Watershed is an intriguing exercise in discontinuity. 2005's Ghost Reveries likewise went down smoothly, like a rich hot chocolate. It split its heavy and light sides into two records, Deliverance and Damnation the latter was gorgeously intimate. In 2002, the band became practically frictionless. Their records afterwards decreased in friction as their chops improved. The rawness came from a low budget and nascent songwriting, but it conveyed an atmosphere that Opeth never regained. It was half death metal and half "other stuff"- folk, prog, blues, jazz. The Swedish band's first record, 1995's Orchid, was wonderfully raw. Opeth, interestingly, have straddled both prog aesthetics.
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