Can't wait for the new album. The new song didn't blow me a way, but I don't care, I know the CD will be fantastic, thats just what Opeth does, release fantastic CD's.

has anyone else noticed how opeth release CDs in groups of 2?

their standard melodeath(orchid + morningrise)
concept folkloric death albums(still life + MAYH)
more prog metal(deliverance + blackwater park)

which means taht if you exclude damnation since it was a 1 time thing, they should be doing smth totally new!!!

even if it IS like damnation, i'd be happy, hell i LOVED damnation.

Me too, they can sure write some amazing acousticly driven music if you ask me.

I remember seeing Opeth way back in the day, they had just released their first album and noone understod what the hell was going on.. Loved them ever since. I´ll wait for the album, it´ll be worth it for sure.

even if it IS like damnation, i'd be happy, hell i LOVED damnation.

Damnation was ok.............. I was a bit dissapointed because they had done such awesome quiet music before (things like Benighted and Patterns in the Ivy) which were just so gentle, but then they did the quiet album and it was all blargh-blargh-strum-strum very typical songey songs.... I wanted to hear a whole album of delicate stuff.... Oh well... It was still alright, and To Rid the Disease, Windowpane and Weakness make up for it.

i want a whole album of Demon of the Fall

This sounds very promising!!!
One of the best Opeth tracks I've ever head...so far.
The "syntkille" sure does a great job enhancing the sinister vibe present.

[EphelDuath666]

OK, I tried it again and listened to it 3 times in a row and I got it now. It's not too easy to ignore the horrible sound quality but I like it now. But I had to listen to it with headphones to get it all. Looking forward to listen to that song (and the other songs) in proper quality.

Aw, I can't wait for this album, but I will wait to hear it in it's entireity. Anyone else going to see them in the UK in september? I'm hoping to go to Birmingham and London.

[EphelDuath666]

from the Roadrunner site:

OPETH COMETH - 7.15.2005

Brace yourselves, new Opeth music will be online starting this coming Tuesday (7/19). 10+ minutes of music in the form of the track "The Grand Conjuration."

If it's an audio stream then I hope the quality will be good. And if it's an mp3 then it will take ages to download, it always takes ages for me to download stuff off the RR site.

i hope its good quality, because i havent even listened to the whole of the new song because the quality is so low

[EphelDuath666]

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.co.uk/opeth

It's great quality!!!!

I didn't know what it would do. But the higher quality version of the song really made a difference. I love it.