OPETH

Release Year: 2005
Artist Origin: SWE
Style: complex progressive emotional death metal

as it has been naturally expected, after the emotional episodes and yet unheard back then acoustic turns the next thing progressive extreme metal visionaries take is way more simplistic and energetic, roughly pushing the music right to the point, while nevertheless expanding the overall integrative template as well, without abandoning deep dramaturgy and vivid, ambitious yet easily recognizable personal identity throughout the entire album - in other words, lots of death metal is explored and showcased in a true sense of the word and sound, but it is also combined with subdued well-rounded elements, pristine sung moments and general diversity, that is so masterfully united together, dramatically upping the ante on what an intense ominous metal band can accomplish, surprising the non-believers all around the world