What a disappointment! My boxset is supposed to arrive on Tuesday. I can't cancel it anymore. To make things even worse, I've played the album twice on Spotify and must say I don't really get the music. Opeth is probably my favourite current band. I love their old style. I love their new style (to me, "Pale Communion" is one of their best albums). I don't know if it's just me but especially the heavier parts sound very generic. Opeth had an unique ability to make heavy sections sound beautiful, despite the use of dissonances and (in past years) growls, which I don't hear here.
I like "Will O the Wisp", "The Wilde Flowers" (except for the verses)... Seems like "A Strange Brew" may grow on me, and "The Sevent Sojourn" and "Sorceress 2" are interesting. But I need to make a effort to think of songs/sections I really like and that's something new for me when it comes to Opeth.
I was hoping that some atmospheric and psychedelic parts would sound great on a good 5.1 mix, and that hope is gone now too. We'll see if a few more listens of the physical album might change my impression.