opeth - a fair judgement

[OAwArenAwAkeO]

Seeing dislikes on this track makes me LMAO

what you doing here in the first place if your still sleeping to commercial pulp fiction??

[NickK147]

These are some of the most personal lyrics ever written.

[TheZef198]

I just had the best 9:55 of my life.

[kyussthegreat1975]

progressive death metal? i don't think they fit in a category like this. i think opeth is a own category! i like the influences of pink floyd and others...

[MichaelMetalManiac]

I bought this CD in the summer and as it says on the sticker :

METAL'S MOST BRILLIANT BAND!

[buddawiggi]

awful

[Jaloosifer]

Personally i'm not a metal kinda guy, and i hate that growly shit and those heavy drums, but song like this, to me at least, show what black metal bands are fully capable of. One of the best songs of all time.

[eddieplayssource]

@Jaloosifer they're progressive death

[MichaelMetalManiac]

@Jaloosifer Dude! It's not black metal vocals! It's death metal vocals, and this song is progressive death metal.

[JBT24]

@Jaloosifer Growls/shrieks grow on you once you realize truly harsh music can only be properly accompanied by truly harsh singing. 

[Benteiron]

@Jaloosifer In my opinion Opeth and some other bands show that metal can be musical music as well instead of poor, unimaginitive shit it is often seen as.

[MetallicOpeth]

@Benteiron that being said there are ALOT more extremely talented and musically inclined bands than you give Metal credit for. Though alot of it may just seem like noise, plenty of bands display some of the best musicmanship in any genre of music. You just have to know where to look.

[Benteiron]

@MetallicOpeth You do realise that im an almost total metalhead? :P

[NuclearCarnage]

3 people are cunts.

[BloodyCannibalCorpse]

@NuclearCarnage They wish

[Xhalphon]

I just read an old review of this album and some twat called this masterpiece a bad/weak song. I hope he gets cancer and fucking dies.

[jr34v3r]

This is one of Opeth's vastly under-rated songs. 6:17 - 7:31 is easily one of my favorite guitar solos

[MrTestMusic]

I wish I had good headphones. :(

[MetallicOpeth]

this is basically incredible

[bizzlelad]

@MetallicOpeth basically...

[hawnz22]

This song gives me goosebumps every time I hear it

[gusjun666]

Opeth...one of it's kind....\m/

[Elaskorethas]

Holy cow! ^^

[ismail404]

love

[Sweetcandyforu]

Yeah sure this song starts slow but its still beautiful so fuk your negative comments Opeth will always be amazing<3

[roddykollias8098]

@Sweetcandyforu they dont comprehend the endless beauty that opeth gives us.

[alahad]

I am not opeth's number 1 fan but I do appreciate their work is... amazing, I would dare to say the best band out there...

[metalmikejones]

@alahad stupid comment i must say.

[alahad]

no you musn't you weren't called... and I like raul hellfire better... XD

[LyricsOf1ndricothere]

Opeth the Greatest in this Multiversal existence we call this in greatest the Opeth.

[limbs32]

This song makes me glad I'm not deaf :)

[i5Alex]

They are indeed one of a kind, but they are so boring...

[george4mon]

@i5Alex how are they boring!?

[47TheSteve]

@george4mon No need to explain it. A great statement I heard years ago is true today. -- "If you're bored, you're boring." He simply misses the point which is fine. Not everyone likes everything. That's his prerogative.

These guys are amazing musicians.

[george4mon]

@47TheSteve well said!

[JillyBean909]

@george4mon Forgive i5Alex, for he knows not what he says.

[Tunc2ykowsky]

Best part 0:00 - 9:55

[musicalkaratekid]

beautiful song...i love the whole of the 'deliverance' album,but this is so majestic. not that the other songs aren't as equally amazing ;)

[marion1349]

epic song......one of their best I think......

[Pyoti]

So much beauty in this song. One of my favorite by opeth

[80smetalchild]

my god, 5:28 and up brings fuckin tears to my eyes

[rockgod2131]

Definitely my favorite Opeth album, followed closely by My Arms Your Hearse and Blackwater Park.

[sirdilznik]

The word AMAZING can't possibly do this song justice.

[lurvinator]

@sirdilznik

'AMAZING' is indeed not a fair judgement of this song.

[MetallicOpeth]

This one is up there with my favourite Opeth songs, this album is a masterpiece

[kitzukiuchiwa2]

only one word...M A S T E R P I E C E!

[miclam]

amazing song... amazing opeth

[gorangers201]

this song is beautiful. i love it.

[optocy]

this song is amazing

[AliasThatIsFake]

Favorite Opeth song.

[hellus19]

amaizing song :)

I love Opeth!

[homanahomana]

I've said this before, and its annoyed the fans of opeth (who are the overly sensitive type and display the worst type of arrogance), but this is really a gem of a song. It up there with my favourites and I'm quite traditional with my top ten!!

Its just surprising that most of Opeths stuff (in my humble opinion) is just not very good.

Yes I've listened to their songs over 10 times each and have an informed opinion thannks....

[Haliph]

You've said what I've been afraid to say on these videos o.0. But you're right. A lot of them aren't.. However, with that said, some of them are just brilliant.

[GodinSDXTguitars]

That fuckin acoustic interlude, and then that section starting around 4:30 , then THE FUCKING SOLOS... I can't even tell you man.

[elethial]

so touching...

[Smadreren]

I <3 Youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

[megadethrule1]

my penis exploded... amazing song! love opeth

[t3hFunt]

Probably should get that looked at...

[yoyobasha1]

AMAZING Song ! I Love Opeth

[jitterbuggg8]

I cannot stop listening to this song...

[mtdci]

lol

[Willyboy933]

"Lost track of time in a flury of smoke"... is the Steven Wilson I hear backing those vocals?

[Lysertheshaman]

@Willyboy933 yes indeed.

[Willyboy933]

@Lysertheshaman

Sweet

[NicolaJane0085]

This is my brother's funeral song, it is so powerful.

[dagon940]

i do :)

[Turbulence654321]

1:53 This riff is so epic! no other word for it...just sounds epic

[kilipeti]

so is the solo :)

you're right, that riff is as simple as awesome! truly EPIC RIFF :)

[dagon940]

you could at least put the pic in better quality

[ChelaHarper]

Their outros are always the best ever!

[jonbonboom]

opeth are the greatest band ever,period.

[dagon940]

Amen

[poundtumbles]

around 5.40. Maybe later, maybe earlier, this becomes tight, efficient and great quality metal.

All hail Ackerfeldt. when Opeth were good etc... ;-)

[dagon940]

theyre still good and probably even better

[DarkAddagio]

This song have the best and the most blasphemous outro that i have listened in my life. Great song from a great band.

[Chao5INcarnate]

I am currently obsessed with this song. Its so fucking amazing! Rock on Opeth!

[DjBlindShadows]

*few* almost couldn't handle the epicness.

[pandemichalo92]

Opeth never gets old x)

[vampirewire]

fav opeth song. though. i reckon they could have left the blackish metal part at the end off, i reckon it was unneccersary, the song had made its statement. 4:35 audiogasm

[Cradal]

unnecessary...? omg... u dont understand opeth's music

[ScreamxBloodyxGore]

Why? You know Bathory (A black metal band) was one of their major influences right? Of course there is going to be black metal bits in their music.

[vampirewire]

herp derp black metal fans have a nut. its not i dont like black metal, i think this song didnt need it

[Snakebite1138]

I love metal and Opeth, but at the same time without rap/pop/hair metal/whatever, extreme metal wouldent exist because thrash metal originated as a rejection of the glam sound of the 80's. i think the popularity of hannah montana and little wayne will only strengthen metal. just my opinion.

[arkangelzero]

look at this dude. He thinks he knows shit's about metals, he probably doesn't know the difference between snakes and dildoes.

[Snakebite1138]

actually if you read my comment you would see that i was giving my opinion. personal attacks just make you look immature.

[arkangelzero]

And obviously, you have issues with taking things literally. I was offering my own opinion as well, after all.

[Snakebite1138]

no, you insulted me for no reason.

[arkangelzero]

I didn't insult you. I was making a joke. Watch Metalocalypse and you will find that is was merely an allusion to a jesting state, that was not meant as an insult. I agree with the historical representation of your metal timeline, but I disagree with Hannah Montana or any of this modern waste strengthening metal. i think more people will like it because they reject popular music: but I disagree in it improving musicianship or genre.

[Snakebite1138]

umm..im sorry but you werent exactly clear that you were joking. i dont watch metalocalypse so i didnt get the joke. :-(

lets agree on one thing,

OPETH RULES!!!

[arkangelzero]

It's all good man! They do. :)

[BootyBot]

does my dick count as a dildo if i chop it off

[jerm2222]

no, because it will be flaccid and unusable.

[imjowsef]

Yes it does. XD

[guitarlove16]

respect beacause you said "just my opinion"

[ShreddinThrash]

@Snakebite1138 lol i highly doubt it. thrrash did not come out because of rejection of glam/hair hahaha real metal existed before that shit and so did early forms of thrash. the newer bands just incorporated it

[Snakebite1138]

metal (or atleast the forebearers of metal) existed before glam, sure. but i think if it werent for those styles of music becoming megapopular at the time then thrash would have been just another metal genre, not the intercontinental movement that it was in the late 80's and 90's. what i do know is that slayer and metallica and others hated most glam and did anything they could to seperate from them creatively.

[SaulRowntreeCFC]

@Snakebite1138 yeah lol i wouldve hated them too. thats ture. but it still didnt come out specifically to get back at glam is all im sayin. thrash came out really around the same time. but nwobhm with the basic thrash components were out before the real bands.

[tubularniggaz]

@Snakebite1138 i think thats bs cause look at all the new metal bands around with the whatever core bullshit tossin in queer techno in the background i think musics going downhill and its been getting worse and worse since the 90's because of the pop movement and rap doesnt help

[ZiposC]

Something that makes Opeth somekind of the ultimate band is that they can make long songs without becoming boring ... Also, their all songs are interest just because they are unique and they do not repeat theyself!

Thats why they are my favorite band : )

[Skutteskutte]

This solo is awesome :)

[vampirewire]

yeeeeeeeeessss. the second part, lingerdens.... audiogasm

[krzysiekSzcz]

SUPER :)

[BCDTHEHULK]

OPETH FOR LIFE

[harmony0404]

Only complete fools do not like OPETH

[homanahomana]

@harmony0404

Only arrogance in its purity could come out with a statement like this. Thankfully for you, you are not alone in your thinking according to your thumbs up. Unfortunately for the rest of us, your pure pig-headedness is rife amonst the fans of Opeth.

[harmony0404]

@homanahomana OK, You don't like them. So what the hell are you doing here driving people mad?

[DirtyRottenScallywag]

@harmony0404 i couldnt agree more...if you dont like the music why are you looking it up on youtube?...maybe because you dont have enough to do with your life...i suggest if you dont like it dont listen to it you will never find me trash talking f**kin p diddy or little wayne...cause i dont listen to that crap nor do i care about it

[ChaSLDean]

@harmony0404 Seriously... You're damn right. Even a year after.

[gearsofwolf]

@harmony0404 without opeth they arnt complete wich means they arnt complete fools

[jobroking]

lost track of time in a flurry of smoke !!

insane opeth rules

[SmlSirius]

Opeth is so different from all the other bands, They really are one of a kind band!

Go Opeth!!!

[EmperiuMSatanaE]

Opeth are gods

[yuppiroad]

How does a band make a song that goes for 10 minutes where an audience can easily enjoy every second of it - and want more? I'll tell you: first, you need a set of headphones or speakers, a band called Opeth, and lastly, a song created by Opeth. 'A Fair Judgement' helps us to answer that question as well.

[GrevMivlos]

Amen.!

[666Meshuggah]

Yeah, when i listen to this band i know the songs are long but i am interested right up until the last second and then want more

[BlindF3ith]

the pause before the verse at 1:19 sounds like the track starts here on the album

the first time i heard this song i thought it started at 1:19 and the whole intro was the outro of deliverance.

[DarkSilot]

one of my favourite opeth tracks

because it's soft but also dark

something only opeth can do so well

[VargKDM]

@DarkSilot only opeth can do soft but also dark stuff this well? well, i could tell ya of a few bands that can actually do it better

[graywolfmage]

@VargKDM ok varg, instead of telling other people crap, go write some music.

[JoTwi1881]

@VargKDM why dont u be quite? nobody cares >:\

[irondeth33]

@VargKDM i would like to hear your bands please...... because i doubt that a band can top these guys.

the only band i know that can do soft and dark stuff equally than opeth is anathema i think, and some stuff of pink floyd and another 70s progressive bands

[MihaZ]

@VargKDM Still waiting for you to name these bands.

[xi0wnallx]

@VargKDM VARG!!!!!!

[dhannyboy86]

"Leave it be, it was meant for me" love that part and the also solo that follows.

[omgrobin666]

likes the ending most of all in this song :P damn heavy and dark

[a7xforlife12]

onw of the best fucking solos on the planet. opeth is so underated. fucking new generation pop/rap or whatever is ruining the real music

[alexvnsc]

i know people call us weird for listening to this when theyr the ones with no taste

[kopaczp]

Truly amazing !

[Nour239]

every track they make is a masterpiece, no matter how long it is,they can make it magical...i <3 Opeth...Hails from Egypt

[M13MusicNut]

This is one of the most beutiful songs i ever herd

it is somthing magical in this song, one of opeth gratest. but where is the end!!!

[0merta]

At 8:07 I envision the gates of hell opening up on earth

[jayakishore1234]

the finale of the song is epic moshing madness \m/ \m/

[g0atf1sh]

5:10 such a smooth beautiful solo. short and sweet

6:20 the main solo strait from the heart. lots of emotion in it. you can hear it in the string bending

[ThrashingBlackDeath]

opeth are masters and every their piece is a masterpiece...simply said...the music art at it's best...

[pyromania45]

i've figured it out they keep the song great for a long time because just before one tempo starts getting old they change to a different tempo or start or stop growling

[darkmystery1234]

its amazing how opeth manage to play long tracks and still make sure they sound great every bit of it ! and all theyr tracks are gd for sure a great album ! Hail opeth from Norway !

[dreamorigami]

Every Opeth song is like liquid audio that tastes like tragedy but then has a sweet aftertaste of beauty. Listen to these to get full effect. Take two listens and call me in the morning.

Ghost of Perdition

To Bid You Farewell

Black Rose Immortal

For Absent Friends

Reverie Harlequin Forest (LISTEN TO THE BRIDGE ZOMG!)

[ACyanideKiss]

That's deep. I hope you're a writer because words don't just align themselve that way. And I agree :)

[jc3123085]

some songs that bands put together just really give you the goosebumps and for sure this is one of them! Long live opeth

[joelaka3pac123]

this band is an absolutely amazing death metal band

but when they do songs like this

its even better

this song is amazing

and very moving

[mekaniklas]

I haven't heard that much Opeth, but they really are amazing. . . This song and "Burden" have been on repeat all day. Their sense of toneality really blows me away... Beatifully written, composed and played.

[Vektruscen]

Opeth have never produced anything close to 'rubbish' you dumbass, every single song they've released is good.

[Vektruscen]

News flash, dumbfuck. Opeth is just about the highest caliber possible of musical groups around today, every song on their last 5 albums being noteworthy, despite whether or not your small brain can appreciate it.

Associating Opeth with the word 'Rubbish' is like calling Mother Theresa a whore.

[Vektruscen]

Congrats, you've earned a special place on my ignore list, where all the utter scum of YouTube dwell!

[ayska07]

And fuck you you idiot:-P

[Dwc6]

What

[spurious]

You are not important, and your opinion is no more factual that anyone else'. Now, go do the smart thing and stop wasting your time and everyone's nerve.

[Willyboy933]

Is this one from Blackwater Park?

[KingBigBang]

No it's from Deliverance. You could google Opeth - A fair judgment instead of asking stuppid questions. Thnx :) Still a pretty damn good song isn't it ;)

[godfiendbass]

Hanskiiiiiii should be slapped. There's not an Opeth song that isn't beautiful in its own right. Amazing band with wondefully composed music.

[ramkaisai]

ehh u say u hate em..i say ur a moron

[Hanskiiiiii]

shit quality

ive only just started listening to opeth

and i dont really like their vocals even though the singer has a wonderful voice.

this song proves that not all their stuff is crap

[johnytehshit]

some nab is talkin about Vynil collection forgettin is nottt so cheap,rite Ze?^^

and another kjunn nab is whinin about the solo,its mezmerizing though^^

[KhadKjunn]

One of the greatest solos ever ,Its good to see you mr Chinfrimm!

[runeskyler]

Nice guitar solo, Opeth isn't usually to heavy on the solos, but this one has an amazing one

[Dwc6]

Reach for the Skyler.

[runeskyler]

lol, nice....

[Tzunkilord]

There is no other band like Opeth!

I love every single song of them, but ther are some like "A Fair Judgement" that just blow me away every time I listen to them.

I hope they'll keep on making music forever!

[Shirobero]

I want to cry... =/

[Dwc6]

Dooo it I'll cry with you, lol.

[Shirobero]

Lol, hehehe!

Thanks!

[MetallicOpeth]

5:42 and onwards...just incredible

[donangry]

This song can't be listened to in such terrible quality.

[Gunn1Tromm]

So true!

[Chinfrimm]

Sad but True..

People should get the CD/Vynil if there's any...

And listen it with some Headphones..

[milleralive]

Truly a great song.

[jimdatweak]

Lol I get the same shit. "I don't know Opeth. But Otep's awesome." I will fucking fist fight someone who says that to me again.