“The Wilde Flowers” is a truly wild melange of musical styles. The Geezer Butler-esque bassline and explosive kick drums make it the most accessible thing here – its instrumental section keeps it firmly in prog terrain, however. This track somewhat recalls the Pale Communion sessions but is far more unhinged. Joakim Svalberg’s knotty organ riff dominates the opening moment before a crushing syncopated guitar riff joins in. It gives way to the title track and first single. Opener “Persephone” has a brief nylon-string guitar sketch in waltz time that could have come from folk music antiquity. Åkerfeldt’s inspirations this time out may still recall prog sources, but there are heavier ones, too: Black Sabbath and the Ritchie Blackmore/Jon Lord-era of Deep Purple. He enlisted Tom Dalgety as co-producer (who also engineered and mixed) and Opeth recorded it in twelve days at Rockfield Studios in Wales. Uncharacteristically, Åkerfeldt wrote the album quickly.
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