Opeth - The Baying of the Hounds (Audio)

[@christylutki5634]

0:26 BEST MADE TACOS OF THE EARTH...... DIABOLICAL BEANS!

[@Southpaw86]

Mari Pellegrino ;)

[@heyImthatguyyouknow]

I... love you?

[@Southpaw86]

Mari Pellegrino I know right , it's so bad ass. This will crack me up until the end of time.

[@Southpaw86]

Mari Pellegrino I know right , it's so bad ass. This will crack me up until the end of time.

[@drowinwasteland]

Best made tacos of the earth... this and "There's a bathroom on the right" by CCR, are the funniest mis-heard lyrics ever.

[@HellishPunch]

How to listen to an Opeth song: 1 listen to it, 2 read every single comment that says "minute X is the best", 3 listen to the song over and over again for 1 hour

[@zushc]

XDDDDDDDDDD

[@ayylmao5955]

cringe

[@abhimanyusingh6481]

1 hour X infinity

[@AwesomeLemur]

literally doing this whole workday

[@Joshcoshbagosh]

Probably the most overlooked masterpiece in their catalogue. Everyone talks about Ghost, Forest, and Conjuration from this album, but this song is just as good as those

[@KentShepherd]

00:00 - 10:41 is my favorite part

[@mishapashchenko6518]

10:41 There’s nothing there.

[@lawrence-ng4kh]

Amen

[@rev1ction]

The solo. My face.

[@slick_Ric]

i feel like this song is the culmination of Opeth's 'Steven Wilson' era, i.e. the styles on Damnation and Deliverance. the heaviness and the soft parts are in full effect and not a second is wasted. every other moment i find myself in awe at what one group of guys playing music can achieve. one of their most perfect songs for me

[@comradefreedom8275]

Ricardo Clemente When Opeth started working work Steve Wilson, their style started getting softer.

[@foxtrottango8393]

The balance has become perfect From Hearst to Watershed before & after & then fuckn fry everyone LIVE@ Lick a sheet of LSD NOT!!! YYYEEAAAAAAHHHHH! shhhhhhit DON'T... ....DO IT...

[@joaomartins1521]

For me, every album is just what it should be. Ghost Reveries means a lot for me tho, and i find it to be Opeth's masterpiece. But i don't think we should actually compare Opeth eras because in a way, all the albuns are above average.

[@oussamatengoku132]

They may got softer but I believe that they got darker since their first collaboration with Steven

[@toprak3479]

@@comradefreedom8275 Deliverance and Ghost Reveries contain some of their heaviest parts though.

[@Vorcov]

2:05 "Everything you believed is a lie. Everyone you loved, is a dead bird."

[@Guitarmatt89]

+Vorcov 0:26 "best made tacos on the earth"

[@Memberofdoom]

+Guitarmatt89 holy fuck I'm dying

[@nenissaK]

+Vorcov Bird, or burden? Can't be sure

[@Gatitasecsii]

Definitely burden. One of Akerfeldt's favorite words.

[@nenissaK]

Gatitasecsii That's what I thought too

[@Mikeoneus]

The section starting at 9:42 is amazing. It's surprisingly uplifting for an Opeth song.

[@SuperWeedPower]

thats why I love this band, they just pull out these unexpected parts, fits well and gives a nice dynamic

[@LukeZuniga]

It's a GREAT chord progression man. Classic Opeth sound.

[@despacitospider8132]

It kinda reminds me of Octane Twisted by Porcupine Tree

[@Felipeforain]

My favorite theme of the song. Wish It was expanded further.

[@Creepzza]

I agree, also started thinking of Porcupine tree or something

[@jmp0035]

3:15 - 5:25 is one of their career-defining moments imho.

[@toprak3479]

The best part of the song.

[@munchen7986]

What do you mean career-defining?

[@tarkozgen8582]

I hear the baying of the hounds In the distance, I hear them devouring Pest ridden jackals of the earth Diabolical beasts and roaming the forests In wait and constant protectors Calling you to sit by his side Your self loathing image in his flesh A revelation upon which you linger His words are flies Swarming towards the true insects Feasting on buried dreams And spreading decay upon your skin His eyes spew forth a darkness That cut through and paralyze Casts light upon your secrets Forced to confront your enemies His mouth is a vortex Sucking you into it's pandemonium Fools you with a helping hand of ashes Reached out in false dismay His body is a country The cities lay dead and beyond despair Friends turned enemies unable to come clean In a rising fog of reeking death Everything you believed is a lie Everyone you loved is a death burden So you take comfort in him And you are receptive to stark wishes No longer struggling to declare your stand You would inflict no harm to others They are unaware of you And in a loop of futile events You are everything, they are nothing Drown in the deep mire With past desires Beneath the mire Drown desire now with you Lined up verses on dead skin "The tainted lips of the stranger Resting upon hers" And I embrace bereavement Everything beloved is shattered anyway I would devote myself to anyone I would accept any flaws I am too weak to resist Tension vibrating with horror Finding the outcast in my eyes Pushing nerves on a puppet Endless poison in my veins Clean intent now tainted with death And so, cold touch now inhumane Every waking hour Awaiting a reverie to unfold And now they are calling me Louder by the minute The baying of the hounds Calling me back to my home

[@BatmanWangChung]

So hyped to find deez lyrics! 🤘

[@jokerisaac41]

Thanks 🤘🤘🏻🤘🏿🤘🏼🤘🏽🤘🏾

[@TravelingWastrel]

5:25 - pure genius

[@AliothSenator]

CALLING ME BACK TO MY HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMEUH.

[@simongravel7407]

Isn't that Dream Theater?

[@riellel.8476]

It's amazing how he can growl and deliver the lyrics at the same time!!

[@kilbo98]

Especially for like legit 10 mins at a time for a whole album

[@Saul-Wolfden]

DecrepitOrigin888 They mean that you can make out the lyrics as Mikael growls.

[@TheBushwooky]

Rielle L. This is one of the main reasons I don't usually like growling lyrics and death metal in general. Mikael does it so well that even on a first listen the lyrics are audibly present and understandable. Something most singers lack the ability to do it seems.

[@nescaudrummer]

Why is Opeth so fucking good?

[@Kinnakeeter]

The guys in the band are hugely underrated legends in their own right

[@runeolsen7927]

Best band on the planet as it stands

[@cowboycalicojakk9685]

Opeth is just a name Satan has used audibly lol so fucking good

[@Ninja_S1000RR-R]

Swedes

[@markpalavosvrahotes5575]

One word: variety

[@corbob10]

That uplifting section buried right near the end gets me every time...

[@slick_Ric]

one of those parts that when i first heard it my eyes just went wide and my jaw dropped, like "how much better does this band get, goddamn"

[@marcusking8507]

The riff on 1:50 does things to me

[@schpleeb]

one of my favourite metal riffs Mikael ever wrote; criminally underrated

[@hypa4]

You are everything... they are nothing..

[@PatrickMullenDrums]

I literally read this as it happened in the song

[@88omair]

@@PatrickMullenDrums I literally read your comment as I was reading your comment

[@emanuelxavier9923]

Best advice ever!

[@henrydupuis5648]

​@@PatrickMullenDrumssame lmfao!😝🤣

[@kaaijer]

Nothing beats some good old baying of the hounds before bedtime.

[@kxcq1]

Yes lol

[@SpiritCrusher89]

I dare to challenge you by stating that baying of the hounds right after waking up is better

[@mobbymobb5491]

11:28pm here

[@ody1212]

serendipity (i just spontaneously decided to give this, and just this, a listen before sleeping)

[@ximeq9922]

During*

[@SickDrummer2438]

If I could only choose 5 Opeth songs I was allowed to listen to from now on, this would have to be one of them, easily my favorite off of Ghost Reveries! Literally every minute of this song defines Opeth in their songwriting prime to me.

[@motopolak]

Totally agree. This and Ghost of Perdition are my top 2!

[@slick_Ric]

very good way to put it; this song is Opeth in their prime for sure

[@michaelpace5343]

agreed

[@TheGuitarifier]

Aleks Ulmer ghost of perdition is cool I just get sick of the "aaahhhhhaaaahhhhhhhhhhheeeeyyaaaheeeyyaaahhh" section

[@sexkarabin3967]

@Andrew Funeral Portrait is the weirdest pick. Easily the worst song on Blackwater Park

[@thinkingofHim.]

5:24 my favorite part, like going down a hill :D

[@UponThisAltar]

I know this comment is three years past, but I was looking for this exact moment to show a friend. Thanks!

[@xyhmo]

It's so brutal and beautiful at the same time. If memory serves, it reminds me of the ”chorus” part of a song by Cranes I haven't heard for like 20 years, Adrift.

[@SirPootaso]

Yeah, mine too. But for me, is like being chased by a pack of wolves. Same chill through the spine.

[@progatouille]

Martin Lopez's brilliance is so significant to what gives this song its beauty and power. What a beautiful man behind the kit.

[@kapildwivedi826]

True... Ghost reveries and deliverance are masterpieces that depict the diversity of Martin Lopez as a drummer... His playing is phenomenal... it's something you almost crave like nicotine.

[@progatouille]

@@kapildwivedi826 yes absolutely. And to think that he was also the drummer for the Damnation album. Such versatility gosh.

[@ege2792]

Those were the times when Opeth ruled the world

[@celiktenklc1795]

Ege And they still do

[@antetomic11]

@@celiktenklc1795 great reply man couldn't agree more.OOOOOOPPPPPPPPPPPPPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETTTTTTTTTTTTTTHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.Fuckin' Akerfeldt GGGGGGGGGGGGGGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!

[@sawyernas4782]

@@antetomic11 are you ok

[@aegon1807]

@@sawyernas4782 dont worry, he is just enjoying with some opeth tracks.

[@GwannTwitch]

The whole album is such an untouchable achievement. Pure artistic perfection.

[@jimmytolbert7658]

Is it me or this is a beautiful song.....

[@Tdrummer888]

People making “diabolical beans” jokes over and over again for this song is gonna be one of my 13 reasons why

[@dkernighan1]

LINED UP VERSES ON DEAD SKIN, THE TAINTED LIPS OF A STRANGER RESTING UPON HERS. Those lyrics, followed by that riff ... is the most evil and sinister sounding part of any song I've ever heard IMO.

[@cherryness14]

5:25 got me through quarantine.

[@SolvingOurKreation]

It's not over yet friend..

[@__somnii]

cherryness14 it's so damn beautiful. That's how you do modulation in a riff

[@doogee2323]

@@__somnii i know no one talks about one of my favourite sequences especially with the growling. imagine if they did a orchestral version of this. unimaginablely beautiful

[@bowieknifebob6890]

Beneath the mire drown desire now with you...

[@blackmetalerik962]

0:26 best made tacos of the earth, diabolical beans

[@nextdistortion]

That fckng ending is simply orgasmic. My favourite Opeth song, which alone deserves Ghost Reveries. So, I don't have to tell nothing if we add Ghost of Perdition, Beneath The Mire, Atonement, Harlequin Forest or The Grand Conjuration... We get, for me, one of the best records of the century

[@CerberusLives]

This is easily my favourite song ever.

[@thesanctuary225]

One of the Best Rock Band in human history!

[@nenissaK]

9:42 Åkerfeldt rises on stage with a platform that has a small one-man pirate boat on it, puts a pirate hat and an eye patch on, takes a fake sword and and starts swinging, the boat starts to swing at 9:58, and there's explosion/fire special effects and Åkerfeldt starts to march with the sword in hand sideways to the crowd, with the boat and blue cardboard waves swinging to the rhythm

[@alexandremarchand8815]

Once you've read that comment, you cannot unsee the scene unfolding In your head everytime you play the song. Just when you tought it could not be better :O !

[@InfectedMouth]

The misadventures of Akerfeldt.

[@Ross-nj6ck]

I'd go see that movie

[@GeoffVentures]

This comment wins.

[@divinefallfromgrace]

I'll have whatever you're having 😄 Ps. What would Mikael's pirate name be? Grimbeard? 🤣

[@Denny_Boi]

BLOOD FLOWER CURSE; BINDING OF IMMORTAL SOULS

[@joshybear7973]

2:34-2:56 because of when i first really got pulled into this song, i was in tears right there

[@0name0insert0]

Joshy Bear Me too, man!

[@thenoble39]

07:28 - 07:59 :X This band is inhumanely good

[@IzoMav]

damn what a bassline 8:35

[@dekideron5199]

Fire🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@xul3184]

That end of solo transition is just so ridiculously clean

[@mistermackey638]

This is my favorite Opeth song, and is a serious contender for my favorite song period.

[@kirstenbakker839]

Wait, you mean to say that your favourite song of all time is not an Opeth song?

[@adamsmith5341]

one of the best songs written in modern history. takes you on a journey, so many different types of music all in one!

[@puppyhead6706]

Opeth has a lot of great songs, including several masterpieces. This one is still my favorite.

[@brbosen]

This is one of my favorite Opeth songs.

[@rushikeshshinde2325]

this album is epitome of progressive metal .. one of the best albums ever made ...

[@juckey2730]

Let us all take a moment and appreciate the bassline at 10:05.

[@Iluvurmomdubc]

Opeth is the most harmonic, melodic, and demonic band of all time. They are the closest thing to perfection that exists in music, period( before Heritage).

[@abhishekchaubey903]

Iluvurmomdubc dude..what if i say heritage is the deepest music composition on planet. Its just that it takes 2-3 years to get this fact

[@abhishekchaubey903]

Iluvurmomdubc listen to heritage 10 times..you will realise same about that as well..its just that heritage and pale communion take more tries to digest..probably they are musically more deep

[@jamespeterson4275]

Hey now Pale Communion is amazing too

[@dekideron5199]

I really like socress but old opeth takes the cake for me Old opeth and new opeth are both amazing

[@WFly101]

Demonic? Nothing about Opeth is demonic besides perhaps the brutal vocals.

[@JackyAk3rf3ldt]

This is a masterpiece! :D

[@emanuilvalkov3243]

Or this is a frequent last name in Sweden? :D

[@JackyAk3rf3ldt]

DecrepitOrigin888 not at all, I just love him and I thought it was a good "nickname" :$ hahahaha

[@JackyAk3rf3ldt]

Thanks :D

[@ToughMetalHead]

105%

[@philyeary8809]

8:30 on, that keyboard and the growls hit perfectly.

[@villLe]

The sound in the beginning with the organ reminds me of Deep Purple. But so. much. heavier.

[@88omair]

It is eargasmic. This is Per's masterpiece. His best performance on anything ever

[@RandyVampiro]

I hear the baying of the houndssssssssssssssss...

[@divertinguincp]

Most badass intro ever

[@tommyjoekavanagh6590]

This one's definitely grown on me. Didn't quite click with me when I first listened to Ghost Reveries, but now I think it's one of the best on the album, if not the best.

[@diegovaldez2202]

Same here. One of my best friends recommended it to me. I listen to this often when I’m at the beach here in California

[@BlaegeFlannel]

I'm going to say it. In my opinion, best Opeth song.

[@keithberns5]

One of the best produced albums, amazing sound quality.

[@gurpyaresingh6189]

BLOOD FLOWER CURSE, BINDING OF IMMORTAL SOULS. Seriously, al fellow metalheads, check out Kill Six Billion Demons, the webcomic. You'll dig it.

[@kkkkk79]

how beautiful this song is?

[@browiththecoolslidyface9709]

3:04 that transition is just epic like 6 bars of totally different riffs

[@HeadbangerSinHair]

7:59 this part is soooo underrated, my favorite part

[@ManiEADG]

Totally missed Martin Lopez. Axe is a genius but Lopez is full of passion ... .

[@Drums4Life762]

+Jared Dowty naw Axe is amazing no doubt but Lopez is technically better. listen to his stuff in soen its sick

[@AlexandreBatalha_Sharkuel]

+Todd Daniel I disagree. Lopez is all about groove and feel. He can put a 4/4 beat into a groovy one. Axe is more of a machine playing. Precise and relentless, but lacks the feel Lopez has. Though he improved a lot, and is less of a machine, and more of a human playing.

[@Drums4Life762]

Alexandre Batalha i agree

[@nenissaK]

+Mani Shei This is pretty much the same thing as with Dream Theater; old one is groovy, new one is a technical god. However you can't expect a new drummer to just hop into a band and the band to sound the same as before... it's more than "just" the playing style and technical abilities, the band chemistry has to change, and it's always easier to say that the old one was better - of course it's better in That situation since that they've played together for a long, long time. Axenrot's playing prowess is deceiving, just as with Mangini: if you know exactly what you are doing, you will sound more like a machine than a human.

[@TheGuitarifier]

Alexandre Batalha yeah I love how Martin can turn that simple 4/4 beat into an awesome Latin sounding groove. Does wonders for Mike's riffs.

[@ArunPuram]

This song got me into Opeth. Truly that one song that stays forever with me.

[@thinkwhileeatingpasta5217]

I hope it's among your top bands by now.

[@ArunPuram]

@@thinkwhileeatingpasta5217 top 1 lol

[@thinkwhileeatingpasta5217]

@@ArunPuram Great to hear that. Opeth has that divine pull to it.

[@sigmanomicon103]

Opeth is the greatest band of all time. And the album Ghost Reveries is the greatest album of all time. There is no question!

[@nfrnalDstryr]

My arms,your hearse is way better

[@sigmanomicon103]

@@nfrnalDstryr respectfully I disagree, MyArms your hearse is excellent nonetheless

[@WFly101]

I prefer Still Life

[@aether4554]

Favorite song off this album. The nostalgia is overwhelming

[@the_sleepy_engineer]

6:22 is the peak

[@c.w.3042]

I killed six billion demons to this song!

[@damianmonke3922]

Badass I can relate

[@Worsthoofd]

3:57 Drown in the deep fryer...

[@Kragmachine]

Damn fucking good song! brutal and beautiful.

[@immortelle.]

The dim light she comes peering Through the forest pines And she knows by the sound of the baying, By the baying of the hounds Diana Diana kick your feet up Lust bares his teeth and whines For he's picked up the scent of virtue And he knows the panic signs

[@ballsthatclank]

6:21

[@Jayko33]

this transition at 1:48 ish is the reason why i stuck with opeth, i liked ghost of perdition and then i tried another song (this one) and i was HOOKED

[@mrdeathamore]

second favorite from Reveries, just before Forest.

[@Kinnakeeter]

My favorite would Ghost Reveries My second favorite would be Watershed

[@Jin.Yoon.]

You are everything they are nothing I love the lyric so much

[@joserivas1517]

Drown in the deep mire With past desires Beneath the mire Drown desire now with you Drown in the deep mire With past desires Beneath the mire Drown desire now with you

[@joshuachristopher9039]

So mnaay timess I over play this album and get sick of it then months will go by and I listen to a song and remeber how amazing it is everytime haha

[@lemmykilmister3191]

9:57 That "OOOOOOOO" with reverb... It's kind of relaxing

[@hessiankyojin]

Best song in the album.

[@djp3819]

Such an awesome song. The interlude section reminds me of the pause menu on Goldeneye 64 when you scroll through the watch. Love it.

[@ot5216]

7:28 hits me just right

[@teletoonfan]

This track has such a deep purple vibe

[@reyskypony6909]

I used to do my homework listening to this song

[@ManiEADG]

1:19 That bad ass growl ... .

[@harryithink5336]

That’s my favourite part

[@queenleo2225]

Such an underrated masterpiece.

[@abolishnato]

The first riff reminds me of driving an old car down a dirt road in the countryside at night

[@mastercyconide7660]

0:26 "BEST MADE TACOS OF THE EARTH! DIABOLICAL BEANS!"

[@VinyLegends]

YES!

[@KilianxFire27]

You sir deserve a medal \m/

[@mastercyconide7660]

Kilian | Feed the flames I didn't invent it, sadly. :/

[@KilianxFire27]

MasterCyconide Atleast you made me laugh dude, don't worry ! xD

[@budhamisapa566]

desperate jackals of the earth , diabolical beasts. yeah sounds just like it u peanut.

[@mindhunter1361]

0:00 Always reminds me of "killing in the Name"

[@rickycarter536]

Thank you Opeth. A great performance tonight. You guys are awesome. Listening to this again because Mikael called it "fuckin difficult to play live"😅😂😂😂

[@alessa_cybergoth]

Why is this song so good?

[@joan3338]

7:27 this feels like some cool vanilla ice cream after eating a bowl of extra spicy ramen.

[@PHLCoffeeSnob]

1:51 this part was one of the best parts of the song, they should have brought it back at least once, maybe just before the end

[@palavos3891]

Kind of has a morbid angel like groove to it in parts. Thats a good thing.

[@Aming77]

Masterpiece💣

[@themorningriserock]

This band turned into a a beast

[@tomercohentomer9514]

BEST MADE TACOS OF THE EARTH

[@sleeveho7577]

supereeeeeeeeeme

[@Garegin]

opeth the OG of modern prog.

[@i.amleoo]

Doctor: You only have 10 minutes of life. Me:

[@demonessmoon6653]

This is real music 🎶

[@casajaguar_tarija]

Perfect band

[@nimeshghelani]

0:25 Pest-ridden tacos from the hell

[@aleynaurn5990]

That intro tells me everything about the song. One knock, one riff.

[@monkeonthee]

Jesus. There's an advertisement right in the middle of the song. Dafuq, KZbin?

[@111usul]

superb drumming, and everything else, love this band to death

[@abdalaez]

This fucking music is putting me into a trance state!!!!! Holy shit!!!!