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.

 

[stoopid]

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

Mine was supposedly on time, then delayed, and now delayed until Dec 3. I preordered mine the first or second day it was available on Amazon in August.

 

[madscot]

Mine was supposedly on time, then delayed, and now delayed until Dec 3. I preordered mine the first or second day it was available on Amazon in August.

I ordered in August also, then was told the date was pushed back, if I was you i’d start looking elsewhere because plenty of people have it so it’s not that short in supply

 

[Tat]

I ordered in August also, then was told the date was pushed back, if I was you i’d start looking elsewhere because plenty of people have it so it’s not that short in supply

I canceled my Amazon order. It looks like it'll be readily available in 25, and at a better price. I'll add this to a future import cd order to save on shipping.

 

[DuncanS]

Its still available via the Opeth website https://opeth.omerch.com/products/opeth-the-last-will-and-testament-cd-blu-ray-digipak

Edit: Its where I got mine from

 

[Quadmon]

My son ordered his from this site four days ago and it arrived today. Listening to it now. Mix is awesome. Tunes pretty good.

 

[weekendtoy]

We’re sorry for the delay. If you have not received your package by November 30, you can come back here the next day for a refund.​

Still holding out hope...

 

[beerking]

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

I've done the same and cancelled Amazons pre-order.
Amazon are saying maybe mid December to mid January' 25.
Makes me wonder why a company as huge as Amazon are having problems whereas most others are not .

 

[DuncanS]

I've done the same and cancelled Amazons pre-order.
Amazon are saying maybe mid December to mid January' 25.
Makes me wonder why a company as huge as Amazon are having problems whereas most others are not .

What I've found is they now stock far fewer titles I want and then sometimes only as a pre-order, then on release its only from resellers (maybe so they can charge a % without holding stock at a guess). I was looking at pre-ordering Can "Live in Keele 1977" CD (a great series of releases of live gigs, all different tracks based around whatever they felt like on the night!) but didn't, now its only from a reseller who I ordered from. But, amazon seem to spend a lot more effort trying to get you to subscribe to amazon music, which I don't want, nor (the persistent push for) Prime for that matter.

 

[stoopid]

Amazon has been very hit/miss lately, not just on physical music releases. It's possible a combination of their sheer size/bloat, push to maximize dwindling margin, alienating a percentage of the local work force (and trying to automate perhaps too much) with lousy jobs, and going to a primarily internal delivery infrastructure is finally catching up with them. Logistics at their scale is dizzying.

My order is still alive and scheduled for sometime early December. I'm not concerned there won't be copies for the coming months and I've retained a stereo version so I can enjoy the album while I wait. At this point I'm as curious to see if they actually fulfill the order as I am the opportunity to finally hear the surround mix.