The 'Opeth' Experience | Listening To 'Harlequin Forest' For The 1st Time | REACTION!

[@DrewFortune97]

As I mentioned in the Live chat of the premier guys - Spam your suggestions in this comment section and we’ll decide where we take this journey next🙏🏻

[@natewestbrook735]

Definitely a few roads you can go from here. Behemoth is somewhat similar to these guys vocalwise. Hell you could go back to Meshuggah and please plenty of people, if you do I suggest "Break the Bones whose Sinews gave it Motion"

[@darkdeceptionkillsthelight9653]

Please consider to react to Face of Melinda by them

[@thrashobi]

"Bleak", "Masters Apprentices" , "Deliverance" and "Moonlapse Vertigo" are great songs, but you might also try Blackwater Park. It can have an eye-opening effect on people who not yet enjoy their growls :) If you want a complete mellow track without growls you can check out "Windowpane", "A Fair Judgement", "Burden", "To Rid the Desease", "Face of Melinda".. they have a lot of soft tracks too :)

[@IAmYekoms]

I love watching you find and describe the reasons i love all my music!

[@EmilianoSoca]

Master's Apprentices or Demon of the Fall

[@rockerman3487]

Porcupine Tree - Anesthetize. It is time now.

[@Craplatte]

Yeah, the live version from Tilburg! Mindblowing!

[@PHLCoffeeSnob]

I think he'd also like Arriving Somewhere But Not Here live from Chicago

[@abhiii1375]

Yesssssssss!

[@deminybs]

What about the sound of murzac???

[@PHLCoffeeSnob]

@@deminybs It's great prog. but not enough riffage imo.

[@zonta.Ivan.navarro]

Ok Drew, Delicerance by Opeth, and Anesthetize by Porcupine Tree. Such was the decision of the boys in the chat.

[@roverfavela]

Anesthetize by Porcupine Tree!!!!

[@Defensive_Wounds]

I have suggested that Porcupine tree for ages! lol

[@austin5732]

Must be live tho

[@hendrickmorher86]

Anesthetize!!

[@SoapSoapCrayon]

Yes! This!

[@PhoenixDecim]

Deliverance - Opeth (best outro ever)

[@abhiii1375]

Nice pfp,i loved that EP.

[@PhoenixDecim]

@@abhiii1375 They're always doing something different :>

[@abhiii1375]

@@PhoenixDecim Ah!,that's one of the reasons i miss Dillinger so much lol.I wish they drop a new album out of nowhere but that's never going to happen.

[@PhoenixDecim]

@Adax ! ok.

[@M.A_BBS]

Karma is unmatched.. but I guess to each their own.

[@soayebsorcery4403]

Also The moor from Still life

[@kazoshay]

their best track ever. maybe the best metal track ever for me.

[@gechuzhao2178]

One of their tastiest riffs no doubt!

[@fernandapereira4623]

Must do: Bleak The Drapery Falls Blackwater Park Deliverance The Lepper Affinity Demon of the Fall When 😜

[@jasonallen5318]

Too many great songs to list, but excellent choices there.

[@tomtomthebear]

The funeral portrait

[@SoufliXbr]

Benighted also

[@ericforsyth]

The Moor

[@meneertje25]

the baying of the hounds beneath the mire

[@oyvindknustad]

"Windowpane" Then you'll see they don't have "one" sound at all

[@Psytheslasher]

Yesssss

[@sollyross998]

PLEASE

[@oyvindknustad]

@@sollyross998 He's done it now

[@iBrew_4u]

Opeth is a journey, bro.. Their newer stuff is almost unrecognizable from the older stuff, but they're such amazing musicians that you have to like it! They're 100% progressive now. Mix things up a bit and check out "All Things Will Pass" and "Universal Truth". Both songs are a musical experience!

[@levinskevich2180]

I also suggested Universal Truth, and I also think All Things Shall Pass is great, but it doesn't have much variety and is better within the context of a full album listen or a live set - they actually closed their set with it on their US tour, it was awesome.

[@mvv1408]

Good suggestions, but also try the swedish version of their latest record. It's originally written in Swedish and loosely translated later, imho the Swedish version has just got that little extra. The two songs suggested are called "All Ting Tar Slut" and "Ingen Sanning är Allas". "Minnets Yta" (Lovelorn Crime) is also worth a listen if you like a new take on ballads.

[@futurewavecs]

Everything post Watershed I often describe as higher production sound but almost seems like it needs a time machine to drop it into the late 60s early 70s psychedelic and progressive rock scene.

[@joshuaferguson4322]

Porcupine Tree - Anesthetize!

[@ragingstorm79]

Live version!

[@ElLorenSES]

LIVE IN TILBURG

[@mario261992]

I would recommend their "Damnation" album. There's no screaming in any of the tracks. I love it, I recommend you to check up "Hope leaves" or "Windowpane" :)

[@markd9130]

Damnation might be my favorite. Oddly, I think it is the least favorite of most hardcore Opeth fans. Windowpane is amazing.

[@LockedAlx]

Anesthetize from Porcupine tree! And Deliverance from Opeth

[@zarwil]

The Baying of the Hounds is another amazing track from this album!

[@timvantinteren4918]

"Benighted" off Still Life... some of the sweetest singing he ever put to tape.

[@Toolband1980]

I love that when even he is screaming/growling, you can still follow/understand the words. Not many growlers that goes for.

[@whycantihaveanumber00000]

Opeth is why death metal makes sense to me. His clear vocals yet pure crushing brutality is almost unmatched to this day.

[@SlipknotMickk]

already said it, and will say it again. you'll find Animals as leaders very interesting. one of the most promising bands out there. Tempting time, Do not go gently, cognitive contortions, Kascade, 8 string odd time madness :D

[@nicholasbinner]

CAFO or Physical Education would be interesting

[@SlipknotMickk]

@@nicholasbinner i feel like cafo is a bit too much for a first, and p.e. is a bit mainstream and boring(same 2-3 riffs). As you ve noticed maybe i recommended 1 representative of each album

[@kylereece1979]

Yes! Animals as Leaders. Admittingly, I gotta say that they havnt topped that insane first album- but Im happy to read some shout outs to them here! One of my favourite tings they have to me is "Inemorta". Jesus Christ, its got some of the most exciting, action packed, hi-octane explosive riffs Ive heard in the last 10 years!

[@SlipknotMickk]

@@kylereece1979 hahah yea i know. You mean Inamorata. Its difficult to pick just one actually.. i always listen their albums from start to finish. You just cannot pause it!

[@kylereece1979]

@@SlipknotMickk Yes, Inamorata. What a mind blowing piece of music! The whole thing explodes the second it drops. I remember listening to the album, loving it, excited by it all, and then Inamorata races into the scene. Fuck Sake, it was like being in the greatest super hero movie, it was exhilarating. Especially, after the 3 minute mark, the momentum gathers even higher. The final two minutes or so is like the soundtrack to the greatest chase/action scene ever! That whole debut is incredible, from the hyper charged Tempting Time to the energy rush of Song of Solomon. Hate saying this, but the follow up album aside,their last coupla releases for me anyway, lacked the kinetic energy of the debut, and I wasnt really into those albums.. But again, if people really dig em, then thats great.

[@jasonallen5318]

Keep reacting to Opeth and I will subscribe for sure, there's a lot of other reaction channels who have heard the same few most popular Opeth songs, but nobody seems to go very in depth into their amazing catalogue of songs.

[@soayebsorcery4403]

You should check out Opeth-Master Apprentice

[@spearmintderg]

The live version of this song from the Royal Albert Hall concert kicks ass! Would like to suggest The Moor, Harvest, and Dirge for November for your Opeth list. Love the reactions Drew, it's cool seeing someone discover some of my favorite bands!

[@MoSweiti666]

Hey thank you very much for reacting to my video! It has some issues like the over-rotation , I wasn’t able to fix them because the program kept crashing on the rendering process. It turned out decent though 😊

[@kunns123]

Ghost Reveries is kind of a concept album. Not as much as My arms your Hearse / Still Life, but Ghost Reveries does have a certain tone throughout the album. Ghost of Perdition was about a man possessed by a demon who killed his mother. Harlequin forest is about that man running away from the society as people are after him.

[@TheLarknessMonster]

Ghost of Perdition I think is about his mother being possessed, not him. He then kills his mother to save her from the demon, but entraps himself within the evil he freed his mother of. Harlequin Forest, the ending specifically, is about being lost in a forest. That's what that riff is trying to portray. Several lyrics prior throughout then indicate the persons thoughts running wild afraid they are going to die in the twisted labyrinth. Harlequin has two meanings, A comedic character, or relating to a demon/evil entity. This man isn't running from society. He's running away from what he has done (killing his mother). He's running away from his responsibilities and the evil found within him.The song's lyrics actually also share several similarities with the suicide forest in Dante's Inferno. He becomes disgusted with what he's done, and run's away from it. Runs into the forest outside his home and then becomes lost in it, lost within his own thoughts and spirals deeper down into his own hell becoming entangled within the "trees" and their "roots" sucking him dry. The end of the song talks about the woods burning. useless black remains. He realizes he cannot run or hide within the forest from what he has done. The forest provides him with no shelter, no solace. It further entraps him within his own prison and he cannot escape the grasp of the forest or run from what he has done. I don't think the album is literally about a demon possessing a man driving him to kill his mother. I don't think the man confronts the demon/satan until "The Grand Conjuration". And I think the man is begging Satan to clear his conscious for him. Ease his pain and the devil is tempting the broken/weak man. I think the man was never possessed by a demon. I think his mother was possessed by a demon. The man then kills his mother to release her soul into the light, by sacrificing his own soul. "Rose up to it's call In his arms she'd fall Mother light received And a faithful servant's free" I think this kinda shows the son killing his mother released her from the grips of the demon, but instead ensnared himself in this demons grip. Thus leading into him running away from it in the forest. Running from what he did and the evil he unleashed upon himself to "save" his mother. This could all be literal, or a mentally Ill person's rationalizations for killing his mom. It's one of the most interesting albums I've listened to tbh

[@alexjj231]

This song is a late part of the entire stoty. After the main character signs with the demon a contract to bring back his mother and in later songs regrets the decision, in this song he runs away from the deamon and its hounds to the forest where he lays to die and be consumed by the forest but eventually decides to live and burns the forest. " Lose all to save a little, At your peril its justifyed And dismiss your demons, As death becomes a jest. You are the laughing stock, of the absinthe minded. Confession stuck in your mouth. And long gone fevers reappear"

[@timg1034]

Harlequin Forest is in a sense about a man running away from society as people chase him. Although digging deeper, it's about a man who struggles with being a werewolf. At first he's unsure about the flashes of memories confusing them with dreams. When the local town figures out who he is they chase him and he still isn't sure why. Then when he becomes excited and agitated from the chase, he turns into a werewolf. This immediately erases all doubt in his mind of who he is and what he's done. This consumes his being and he relinquished control to the werewolf monster side of him and bad things happen to the town folk.

[@johnmarkjansouzian7428]

I know it's all open to interpretation, but I always saw the album as about the Antichrist or the son of a demon. Harlequin Forrest is him running away from his destiny, and the Grand Conjuration is him accepting what he is/ his destiny.

[@TheLarknessMonster]

@@johnmarkjansouzian7428 I never heard this interpretation before. That's actually a cool way of looking at it.

[@OnieroNautilus]

Moonlapse Vertigo from the album Still Life!!

[@Lucofur]

The Moor!!!!! It's such a good song by them. Perfect mix of melody and heaviness. Literally all of Still Life is perfect to listen to

[@thewildhealer541]

As an old time Opeth fan I'd recommend Baying of the Hounds as your next song, it's also from the Ghost Reveries album. Of course Blackwater Park is a masterpiece aswell, but if you want to keep doing their more death/melodic type of songs before delving into the hardcore stuff I'd do Hounds. Love that one.

[@Prep5242]

@Fangalatic what are you talking about

[@thewildhealer541]

@Fangalatic That's why I didn't.

[@cjnniko]

Ancestral by Steven Wilson

[@tamerabdelkader5041]

Bleak .. Blackwater park.. Deliverance.. Windowpane.. Etc.........

[@sizzleby1]

Hey man just wanted to say I subscribed because you are more fun to watch than most other reactors. Keep it up!

[@muhammadadil2653]

Slayer - Seasons in the abyss

[@MattKilleen798]

Ok songs by Opeth you need to hear, The Leper Affinity, The Moor, Deliverance, Blackwater Park, and Demon of the Fall. Their discography is too perfect it’s hard to make a list of songs to listen to.

[@amjan]

GREAT BUNCH!!!

[@ericforsyth]

Thanks for including The Moor. Highly rated but still underappreciated track, I feel

[@ericforsyth]

Draugmor: Agreed. I love BWP and GR (and Damnation and Deliverance) but Still Life has to be my favourite. My Arms, Your Hearse is probably slightly underrated too. But Opeth are so consistently good you can’t really go wrong. He reacts to it, I’ll watch it.

[@MrMathias922]

@Fangalatic Or it's just that those people might not enjoy the less riff oriented sound from Orchid to MAYH. Still life aswell is less driven than BLW although it's an amazing album, doesnt have to be an agenda towards it. And i love everything by Opeth, from Orchid to ICV

[@MattKilleen798]

Fangalatic what point are you trying to make?

[@momouk]

This song has been giving me goose bumps since it came out, still does!

[@nichet3974]

Heir apparent, The lotus eater, Hessian peel. All from the same album "Watershed". All fucking amazing!

[@geetbehera3593]

Moor from still life is the real deal man! It will blow your mind

[@Spencercevans24]

The fact you digested Opeth with a single listen is impressive.y journey into Opeth has actually changed my taste in music. I grew up a hardcore kid and loved the 2-3 minute songs. The first time I saw a 12 minute Song I was like “no way I’m going to listen to this”. Then, I listened, then I heard another, and another. This huge mash up that is Opeth changed me and changed my perception of what music can be.

[@riddhimanmedhi99]

Here’s a promise, I’ll watch every Opeth reaction! Loved your reactions. Love Opeth! This song and that ending is absolute classic! I agree with most of the chat here, Something from Damnation like Windowpane and Anethesize by Porcupine Tree would be some good ones to react to. I’ll still continue recommending Blackwater Park, Drapery Falls, Burden, Eternal Rains will Come

[@sylvaniathehacker]

I love your reaction man. It's like I'm hearing it all over again. I was randomly recommended but I subbed to you man. Peace brother.

[@aarontabor7098]

I'm SO happy to see this one pop up! One of my top songs by the band and I love that outro so much I basically learned only that part of the song on guitar.

[@TheSavageChavez]

Great reaction brother! Opeth has so many songs with clean vocals. I hope you check out.. Face of Melinda Burden Hope Leaves Windowpane and Harvest Looking forward to your future reactions with Opeth man! 🍻

[@thedekuseed4965]

Awesome to see you reacting to my favorite band ever! Keep it coming😍

[@tiesdumont517]

Windowpane is definitely one of their most accessible tracks, but if you want to go right into it, blackwater park is a masterpiece :)

[@Prep5242]

@Fangalatic are you seriously just going into the replies of every comment that mentions blackwater park to shit on people who like it?

[@Spot-t]

Hey drew, big fan of opeth, and many other bands you are covering. Just wanted to say I appreciate you being more adventurous about interpreting the lyrics for yourself, I always enjoy hearing other people's theories etc. Keep it up, blackwater park next \m/

[@charliepekin8940]

Dude all these people suggesting Anesthetize by Porcupine Tree are onto something. This shit is blowing my mind right now.

[@SolSlayer]

My personal favorite is Blackwater Park. The culmination of the song, and the album as a whole...pure masterpiece. That said, listening to what you like, try Deliverence. And you're right, the transitions are amazing.

[@scotthudson7011]

Hessian Peel is probably an underrated song of theirs but an absolute masterpiece from the album Watershed, very much a journey like Harlequin Forrest. Also the Still Life album as a whole might be their best work (imo) :)

[@chrisbuchheit]

Godhead's Lament was the song that got me into Opeth. A must hear.

[@levinskevich2180]

Yes! I'm always suggesting this to reactors, but it doesn't get favored as much as Moonlapse Vertigo, The Moor, Serenity... Also "When" from My Arms Your Hearse, too underrated.

[@nfldraftman]

Godhead's Lament is my favorite Opeth song amongst all the awesome tracks. I saw them play it live in Columbus and I about lost my shit.

[@adriancarter3485]

Steven Wilson approves Opeth jejeje... Next must be Bleak, it´s one of the best

[@satricon]

YESS! love it! More Opeth please!

[@inlucisabsentiam]

Should definitely try some of their newer stuff from “Sorceress” and “In Cauda Veneum”. Their style has certainly evolved since this album. Highly suggest “Era” from Sorceress. Or his experimental project with Steven Wilson called Storm Corrosion. “Drag Ropes” is haunting.

[@goldrumble5736]

do deliverance also do the Moor

[@bostion518]

yes the moor is soo goooood

[@ghostfish2399]

Still Life is kind of a package deal. best to listen from start to finish.

[@CristianHernandez-tr1jq]

You have to do "Demon Of The Fall" from "My Arms Your Hearse", and Thank you for sharing your reactions to Opeth. It makes me enjoy Opeth like I used to do it before ( hope you understand my english)

[@t.hussain921]

Me : I'm fed up of reaction videos. YT : Here's an irish guy reacting to Opeth. Me : well well let's check it out

[@richtigersoan]

Haha me!

[@aikMegatrone]

Deliverence!!!!

[@kelvinlee1430]

Got to react some songs from the Pale Communion album. I'll recommend Eternal Rains Will Come, Moon Above Sun Below, Voice of Treason, and Faith in Others

[@kaje0801]

agreed!

[@longingbydesign]

"Eternal Rains will come", along with "Burden", is probably the only really good songs from the post-growl-era.

[@kelvinlee1430]

@@longingbydesign Well I actually enjoyed at least one or two songs from every prog-era Opeth album. But yeah Eternal Rains is a killer opening track

[@laurensflierman4423]

Opeth - The Drapery Falls!!

[@kevinmaillet4712]

Bleak by Opeth!!!

[@GunnerSG]

As others have commented on this song, this album is a complete story so listening to one or two of the songs is like reading random chapters in a book w/o reading the book itself.... you wont get the entirety of the album. There are so many layers to this album its amazing !! Nice review Drew keep up the journey !!!

[@MartinJohnZ]

I think "The Lotus Eater" is one of the most interesting Opeth tracks. Goes all over the place without losing coherence.

[@asd848]

You'll always get a reaction listening to Opeth because they truly are a one of a kind band. My suggestions for next songs: The Drapery Falls, Bleak, Deliverance, Windowpane.

[@Zuracooking]

•Few Hard and Heavy songs from them you need to hear:- Blackwater park Deliverance The Drapery falls The moor Demon of the fall(best growls imo,maybe if you're ready xD) •Few Slower chill songs:- Face of melinda Burden Windowpane In my time of need

[@vigaxan86]

The past few Opeth albums have a different style that I think you'd enjoy, "Moon Above, Sun Below", "Eternal Rains Will Come", "Strange Brew", and "The Garroter" are all great "journey-like" tracks to check out. Love the vids as always!

[@levinskevich2180]

Hard to suggest anybody check out The Garroter over anything else from the new album, but the rest are great, especially Moon Above, which I was so happy to see them play live this year.

[@vigaxan86]

@@levinskevich2180 Haha, yeah the other songs are certainly more indicative of their current style. I do love the weirdness of it though. And I also loved seeing Moon Above, to me PC is a really underrated record.

[@abhishekchaubey903]

hey man, i love the fact that you intuitively get intrigued by some parts. idk if you would be reading my comments but apart from the mainstream suggestions, i'll request you to go for the song called Hessian Peel from watershed record. Opeth have named it watershed and if they do, they really mean it.

[@ThcBanaman]

Opeth - Blackwater Park

[@Yushiiiiiiiiiiii]

Harlequin Forest is my favorite Opeth song 🖤

[@2yoyoyo1Unplugged]

Those stops at the end just OOZE the atmosphere of night closing in as you wander lost in an oppressive, endless, mystical forest.

[@notchjohnson2540]

*_Opeth - Deliverence_* is up there with *_Blackwater Park_*

[@Djent_Lover]

Following on from your EPIC Gojira experience! I highly fkn recommend "porcelain heart" Enjoy your Opeth journey. Big shout from Australia!

[@ShadyLurker84]

If you go with Blackwater Park as your next I suggest the next one after that to be To Bid You Farewell - that was their first track without growls in their discography. Very chill, very beautiful.

[@erkerus5652]

I highly recommend listening to something out of Damnation(2003 album), which really shows the softer side of Opeth. Hope Leaves or Windowpane would both be great choices.

[@vodkadrinker4723]

While I feel Ghost of Perdition is a technical masterpiece, I love the flow of this song. I also think this is a better entrance into them since it doesn't start out with the growls. That tends to turn people off.

[@baptoufragilise]

Alright I'd suggest Deliverance and Bleak (where you can hear the singer from Porcupine Tree in some chores). And great vid btw love this song especially the outro which I tried to play on drums a few years ago!

[@KhordLizardMage]

Master's Apprentice is a great track from Opeth's growl singing days, plus it kicks into it SOOO well.

[@wwklnd]

Once again throwing in my vote for a reaction to The Grand Conjuration by Opeth. Would love to hear some reactions to Porcupine Tree as well, and later maybe some King Crimson, but while you're still on this metal stint I'd really love to hear your thoughts on what I consider to be the ultimate metal song. :)

[@Ukuleleloki94]

Steven Wilson - Luminol This was my first SW track and it's awesome jazz/rock!! He was in Porcupine Tree and has engineered for Opeth too :D Peace from Manchester sir!!!

[@angrybird32495]

Been into Opeth for a year or so now. Even on re-listening to the albums multiple times I still find myself grinning ear to ear at the genies of some of these songs.

[@Defensive_Wounds]

Opeth - Deliverance, Atonement, The Drapery Falls, Blackwater Park, Harvest.

[@grivlar]

Explore chronologically through their discography to really appreciate how their sound has evolved. Start with the most popular songs off of Orchid, Morning rise and My arms, your hearse etc. It would be nice to see reactions whilst you explore their background and not just the popular songs like everyone else does. Build up your followers and keep them in suspense whilst waiting for the classics. Opeth fans are extremely loyal, use this to your advantage!

[@jimborumable]

Kings X did an outro like this many many years ago with their song, 'We Were Born to be Loved.' Suffice to say I adore both this and Harlequin Forest.

[@trevordrake]

I've found Opeth to be very atmospheric which I love. There's always a mood or ambiance that's being conveyed (if you listen closely the very subtle ambiance sounds are hugely important at times). Mikael is a technical master as well, and the transitions they script are near perfect. Saw them a month or so back (when concerts were still a thing lol) and you could hear every note clear as day at exactly the right volume they were intended for. I'd have to recommend Blackwater Park as well as Deliverance and the Grand Conjuration. If you're looking for that satisfying sort of "drop" I might point you towards Funeral Portrait as well (this one has some truly dirty riffs).

[@broken_majingxd]

Do all their albums!!!!

[@ethankrueger1915]

Blackwater Park is an absolute banger. Bleak is also great track from that album. Other songs I suggest would be: Dirge for November, The Grand Conjuration, Windowpane, The Lotus Eater, Hessian Peel, Heir Apparent, Demon of The Fall, Godhead’s lament, and Serenity Painted Death.

[@sarahbidstrupnielsen5542]

I can tell you what their sound is... It’s otherworldly and simply amazing, that’s what their sound is 😅🤘🏻🖤

[@InfamousDominion]

In my humble opinion this is the best #Opeth track ever made. It has ups & downs, clean vocals & growls, distortion & acoustic guitars. It has everything.

[@natewestbrook735]

Is it time for him to delve into a little Behemoth?

[@sarahbidstrupnielsen5542]

Nate Westbrook think he already did and Gojira as well - it’s in my queue anyways 🤘🏻🖤

[@natewestbrook735]

@@sarahbidstrupnielsen5542 ahh well I never saw that guess I'll have to look at it.

[@HollowPoint_762]

Ora pro nobis Lucifer would be cool

[@coltonfleming4575]

I’m amazed that I haven’t seen any requests for periphery on any of your videos, they are my favorite band and have been very influential in many newer prog metal bands (periphery and meshuggah popularized djent). A good first listen would probably be either stranger things or reptile, but my personal favorite is motormouth

[@youtubecommenter2527]

You've really got to give Opeth more of your time honestly. It's well worth it.

[@Deliriumrock]

We love this album! A must while touring!

[@atmb]

My introduction to Opeth was a song called Still Life back in high school, it's one of their earlier tracks and it absolutely rocked my understanding of music lol

[@SerHenkan]

More songs by Opeth that you should check out: - Harvest - The Drapery Falls - The Baying of the Hounds - Coil - Beneath the Mire - Godhead's Lament - Windowpane - Benighted - In My Time of Need - The Devil's Orchard As for other bands, I can highly recommend another Swedish progmetal band: Pain of Salvation. Either "A Trace of Blood" or "In the Flesh" might be good starter songs of them.

[@maurorivera1031]

Opeth is a one way journey. Listen to "the forest of october" or "in the mist she was standing"

[@lamiana]

Porcelain Heart is one of if not my absolute favorite Opeth song- PLEASE react to it

[@gianmariasidoli4549]

You should listen to their live album at the Royal Albert Hall . That's one of the best ways to understand them . And i mean both for music and attitude. Simply one of the best group of musicians that ever existed on this planet . (p.s. i really like your approach and your work too, kee it up ) \m/

[@levinskevich2180]

Now you have to watch the live version from the Royal Albert Hall. It's a perfect performance, especially that ending. Another good live one is "Face of Melinda" from the Roundhouse Tapes. I see that song being suggested, and the live version sounds even better than the album. Try "Hessian Peel" for a real experience, lots of different elements. A couple older tracks I love are "When" and "Godhead's Lament." They have pretty aggressive riffs and vocals but also very sweeping melodic passages and some good clean singing. I'm sure you've read that they stopped using growls on their last four albums, there's still a lot of great music there. Try "Universal Truth" from their latest album, it has beautiful softer parts and also very heavy. I could list a lot more and go into some detail, Opeth is my favorite band, I appreciate your reception to them.

[@garydasquid1104]

You're correct, Opeth requires your full attention, and it's a wonderful journey. If the growls didn't take away from your enjoyment, do 'Blackwater Park' next. Otherwise, try 'The Drapery Falls' or 'Face of Melinda'.

[@zemaneiro292]

Blackwater park is one of my favorite tracks of all time, definitely should check that out

[@doranbacigalupi1059]

Opeth: The Drapery Falls, Blackwater Park, Deliverance, The Master's Apprentices.

[@futurewavecs]

I love this song. For me I always read it more as the character in the story being the trees themselves and talking about a sickness pervading the story. I know that is not likely the true case but for me that is how I always reacted to this song and I've listened to it many many times since it was released.

[@tom_frags]

Architects. Lets go Drew.

[@nickroberts8642]

"The Outsider" by APC would be cool:)

[@PhoenixDecim]

Ah nice. It would be a nice change of pace

[@Cold4Life629]

Harlequin in this song I believe is used as an adjective. It describes the many different colors of the forest. It's an amazing song. Others have said it but you should do something from the 'Damnation' album.

[@matttyree1002]

Great reaction! Really enjoyed it :) Definitely recommend checking out Godhead's Lament, Face of Melinda, and Porcelain Heart. Also, ,check out Dream Theater some time, Pull me Under, As I am, Lie, just to name a few...

[@michaelrosa5007]

Master's apprentices deliverance and boackwater Park should be in your radar next

[@hyperfine3633]

I'm surprised nobody has asked for 'Windowpane' by these guys. By far their most popular song. It's off of an album called 'Damnation' which is basically full of songs similar to the mid-section of this song; hard drums and bass with gorgeous acoustic guitars, strings and clean vocals. Massively different from the albums that it comes between (Deliverance and this album, Ghost Reveries). I think I've seen someone mention something from Watershed, though. Lotus Eater and Hessian Peel are absolute bangers.