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Band
Opeth
Title
Sorceress
Type
LP/EP
Company
Nuclear Blast
YOR
2016
Style
Progressive
10/15/2016 - Review by: Greg Watson
An underwhelming release from an incredible band
With every subsequent release since "Blackwater Park", Opeth have been heading in a proggy direction. With "Sorceress", the band have fully gone that route and for me, this album just fell very short of the high mark the band had set for themselves. I found myself getting bored with the album and found the songs quite predictable, not an easy feat with a band so unpredictable. I may come back and find I've misjudged it horribly but for now, it just doesn't do much for me.
PERSONAL BREAKDOWN:

ENJOYMENT
3
MUSIC
3
VOCALS
4
PRODUCTION
4
ARTWORK
4
LYRICS
2.5


  • 1 :REVIEW COUNT
    3 :AVE RATING

ALL REVIEWS FOR: OPETH
TITLE
DOR
COMPANY
REVIEWER DATE MADE RATING
Deliverance
2002
Koch/Music For Nations
Greg Watson1/27/2003
-
Lamentations: Live at Shepherd's Bush Theatre
2004
Koch/Music For Nations
Greg Watson3/23/2004
-
Pale Communion
2014
Roadrunner
Greg Watson10/6/2014
5
Sorceress
2016
Nuclear Blast
Greg Watson10/15/2016
3
Watershed
2008
Roadrunner
Anthony Burke8/1/2008
5

ALL INTERVIEWS FOR: OPETH
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