# Help me out with OPETH **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [December 2, 2023, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-with-opeth/994006 "2023-12-02T13:34:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2023, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-with-opeth/994006/1 "2023-12-02T13:34:45Z")
I really like their album “Damnation” … rather soft, quiet flowing prog rock … intelligent music, indeed [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/W9ukH21ut-I/hqdefault.jpg "Opeth - Damnation (Full Album)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9ukH21ut-I) most of their other work seems to be “record the screams of when you get stabbed into your eyes” is there more of them that sounds like “damnation” out there? any recomendations? ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2023, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-with-opeth/994006/2 "2023-12-02T14:48:19Z")
Have you tried Heritage, Pale Communion or Soceress (my favorite of the three)? I listen to different Opeth albums depending on my mood. I would rarely listen to Blackwater Park and Soceress on the same day, and I do enjoy both or them. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2023, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-with-opeth/994006/3 "2023-12-02T17:44:00Z")
How about progressive deathcore? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2023, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-with-opeth/994006/4 "2023-12-02T19:34:19Z")
You might like Porcupine Tree. More proggy, less metal. ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2023, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-with-opeth/994006/5 "2023-12-02T19:45:23Z")
yes, I do dip a bit into P.tree every now and then … but - just like so many prog bands (opeth also!) - they cant resist the urge to have at least 4 key changes and 3 different time signatures **in every bloody track** (it gets old fast!) … which makes it sound like every song consists of 3 sub-songs … hey, the fact that Macca could pull this off (Day in your life, Band on the run,… ) doesnt mean you can 😉 … so I guess: I do like me some prog. as long as it isnt so formulaic prog - hence my original like of Damnation…