Richard G.: ‘Remorses To Remember’ once again proves how influential Opeth has been on the metal scene. Especially ‘Blackwater Park’ (2001) and ‘Deliverance’ (2002) generated a lot of new and young fans and left their mark on the musicians amongst them. Pressure Points (date of birth: 2004) is a prime example. All kids who are twenty and a bit years old and who have audibly been raised on a diet of Opeth, Opeth and then some more Opeth.
Throughout all of the material on this debut there are small references to different parts of the Swedish prog metal masters’ discography. The adoration is most strongly pronounced in the song ‘Temptation For Hate’, in which one of the starting riffs comes extremely close to the main riff of ‘Serenity Painted Death’ (from 1999’s ‘Still Life’ album). This is the most literal citation to be found and the real Opethian influences can be found in the stretched out riffs, warm 70s prog sounds (‘Out Of Sync’ starts as something that could have featured on ‘Damnation’) and brutal/clean alternations. The death metal bits are actually pretty ok, but the clean bits are way too symphonic and ‘easy’ (as in simple, power chord progressions) for my liking. The band should be able to appeal to quite a broad audience of prog fans, but if they really want to make it to the top they will have to stamp their own mark on the material and come up with more daring song structures.
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