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| Watershed | 
 enlarge | Artist: Opeth
Label: Roadrunner Records
Category: Music
List Price: $24.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  34 reviews
Sales Rank: 5594
Format: Enhanced, Special Edition
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5 x 5 x 0.2
MPN: 179365
UPC: 016861793654
EAN: 0016861793654
ASIN: B0018CWWK0
Release Date: June 3, 2008
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 watershed non special edition June 7, 2008
2 out of 15 found this review helpful
well why in the hell would the record company not put the bonus tracks on the regular cd, iam always on the go in my truck. so most of my cds are in the truck, you can only hear the bonus tracks on a dvd player will not play in a cd player ,what a damn rip off. so if your same as iam on the go all the time don't get the special edition.
 Opeth keep releasing better records! June 21, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
You can tell we're I'm going with this by the title. Opeth are becoming more like their friends Porcupine Tree and Dream Theater, and if you haven't liked the direction the band has been crawling towards since Blackwater Park you aren't gonna like this. I take it that most of you, however, do.
The album feels like a concept album. It's not about the songs, but how the songs all carry similar themes and lend themselves to the bigger picture. The album is long, but goes by very quickly because there's no boring parts or typical Opeth redudancy. If I had to make a quick comparison, imagine if Damnation were mixed with Ghosts of Perdition.
Opeth are growing from their deathprog roots, and into being one of Progressive Metal's flagship bands. They are, at this point, just as important to the movement as the prior-to mentioned. For me, and I think many others, this is a good thing.
My second Opeth disappointment September 3, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Opeth is without a doubt my favorite band of all time. I was looking forward to Watershed a great deal. Unfortunately, it left me in the same frame of mind as Deliverance. I realize I'm in the minority of Opeth fans in saying this, but Deliverance was my least-favorite album of theirs. At least, until Watershed came out -- it now takes the bottom spot. Production is great, augmented instrumentation (strings, oboes) are a nice touch, Mikael's clean singing continues to impress. But the simple fact is that Martin Lopez is a god among men and no one can possibly replace him, period. Other reviewers have commented on the album's lack of focus and I agree. I'm all for being eclectic and embracing diverse influences, but the entity being influenced must have some innate cohesion, which Watershed doesn't. I've done my duty by purchasing and listening to it a dozen or so times, but to be honest I doubt it will make an appearance in my CD player more than once a year. I hope they get back on track with their next release because as I said at the outset, they are absolutely my favorite band.
 This group has chanced it sound June 8, 2008
1 out of 23 found this review helpful
There is nothing wrong with chancing your bands sound, my problem is that maybe two songs had growling vocal and the rest was clean vocal for which he does well, but to me I like the old stuff like still life and the dvd is a waster of money because it;s the same thing has the cd so buy this if you want but sadly I sold it to a friend etc,,,,
Progress is good..... June 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Being a long time Opeth fan, I had high hopes for this one and I can say it did not disapoint. It may even be one of their best albums to date. I know many fans might say that the sold out due to a few ballads or more "commercial" sounding. I couldn't disagree more. Given Mikael's influences of psychedelic, early 70's rock, and "cock rock", this is a natural progression for them.
I also had my reservations about the newest additions to the band, Martin and Fredrik. I especially liked their previous drummer, Martin Lopez. I thought that he was one of the few metal drummers out there that could play musically. He played with dynamics and a technique that I thought would be missed on the first album without him. I can say that Ax really stepped up to the plate on this recording. His performance makes me forget about Lopez.
When I heard they got Fredrik as their new guitar player,my first thought was that the new music would be a guitar solo fest. Again, I was wrong. Fredrik does little soloing and the few he does do are not a million notes a second. Another great performance.
The real star on this album is the songwriting. I don't know how he consistiently comes up with as many killer riffs as he does. Mikael has shown on this one that he is one of the greatest song writers in music today. The first song, Coil is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. I love the addition of female vocals. My only complaint is that its too short. The album in general remotely follows the tried and true Opeth formula - fast part, slow part, fast part, slow part. But this time, it seems like the songs have more purpose and are better put together. Mikael's vocal are probably the best hes ever done on any project. Hes obviously been working on them and it shows.
A lot of fans might be disapointed with this record because its a bit more melodic than previous albums. I say that a band that is still doing the same thing on their 9th record as they did on their 1st, probably aren't putting out a ninth album. Music is a snapshot of a period in time, a collection of the artists thoughts and feelings during the writing process. Progress is good and it shows on this record. If Rush did 2112 fifteen more times, would they still be around? No, they progressed each album yet still have not changed the "Rush" sound. Album of the year for 2008.
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