this is quite an album. i don't really know what to think, i'll have to listen to it 20 times before really grasping everything, but right off the bat its awesome. its experimental even for Opeth. the song writing is spectacular, definitely way more in depth than Ghost Reveries. it follows a similar pattern though, there is much more singing than growling, which is really my only complaint. he does a fair amount of death growls, but its almost like he switched around his singing, where he used to only use the clean singing as secondary vocals. this time its the death thats secondary. there is a great Swedish death metal feel to some of it, you can hear a huge difference since the addition of Martin Axenrot and Fredrik Akesson, such as the blast beats. its a lot to take in, don't expect to worship it right away, but it will definitely grow on you. overall i will give this a 9 out of 10, i can't say anything bad except that it needs more death growls.

i feel the same way about it as i did with Type O Negative's Dead Again. it was so much to take in all at once, but now i love that album. i'm sure the same thing will happen.

oh and Tom if you read this, we'll be hanging out at my apartment later and listening to this if you'd like to join.

It's grown on me a little, but I'll make a proper judgement when I buy the actual album today. I wish the rest of Watershed sounded like Heir Apparent.

yeah i don't think it was a good idea to put that song as the first actual full song, it definitely doesn't set the mood for the rest of the album. they should have put that like fifth or so.

The songwriting seems a lot different to me. I'm still not sure how I feel about "Burden", but the acoustic disharmony, and laughter towards the end is quite sinister. The end of "The Lotus Eater" achieves a similar effect as well. I wish they did more creepy stuff like that.

its out now?

nice i'll give ya a ring - although i'm going to buy this on my lunch break anyways

pretty fuckin pissed i was waiting forever to hear their version of alice in chains would but looks like they scrapped it... gay

thats absolute bullshit.... probably either be on a single or a re-release. FUCK FUCK FUCK

The lack of AiC cover made the purchase of the special edition completely pointless.

only got to listen to one song so far on my break. also picked up the new Ihsahn. much rocking ahead

Bastard.

water washed-up would have been more like it.

Best $40 I ever spent.



Including the $40 Josh's Mom charges for head.

we were listening to it during the the drive back from Belgrade to Austria, i thought it sounded pretty fucking awesome especially considering its been a while since theyve impressed me.

i thought they couldnt include the AiC cover just yet because of legal bullshit


anywho.....fantastic. the new members are amazing. that drum in fill at about 2:10 in Porcelain Heart, while the rest of the band is rocking out to that slow doom riff.....fucking awesome

BTW, Dwyer...where did you pick up the vinyl copy? did you pre-order that shit? or are some stores carrying it?

that band will turn you gay fast

The End Records had all that for $40!

after 3 more listens last night, this album kicks major amounts of ass. Hex Omega is a killer fucking song. the leap from Ghost Reveries to this is monstrous.

oh yeah, and Tom, i don't know if you tried to call me, but i should have stated that my phone is broken.

This album hasn't left my CD player upon purchasing.

my friend got that package. the vinyl looks pretty cool, but I don't know about that poster with the dude's head. Kind of lame.

Can barely see the autographs too because they used a black marker and signed a black paper.

s'all good. and so far i'm having trouble wrapping my brain around this album. alot of it seems almost forced and i'm not quite sure if Fredricks guitar playing complementary to the overall sound. i'll leave it in the car cd player for a couple weeks to try to understand it more. so far though, i am more excited about Ihsahn's AngL - that i am sure is an absolute masterpiece.

I loved every album until Ghost Reveries. I didn't enjoy that record at all. I've yet to actually purchase Watershed, but we got a promo for it a few weeks ago at work and I've been spinning it non stop. Fucking awesome album. Leaps and bounds ahead of Ghost Reveries.

AngL a masterpiece?
I don't know, it's going to have to grow on me then. I mean it's great stuff but would you classify it in best of '08?

AngL is fucking awesome, but it does have its flaws. they are few and far between though.

does anyone appreciate Lykathea Aflame?
They supposedly have a new album coming out under the name "Lykathe" or something.. can't wait for it.
Was never too fond of the band's themes though..

i do really like Ghost Reveries, but its unfocused to me. its up and down, Beneath the Mire sounds like it was thrown together, but The Baying of the Hounds is one of my favorite songs they have written. that song Hours of Wealth is the worst clean one they ever wrote however.

fav track for me so far is heir apparent.

Hessian Peel is incredible.

I sell their CD.

http://www.pathosproductions.com/

bennyhillifier

This album is fucking phenomenal!




...if you love a CITA (cock in the ass)

fail.

Wow.....I've had this album for 2 months already.