Time and distance. I’ve been thinking a lot about those concepts, and how they relate to the media and – specifically – music I consume. And between the news of Opeth returning with a new album (with death growls, at least on the single) as well as the news of a remastered, special edition the debut from Storm Corrosion, the collaboration between Mikael Åkerfeldt and Steven Wilson it was time to revisit that eponymous album, one I viscerally rebelled against at the time of its release. What was this thing that was neither what I wanted from Opeth nor Porcupine Tree? Certainly nothing to get me excited or pumped up for, so there it sat for 14 years. Surprise (no surprise), a decade of growth and musical consumption now yield a very different opinion of Storm Corrosion the album, so let’s get into it.

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