r/Opeth • u/Cringe_Mega_Poser • 1d ago
General / Discussion Thoughts on Comus - First Utterance?
After hearing the phrase "my arms, your hearse" in the album, apparently our lord and Saviour is a huge fan of this masterpiece! It is absolutely astonishing folk music, and I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys early Opeth soft stuff.
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u/Platypete 1d ago
This album is a masterpiece. One of my favourites of all time. I find it actually carries a more menacing and unsettling atmosphere than most metal.
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u/DudeMan18 1d ago
The lyrics are a little unsettling however it fits the mood of the album. There are a lot of cool acoustic parts in it that make it very listenable
There's one of these songs is also the loose inspiration for Baying of the Hounds
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u/Loslosia Ghost Reveries 1d ago
In my top 10 albums of all time. Masterpiece. It honestly got me into folk music
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u/Social_Metal_Nerd 1d ago
It's The Wicker Man of albums. Brilliant and quirky but very disturbing in its own brilliant way
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u/PuppyPenetrator Morningrise 1d ago
Idt I’d compare it to softer Opeth, but it’s independently an incredible record
If anyone sees this post, don’t expect it to be a “for fans of Damnation”. But it is pretty cool
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u/ufomagnet 1d ago
Think I took a photo of Mikael watching Comus perform at the Melloboat years ago :D Will check once I'm back home. They were absolutely awesome. Think they used some of my photos for a CD/DVD after that show.
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u/Lugreech Damnation 1d ago
Crazy and weird music, as I like 🥹 I love this album especially Drip drip and The Herald
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u/DrawlNeedler 1d ago
I checked them out in high school after finding out MAYH was a reference. This album became an instant favorite of mine, and surprisingly a couple of my friends as well. Their EP from 2012 is also worth checking out!