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{"id":11448,"date":"2016-09-27T19:28:39","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T17:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/powerofmetal.dk\/?p=11448"},"modified":"2016-09-27T19:32:02","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T17:32:02","slug":"opeth-sorceress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/reviews\/opeth-sorceress","title":{"rendered":"Opeth – Sorceress"},"content":{"rendered":"This new album from Opeth<\/strong> might be the most anticipated album in progressive circles this year. Michael \u00c5kerfeldt has never been shy to take his band to new and untested territory. From the early pretty basic death metal days, things began slowly to turn when \u201cStill Life\u201d and\u00a0 \u201cBlackwater Park\u201d saw them introducing many new dimensions to their sound.<\/p>\n The real transformation came when Steven Wilson put his big stamp on the sound and evolution of Opeth<\/strong>, when they recorded \u201cDeliverance\u201d and \u201cDamnation\u201d and the band moved more and more towards progressive metal. That led up to the culmination of their progressive (death) metal days with the two masterpieces: \u201cGhost Reveries\u201d and \u201cWatershed\u201d.<\/p>\n Instead of building on the huge success they achieved with those albums, Michael \u00c5kerfeldt felt the need for a change again and go back to explore his fascination and love for early 70\u2019s progressive rock. The \u201cHeritage\u201d album split the fans into two factions; those loving and adoring the new found sound and those wishing for a return to the old and harder sound. Michael \u00c5kerfeldt does things his own way and the next album took us even deeper into and further back to the early days of progressive rock with \u201cPale Communion\u201d from 2014.<\/p>\n Which brings us up to 2016 and a new and adventurous Opeth<\/strong> album has been created. I am sure \u201cSorceress\u201d will be another split-decision amongst their devoted fans, because this album introduces new and untested sounds again and it demands a lot of us, the fans.<\/p>\n While I\u2019ve never been overly impressed with their first three albums, I have loved and adored each of the following eight albums for their adventurous, groundbreaking and explorative nature. And it\u2019s with great sadness that I find myself disappointed and frustrated when I put on \u201cSorceress\u201d.<\/p>\n First off I do not understand why a so talented and innovative band settles for a sound so unbalanced and muddy. Sure they went for the original analogue 1970\u2019s sound, but it doesn\u2019t have to sound like it was recorded in 1971 and using state of the art 1971 equipment to be authentic. The snare drum sounds like it was recorded inside a cardboard box, and the guitarsound is dark, distorted and messy, intentionally\u2026 maybe but not so pleasing to my ears.<\/p>\n Secondly – the songs; I do not feel them, they don\u2019t move me like songs off earlier albums. A few songs have a more singer\/songwriter feel to them than progressive rock. And then there is a song like \u201cThe Seventh Sojourn\u201d, which is like a very long Arabic inspired acoustic interlude that never really takes off, to me it\u2019s just a (too) long dull journey. A few songs are fillers; the intro and outro and \u201cSorceress 2\u201d, too many are sadly only decent: \u201cWill o the Wisp\u201d, \u201cStrange Brew\u201d and \u201cEra\u201d, a couple of good ones: \u201cSorceress\u201d, \u201cThe Wilde Flowers\u201d and \u201cChrysalis\u201d and I love \u201cA Fleeting Glance\u201d.<\/p>\n Maybe I\u2019ve misunderstood it all\u2026 maybe it\u2019s all meant to be like this, if so then I must admit it\u2019s not for me. I understand the need for growth and Opeth<\/strong> has been and still is one of the premiere first movers in progressive music, and even though the new sound and direction is not for me, then I am sure many others will understand and love it.<\/p>\n Opeth<\/strong> has always been true to their own beliefs and this is another testament to that. \u201cSorceress\u201d is not a bad album per se, and I will probably buy it anyway, but I am not a happy camper. It leaves me somewhat displeased and unsatisfied. On the disappointment scale this one is all the way up there with two of my biggest disappointments ever: Queensr\u00ffche\u2019s Hear in the Now Frontier and Metallica\u2019s St. Anger. A more proper album title would in my humble opinion be \u201cStrange Brew\u201d.<\/p>\n Sad, but true\u2026<\/p>\n