My Arms, Your Hearse

My Arms, Your Hearse
Studio album by Opeth
Publication (s)	1998
admission	August and September 1997
Label (s)	Candlelight Records
Title (number)	9
running time	52:38
occupation	Vocals , guitar , bass : Mikael Åkerfeldt Guitar: Peter Lindgren Drums : Martin Lopez
production	Opeth and Fredrik Nordström
Studio (s)	Studio Fredman
chronology Morningrise (1996) My Arms, Your Hearse Still Life (1999)

My Arms, Your Hearse is the third studio album by the Swedish metal band Opeth . It was released on Candlelight Records in 1998 .

Creation and publication

Following the release of Morningrise , Opeth toured Europe with Cradle of Filth . Subsequently, the bassist Johan DeFarfalla was fired and the drummer Anders Nordin got out to live in Brazil. For the third album Mikael Åkerfeldt took over the bass himself, the new drummer was Martin Lopez. My Arms, Your Hearse , the lyrical concept of which was created before the musical compositions, was recorded in the summer of 1997 at Studio Fredman . Fredrik Nordström was co-producer and played the Hammond organ . The album was mastered by Göran Finnberg in The Mastering Room. My Arms, Your Hearse is named after a text passage from the track "Drip Drip" from Comus ' debut album.

After the release, Lopez's friend Martin Mendez became the new bass player, Opeth performed a few times in the UK and signed a record deal with Peaceville Records . Candlelight Records put My Arms, Your Hearse first time in 2000, each with a Celtic Frost - and Iron Maiden - Cover scratch, in 2003 a limited edition appeared in a tin can. There were also various LP editions.

Track list

1. Prologue - 0:59
2. April Ethereal - 8:41
3. When - 9:14
4. Madrigal - 1:26
5. The Amen Corner - 8:43
6. Demon of the Fall - 6:13
7. Credence - 5:26
8. Karma - 7:52
9. Epilogue - 3:59

Bonus title

10. Circle of the Tyrant - 5:12
11. Remember Tomorrow - 5:00

style

Opeth evolve compared to the debut and Morningrise and present their first concept album with My Arms, Your Hearse . The death metal roots are clearly recognizable, but there are also influences from progressive rock . So there are hard riffs , double bass passages and guttural singing , but also harmonic solos , calm and acoustic passages, catchy melodies and bright vocals. The varied and atmospheric pieces and their texts flow into one another. The lyrical concept tells the story of a deceased who, as a ghost, has to deal with the painful farewell to his wife and his eternal loneliness.

reception

The album was positively received by the press. Frank Stöver from Rock Hard finds it independent and in 1998 attested that the band had great potential. Steve Huey from Allmusic judges that the album varies textures and moods in such a way that the listener does not lose interest in the long pieces. Captain Chaos from vampster sums up: “OPETH never delivered more creativity, sincerity, visionary songwriting, denser arrangements, they never gave an album that was more self-contained and that gave the listener so much. Ten years have passed since this masterpiece was published, it has lost none of its fascination. "

Web links

• My Arms, Your Hearse on Allmusic (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ MAYH session diary ( Memento from July 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), opeth.com (archive version )
2. ↑ comusmusic.co.uk , accessed January 1, 2013.
3. ↑ Biography - Chapter IV ( Memento of July 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), opeth.com , accessed January 1, 2013.
4. ↑ ^{a b} David Nagel: Opeth: My Arms, Your Hearse , the-pit.de , accessed on April 8, 2013.
5. ↑ ^{a b} Steve Huey: My Arms, Your Hearse on Allmusic , accessed January 1, 2013.
6. ↑ ^{a b} Frank Stöver: Opeth. My Arms, Your Hearse , Rock Hard # 135, accessed January 1, 2013.
7. ↑ ^{a b} Captain Chaos: Opeth: My Arms, Your Hearse (Hell of Fame) , vampster , accessed January 1, 2013.