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Sep 30, 2016 at 2:38 PM Post #541 of 4,470
I have a feeling Bandcamp is going to be a very bad thing for me. I already bought two Airbag albums this morning and have two more Big Big Train albums earmarked for next weekend.
 
Sep 30, 2016 at 3:33 PM Post #543 of 4,470
sharkz said:
I have a feeling Bandcamp is going to be a very bad thing for me. I already bought two Airbag albums this morning and have two more Big Big Train albums earmarked for next weekend.
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I realized that when I stumbled across Bandcamp. The only good thing is the digital albums are sold at very reasonable prices. Far cheaper than HDTracks.
 
Sep 30, 2016 at 9:26 PM Post #545 of 4,470
spook76 said:
I like you have had a listen to the new Opeth album, 'Sorceress'. The following is my first impressions:

Overall, I feel it is the worst Opeth album. There are maybe a couple of good tracks on the album. But my first impressions were boredom and a complete lack of coherency. The music style was all over the place, far worse than 'Heritage'. Ballads and somewhat heavier songs interspersed with even a middle eastern influenced song. Just a collection of songs without vision or purpose.

I am a long time Opeth fan but enjoyed the evolution of Opeth's sound. If you want to hear what post death growl Opeth could and should sound like try Mikael Akerfeldt's best friend's band Katatonia's second to last song "Passer" off their new album 'The Fall Of Hearts'. To me the speed progressive metal sound is the core, growls or not, of Opeth's sound. Without that they are just another average progressive band competing with the likes of Big Big Train's brilliant 'Folklore'. 'Sorceress' by any other band would be a decent album but coming from Opeth it is a major let down.

The one good thing was after my first listen I immediately listened to 'Pale Communion' and really enjoyed it in comparison. :)

post script: I feel Sorceress' poor quality may explain why Opeth changed record companies as their old one may have rejected it and Mikael was forced to find another. Just speculation.
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Unfortunately, I agree with this. On top of the boring, banal and simple song writing the production on this is horribly compressed. Doesn't even sound like opeth.
 
Sep 30, 2016 at 9:59 PM Post #549 of 4,470
spook76 said:
I get it from the Dynamic Range Database. http://dr.loudness-war.info/album/list?artist=Opeth&album=Sorceress+
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I'm going to start using that before I buy albums. I am getting sick of compression. No need for it, just sound horrible on decent gear. Thanks!
 
Sep 30, 2016 at 10:14 PM Post #550 of 4,470
To add fuel to the fire that Opeth was possibly fired by their old record company, Roadrunner Records, Nuclear Blast is selling a digital download of 'Sorceress' in 24/44 not 96/24 like was made available for 'Pale Communion' and the remixes of 'Damnation' and 'Deliverance' last October. I have never seen a band go backwards in resolution from one album to the next.

For example, Steven Wilson upgraded from 24/48 after PT's 'Fear Of A Blank Planet' and 'Grace for Drowning'. Both 'The Incident' and 'The Raven That Refused To Sing' and all subsequent Wilson solo albums are available in 96/24. Considering Steven Wilson mixed Sorceress like he has most of Opeth's albums since Blackwater Park this really surprised me.

Interesting article from Steven Wilson from a year and half ago: http://www.digitaltrends.com/features/interview-steven-wilson-on-high-res-hand-cannot-erase/
 
Sep 30, 2016 at 10:50 PM Post #555 of 4,470
bavinck said:
What was Wilson thinking? Unless he mixed it and then Nb just compressed it.......
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More pure speculation, but in order for Opeth to get 'Sorceress' released by Nuclear Blast they may have had to give up a lot of creative control. As Steven Wilson points out in the article I posted above that is not an uncommon occurrence that bands submit masters and what is released by the record company bears little resemblance to the master.
 
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