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[razgriz2142]

Hi, I really like Opeth's albums Watershed, Ghost Reveries and Blackwater Park (liked Damnation but not as much as the others). Should I get My Arms Your Hearse or their other albums?

[Hat]

You'll probably dig on My arms your Hearse more than Orchid or Morningrise, as those two are the really Black Metal influenced albums. You might like Still Life as well.

I guess my answer is yes?

[David_Dovey]

At the risk of sounding like a gushing fanboy, get all of their albums. I for one dig the later albums more than the early, like yourself, but they will grow on you eventually, and you'll probably find that there'll be moments where you like Morningrise more than others, and then Orchid. Opeth albums tend to shift according to your mood like that.

[Be My Head]

Personally, it's my third least favourite Opeth record. But if you don't dig less savvy production and Black Metal influenced vocals, then yes, get it. However, Still Life is better in my opinion, and there are no BM vocals.

From what you've listened to so far, I'd say get Deliverance and Still Life next, then My Arms, then Morningrise and possibly Orchid.

[Spluff]

Morningrise is my favorite Opeth album, but most people tend to like the later, more generic albums.

[jnagyjr]

Pardon me for my late interruption but Patterns in the Ivy Pt. 2 from Blackwater Park is freakin' awesome. Anyone who says otherwise hates music. :p

[Uber Ritter]

My Arms, Your Hearse is more straightforwardly metal than most of Opeth's subsequent stuff, and the songwriting is catchier and tighter than the albums that preceded it.  In other words, it might be Opeth's least prog album, at least of the ones that I've heard.  Granted it's still prog metal as crap but less so than the others.

[KharBevNor]

Opeth have never used black metal vocals.

[sean]

I mean, I can see where you would make the mistake. To the untrained ear, I can see the vocals in Demon of the Fall mistakenly being called black metal.

[Hat]

hahaha woah just reading this thread again I notice Dovey doesn't even try to hide the fact that he is gay as hell for prog metal.

Have some shame damnit.

Other things I noticed: I don't know shit about Opeth.

Khar knows a lot about heavy metal

[KharBevNor]

What are you taking, Brett?

[Hat]

Whiskey and fucking

[David_Dovey]

Being gay as hell for Opeth and gay as hell for prog metal are totally different things man fuck you

[Be My Head]

Opeth have never used black metal vocals.

Not sure if that was directed at me, but I said "influenced". Mike's voice WAS raspier on Orchid and Morningrise, and these days its a cleaner and deeper growl. So, yeah, he definitely never did any BM vocals in the pure sense, but they were a little more influenced by that style earlier. If it was directed at the person who said the whole albums were BM influenced, my apologies.

[KharBevNor]

Those are death metal vocals.

[spoon_of_grimbo]

they should never have fired the original bass player.  his stuff on morningrise is phenomenal, almost like lead-bass, but without showboating.  apparently he was fired because he didn't like the other band members' suggestion to tone it down a bit. 

and slightly more on topic, get still life, it's one of their best.  then work backwards.