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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0016861812324
Label: Roadrunner Records
Manufacturer: Roadrunner Records
MPN: 618123
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Roadrunner Records
Release Date: August 30, 2005
Studio: Roadrunner Records
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Editorial Review:
Opeth's Ghost Reveries is a Prog/Death masterstroke, becoming more simplistic in places while expanding the overall template. Having explored their split personalities in great detail on Deliverance and Damnation, Opeth pulls them back together for Ghost Reveries, and in the process they have once again upped the ante on what a Death Metal band can accomplish. While there is a bolder use of instrumentation on this release, the rhythms and time changes have simplified just a bit, giving the songs on Ghost Reveries a more direct impact. Both the harsher and softer aspects have made the band more well-rounded, from the rousing organ in "The Baying of the Hounds," to the use of Middle Eastern polyrhythms in the beautiful "Atonement." But the integration of the two styles does not mean the band has necessarily mellowed. The album opens with mere seconds of tranquility before blasting into the meat of "Ghost Of Perdition," and "The Grand Conjuration" is as dark and powerful as anything they've done. Opeth is a band that doesn't rest on its laurels, and Ghost Reveries is majestic, epic music. In smaller scope, it attempts to do what Dark Side of the Moon and Physical Graffiti did for Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin. This is a metal album that endeavors to move beyond its specific genre.-- Robert Arambel
Japanese pressing. RR. 2005.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Hmmm, not too bad
I think what this band is trying to do is bridge the gap between progressive rock, and death metal on this album. At times it sounds like prog rock, at other times death metal.
A fan of prog rock and death metal would probably like this. However if only one of those is your preferred genre, you'll probably hate it.
I myself think they show a lot of talent as musicians, but they aren't legendary. If you want a legendary guitarist, listen to Dream Theater or Symphony X for ... Read More
Rating: - Uneven yet still remarkable
It's often been said by fans and critics that even their worst is better than most band's best. However, the band can still be subject to criticism or disappointment but it's usually viewed in context with their own past material than with the music itself. Opeth, a long-respected and praised metal band has never really done an outright terrible record despite the occasional glitch in a song or 2. Ghost Reveries, their 8th and first under the Roadrunner label, is not really their worst as it contains ... Read More
Rating:  - One of the most diverse Opeth albums
(This was written around the time of the 2005 release)
Ghost Reveries is an amazing album. Those worried about a streamlined Opeth due to their signing by a major label can rest easy. This record defies categorization and is worthy of any album of the year title that may eventually be thrown its way. The superb songwriting, excellent instrumentation and extraordinary creativity is remarkable. For the sake of simplicity, this review will focus on the band members first, followed by a track ... Read More
Rating: - Slightly less than perfect
As always, Opeth present us, the listeners, with an album that is simultaneously brutal at points, and serenely beautiful at others. I've heard other bands do the same, though in truth no artist manages to so perfectly interweave the two forms.
There's very little bad I can say about Ghost Reveries, except that it doesn't quite live up to the phenomenally good Blackwater Park. It is, perhaps, the most melodic of Opeth's releases, and somewhat less heavy than the band has been on recent ... Read More
Rating: - Absolutley astounding...+
You know, I'm not sure that I liked Opeth all that much at first. I didn't really "get" them for a while. But of course, I really hadn't heard very much from them at that point. I was a little put off by the growling, really I think that was all. I had heard a bit of "Deliverance" and that was about it.
I bought this cd sort of on a wim, because something in me, perhaps in my subconscious, new they were special. And then I awoke from my slumber. Once I heard him sing the beginning two vocal ... Read More
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