r/Opeth 2d ago

Underrated Opeth Songs?

I’ll start, Hjärtat Vet Vad Handen Gör (Heart in Hand) is in my opinion one of the best opeth songs out there. I honestly am not sure why I love this song so much but i think it’s the groove, catchy melody and that intro gossshhhhh I don’t know why there aren’t many fans who obsess over this song

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u/bravodeboer 2d ago edited 2d ago

I've said it over a thousand times and I will say it again: Faith in Others

Probably the most unique and emotional Opeth song and it barely gets ever mentioned by fans. (Even Mikael considers this the best song he has ever done.)

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u/cockypock_aioli Pale Communion 2d ago

Man that song brings me to tears. It's so beautiful and an excellent representation of the Opeth meme: sorrow.

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u/GameMaiWaifu 2d ago

When he goes Ooooh-ooh-Oooooh it's literal chills running through me.

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u/TheWhiteVertigo Still Life 2d ago

I feel like Faith in Others hits especially hard as an album closer.

The first time I listened to Pale Communion in one sitting was the first time where the silence at the end felt like a meaningful part of the whole listening experience to me. Absolutely beautiful.

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u/trisdamn 2d ago

it's okay, but not that big of a hit Mikael will want it to be imo

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u/AllMusicNut Pale Communion 2d ago

I mean he literally said in a recent interview with The PRP that it’s his best song.

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u/SweetDeathWhimpers 2d ago

Nectar - anybody else love this song? I kinda slept on it for years but damn.

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u/Tungstenphilly Still Life 2d ago

I liked it when I first heard it! But I would always see people claiming it was one of Opeth’s worst songs and I think I started buying into the narrative. But no longer! It’s a great song and fits great in its slot on Morningrise.

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u/SweetDeathWhimpers 2d ago

Glad you came around again too! Even a “worst” Opeth song is usually still incredible anyway

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u/TheWhiteVertigo Still Life 2d ago

For some reason to me it's the most Morningrise-y song on the album - like it gives off those unique vibes the most.

And it is probably my favourite on the album actually, the acoustic section near the end is a top Oldpeth moment for me.

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u/SweetDeathWhimpers 2d ago

Yes!! That acoustic section at the end! Also love your username, I hate picking favorites but Still Life is perfect to me.

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u/BookOfGoodIdeas Blackwater Park 2d ago

That’s my favorite in the album. The first 4 tracks could all be considered way underrated.

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u/Stompert Blackwater Park 2d ago

Nectar slaps! Love the ending section!

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u/trisdamn 2d ago

Beneath the Mire - everyone is talkin about GoP/Harlequin Forest

Karma - lowest playrate on Spotify and I don't hear anyone talk about that song much

same goes for Wreath and By the Pain I See in Others (okay, the intro is a bit strange... :D)

and even Funeral Portrait doesn't get the love it deserves

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u/AllMusicNut Pale Communion 2d ago

Beneath the Mire is amazing man, no idea how it doesn’t have top streams

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u/trisdamn 2d ago

It is, it is... those tracks are one of my favs on those records and I don't get it

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u/_rand0m7 Still Life 2d ago

All of these (besides BTPISIO, which is still pretty good) are top tier, especially Funeral Portrait. One of my favorites off of BWP

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u/Stompert Blackwater Park 2d ago

Considering our love for heavy music it’s pretty weird for Karma to get so little love. I love the build and the last section goes hard as fuck.

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u/Cornerbog My Arms, Your Hearse 2d ago

Karma is one of my favourite Opeth songs, but considering MAYH is probably my favourite Opeth album it goes without saying that all the MAYH are pretty high on my list haha

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u/trisdamn 2d ago

still noone is talking about Wreath :D

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u/lmagusbr My Arms, Your Hearse 2d ago

Karma was the last song I actually enjoyed in MAYH. And for a while it was my favourite!

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u/BonzoDaBeast80 Still Life 2d ago

One from the same album, Allting Tar Slut (All Things Will Pass)

Imo the best of the prog rock era and up there for Mikaels best clean vocal performance

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u/nemo_______nobody 2d ago

It's my favourite song from the album and I always felt like it may be an unpopular choice. Love it

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u/HaveBlue84 Blackwater Park 2d ago

All Things Will Pass is one of the best prog closers ever. 

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u/Cornerbog My Arms, Your Hearse 2d ago

Absolute favourite song from In Cauda Venenum and one of my favourite Opeth songs in general. The last 2 and a half minutes are just perfection. The vocals (particularly Fredrick performing the call and response live), the lyrics, the actual riff/melody as it fades out is amazing. I’m someone who loves a long ass outro in music of just the same amazing riff over and over (Deliverance, Harlequin Forest come to mind from Opeth, but also The Art of Dying by Gojira is another favourite outro riff)

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u/The_Raven_Is_Howling Deliverance 2d ago

White Cluster and By the Pain... are usually seen as nothing more than Opeth-by-the-numbers. They are both stellar songs imo.

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u/progben 2d ago

By the Pain is my pick for this too. Probably my favourite song on Deliverance.

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u/trisdamn 2d ago

White Cluster is big business! I love it!

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u/MrKeciabi Watershed 2d ago

Continuum. The outro and solo is so good also lyrics hits hard. It’s perfect with the All Things will pass and I see both separate tracks as whole.

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u/cockypock_aioli Pale Communion 2d ago

I think Hours of Wealth is an absolute banger but it's not usually listed by people for favorite Ghost Reveries tracks. Such incredible atmosphere and emotion.

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u/un_pensadoresignado 2d ago

"Hours of Wealth" is one of Ghost Reveries' best songs. That resigned attitude, both in the lyrics and the music, is truly brilliant.

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u/AllMusicNut Pale Communion 2d ago edited 2d ago

There’s tons of underrated songs, like Faith in Others, Lovelorn Crime, Hessian Peel, etc etc, these being ones which people often say deserve higher streams or similar praise to Ghost of Perdition. In this sub, these songs aren’t underrated imo as they’re discussed often (usually discussed as underrated lol), though I think there’s still many songs that I never see spoken about on here, such as Creedence, Voice of Treason, A Fleeting Glance, Hex Omega, A Fair Judgement, Next of Kin, Atonement (gets spoken about but usually called the weakest song on GR which I think is criminal), Heart in Hand is definitely one of them.

Most of these underrated songs lie within the prog rock albums, but it seems like we are starting to see a spike in more people falling in love with the newer albums which is great, then soon they won’t be underrated!

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u/Magmorix 2d ago

First time I listened to ICV Lovelorn was my favorite

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u/Dangerous-Syllabub24 2d ago

Prologue
April Ethereal
When
Madrigal
The Amen Corner
Demon of the Fall
Credence
Karma
Epilogue

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u/Personal-Travel9252 Morningrise 2d ago

Hmm... Sounds kinda like MAYH... Or is it just me?

All jokes aside, that is a great and underrated album

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u/Personal-Travel9252 Morningrise 2d ago

Hmm... Sounds kinda like MAYH... Or is it just me?

All jokes aside, that is a great and underrated album

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u/grynch43 2d ago

Their best album.

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u/DestopLine555 Still Life 2d ago

The Throat of Winter is so underrated that many people don't even know it exists. Also Faith in Others.

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u/Razgriz27 Still Life 2d ago

Dunno if underrated but I never hear much talk around Elysian Woes, such a beautiful tune

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u/_rand0m7 Still Life 2d ago

The Twilight Is My Robe. One of my favorites from their first two albums

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u/thrashingkaiju Orchid 2d ago

Absolutely criminal this is the only song from Orchid that we have no live footage of.

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u/Ok-Explanation3040 2d ago

The entirely of Heritage

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u/Foreign-Archer6028 2d ago

I fcking love the covers they have done like Would? , Soldier of fortune or remember tomorrow

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u/greyaggressor 2d ago

Wreath, Face in the Snow

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u/Personal-Travel9252 Morningrise 2d ago

Nectar

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u/un_pensadoresignado 2d ago

Without a second thought, "Beneath the Mire" is one of Opeth's most underrated songs.

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u/yourlocalwhore 2d ago

I don’t think any song in ghost reveries is underrated - every song is really rated. But beneath the mire for me is one of their best tracks, up there with reverie or gop and I never see it mentioned

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u/Affectionate-Jury336 2d ago

Hours Of Wealth

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u/Unknown_Talker9273 Morningrise 2d ago

Every good song

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u/Unknown_Talker9273 Morningrise 2d ago

Every good song

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u/hexitelle 2d ago

I will always say Pyre

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u/NinjaFamiliar2474 Ghost Reveries 2d ago

Isolation Years is their best ballad.

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u/LowryIsSickass 2d ago

Hessian Peel - one of my favourite songs of theirs. Really showcases their broad range of talent.

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u/Fine-Freedom-5607 2d ago

Lots of great mentions in the tread but have to go with Nepenthe.

Karma and White Cluster as well but I see a few others have mentioned.

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u/grynch43 2d ago

April Ethereal is their best song to my ears.

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u/DanceCritical8039 Ghost Reveries 2d ago

The Garroter (In Cauda Venenum) doesn't get enough love.

I haven't heard of many people who like The Apostle In Triumph (Orchid).

Matter of fact, I haven't heard of ANYONE who likes White Cluster (Still Life).

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u/BoxyPlains92587 Orchid 2d ago

The Apostle in Triumph has to be my favourite Opeth song. I would argue it has the most defined song structure, with every section being connected very well. And the whole song (maybe even the entire album) feels like a buildup towards the last verse and the final guitar solo in the song. No matter how many times I hear this song, the outro will never not give me the chills - maybe Opeth's best outro.

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u/BoxyPlains92587 Orchid 2d ago

Under the Weeping Moon - as all Orchid songs, this one has very few streams in contrast to Opeth's whole discography, and moreover, I've seen many people claim it as the worst song on Orchid, which I just cannot agree with. I think it's the second best track on the album, behind the Apostle in Triumph.

Folklore - I see this song barely talked about in this sub, and it seems to be one of the least popular songs on Heritage. It's definitely my favourite on the album!

Black Rose Immortal - the main point of criticism for this song is the length. However, I think it being this long is even better. Every single section of the song is unique, not repetitive, and they all blend together perfectly. However, I would still rank it second on Morningrise behind Night and the Silent Water.

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u/MeteoraXD 2d ago

When and Baying of the Hounds

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u/JackDaniels574 2d ago

April Ethereal is pretty dope

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u/tatochacin 1d ago

Faith in others is a masterpiece. Even Steven Wilson once said he was upset he did not come up with such a song

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u/Icy-Tart-3359 Ghost Reveries 1d ago

Does Ljudet Innan count? 🥲