Metal fans- Opeth Ghost Reveries in 5.1

This is good news. GR is a great recording to begin with, and the documentary should be good (like the one on their last DVD).


Chris

Ghost Reveries was the best album of 2005, IMO, so that is exciting news! I'm annoyed at having to buy yet ANOTHER album again, though. I've decided to hold off on the new Flaming Lips album until it comes out in 5.1--gotta draw the line somewhere.


I hope the 5.1 mix is a little more aggressive than the 5.1 mix of Mastodon's Leviathan, which was hardly different from the stereo...


As a side note, does anyone have the DualDisc of Lamb of God - Ashes of the Wake? A great album, but I was skeptical as to how it would benefit from 5.1 sound...

This is awesome news. Here's hoping the 5.1 mix will be hi-res given GR was released as a HDCD and the Steve Wilson/porcupine tree connection.


Although all that video would take up a lot of space if it's a single disc release.

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Have it, found it pretty bad. The vocals are mixed distractingly way up (apparently in all 5 speakers - zeroing the center doesn't help) and you're right, there's too few elements to really benefit from a surround mix (which isn't a bad thing). Dolby digital only too. It's a fine, brutal album in stereo, but doesn't really get any more brutal with more speakers.

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Excellent news! Thanks!

Great News!

Leviathan sounds like it was recorded in a tin can to begin with, so I guess I wouldn't have much hope for the surround mix. I actually read somewhere that Leviathan was criticized for being too "produced". Geez, I know that it's supposed to be hardcore, but that doesn't mean it has to sound like crap. Other metal CDs I'd like to see in 5.1:


Orphaned Land: Mabool (this would be amazing)

Moonspell: The Antidote (sounds great in stereo)


Chris

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Moonspell anything would be awesome.

Awesome!!! It be sweet if they released Damnation as a SACD too.

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I agree 100%. Despite being mellow, Damnation is my 2nd favorite Opeth album. Phenominal song-writing.

I agree, it's totally mellow, but an awesome disc.


Do you listen to Katatonia at all? I'd love to have Viva Emptiness and the Great Cold Distance in sacd.

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You can't forget Last Fair Deal Gone Down

excellent point!

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Just to update everyone, Roadrunner postponed the release of this album until October 31st. Info from Roadrunner's site including disc contents and cover art:
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/artists/Opeth/

I hope it is in high-res, but I'm not holding my breath.


Does anyone here have the Xandria - Ravenheart SACD? I quite like it, though the sound isn't great at all.

That should be sweeet! I hope its a hi rez version in there

Too bad i don't have a 5.1 setup anywhere

Well, I purchased the deluxe CD/DVD release today and gave the 5.1 a listen. First off, it's only in DTS or DD 5.1, no high res DVD-Audio. First impressions were that clarity is improved, especially in clean guitars/vocals sections, but overall depth is not up to par with what I'm used to on surround recordings. The mix is pretty boring as well. I was really, really hoping they would've used the surround channels aggressively for the ambient keyboard parts, vocal harmonies, and complex multi-layered guitar riffs. Instead it's pretty standard "stage" imaging across the front three. Some prefer that, but I may have spoiled my preferences by picking up the three DVD-A Porcupine Tree releases recently which are outstanding, unorthodox mixes IMO. While I am a bit underwhelmed with the disc, it was still worth the 17 bucks for the documentary and the better-than-CD clarity.

Yep, seconded. Well worth it for the extra clarity (Is it 96/24 DTS? my player doesn't indicate) and the bass is appropriately brutal, but it's hardly an adventurous surround mix. Still, it could have been worse ... at least it's not a ridiculous abonination like the DD 5.1 version of Ashes of the Wake.