Opeth, Blackwater Park Review

“'Blackwater park' the 5th Opeth album, is the best of...”

Written on: 07/07/2003 by Chris.

Good Points
Completely excellent album. Writing, playing and production are all first rate.

Bad Points
Absolutely nothing.

General Comments
'Blackwater park' the 5th Opeth album, is the best of the 7 albums they have produced to date. Owing almost as much to classical music as to "extreme" metal. Opeth are very special indeed. To call Opeth "Death/Black/Doom etc. etc. metal" is to completely miss the point and wrongly pigeon hole them. 'Blackwater park' has contrasts of heavy and mellow material which combines to form a symphony of excellent music. almost every song is around 10 minutes long (or more!) but they don't drag and bore, like many people believe a metal song of such length would do. Stand out track is 'Blackwater Park' which closes the album, a truly beautiful track that astounds throughout it's 12 minute length. Do yourself a favour. Buy this album at the first available opportunity. And prepare for wondrous things....