When it comes to Opeth, I do want full-on death metal, so my disappointment that ‘Damnation’ wasn’t a one-off experiment is a bit of a barrier. Perhaps I’ll appreciate ‘Watershed’ after multiple playthroughs, but each time I reach for the CD I’m more inclined to grab ‘Blackwater Park’ or ‘Still Life’ instead.

The down side of liking progressive music is that it sometimes goes in directions I wouldn’t choose to follow; I can respect that, even if I don’t especially like it.