Orchid album band3/20/2023 ![]() The solo in the song in terms of its style is similar to the album Human released in 1991. The song "Forest of October" has two noticeable qualities the first of which is a small clean vocal part by Mikael Akerfeldt in which he says: “please take me there.” The second musical thing that I notice is the influence of Florida band Death in the beginning. There is also an influence of early Amorphis in this song (think Tales from the Thousand Lakes). The only other metal band that would have included parts or songs like this early in their career would have been Theatre of Tragedy. No wonder why some fans may think Opeth is an awesome band! A move like this musically can either make or break you and for Opeth I think this song increases their diversity and strength as a band. The song is called "Silhouette" and it is a classically influenced piano song. Then comes one song that even I did not expect. Hell, the title track and "Wizards of War" are pretty regularly being blasted from my car's stereo, but at the end of the day The Mouths of Madness is a record with some great songs and moments, but as a record it's just pretty good.The next song called "Under the Weeping Moon" is about a person that spends his nights weeping under the darkness of the moon until his soul gets absorbed by a very strong burning flame which has helped him get through life’s toughest moments. The Mouths of Madness is a good record if you're looking for that kind of music, and it's great background music for doing whatever else. It's a "doom" record, but genre isn't an excuse to dive halfheartedly into something boring. Not that there are too many more places to go, but with songs drawn out as long as they are at points, it couldn't have hurt to cut some things here or there. As far as "twists" in the songwriting, there's usually two options: slow down or go into triplets. When it's all said and done, though, you'll find yourself looking at the track list and trying to remember which songs were which, and that's where this record falls short of living up to it's full potential. It's easy to love The Mouths of Madness. The record rocks you from start to finish and punches hard without leaving any gaping holes in the songwriting. If there's a comparison to be drawn about Mindell, it's simply that Ozzy and Russell Allen of Symphony X magically spawned a child with pipes from the heavens. His delivery makes you feel like he's psyched about what he's singing and pretty much demands that you get just as pumped as he is. While the riffs and everything on the record sound great, Theo Mindell really drives it home with his powerful voice and singable lyrics. All the modern heavy metal hallmarks are definitely there: low-key distorted guitars, big roomy drums, clanky finger-picked bass, and big ass blues vocals, but at the same time there's a modern sheen underneath all that which simply blows Capricorn out of the water. Where Capricorn tried to get all fuzzy and almost psychedelic on you with Iommi-flavored riffs and overall sludginess, The Mouths of Madness takes a much cleaner approach to their sound and drives home the point that they're not fucking around with this release. The first thing that's instantly noticeable about The Mouths of Madness is that it's so much different than Orchid's 2011 effort Capricorn. ![]()
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