Heritage (Special Edition)
Opeth
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Heritage | Opeth | 2:04 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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The Devil's Orchard | Opeth | 6:39 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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I Feel the Dark | Opeth | 6:37 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Slither | Opeth | 3:59 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Nepenthe | Opeth | 5:37 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Häxprocess | Opeth | 6:57 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Famine | Opeth | 8:31 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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The Lines In My Hand | Opeth | 3:48 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Folklore | Opeth | 8:17 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Marrow of the Earth | Opeth | 4:18 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Pyre (Bonus Track) | Opeth | 5:32 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Face In the Snow (Bonus Track) | Opeth | 4:04 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 12 Songs |
iTunes Review
Opeth’s 10th studio album plays like an equal tribute to early Yes recordings and the band’s keyboardist Per Wiberg, who left the Swedish metal band following its recording. Heritage marks a final shift from Opeth’s death metal trappings as it fully embraces progressive metal. Wiberg’s unaccompanied grand piano introduces the opening title track with a melancholy solo before the band joins in on “The Devil’s Orchard.” He switches from piano to Hammond B-3 organ and an eerie-sounding Mellotron as singer Mikael Åkerfeldt abandons his death growls for melodic inflections. The song’s instrumental interlude feeds from the roots of prog rock with clever time signatures and vintage instruments recalling early-’70s recordings by the late, great Bo Hansson. British folk–inspired acoustic arpeggios dance around “I Feel the Dark,” with Mellotron woodwinds lending an authentically classic sound. Fans of early Hawkwind and Deep Purple will warm to the familiar tones of “Slither,” while “Famine” plays like a Latin–tinged King Crimson. Both “Pyre” and “Face in the Snow” make for impressive bonus tracks.
Customer Reviews
A Positive Departure
With a heavy metal background soaked in growls and roaring riffs, Opeth have had their fair share of expectations from fans over the years. However, they have always forged ahead with their own ideas taking risks where none have before. Heritage is one of these experiments in risk.
The sound of the album is definitely a departure from Opeth's normal music. No death vocals, highly infused with 70's prog elements, acoustic pieces and very few death metal elements. However, Mikael Akerfeldt's signature touches, the sounds that make Opeth what they are, are all intact, if not presented in a different flavour.
The stand-out tracks for me are I Feel The Dark, which is a perfect summary of the album; Slither, which presents a straight-forward and Deep-Purple like heavy metal sound that Opeth hasn't tried before; and Famine, which gives us a Flute and Heavy Guitars reminiscent of Jethro Tull.
Overall, the whole album may be a tough pill to swallow for conventional Opeth fans, but those that enjoyed the dynamics of Watershed and the concept of Damnation will find this album to be a great fit in their anthology.
Decent...but it's not Opeth
I;ve been a huge opeth fan since Still life. I've loved every album....but this is not opeth. I don't mind the all clean vocals, but the sound just isn;t there anymore. It sounds to me like a Mike Akerfeldt side project. They try WAY too hard to sound like a 70s prog band. What made Opeth special was the blending of death metal and prog rock...removing one aspect just makes them an average run of the mill band and not the brilliant band I;ve loved for over 10 years now.
Not a bad album but....
Not that this is a bad album, but are you serious? Where are the guitars? This is a slooooowwww piano album. Not that this is bad but this is not Opeth. I don't mind artists exploring musical avenues but at least respect your fans and DO NOT release something like that under the name Opeth...release it under another name.
Biography
Formed: 1990 in Stockholm, Sweden
Genre: Rock
Years Active: '90s, '00s, '10s
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