New Opeth album "The Last Will and Testament" releasing October 11th 2024 (Atmos mix!)

[minimumtumbleweed]

It's paragrafs in a testament, it makes sense to me and it don't bother me. Fantastic album and mix.

Well, it's more that it just further shows how much of a rigid story it is. From a production perspective though, It's kind of a bad idea. They might have been better off even just making the whole album one track with subsections.

 

[GOS]

Well, it's more that it just further shows how much of a rigid story it is. From a production perspective though, It's kind of a bad idea. They might have been better off even just making the whole album one track with subsections.

A ripper's nightmare....

 

[shedsoundsmedia]

A ripper's nightmare....

Yeah, remember the early copies of A Passion Play on CD that were one track only ?? I felt that album was easier to get into when the subsections were introduced. It helped me separate the parts in my mind and it made the album much more digestible.

 

[M-K]

*I have to make an exception: I honestly think Sorceress is a failure both in songwriting and production (and the 5.1 mix sucks).

There is no 5.1 mix of Sorceress. I'm sure it's a bad upmix. Nothing else. I did a Penteo from the CD which is 100 times better than this $h***y DVD.

 

[M-K]

It's paragrafs in a testament, it makes sense to me and it don't bother me. Fantastic album and mix.

Indeed. No easy stuff. No easy topic. Music fits well to it.
And Walt is a very talented young drummer who can sing as well. He will get some more jobs when playing live (watched the making of yesterday).

 

[shedsoundsmedia]

Exactly!

edit: and after listening to some well recorded live renditions of that album's songs, I enjoyed them so much better than the studio versions that I'm realizing my issues might be with the production rather than with the song themselves. Don't take my previous comment too seriously

The Garden of Titans blu ray definitely won me over on that album

 

[stoopid]

*I have to make an exception: I honestly think Sorceress is a failure both in songwriting and production (and the 5.1 mix sucks).

The mix is awful, so bad I extracted the files, adjusted the EQ, and made new MP3s for personal use. I've only done that for a few albums in my lifetime. Once that was done, the album turned out to be really good/enjoyable and I still play it from time to time.

A bad mix and make/break an album.

 

[madscot]

I’ve just had an email from amazon telling me that my copy (supposed to be arriving today) is now cancelled due to not being able to obtain the item, I am seething, was so looking forward to hearing this

 

[Thonolan]

I’ve just had an email from amazon telling me that my copy (supposed to be arriving today) is now cancelled due to not being able to obtain the item, I am seething, was so looking forward to hearing this

I don't know what's going on with Amazon and this Opeth album, but I noticed on Amazon Spain that the original placeholders disappeared a couple of weeks before the release and I haven't been able to find them again. Since I never preorder this wasn't a problem for me, but I found it weird. My CD/Blu-ray is on the way from a different site that got it in stock 24 hours after the release date.

 

[madscot]

I don't know what's going on with Amazon and this Opeth album, but I noticed on Amazon Spain that the original placeholders disappeared a couple of weeks before the release and I haven't been able to find them again. Since I never preorder this wasn't a problem for me, but I found it weird. My CD/Blu-ray is on the way from a different site that got it in stock 24 hours after the release date.

I just ordered from Rarewaves but they are very slow with deliveries, fingers crossed this one is different

 

[Thonolan]

I just ordered from Rarewaves but they are very slow with deliveries, fingers crossed this one is different

Same here with EMP Online, won't be getting it until next week probably, but at least they had it in stock and I also wanted to order two other albums there (cheaper than on any other site), so it's OK.