Opeth-Circle Of The Tyrants

[MrMike0113]

This is pretty much the most straight-up death metal Opeth recording.

[StrifemanOfficial]

Still prefer Obituary.

[symbolicjohnson7]

Obituary made perfect solo in their cover

[davevrbic1]

I know only one perfect cover and this is OBITUARY-circle of the tyrants (with James Murphy).sorry

[TheThr11l]

this song blows powdery butthole

[MrRppd2shrds]

obituary did the best cover of this

[rickengothic]

31 people can't circle their pits

[unnamedfeeling666]

damn i hate the fucking keyboard !!!!!!

[Dave73600]

If it wasn't for Celtic frost a lot of bands wouldn't even exist

[MoonOvIce]

This is a different cover to the one I have on the "Candlelight Years" collection, seems they recorded this cover again...the original one is better...

[CAPTAINSARGE]

I still think the Obituary cover is better. But this is still good.

[demonsgate66]

boring vs the great original

[dani1928]

Opeth took a great Celtic Frost song, and made it an Amazing Opeth song!!

[bumzurvaj]

gay

[Alhambrattp]

great cover

[Dave73600]

@ username30055 bet you they have more talent than the shitty music you listen to

[Xogroroth666]

What bothers me is that on the line "with Tears in my eyes" the sadness of Thomas Gabriel Fischer displayed in the album To Mega Therion is gone, no matter the band covering it. They don't even TRY to get near it. Too bad...

[TheEndOfAllFlesh]

Awesome cover of an awesome tune!!!!

[username30055]

most opeth songs are a jumbled mess pseudo-brutal death metal riffing and lionel richie on vocals. it took a CF cover for them to sound like they weren't trying to make a soundtrack for goths/emos/metros etc

[metalgod1967]

@username30055 opeth are musical geniuses! they make complex and yet brutal music. one thing opeth is not is emo. that shows how little u know about music. and if u want stright brutal, listen to bloodbath, mikeal is usually the vocalist i do believe.

[ThazuaBlackarrow]

@username30055 Pretty much this. Opeth is horrible.

[421Roger]

@ThazuaBlackarrow You sir, are a jackass, if you think Opeth is horrible, the gtfo of here....

[cokedude101]

song sucks from both bands......

[ih8makinusernames]

@cokedude101 So you're listening to it why?

[cokedude101]

@ih8makinusernames lol i think my dad was on my profile , sorry dude

[TheEddyMetal]

@cokedude101 Wrong.

[cokedude101]

@TheEddyMetal yeah go see shadows fall now they're good

[TheEddyMetal]

@cokedude101 Oh, okay. I see now. You're either a troll, or a metalcore poser.

[cokedude101]

@TheEddyMetal i am not a troll so fuck off and second i dont care about metal like before it was my dad.

[username30055]

their only non-gay sounding song

[MrTestMusic]

@username30055 Please, do explain.

[LordNazgulKing]

@username30055 Mainly because it's a Celtic Frost cover.

[Guitarbro221]

obituary's version remains more faithful to the roots of celtic frost. but this one i like alot... has a scary goth tone to it

[FreddieCouplesFan]

i just realized, what if the drummer in a band had to take a shit midsong and he was playing double bass, what would happen? would he bare shitting his pants or run off the stage?

[germyfromirc]

i think its a great cover

[GodheadsDamnation]

amazing cover, dark and beautiful

[raed666n]

Check My Cover For This Song (THE ONLY COVER ON IT ON YOUTUBE SO FAR!!!1)

:p

CLICK MY NAME THEN CHOOSE THE VIDEO

[locusmortis1]

Respect to Opeth but nothing beats Obituary's blood chilling version

[MrQuagmire26]

Well, I think celtic frost's version is great, but it sounds a lot like the original. At least Opeth add a more personal touch to the cover. But people are entitled to agree, disagree or whatever.. its a free world.

[metalrules13]

@MrQuagmire26 Well, of course Celtic Frost's version sounds a lot like the original, since it IS the original! I guess you meant to say Obituary's version?

[MrQuagmire26]

@metalrules13 haha of course. duuh. stupid mistake from me. well of course i mean obituary's version.

[DonovanSchmitz]

@MrQuagmire26 I agree

[GodheadsDamnation]

@MrQuagmire26 lol celtic frost made the original... :P

[MrQuagmire26]

@GodheadsDamnation yeah i know.. it was a simple typo dammit. I've been a metalhead for years.. so this is just basic facts that it was celtic frost who had the original version. it's old news dude.

[GodheadsDamnation]

@MrQuagmire26 lol dont worry we all make mistakes =) anyways i love both, opeth and obituary covers there both awesome

[MrQuagmire26]

@MrQuagmire26 correction: I think obituarys version is great, but it sounds a lot like the original.

[christpakula]

it just won't get any better than this

[demagogist]

also were great in INDIA......!!!!!!

[demagogist]

yes.........

[t8282]

Amazing song!!!

[marianoleosein]

prefiero esta version a la original

uno de los mejores cover que e escuchado

[raed666n]

wts up people...check my cover 4 this track...i cant do a vid response as the uploader wont accept my video response...plz comment and rate if possible......i tried in the previous comment to put the link but couldnt...so i am probably the only guy on youtube who covered this song...so check opeth circle of tyrants cover..

[wishingbone29]

it is the best cover EVER!

even more then the original!!!!

[VitalSigns1]

Original is better!!!

[SperMSoldieR103]

@CapnPuff69 He said he HATED them. As in, he used to hate them but he grew to love them. He said that before he prefered technical stuff and he thought the guitar was too simple and all that but he began to realize that stuff doesn't have to be complicated to be good.

[metalkofer]

AWESOM COVER

[Hellisokornot]

Excellent cover

[kristavec]

oh F Yes. 

[HyperVoldo]

Somethnig we can all agree on though...what a fucking song!

[LordNazgulKing]

I like Celtic Frost but I don't like Opeth so fuck off

[gyroe182]

crap

[nagumo10001]

Meh. Not lame, not great. Just meh.

Get another gig Opeth.

[Sexums]

This is an amazing cover you homo

[4Peterr20]

Nobody should cover this shit..

[CapnPuff69]

I thought Mikael hated Celtic Frost...

[TheMetalHead554]

@CapnPuff69 no he loves them i m from greece and in one show in my country he wore a t-shirt with their logo ;)

[Heavymetalgamer28]

@CapnPuff69

What the fuck? Celtic Frost was a HUGE influence on Opeth.

[CapnPuff69]

@Heavymetalgamer28 I forget what the title was but i saw a video interview with mikael about his influences, and he said he hated them.

[Heavymetalgamer28]

@CapnPuff69

Well he used to have a Myspace and he listed CF as one of his favorite bands

[ChrisakacIoud]

@CapnPuff69 BS, I doubt he would say that.

[Briannicus]

While I would be the first to agree that Cause of Death is a BRILLIANT slab of death metal history, I think as far as Circle of the Tyrants covers, I "prefer" Opeth's interpretation (not saying that one is better than the other, just saying which one I prefer.)

[navebucketdude]

this is not bad the guitars sound good, same with the drumming. but the vocals are laughably bad and the piano just stops the flow. the solo is very nice really it is better than the CF version. 7/10

[glglglglggg]

i always loved this cover simply a masterpiece like the original

[pingadomulatinha]

WEAK

[pyromania45]

Mikael has the perfect vocal he doesn't get them going too low or too high and his tone fits with the part of the song perfectly

[AtomicExplosion95695]

@pyromania45 So he's a baritone?

[eliottelescorielese]

The funny thing is that I am Swiss, like Celtic Frost, and I always felt a very deep admiration for Sweden and for swedish metal, good to see that the swedish appreciate swiss metal too! Ahah!

Prepare, Sweden, I'm earning money to go to Stockholm on Holiday!!!

Well... One day...

[MightyGarogh]

I like Opeth, but i didn't like this cover.

[soundninja0]

Can you imagine if opeth did a cover of TikTok by kesha, llol

[w1mp15h]

if you dont like opeth why the fuck would u sit and listen to this... 

[navebucketdude]

@w1mp15h well you see when a band cover a song by one of your favorite bands you tend to want to listen and compare it to the original to see if the band did the song justice. it is really simple i am surprised you would not realize this.

[Jon4951]

Quite interesting. Personally I'm just used to the Obituary version. However , I do kinda like this one too. And also Celtic Frost's. I just think it's a kick ass song , no matter which way you slice it. So I guess the biggest props should go to C.F.

[shaunflanigan]

killler cover

[punkisALIVEagain]

Love Opeth and Celtic Frost and I think it's really cool that they covered such a great song!

[hadabrain]

Ma préf Chez l Opeth

[mathewjordan1993]

great cover but nobody can beat the original celtic frost version

[Shadowconscious]

So this is what Celtic Frost would sound like if they were gay... Not something I wanted to find out, but hey!  The more you know!

[Meatpox]

killer version!

[industrialm]

love the creepy keyboard...

[omgpwnd]

@industrialm Per is great, too bad he left this month.

[fcoslayer]

!_! yehaaaaaa cirlce of the tyrants hu!!!

[RichVader]

Anybody who thinks that this is not as good as Obituary's by-the-numbers version, I want to know what you are smoking aand where I can get some.

This is a superb cover that does not merely adhere to the conventions established by the original.

[PoloniumSmoker]

@RichVader

I'm smoking some "Blue Himalaya". And I don't really share with strangers. Obituary may have done it by numbers, but they didn't go overboard with it. You can tell that they've added their own flavor to the cover sparingly in fear of ruining the spirit of badassery that is Celtic Frost. Opeth just ruined it by turning it into another one of their own whiny indie-kid songs, which greatly displeases the metal gods.

Also, the guys in Obituary can easily beat up Opeth any day.

[RichVader]

@PoloniumSmoker

Doesn't sound like you've listened to much Opeth to bo brutally honest, "whiny indie-kids" - just because they have a bit of diversity to their sound dosen't render them Emo or anything other than a Death Metal band, albeit a progressive one for sure.

For the record, I love CF, Opeth and Obituary (well "Slowly We Rot" and the "Raging Death" tracks anyway, they never topped their debut IMHO). Although I do not claim to speak for any deities, metal or otherwise.

[PoloniumSmoker]

@RichVader

I never said that a little 'diversity' is bad. They're just not that good at it, and I have listened to Blackwater Park.

[cornsnicker3]

@RichVader The type of people that like Obituary are drastically different than the type of people that listen to Opeth. Obituary is sort of the stable death metal group that are basically untouchable except to bands like Death, Cannibal Corpse, etc. Even then, they are still top notch. Opeth are still subject to the scrutiny of the metal listener critics.

[RichVader]

@cornsnicker3 I have been listening to Death Metal since it first appeared in the mid 1980s. I like and listen to both Obituary and Opeth. Ergo your assessment of the "type" of people that listen to either band is flawed. Let's face it, they are both metal bands, DEATH metal bands at that.

[RichVader]

Opeth may be a bit more flowery and lyrical than Obituary, but we are talking about two bands that are of the same genre. Your argument seems to be based on the claim that Opeth are somehow "current" and Obituary (despite their being still active) are "classic" and therefore untouchable. This is a fallacious argument and a failure of objectivity. Obituary's presumed status as genre "untouchables" does not in any way "weight" their interpretation of this song anymore than anyone elses.

[cornsnicker3]

@RichVader Any analysis of any band is ultimately a matter of subjectivity, but an objective perspective begs a listener to make some prejudices when listening to a music. Take an example of Black Sabbath for instance. They are a "classic" by popular opinion and thus such a title adds to the enjoyment of their music. In terms of how their music sounds quality (in terms of recording), it doesn't compare to modern recording. A person who does a face value evaluation would use this as a negative.

[cornsnicker3]

@cornsnicker3 When you take into consideration their level of innovation in the 70's however, your perspective changes your overall opinion of Black Sabbath. One can approach Obituary in the same matter when compared to their contemporaries. They did a cover of Circle of the Tyrants in 1990, and you have to look at it with the lense of 1990, not the same year as this cover was made. The arguement doesn't lose weight because Obituary is one of the originals of the Death Metal Scene...

[cornsnicker3]

@cornsnicker3 and as a result, people will view anything they release with a higher opinion automatically. Whether or not it is logical, it is reality. Back to Black Sabbath, if I heard a song from Black Sabbath, I already would like the song more than if it was from a band that I hate, even if the song was the same in every way possible. Opeth is not Obituary and both don't really "care" about genres anyway. They are both music that play fast, heavy, and each with its own sound.

[kathunx97]

@cornsnicker3 i listen to all types of metal, including bands like cannibal corpse and opeth. you, sir, are a fucking retard.

[shadowlink2000000009]

@kathunx97 Dude I like Cannibal Corpse to and Opeth too. Cool =)

[666deathghost]

the begin 0:00 to 0:16 sounded like death/doom for a second

[SoullessOpeth]

Proud fan of these guys. \m/

[Amebixfan]

Not too bad of a cover. Doesn't beat the original of course

[grise123]

in wich year they did this song? awesome cover!!!

[tool619]

for one thing, i prefer the solo here. maybe obituary made a better cover, but the solo here i like very much.

[Darkmolth]

@tool619 In which world could Obituary be better than Opeth?

[navebucketdude]

@Darkmolth in the world of death metal. obituary is great with the heavy dirty guitars, the rock solid druming, the down right nasty evil vocals. but in the world of progressive metal opeth with the bands ability to create amazing atmospheres on the fly. and the solid playing. personally i prefer death metal to progressive metal so i like obituary more but both bands are great.

[unconditionalmalice]

@Darkmolth It's called reality. :P

[kokipWnZ]

nice cover but obituary's was much better.

[sanfran71]

I love opeth but obituary's cover owns!!!

[izzytheduke]

Opeth is great and all, But I'm pretty sure this is a miss labelled Celtic Frost song.... if you listen to both there is no difference, so make your own conclusions.

[PennyDreadful1]

@izzytheduke Really?

You cant hear the piano in the intro and the more epic stuff at the end of the song?

[izzytheduke]

@PennyDreadful1 Yup....your right. I listened to the whole thing again and realize the vocals also are not quite the same.....my bad!

[brobrick]

Good !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[diaryofthedead]

opeth owns all period

[DystoMysto]

this is the only good thing opeth has ever done

[druidoftheanima]

u dont know shit why not go pound salt

[zaphael666]

I concur! :p

[TheCannibalHorse]

this is honestly much heavier than both celtic frost and obituary combined

[kevbot71]

pretty decent cover of the Celtic Frost classic

[1c3d34rth]

I guess I fit firmly into the minority - always preferred Opeth's cover to that of Obituary.. I guess something clicks with me, this cover has, personally, always seemed darker - Mikael's vocals are just so fucking deep.. Nevertheless, it's all good.

[1c3d34rth]

Thank you for the reply and, as much as I appreciate your reply, Opeth are one of the few bands who I've been able to relate to lyrically from an early age. The fact that opeth adress darker yet less "graphic" topics has always been more appealing to me if given the choice between Opeth and the umpteenth thousandth "BR00TAL FUCKING DEATH GORE FUCK FUCK FUCKING METALL" bands who pollute the scene with meaningless lyrics and generic, done-a-million-times-before riffs.

[MrHateworker]

I see what you mean, but that's kind of what death metal is. It's like if you tried you sing Doo Wop with lyrics about white power-- it wouldn't work. The problem with Opeth is that they're trying to make it into prog, which it isn't and never has been.

[1c3d34rth]

Chuck Chuldiner (RIP), guitarist, frontman and lyricist of the legendary Death arguably the pioneer of modern american death metal, was quoted stating in an interview recently before his death, "I'm very picky when it comes to listening to music. I hate the recent clump of Death Metal bands who are carbon copies of their idols. If I want to listen to something that sounds like Morbid Angel, I'd rather listen to the original Morbid Angel."

[diaryofthedead]

you fail....not insulting just being honest....

the thing about opeth is there sound has is and always will be different from what others try to do most other bands try to copy there sound but no one has yet to successfully imitate the sound they create and that is what makes them so talented and creative its almost like they take the sound of pink floyd and mix it with the sound of modern melodic death metal makes it abstract this is what gives it its progressive sound

[PennyDreadful1]

Always when a band sounds a little spacy people compare them to Pink Floyd.

Pink Floyd doesnt use acoustic instruments as much for example if at all.

[diaryofthedead]

i dont compare i just think that opeth may have driven alot of influence from them

[alphabetbeer]

but for that matter these guys are the death metal floyds, they cite floyd as one of their biggest prog influences, and floyd does use alot of acoustics. these guys just use them in a more gothic style

[PennyDreadful1]

@MrHateworker

Alot of the early bands were rather progressive...like Atheist...and Death too....and Cynic.....Gorguts...stuff like that.

You might be into the idea that lyrics define a genre...which it doesnt!

[MrHateworker]

Early Death was not progressive. Gorguts was HARDLY progressive.  Maybe in the later, shitty days they got that way but I wasn't listening anymore.

Opeth bullshit, Death post-Leprosy, Cynic, Atheist veil of maya bullshit == pink frothy AIDS

[PennyDreadful1]

@MrHateworker

Well then now that we know your some sort of sonic coprophagist I dont feel like arguing with you.

Seriously....you dont like anything thats good?

Did your ears not develop?

Did you really hate you parents so much you wanted to torture them with the most obnoxiously extreme noise you could find?

[PennyDreadful1]

@MrHateworker

Im not a blind fan of Opeth.

Alot of the time I find their music pretentious and a little repetetive

they have their great moments but they have a habit of repeating the same short melodies/riffs like five times before moving on to something new for example....annoys me.

[MrHateworker]

Metal this isn't. It's fagmusic.

[PennyDreadful1]

@MrHateworker

Youre right Opeth does have a smoky noirish amosphere at times.

But why are we talking about cigarretes all of a sudden.

[SuicideFixated]

i think you dont know what real metal is

pretty sure you are a 14 year old super hard deathcore fag

right?

[IronMaidenEddy9245]

@Mrhateworker if this is the only song you heard by opeth then you my friend can go fuck yourself before talking!! and if not the go fuck yourself anyway!! :] sound good?

[addictedtochaos666]

get your fucking head out of your ass and open your mind , veil of maya is gay but death ,atheist and cynic are fucking great band. its not because atheist and cynic have progressive stuff in their music that they sucks ,.opeth is an other story its not the same style at all .

[diaryofthedead]

i stand by your opinion opeth is like gods to me i love there music and this cover owns all other covers imo not saying the others are bad just opeth has a sound no one else has

[brutallythrashed]

obituary cover is the best ....

[manuelrk00]

does not fit?, well most genious in this kind of music ......... this doesnot fit

[RedenStattLabern]

Opeth is one of the most genious metal bands, but this cover......it doesn`t fit

[MentallyBlind92]

Mm, Obituary wins. By a lot. XD

[bender121212]

DDDD: excelente cover

[zrandeye]

Opeth is way better than Celtic Frost.

[GizzalM]

Haha, good joke.

[zrandeye]

Luagh it up chuckles.

[conge121]

Celtic Frost> obituary cover> opeth cover

[PerverseRapture]

Obituary cover > Opeth cover

[Nikk0lass]

Obituary version > Opeth version

[neuroelite]

Opeth brings a brilliant perspective to this song but does not supersede nor do I believe did they intend to supersede the original. Equally brutal and epic both versions. :) Thanks for posting this to YT and keep the faith!

[WhAtSwRoNgWiThUsEmOs]

Opeths Cover is Better than the Celtic frost i belive, but credits to Celtic for the writing of the Anthem. Like these bands Check out Scar Symmetry i think they are good.

[kmahl35]

scar symmetry is shit,i saw them live 2 days ago with behemoth...they sucks (scar symmetry)

but opeth is amazing!!!!

[joeydangerously]

I like Opeth and Celtic Frost so fuck off

[dimebag2506]

@joeydangerously don't forget Obituary they made a cover and it's awesome too

[youmustdye]

honestly who cares who wrote the song or who is covering it as long as whoever is playing it is playing it well...... dont bash bands coz u think this band is better or that band is better..... all that matters to some is the band but sometimes the music itself is more important then the band

[emilioshades]

It doesn't matter who's cover is better. Celtc Frost rulez cause they wrote this song people

[HacknSlash12]

Obituary's version owns this.

[kegs666]

That's what a lot of the faggots think.

[dimebag2506]

Shiiiit i only heard this song from obituary Opeth Rules!!!

[SimulacronX]

Obituary is really better

[SwedishBerzerker]

I think this is the best cover because Åkerfeldt has deeper vocals than Obituary's, and I think it sounds more brutal. They also sound more clean and sophisticated somehow. And Opeth has added their own atmosphere to the song, using keyboards and stuff which is pure genius. This is epic.

[proffdannylimoilou]

Nice XD