[3/5]
As live albums go, The Roundhouse Tapes is impeccable: Capturing Opeth at a 2006 U.K. gig, after 18 months on tour in support of 2005's masterful Ghost Reveries, the two-CD set finds the Swedish prog/black/death-metal unit sounding telepathically tight and at the peak of their powers. Thing is, Opeth's studio albums are already so impeccable-each one a keen balance of darkness and light, melody and aggression, technique and brute force-as well as gratifyingly long, that it's a shame to have just nine of their songs represented here. From Reveries' "Ghost Of Perdition" to the title track from 2001's Blackwater Park, this is some righteous material; and while there's no fun in having to pay extra, it's a good thing there's a companion DVD with bonus material, because fans won't want this set to end. (PEACEVILLE; peaceville.com) Aaron Burgess
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