Still Life is the fourth studio album by Swedish progressive metal band Opeth. The album was produced and engineered by Opeth alongside Fredrik Nordström, and released on 18 October 1999 through Peaceville Records. It was the first Opeth album to be released through Peaceville, following their departure from Candlelight and Century Black after the release of My Arms, Your Hearse, and the first album to feature Martin Mendez.
Still Life is Opeth's 4th studio release and the first since the debut to represent a full band rather than a few permanent members playing with studio musicians. The album showcases more complex riffs and more originality due to the fact that the band is made of entirely permanent members. Another aspect of Opeth shows they are not just another metal band as well. Many of Opeth's songs enter incredibly melodic acoustic passages and give the listener a break from the huge metal riffs that pound eardrums worldwide
Still Life is the fourth studio album by Swedish progressive death metal band Opeth. The album was produced and engineered by Opeth alongside Fredrik Nordström, and released on October 18, 1999 through Peaceville Records. It was the first Opeth album to be released through Peaceville, following their departure from Candlelight and Century Black after the release of My Arms, Your Hearse.
A logical next step in their evolution, the album finds the band re-examining their unlikely fusion of progressive rock and black metal to highlight the former while staying in touch with the latter. The result is a formidable splicing of harsh, often jagged guitar riffs with graceful melodies, and the increasing use of Mikael Åkerfeldt's "clean" vocals (alternated with his ever-present death growl). This tactic only serves to spotlight the quality of Åkerfeldt's lyrics (a rarity in extreme metal circles) and, in the tradition of prior efforts, Still Life is a full-fledged.
Still Life is a concept album about a man who is outcast from his village for his religious beliefs. However he returns for his lover Melinda, only to see she has become a nun. Still, Melinda decides to run off with her lover, abandoning her faith. Highest possible recommendation of this undoubtable masterpiece.
Still Life is the fourth studio album by Swedish progressive death metal band Opeth. It was released on October 18, 1999 through Peaceville Records. The album's total length is 62:31. It was the first Opeth album to feature Martin Mendez on bass. Martin Mendez's addition would mark the beginning of Opeth's classic lineup. I will start by saying that Opeth's previous album, My Arms, Your Hearse was basically a perfect album, but Still Life redefines what perfection is. There is literally not a second of this record that does not feel perfect.
| 1 | The Moor | 11:28 |
| 2 | Godhead's Lament | 9:47 |
| 3 | Benighted | 5:01 |
| 4 | Moonlapse Vertigo | 9:00 |
| 5 | Face Of Melinda | 7:59 |
| 6 | Serenity Painted Death | 9:14 |
| 7 | White Cluster | 10:02 |
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDVILE78, CDVILE 78 | Opeth | Still Life (CD, Album) | Peaceville, Peaceville | CDVILE78, CDVILE 78 | UK | 1999 |
| CDVILED183X | Opeth | Still Life (CD, Album, RE, RM + DVD-V, Album, RM, Multichannel) | Peaceville | CDVILED183X | UK | 2008 |
| CDVILED 78 | Opeth | Still Life (CD, Album, RE, Jew) | Peaceville | CDVILED 78 | UK | 2003 |
| CDVILED 78 | Opeth | Still Life (CD, Album, RE, Dig) | Peaceville | CDVILED 78 | UK & Europe | 2003 |
| ICARUS 132 | Opeth | Still Life (CD, Album, Dig) | Icarus Music | ICARUS 132 | Argentina | 2005 |
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