I am a big fan of his work. He may be an INTP but I am awful at typing people. I guess you can say that his music is appealing to INTPs, because of it's eccentricity, complexity, and lyrical matter.
My top PT albums might be In Absentia, Fear of Blank Planet, Stupid Dream and Sky Moves Sideways.
However, I think I like Grace For Drowning more than all of those. That album just really does it for me. Especially Raider II, that song is immense....it sounds almost like a modern King Crimson's Lizard. I didnt see it as a huge departure in sound for him, as I thought GFD sounded more like older PT albums than the newer ones. I'm more into the prog elements of his music than his hard rock and metal stuff(that newer PT used alot more of)
Opeth's Heritage on the other hand, has been my favorite album for the past 9 months. This album was very off-putting for me at first, because I missed the death metal elements they are known for. But that album is really fuckin good in my opinion. I think Mikael Akerfeldt to me really seems like an INTP. He is very laid back and "cool", with a dry witty sense of humor. Besides, I've always felt that the dynamics and duality in Opeth's music fit my personality and taste to a T.
Still working on getting into that Storm Corrosion(The Wilson/Akerfeldt collaboration). I think it is a great record, really dark and weird(usually my thing) but this album hasnt grabbed me like I hoped. I dig Storm Corrosion, Happy, and Ljudet Innan alot, but the other 3 tracks not as much. It was still very interesting to hear their styles combined, Wilson's keys and Mikes guitar go perfect together. These 3 albums do go great together played in sequence. I'm a sucker for that vintage analog sound(with the modern touch) and I literally cum whenever I hear hammond organs.
I think that his music is tailor made for the INTP, because, at least the online profiles say that we are drawn to complex and melancholy music...Wilson's music is saturated with subtly nuanced complexity, as well as being very cerebral and mournful/dismal...
At present, my 2 favs are the all-out Prog Rocker, Fear of a Blank Planet...and, the much mellower, mellotron-saturated - Signify...It took me a while to appreciate the change in direction found on his first solo outing...And, I truly did not know what to make of what was recently offered to us on Grace For Drowning...
Talk about 'subtle nuance'....The material on both GFD discs are full of fine shades and flavors weaving in and out of each other...Aural architecture at its finest...Sounds like Stevey was listening to tons of King Crimson 'fore entering the studio that month.
I'm used to it, as well as The Incident, by now...Love those albums for what they are...the product of an ever-evolving musical mind...And, unlike most other Opeth fans, I did take to the new direction pretty quickly...I don't think that Aekerfeldt should stay within that style for more than just this one album...But, I'm very familiar with 1970's Progressive Rock, and the new Opeth album fits in with that style pretty comfortably...
I don't think that either gentleman invested enough time and effort in the Storm Corrosion collaboration...I was really expecting a Prog Metal Supergroup-type of monumental behemoth...But, to go with the direction they settled on, I think they should have beefed up the compositions a tad more...There's not enough there to make you want to keep on coming back...The first track has the harmonic blending of the two voices, and that's very, very cool...But, there should just be more things going on to keep it interesting overall.
I've seen Porcupine Tree live once, at Radio City Music Hall...But, have yet to see Opeth...Missed out when they wer playing with Mastodon...Shite!
I'm yet another fan of his works. I hear in his songs deep emotional understanding (in lyrics) and music that just fits for the emotions. And these are my kind of emotions