![]() It’s simultaneously heavy, hard, and spacy, with B-3, bluesy and squalling metal guitar breaks, and chorale vocals that drift in the center, weighting it as a solidly prog track. “The Wilde Flowers” is a truly wild melange of musical styles. The Geezer Butler-esque bassline and explosive kick drums make it the most accessible thing here – its instrumental section keeps it firmly in prog terrain, however. This track somewhat recalls the Pale Communion sessions but is far more unhinged. ![]() ![]() Joakim Svalberg’s knotty organ riff dominates the opening moment before a crushing syncopated guitar riff joins in. It gives way to the title track and first single. Opener “Persephone” has a brief nylon-string guitar sketch in waltz time that could have come from folk music antiquity. Åkerfeldt’s inspirations this time out may still recall prog sources, but there are heavier ones, too: Black Sabbath and the Ritchie Blackmore/Jon Lord-era of Deep Purple. He enlisted Tom Dalgety as co-producer (who also engineered and mixed) and Opeth recorded it in twelve days at Rockfield Studios in Wales. ![]() Uncharacteristically, Åkerfeldt wrote the album quickly.
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