Definitely my favorite opeth album by far.

[@giacomojamesPunkRockHeadReact]

Opeth has not silly lyrics in their contents . It can seems sometimes but if you dig it the meaning is different 😀and very deep and meaningful every time

[@johncarpenter3751]

Great song great band.

[@theanunnaki334]

Great video Jim. 👍 I don't know how you don't just listen to the whole album after that. Now there's some amazing will power to resist that :) More opeth off this album and also some more Tool. They have a few official videos. Parabola has an official video check it out in your own time. :)

[@nimasharifi7999]

great great video! absolutely loved this! ur reactions make me listen to music even more than before.

[@paulb66-07]

Another fine Scandinavian (Norwegian) prog artist I’d like to suggest is Bjørn Riis. Try ‘Forever Comes To An End’ or the instrumental pieces ‘The Chase’ or ‘Getaway’.

[@lungfulldrummer8921]

I'd kinda like to hear opeth do a prog metal version of the war of the worlds album.

[@Murky_Lurks]

one of my favs. and people don't gravitate towards this genre because of the stigma of it initially then because there's too much too it; I think some people need that 'conditioning' you spoke of but I know I didn't; I was drawn to it immediately. I've heard on multiple occasions there's a like between IQ and appreciation of Progressive music in general...lol. Not sure I buy into that but...

[@curioponics]

Just subscribed and love your reactions, man. Great to see people get into a lot of this music, and how certain things have grown on you over time ! Based on your love for the more progressive metal (which is why I'm posting this on an Opeth video!) I think I have some suggestions for bands you could react to, and I'll be going for some Norwegian metal bands here: Enslaved - Nauthir Bleeding, from In Times A band who has developed in a similar way to Opeth really. Started out in the Norwegian Black Metal scene in the early 90s with a fascination for Viking stuff (where Opeth was more medieval and fairytale-y), and although they still carry this with them, has grown more and more progressive since. Marvellous musicianship, great songs and have quite a few albums in their catalog by now! Arcturus - Ad Absurdum, from The Sham Mirrors A band that quickly moved away from their Black Metal roots, into theatrically avant-garde and progressive territory. Brilliant vocals and cold space-like atmosphere on this one! Solefald - Christiania (Edvard Munch Commemoration) from In Harmonia Universali An eclectic duo, Solefald are highly skilled multi-instrumentalist tricksters where one works in media and the other is a published author and poet with degrees in philosophy, which results in lyrics sung in English, Norwegian, German, French… and they write concept albums with pop culture and world event references. In this case its good old Edvard Munch (Norwegian lyrics from him) that heard Death speaking (in French, obviously). Cheers

[@JimNewstead]

Dude! That’s a lot to take in. Thanks for taking the time to comment!!!!

[@curioponics]

@@JimNewstead No problem! Also, I've since checked out Enslaved newest album "E", and anything from that will do as well. A great album, and probably a better introduction. For instance the track "Sacred Horse". I'm sure you have a long list to get through, heh, but hope you get to Enslaved some day. Keep it up!

[@mikkosak]

You should take time and enjoy SOEN. They are just great, many says it reminds Opeth and Tool, but stands on it's own ground. Musicianship In SOEN is on high level!! Few suggestions: Opal, The Words, Tabula Rasa, Rival etc. Pick one, but please pick at least once!!

[@harleydee0168]

Are they a big band??? Mikael the lead singer had (I say had because he don’t really growl anymore) the most demonic grown in my opinion the greatest growler off all time.. but he’s clean singing he has the most melodic voices he’s literally the meaning of “can sing you too sleep, and scare you to death” one of the greatest bands of all time but criminally underrated!!!

[@josueignaciomm]

I fucking love your reactions man for real, so genuine. Do more Opeth, they are in my opinion, the best.

[@Ozinghood]

I agree with every word. Thanks for this video. It was really nice to hear you appreciate it as much!

[@Morrowindur]

The ending of this video made me happy. Haha Cheers!

[@kratos9293]

Opeth -Hessian Peel.

[@kratos9293]

@Adax ! wow man thanks for clearing that up for me.

[@dryferr5557]

Great song so underrated

[@andre99249]

I think by now most people have answered but yeah Opeth is big for underground parameters...obviously not popular like Metallica & Slipknot. But when you're talking about Progressive Metal they are alongside Dream Theater the fathers of the genre and highly influential especially in extreme progressive metal. Pretty much every single band in the 2000's who play extreme metal try to copy them and respect them. I don't think you can be bigger than that in the prog world. They are like King Crimson in Prog Rock, people outside the genre don't know about them but inside the genre they are the ones people look up to and try to imitate. Please it's been a long time since you haven't done more..so try Opeth - "Burden". I think you answered your question about why these bands are not popular...people are not fan of exploring new stuff and if it's extreme music people won't give it a shot.

[@juliangrenon-grekin5954]

And I've always hated listening to live versions for first listen..its been intended to be heard that way

[@BADASSDaniDusk]

Beautiful black magic

[@metagordy]

Nice one again Jim old boy. I like how your vids also expand my musical knowledge. Lol I liked the tool reference at the end! If you have time to include new bands into your schedule, try some mastodon, I'd recommend songs oblivion and asleep in the deep to start off.

[@juliangrenon-grekin5954]

Jim. Maybe I suggest " the apostles in triumph " as your next song from opeth. First album.

[@simonkeel3030]

Probably the most talented prog/death metal band in my opinion. They have some slower songs that are more geared towards classical type guitar and those are really good as well.

[@Divine_R]

Enjoyable reaction.. but, Mr Newstead! Can't believe you still haven't reacted to Opeth's Blackwater Park! That track is a must for Opeth...

[@dmann05]

For more heavy Opeth goodness, checkout Blackwater Park! For a bit more 70s proggy amazingness like Ghost of Perdition, check out Harlequin Forest,

[@marksummers666]

give the track Blackwater Park a listen...the whole album is a masterpiece, and the title track is a great example of what Opeth is all about...the smoothness of his growling in Blackwater Park is bone chilling.

[@LittleRifflemanX]

That's Opeth as a first hearing, he is exausted, you can see it in the video... so much to take on as the first impression xD

[@GetzGoth]

The riff directly after "you have to live before you die young" is just about badass. As awesome as the live version is, the studio version really ain't so f---in' bad either. Actually there are a couple of parts in studio that I like better. One example would be his vocal at 8:34..

[@kingdave2139]

Opeth - Forest of October live at The Royal Albert Hall!!!

[@giacomojamesPunkRockHeadReact]

EXCELLENT REACTION!!!.. next please Face Of Melinda song 🎵

[@daniloalves2235]

React to every music of this album, man!! This album change my life!!

[@VividAbominations]

Where's the new Haken album reactions? React to the song Veil off their new album. It's ridiculous!

[@dekadenser]

Fantastic song

[@Shingowatanabe]

You should listen to Harlequin Forest which has the same feeling or "Eternal Rains Will Come" for a very different kind of Opeth :)

[@sirpsycho4487]

Love your reactions :) pls check out Opeth - Burden. It's a also a masterpiece and by far thier most beautiful song

[@ollyhudson9931]

Love me a bit of Opeth. Still reckon you’ll seriously be into Trilok Gurtu - Cherry Town.

[@este.bahn92]

Opeth - Blackwater Park Please!!! e: Happy new year!

[@JimNewstead]

Sounds like a plan! And happy new year to you too!

[@Nebuloid1]

11:46 yes mate

[@maurobilotti]

Jim, I didn't see you reacting to Pain Of Salvation!! I don't know why this band is not present as it should. I recomend you something from "The Perfect Element" or "BE", which is a conceptual record and its one of the biggest prog experiences I ever had

[@rookmenka]

Leprous - Rewind

[@jamesthemachinedean]

You should check out paradise lost british doom metal band sound similar to opeth the song faith divides us death unites us sounds like tool as well. Also got back to the ocean like the guy said in a comment down below they've got better with each album and the song you heard was 4 albums ago

[@giacomojamesPunkRockHeadReact]

Studio version is very good I am going to view now

[@ruinsane100]

Wow what a great reaction! Liked and sub'd!

[@AmirASabbagh]

“Higher...higher...higheeeeeeer”

[@krytoderp6920]

Do Opeth - Serenity Painted Death

[@ggstarwizzrd]

yay Opeth :) Can u react to Native Construct - Passage?

[@rudolfbecker4313]

PS: really love your comment 🤘

[@jamesthemachinedean]

I know you won't listen to it cuz no1 else will request it but nebulous by klone is one of the most beautiful piece of music/vocals I've heard but they are less of a metal band these days and more of a prog rock band

[@NikoSavic]

Ghost of Pediatrician

[@josueignaciomm]

OPETH - MOONLAPSE VERTIGO

[@derekd.4156]

Fine… I’ll go listen to ghost reveries again 🚶

[@Jashtvorak]

I am glad that KZbin policy made a good choice for you. This studio version is the only version to listen to. Mainly because of Martin Lopez on drums. The new guy is just a washed out imitation. Not that he is not a good drummer, he is in Opeth after all, but he is no Lopez.