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I greatly prefer Morningrise to both Orchid and My Arms, Your Hearse. This album is the high point of Oldpeth – there’s just very little to dislike here. The band expanded on the formula from their debut, crafting the same style of massive songs, but with tastier meat. From weakest to strongest...

After recently listening to it a few times, Pale Communion is probably a better record than My Arms, Your Hearse. It’s probably better than Watershed, too. But if I had ranked it any higher it would have beaten Morningrise, and we can’t have that! There’s not a filler track on Nupeth’s...

My Arms, Your Hearse is a pretty polarizing record. This growly ghost story is easily Opeth’s most death metally effort, and in my opinion (as of this writing) the weakest of all their growly ones. Maybe. The wall-of-sound songwriting does little for me, but bits and pieces here and there still...

Book of Thel is hands down Bruce’s best song. This is crazy. Tears is a top 10 but not a top 5 in my book.

I'm gonna need to give MAYH some more time. This is one of those albums that's really hard for me to digest unless its in full. Yes yes YES. The only bass part that stands out to me on MAYH is the end of The Amen Corner... I think. There's a lot beneath the surface on the two Oldpeth albums...

I am not anti-trans, but what I am is pro-common sense. Bikinis are for women, and women don’t have penises. Outside of some extremely rare situations, there are two sexes – male and female. People are free to “transition” phenotypically, but genotypically they will always be what their sex...

Tears. Great solo and all, but the other three songs are untouchable in my book.

Chemical tears.

I gave In Cauda Venenum a good listen a few weeks ago, but since I don't remember most of it (not a great sign), I'm giving it another spin. The Good: - The first half of Dignity. That heavy riff is simple but catchy. - The first half of Heart in Hand. The opening instrumental bit reminds me of...

Classic Opeth descriptors if I've ever heard them.

@Vaenyr You make some fair points, while others I am more skeptical of. I will respond in more detail this weekend when I have more time.

This is pretty much exactly how I feel, as well. I've been listening to Orchid over the last few days (although I was shocked to see that the 11th place album wasn't In Cauda Venenum), and the overall experience is enjoyable. The mix isn't great, but generally I can look past that considering...

I like Elon, but I am not a fan of him doing this. However, you seem to ignore Kamala bribing black men with forgivable business loans in order to "buy" their vote. The latter is far worse, since it's the candidate doing it herself, and it's also undeniably racist. Most conservatives could care...

I plan on it this weekend, but I have a very busy week and have no time to launch a 20-paragraph initiative right now. You’re correct about the left going too far. The average US citizen is sick of it, and Trump is a no-nonsense way out of it. Even I was skeptical of Trump in 2016, but four...

This is absolutely true, and it’s a diagnosed disease known as Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS). Many liberals, and (worse) leftists suffer from TDS, but unfortunately, without massive clinical intervention, there is no cure. The patient needs to want to help themself, and once TDS has...

My comments were not directed at anyone on this board, but rather are due to opinions that I've heard from various leftists over the years. I am open for debate as well, as I know many people have concerns and arguments regarding Trump. Believe me, I have just as many regarding Harris and her...

There is nothing moronic about Joe Rogan; he’s incredibly common sense. As for Trump, he’s obviously not a Nazi or a fascist, but the Democratic Party (and the media they’ve corrupted) will say anything to prevent him from being elected. Hell, they’ve even tried to take him out twice already...

Ah, Sorceress. Everyone seems to crap on this album, but I enjoy it far more than Heritage and even more than In a Cauda Venenum, baby. It isn’t as consistent as Heritage, but the high points are much stronger. The album definitely has an identity, which makes sense after all because it’s Mikael...

Let me say that Opeth has no straight-up bad albums. Are the Nupeth ones weaker than the classics? Almost exclusively, yes. But none of them suck. None of them are St. Anger. I ranked Heritage as the weakest of Opeth’s “observations,” but after re-listening to it, there’s not one moment that I...

I understand this, too. LaBrie is fine on most of the albums but his live “performances” are headache inducing. They could pull some rando off the street who would do a better job.