Release Date:June 17, 2003 Availability:Usually ships in 1-2 business days Shipping:Expedited shipping available Shipping:International shipping available Condition:Brand new, factory sealed. Fast shipping!
Album Description 2003 reissue of 1996 album includes the bonus track 'Eternal Soul Torture'. Impeccable musicianship and memorable lyrics. Guitar World calls them 'Metal's most brilliant band'. 6 tracks. Candlelight.
Customer Reviews:
YES YES AND GUESS WHAT YESOctober 25, 2008 Alec McAndrew(Bozeman, MT USA) opeth opeth opeth in my opinion this is there best album there other work is pretty damn good as well many people including cridicts think that opeth is the best band in the world well damn i dont agree but there up there competeing for that title and over the years they have made a great name for themselves so morning rise is probley there most melodic album yet and i love it its pure geniuse nice harsh vocal killer guitar and awsome acoustics in the mix clean vocals it is truley an elite album anyone looking for a good metal album look no further you listen to and you will see what i am talking about hope the review helped
Melodic OpethAugust 12, 2008 MarquisdeSade(Atlanta, GA) This is arguably Opeth's most melodic record. This is also, in my opinion, their best work (although many people think Still Life or Blackwater Park should get that spot).
The first four songs on this record contain so many melodies, tempo changes, acoustic interludes, killer bass, great drumwork, and anything else you'd want off of a progressive melodic metal band. Black Rose Immortal is arguably the best song they've composed; the 20 minute track flows smoother and tastes better than the finest wine. The final track is purely acoustic but has killer melodies nonetheless.
The only "problem" with this record is that people may find the bass at times intrusive. It's by no means in the background, but it melds so well with the guitar lines that it doesn't sound unnecessarily heavy. Trust me, keep at it and you'll fall in love with the bass as well.
Perhaps this review will push the overall score to a well deserved 5 stars :)
A Masterpiece even by the standards of an Opeth fanJune 2, 2008 Zachary Palmer(Illinois, USA) The intensely pure emotional level this song invokes is best described as ecstasy. The album is a continuous roller-coaster of adrenaline and dopamines best enjoyed in a dimly lit room on high volume.
Everything youthfulMarch 17, 2008 The Pitiful Anonymous(the Acres of Skin) This album is intense and narrative in a way that few are. It transcends its genre and uses its musical elements as tools for expression; it doesn't matter what you classify it as. It is metal in that there are growls and heavier parts, but even then for the most part I feel a lot more of a sensitive, paranoid romanticism than any usual kind of aggression. Morningrise is a natural vivid world with no rules, all emotions are as intense as the days of adolescence where a relationship could mean everything even irrational and wild as it was. It captures that life, and maybe in particular what that life was to a much younger Mikael Akerfeldt, in all its radiant forest imagery and pale pink lights like the Christmas lights in my girlfriend's dorm room.
Listening to Morningrise could either make you feel nostalgia for this lifestyle, or sadness at never having experienced it at all. Or you could feel nothing, because without real focus on the part of the listener, these songs drag on and their narrations don't come across. This is an album for the patient.
There are technical flaws. There are a few transitions that may not quite work (although the songs flow much better than on "Orchid", which was still good). The growl is not as polished as it would become later. Yet, this just might by my favorite album in the world. Its soul is more real and vibrant than almost anything I've experienced.
One of my FavoritesMay 14, 2007 Kevin S. Jackson 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was reading the reviews and noticed Dan Swano was given no credit to the production of the first 3 albums to include Orchid and My Arms Your Hearse. All 3 have a definite Dan Swano feel. Listen to the bass lines on the change ups (Dan Swano all the way) and you will notice they are different in later works. Check out Edge of Sanity's "Crimson" (a band he was in) release and you will note much of the skill and time placed in production although the lyrics were corny. I think MAYH was partly inspired by the same idea of 1 long story with no real breaks in the recording. You can definitely tell the difference in the producer. Although I think Mikael Akerfeldt being the front man of Opeth learned a great deal in the early productions and has done a fine job after the fact. Let it be known though it is just my opinion. There is a mastery coming from Sweden that surpasses American metal by far and these guys are a tight nit group that all share their knowledge in the studio. Hence other great producers like Peter Taegtgren. I would also give some credit to Dan on (my favorite) Katatonias' success, having produced their early works also. This is a great cd. I wish I could discover it again for the first time right along with the other 2. The people who dislike Opeth are Slipknot types. They listen to stuff they will hate in 10 years.
