Pale communion

"Pale Communion is more focused and refined than Heritage. Though they readily display numerous musical influences here, ultimately Opeth sound like no one but themselves. This set is a massive leap forward, not only in terms of style but also in its instrumental and performance acumen; it is nearly unlimited in its creativity".

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"Pale Communion synes at have alt. En fantastisk dynamik, der både kommer til udtryk i de enkelte sange og i den måde, albummet er sat sammen på. Nogle stærke kompositioner, der blot vokser for hvert møde. En charmerende produktion, der har en varme og nogle nuancer, der hører en anden tidsalder til. Og naturligvis musikere, der kan følge det ambitiøse projekt til dørs. Albummet er ikke blot det svenske bands bedste til dato. Det transcenderer også genrebarrierer i en sådan grad, at alle med en oprigtig interesse for involverende rockmusik bør hoppe om bord".

"In the past, Opeth have made their inspirations and aspirations obvious, but their avid recombinations suggested an array of infinite possibilities. Even if you couldn't abide the inflexibility of their methodical grandeur, it was hard to condemn the immense effort and imagination involved. But Pale Communion only toys with the building blocks, revealing influences that were already apparent but refusing to invigorate them alongside each other. It's not that Opeth isn't cool here. It's that these eight songs run cold on new energies and ideas, a rarity for a catalog custom-made to overwhelm".

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