I ♥ Blackwater Park

How Opeth’s masterpiece influenced some of metal’s best rising bands

EUGENE ABDUKHANOV (JINJER) “Blackwater Park was the very first album I listened to by Opeth and I was completely hooked. I remember still being at school, sitting up in my bedroom with my earphones on, listening to it as it snowed heavily outside. That’s a memory the record brings back every time – the album is a time machine!” BRADY DEEPROSE (CONJURER) “The step up on Blackwater Park really pushed what Opeth were doing with their sound from a songwriting perspective. It started a journey that I think they perfected on [2008’s] Watershed – taking these disparate elements and making something more than the sum of its parts.” SIMONE SIMONS (EPICA) “I fell in love with Opeth’s unique way of blending unconventional styles. I’ll go nuts to a badass riff but then cry to an…

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Metal Hammer UK (Digital) - 1 Issue, August 2021

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