By: Sir Iron Heart

Sir Iron Heart — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 13:38:22 +0000

Whil I disagree with a majority of the review above, I also agree with some points. After several spins of this long awaited release, I find I am enjoying it more. At some points of this release it feels a little un-focused. I do feel that far as an Opeth release, it is somewhat disappointing and not that good an Opeth album. Once I began listening to it as “an album of music” as opposed to an “album of Opeth music” it was much easier to swallow and digest. The song “Slither”, a dedication to the late/great Ronnie James Dio sounds almost identical in arrangement to Rainbow’s Kill The King, which is obviously intentional. I Feel The Dark is my favorite track which I feel would not have been out ofvplace on Damnation or
Deliverance…The Devil’s Orchard sounds a bit like it couldcbeen on a Yes album. In conclusion, this would have been a good and interesting release if it was a Mikael Akerfeldt solo release paying homage to his prog. influences or if he had put together a prog. band similar to what Mike Portnoy did with Transatlantic with members of Spock’s Beard, Marillion & Flower Kings. It’s just not Opeth. I applaud the effort, but this album should have been saved for another project/band of Mikael Akerfeldt.

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By: Sir Iron Heart