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- Damnation
- Released 2003
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- Watershed
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Brought together in Stockholm by guitarists Peter Lindgren and Mikael Åkerfeldt in 1990, Opeth added progressive influences and acoustic instrumentation to their brand of Swedish death metal. As the group progressed, it was very common for an Opeth live set to fly in several different musical directions -- and an average song lasted no less than ten minutes. Impressed by their originality, Candlelight Records released their debut full-length in 1995, which was titled Orchid, and featured a rhythm section of bassist Johan de Farfalla and drummer Anders Nordin. Edge of Sanity mastermind Dan Swano produced the band's ambitious second album Morningrise in 1996, after which they embarked on a brief tour with Morbid Angel. Century Media took notice and not only licensed Opeth's first two albums for the United States, but also planned on releasing their next album on both sides of the Atlantic. With the recruitment of bassist Martin Mendez and drummer Martin Lopez (ex-Amon Amarth) to replace the departed de Farfalla and Nordin, Opeth's third album, My Arms, Your Hearse, was released in 1998 to glowing reviews, establishing the band as a leading force in progressive metal with death roots.
Released in 1999, Still Life displayed even more of the band's prog rock influences, and the following year the band played its first U.S. concert at the Milwaukee Metalfest. Blackwater Park, titled after an obscure psychedelic prog outfit from the '70s, was released in early 2001. The album created a huge buzz among progressive metal fans, who had begun to lump the band in with other experimental metal bands like Tiamat. Instead of waiting until the buzz died down, the band released Deliverance in the fall of 2002. The following year Opeth surprised fans with the release of Damnation, an album that was almost completely devoid of any heavy metal trappings and focused instead on acoustic instruments and traditional songwriting. Ghost Reveries arrived in 2005 and proved to be a return to form for the band. Opeth returned in 2007 with Roundhouse Tapes: Opeth Live, and in 2008 with the all-new studio album Watershed. ~ Mike DaRonco, All Music Guide
Released in 1999, Still Life displayed even more of the band's prog rock influences, and the following year the band played its first U.S. concert at the Milwaukee Metalfest. Blackwater Park, titled after an obscure psychedelic prog outfit from the '70s, was released in early 2001. The album created a huge buzz among progressive metal fans, who had begun to lump the band in with other experimental metal bands like Tiamat. Instead of waiting until the buzz died down, the band released Deliverance in the fall of 2002. The following year Opeth surprised fans with the release of Damnation, an album that was almost completely devoid of any heavy metal trappings and focused instead on acoustic instruments and traditional songwriting. Ghost Reveries arrived in 2005 and proved to be a return to form for the band. Opeth returned in 2007 with Roundhouse Tapes: Opeth Live, and in 2008 with the all-new studio album Watershed. ~ Mike DaRonco, All Music Guide
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Beautiful music
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- By G1R2TS
- 9/29/2009 06:14:49
- This band will take you on a trip through a few musical genres in only one song. So dynamic,so powerful yet, at times very gentle.
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Opeth makes me cum
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- By The Madness 8
- 5/26/2009 00:33:21
- Seriously. Opeth is like the ultimate band.
They are fucking amazing.
I fucking cum whenever I hear bleak. - 2 out of 4 people
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Beyond Incredible.
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- By CocoCarbon
- 12/11/2008 23:52:32
- Opeth is very difficult to describe. They are absolutely everything that is right with modern rock and metal. They are the evolution of where the genre needed to go. Equally as brutal as they are melodic, the band absolutely makes most modern American rock, metal, what have you, look cheap and uninspired by comparison. Metallica that includes you.
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Mikael Akerfeldt is Jesus.
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- By MikaelAkerfeldt
- 10/30/2008 17:55:57
- Mikael Akerfeldt is the most artistic musical genius of our time.
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Mikael Åkerfeldt is Opeth !
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- By waltherp991968
- 8/5/2008 01:04:05
- This man will lead you on a musical education that will leave you speechless. This is a man who makes music like bach,beethoven,chopin,mozart of there time. Bands like metallica and tool should be grateful there from Sweden, because we would all hail Opeth!!!
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