Opeth: Every Album Every Song - Couverture souple

Blum, Jordan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1789521661 ISBN 13 : 9781789521665

Editeur : Sonicbond Publishing, 2022

Synopsis

A ‘cult’ band with a mass following, the band’s last five albums have made the top 30 in the UK. Still active, recording and touring. Completely unique – no other band mixes progressive rock, metal and jazz in the same way. There has never been – and never will be – another band like Opeth. Formed in Stockholm, Sweden circa 1989, their roughly thirty-year career showcases a melding of diverse influences; a prevailing commitment to songwriting and instrumental excellence; and unwaveringly chameleonic vision – no matter the cost – that’s unmatched by any of their stylistic peers. Be it their most unashamedly brutal early LPs, their multifaceted and near-faultless mid-period opuses, or their somewhat polarizing recent glimpses into macabre 1970s-esque prog/jazz rock eccentricity, mastermind Mikael Åkerfeldt and company continuously create records that push themselves, their audience, and progressive music as a whole, forward. The result is easily among the most extraordinary, dependable, and laudable legacies in modern metal. Using a meticulously crafted mixture of original analysis and behind-the-scenes research, this book digs into all facets of Opeth’s output to discover how they innovated and evolved with practically every release. After all, each ‘observation’ – from their 1990s black metal classics (Morningrise and My Arms, Your Hearse) and 2000s progressive death metal masterpieces (Blackwater Park and Ghost Reveries) to their stunning progressive rock/jazz fusion excursions of the 2010s (Pale Communion and In Cauda Venenum) – found Opeth ceaselessly harvesting a one-of-a-kind catalogue that’s still remarkably influential and impressive

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jordan Blum is an Associate Editor at PopMatters, holds an MFA in Creative Writing, and is the founder/Editor-in-Chief of The Bookends Review, an independent creative arts journal. He focuses mostly on progressive rock/metal and has contributed to many other publications, including Sonic Perspectives, Paste, Progression, Metal Injection, Rebel Noise, PROG and Sea of Tranquility. He is the author of Jethro Tull On Track and Dream Theater on track, published by Sonicbond. He records his own crazy ideas under the pseudonym Neglected Spoon. When he's not focused on any of that, he teaches English courses at various colleges. He lives in Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Sonicbond Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1789521661
• ISBN 13: 9781789521665
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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