Ghost Reveries

Description

Ghost Reveries is bound to stand shoulder to shoulder with
bands like The Mars Volta, System Of A Down and Queens Of The Stone Age. The
band continues to push the boundaries of extreme music through incorporating
acoustic interludes and soothing vocals with hammering rhythms, abrasive
guitars and a primal guttural roar. Roadrunner. 2005. 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

Features:

Product Details:

• Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.63 x 4.84 x 0.39 inches; 3.46 Ounces
• Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Roadrunner Records
• Item model number ‏ : ‎ RR8123-2
• Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2005
• Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 7 minutes
• SPARS Code ‏ : ‎ DDD
• Date First Available ‏ : ‎ January 28, 2007
• Label ‏ : ‎ Roadrunner Records