Opeth Death Metal?, discussion
VinceG
Oct 14 2008, 12:20 AM
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I know we have quite an Opeth fan boys/girls here in GMC so I'd like to bring up this question. Is Opeth considered Death Metal?

I contemplate this because of the fact that except for Mikael's vocal work being in a death growl, nothing in the band has the sound of Death Metal. Its like Children of Bodom for instance. There not Death Metal, yet people lump them to a genre of DM just because of there vocal work. Surely these bands could be called Extreme Prog Bands (Opeth) or Extreme Power Metal (CoB), but not Death Metal... not to me anyway. I know by 95, Death Metal sure had a stable sound even though its been mixed with different genres, it still retained the essence of what Death Metal constitutes. If you do see them as Death Metal, then explain to me how so because I fail to see them as a Death Metal band.

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- VinceG   Opeth Death Metal?   Oct 14 2008, 12:20 AM
- - Guitarman700   Hmm. Well, i read a recent interview with Mikeal, ...   Oct 14 2008, 02:41 AM
- - opeth.db   What guitarman said^^. Opeth rules.   Oct 14 2008, 02:52 AM
- - jer   Opeth = Awesome. They cannot be labeled. They ar...   Oct 14 2008, 04:08 AM
- - VinceG   Actually, Opeth is pretty straightforward when it ...   Oct 14 2008, 04:17 AM
|- - jer   QUOTE (VinceG @ Oct 13 2008, 10:17 PM) Ac...   Oct 14 2008, 04:21 AM
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- - VinceG   Not really. The whole Opeth cannot be labeled is r...   Oct 14 2008, 04:36 AM
|- - jer   Well sho wme a label they fit into. Cuz that mea...   Oct 14 2008, 04:38 AM
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- - VinceG   Extreme Prog seems to fit them right. No one reall...   Oct 14 2008, 04:57 AM
- - Fullmetal_Tmd   Lol, they were Death Metal-ish early on, but they ...   Oct 14 2008, 05:08 AM
- - VinceG   Standards are still a setting point on what you wa...   Oct 14 2008, 05:54 AM
- - Ian Bushell   I haven't heard tons of Opeth's music but ...   Oct 14 2008, 06:43 AM
- - OrganisedConfusion   They aren't good enough to be classed as a dea...   Oct 14 2008, 09:11 AM
- - Marcus Siepen   QUOTE (jer @ Oct 14 2008, 05:08 AM) Opeth...   Oct 14 2008, 11:15 AM
- - Fsgdjv   OrganizedConfusion: So you mean that a band has to...   Oct 14 2008, 11:38 AM
- - OrganisedConfusion   No I mean that I love Death Metal so if they reall...   Oct 14 2008, 11:44 AM
- - Ivan Milenkovic   No need to form a discussion in what genre they be...   Oct 14 2008, 01:42 PM
- - jer   Makes me think of the youtube classic "Ed...   Oct 14 2008, 01:52 PM
- - steiner666   I love Opeth. But, I'll admit, the first time...   Oct 14 2008, 07:20 PM
- - opeth.db   You make great points steiner. It took me a while...   Oct 14 2008, 07:50 PM
- - Disturbed21   The newer stuff=Progressive Death Metal. If not th...   Oct 14 2008, 09:58 PM
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