Good morning metal fans! Yesterday, Kings of ‘ folk-prog-death’ Opeth, released a new music video… of sorts! ‘Paragraph One’ is the opening track to the newest Opeth album (and my pick for album of the year 2024), ‘The Last Will And Testament.’ A concept album where each track is a new paragraph in the reading of a will. ‘Paragraph One’ gives us the family of the deceased starting to hear the Will… secrets and betrayals unfold…
Not known particularly for their music videos, Opeth here, give is quite simply what they do best… the band playing the track. The video is footage of them playing ‘live’ in a studio or rehearsal room. Its fantastic to see the band playing these complex rhythms and structures. And while it’s brilliant to see, for me it does distract from the imagined World conjured by the track itself. Don’t get me wrong, it has it’s place and it’s great to watch. But it doesn’t supersede the joy of listening to the album and getting lost in the story.
Watch the full video to ‘Paragraph One’ here.
Chris \m/
