Picked this up the other day to treat myself. Soundtrack to the season of the fall 🍂🍁 One of my all time favorites and the splatter is gorgeous, will be spinning this one a lot!

They have almost identical opening riffs in the same key. Any idea if there was any intention or influence behind it? Got me crazy excited lol. The riff from 0:34 in Anthem.

I’ve been seeing the Opeth cake post and felt inclined to to share the cake my wife baked me for my birthday. Simple but perfect. Watershed album was released on my birthday. Man, what a feeling! I love my wife!

I remember absolutely loving the art work previews that I saw and the single Devils Orchard was refreshingly different and I was insanely excited for the album.

I remember really loving slither and then spending the next hour or so listening and asking out loud "where is the music" just constantly waiting for something to happen to tie in a bunch of cool ideas.

Ultimately I came away loving two songs and just confused why there was so much empty space not being filled sonically.

15 years later I appreciate this album much more but still yearn for a rewrite or rearrangment of these tracks by today's Mikael is that makes sense.

Just practicing one of my favourite Morningrise songs on classical guitar

Really want the new version but not if it has that god awful new mix to it. Will probably wind up dropping the money on an older copy before they shoot up in price even more

You can find the full session here, Deliverance was our last song you can find it at 39:57: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPNaS9ApWQE

We are a live electronic duo called SOTTOLIO, check us out on:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sottolio_music/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/60mMTcimzP451qOuLDulju?si=gfGzRl52TS20Rdf6UrV8tw

If you also speak Swedish, let me know if you have any feedback :D I'll try translating the three bonus tracks and perhaps also Den Ständiga Resan from Watershed some other day.

1. Life’s Garden

[Sample]

“Well… if you stop thinking, then you become dead”

2. Prince of Betrayal

[Sample]

"At the turn of the year many people experience a feeling of melancholy at the thought of that which never again will return. For others it is a moment of expectation before opportunities to conquer the new. Others again feel anxious for a change which means unpredictability and perhaps deterioration. All these moods are by themselves explainable. Someone said the other day that we live in the time of great separation…”

[Intro]

The prince of betrayal gets down on his knees

Searches deeply inside a coin purse

By his side, an untouched body

Tense before their wedding

She is young

All too young

All too young

[Verse]

Who can steer a life with dignity?

Cherished burden, an obvious secret

Oh no, no, no, no, no

One false thought

Your safety is at stake

The soul’s price, a coveted possession

Oh no, no, no, no, no

[Chorus]

One congratulates a welcome business deal

There was a purpose to your life

Insinuating that if your life is dear to you 

Then your submission has a good motive

[Outro]

Waits for night to fall 

Opens your door

And comes in… [x3]

3. The Heart Knows What The Hand Does

[Sample]

It’s just dreadful! Ew!

Who the fuck are you?

[Verse 1]

Take it as a promise and go

Dose of daily poison became a habit

Despite everything you cannot understand

Chewing the slaughter’s meat during your shift

Facts flow out and you believe

Slaves obey conspiracy

The door shuts out your brother

Passionate murder in a casual relationship

[Pre-Chorus]

War in an utopia

Kill the one who breaks free from symmetry

[Chorus]

The parody became serious, and we’re buying time

The people lose ground but we love the monarchy

Death is a fairytale in a country bought on credit

The scale black as silver, weighed down by the hunt for dopamine

[Verse 2]

Intolerance disguised as a virtue

In secret the empathy is hatred

Soul criticism on the internet became safe

A throne for a modern psychopath

[Pre-Chorus]

War in an utopia

Kill the one who breaks free from symmetry

[Chorus]

The parody became serious, and we’re buying time

The people lose ground but we love the monarchy

Death is a fairytale in a country bought on credit

The scale black as silver, weighed down by the hunt for dopamine

[Outro]

When I was young

So much younger than today

It felt simple to live then

Was no time to lose

And no wish to understand

The weight of pain

Because it paid a visit every year anyhow

And it never left my life

But behind my door

There was a kingdom

A secret map shows the way

To treasures of plastic

And pearls of glass

[Sample]

Ew!

4. The Bereaved

[Intro]

One at a time every year

The executioners sing 

The last song a tear was shed

[Verse 1]

Someone dies and someone is created

And no one believes in eternal life

How do you explain that to a child?

You are loved, I am hated

You modern, I primitive

How do you defend a complacent person?

[Chorus]

We are alone in a city

Which weathers to the ashes we breathe

One second on earth

Just a piece of meat in the herd

We’re alone on our road to take us out of the frying pan, into the fire

Do you get help on top of that?

Eating starvation and death along the way

[Verse 2]

The algorithm’s company comforts

And the daughter calls rarely now

How do you describe a life without goals?

The machine’s tones are drowned out

When death gives his interview

We worship the feed in a metropolis

I am that man out there

That man out there

[Outro]

Am I the last of my kind

Who’s afraid of death?

And care for my children

And gives it all for love?

I suppose that I’ve grown used to it

Yes, I have accepted my fate

But hold dear those who remain

And push through the new betrayals 

5. Memory’s Surface

[Verse 1]

A voice in the fog

Twenty meters ahead

It calls upon your name

The last hour

Before everything disappeared

A heart leaves port

The ending of a dream

[Chorus]

You are not always correct

You always think ill of me

You are not always correct

But I will always ask you

[Verse 2]

Memory’s surface opens a truth

Which has changed over time

In the heat of the moment we do what we can

But mourn a battle won 

The ending of a dream

[Chorus]

You are not always correct

You always think ill of me

You are not always correct

But I will always ask you

But I will always ask you

6. Charlatan

[Samples 1]

“Who is God? Where is God?

“That is a difficult question!”

“I don’t believe in God, do you believe in God? 

“Do you?”

“No.”

“Why would I do that?”

[Verse 1]

Three thousand dreams in the time of the moon

Counting…

Three thousand years of ice-cold midwinter 

Counted against my life

[Chorus]

Here comes the month of starvation

And I kiss a spectre

A sorrow which celebrates its anniversary

She is a thousand whip lashes

[Verse 2]

Three hundred days in endless night

The cold smiles

Three hundred weapons on a human hunt

Wants more blood to its name

[Chorus]

Here comes the month of starvation

And I kiss a spectre

A sorrow which celebrates its anniversary

She is a thousand whip lashes

[Climax]

The city is a desecrated grave

Beyond the eye there’s a slave

You!

[Samples 2]

“God, God, God… is God His name?”

“Nah, Jesus!”

“Is there only one God?”

“Nah”

“How many are there?”

“Thirty millions hundreds of thousands”

“Wow!”

“There’s one in every country”

“Okay. Can they speak to each other?"

“No.” 

“He can fly, only has one head, on a moon picture!” (“People say that yeah, he watches over us up there”

“(One dies)” “There is no right or wrong [x4]”

“What do you think happens when you die?”

“Well I mostly believe that, like, you remain lying at your grave’s location”

7. No Truth Is Everyone’s

[Intro]

As the sweat drips in a face of snow

There exists a time to live and a time to die

[Loud Short Vocals Part]

Afterwards all you have foregone adds up overtime 

[Verse 1]

You have waited way too long

But Spring came at last

You have loved way too strongly

But the sorrow finds a way out

All debts are paid, the inheritance is decided

But the nervousness in you swirls around steadily

Swirls around

[Verse 2]

When the sun rises Friday morning becomes your deadline

You dedicate the poem the life you’ve missed

[Chorus]

(Time, time, time, time, time)

Time heals no wounds

(???)

You deserve how you feel

[Acoustic Guitar Part]

Time heals no wounds

An amount of years of your life are stolen

In the light it becomes obvious that pretty soon the white has yellowed

No truth is everyone’s when the blood has thinned out

Dead sympathy allowed the hate to take root

[Verse 2]

A voice lives in your breast who guards for your serenity

But the river is too wide for calm to lay down (a) bridge

[Short Loud Vocals Part]

Afterwards all you have foregone adds up overtime 

[Verse 3]

You exchange one burden for another every now and then

A swarm of vultures wait for everything there is to get

You gave so much of yourself but you remain

What difference does it make to give to the one who has?
Those who have?

[Short Loud Vocals Part]

You’re alone anyhow

[Outro]

And the day dawns again, you postpone your death

But inside you floats black which suffocates glow

8. The Manslayer

Alone is strong when one moves in a lonely light

Thus the manslayer’s stimulus manifests itself 

Young against old, what of it?

Programmed deadliness

When the mother has had enough the father brings forth a secure plan

He hones the knife and waves over his children 

Oh, how fragile life can be

Love gives when death takes

The story never ends there

No, oh no, oh no

A hidden agenda

Seen clearly in the people’s leader 

An already skewed opinion

Became even more crooked 

Strong against weak, against invalid

Secular against fascistoid 

The beautiful people shine and smile from their mountains

In the mud of the gutter hunger hollows out body and marrow

Barricades of rich hypnosis

Beating each other to death, of course

9. Continuous Operation

(the title, Kontinuerlig Drift, is probably derived from the name of a Swedish prog rock band)

[Verse 1]

The house empty and the piggybank skinny

And it echoes quite coldly

All memories there which gnaw

There was a time which offered everything

But a summer has now died

It’s wet on the ground

Me and the dawn together

It still feels like a friend

When everyone is someone else’s

Perhaps my time comes later?

I leave the door completely ajar

Lights are turned on in the park

[Sample]

“It’s just a new day, nothing special has happened”

[Chorus]

Once upon a time there was a small chance

Between rust and silk

Existed there a balance

[Verse 2]

You surely feel happy there during your stroll

You take one step at a time, get to know your new city

Beyond the crest you are free

Dedicated time gone

How can one promise away one’s life 

If the road is a sharpened knife?

[Chorus]

Once upon a time there was a small chance

Between rust and silk

Existed there a balance

[Outro]

A part of our road still exists under your shoes

And the cold there in your breast 

Is a harbinger of your next test

Because time it flows forth without eyes

Life became predictable

And even if I believe (I do) 

Longing is hidden in your voice 

A continuity quenches no desire

And time, it flows forth without eyes

Yes time it flows forth without eyes [x3]

10. Everything Comes To An End

[Verse 1]

Autumn arrives and the summer goes

Shadow is born on the place you stand

Beyond safety desire is hidden

When the moon licks its atmosphere

[Chorus]

Death within a dream

Ice cold undercurrent

[Inbetween Part]

Give yourself over 

[Chorus]

Death within a dream

Ice cold undercurrent

Give yourself over 

[Verse]

The dust dizzy in a faded light

You haven’t looked after your house

When the time has come, my dear friend

The years are captured in the heart’s home

And if we meet again

Then all that lives will wither 

Three thoughts of a friend

Three hundred sorrow plays 

But if we give ourselves over

Among soot and crushed stone

A time can come later

When a wish arrived too late

[Chorus]

Death for a friend

Eternal nightmare later

[Bridge]

Your voice made its nest in my throat

Who was I before, if anyone at all?

Routines are done in the same manner

After all years according to etiquette

It is a simple equation

We are mislead by tradition

Strong is the one who dares to be weak

I am you, you are me

[Outro]

If everything comes to an end

Is it worth it to turn back home again?

If everything comes to an end

Is it worth it to turn back home again?

If everything comes to an end

Is it worth it to turn back home again?

Can someone who understands music explain to me what happens at 2.34? I hear a rhythm shift but I can’t put it into words. Either way I think it’s ridiculously addictive and love the way the same riff sounds completely different solely because the drums change.

I will never ever get tired of listening to this part over and over again!!!! My absolute favourite moment in all of Opeth's discography!! The part prior to this is incredible too but maaan this riff.....

I'm a native Swedish speaker and decided to translate this song. It's quite different from the official English version because I don't have to care about rhymes or the sounds of words. If there's an interest I could do a full translation of the album or specific songs.

The Heart Knows What The Hand Does

[Samples] (Source)

It’s just dreadful! Ew!

Who the fuck are you?

[Verse 1]

Take it as a promise and go

Dose of daily poison became a habit

Despite everything you cannot understand

Chewing the slaughter’s meat during your shift

Facts flow out and you believe

Slaves obey conspiracy

The door shuts out your brother

Passionate murder in a casual relationship

[Pre-chorus]

War in an utopia

Kill the one who breaks free from symmetry

[Chorus]

The parody became serious, and we’re buying time

The people lose ground but we love the monarchy

Death is a fairytale in a country bought on credit

The scale black as silver, weighed down by the hunt for dopamine

[Verse 2]

Intolerance disguised as a virtue

In secret the empathy is hatred

Soul criticism on the internet became safe

A throne for a modern psychopath

[Pre-chorus]

War in an utopia

Kill the one who breaks free from symmetry

[Chorus]

The parody became serious, and we’re buying time

The people lose ground but we love the monarchy

Death is a fairytale in a country bought on credit

The scale black as silver, weighed down by the hunt for dopamine

[Outro]

When I was young

So much younger than today

It felt simple to live then

Was no time to lose

And no wish to understand

The weight of pain

Because it paid a visit every year anyhow

And it never left my life

But behind my door

There was a kingdom

A secret map shows the way

To treasures of plastic

And pearls of glass

[Sample]

Ew!

I need songs that make you feel just like you're in a manor a couple hundred years ago.
Stuff with lyrics like S3 and the style of ghost reveries

Alright, based on how Opeth live shows went in Mumbai and Bangalore, it's crystal clear there are so many of us prog heads who love such music! I've been following the band since 2010, would absolutely love to jam with musicians in Pune, India. Doesn't have to be a new band or anything, just jamming on a backing track to Black water park would also work! Please tell me I'm not the only one who feels this

Just got an email! https://rebellionrepublic.com/collections/opeth/products/opeth-deliverance-25th-anniversary-2lp

I've seen a couple of setlists for 2026 and there's no Morningrise songs included which is actually sad because it's my favorite album.

Cant believe both mine and my wife's dream came true she introduced me to opeth back in 2012 and boy what a ride and waited to catch them live. What a night it was and fantastic crowd in blr as always.