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- Blackwater Park (Music For Nations, 2001) Although Opeth's 90s output would earn them much acclaim, it was 2001's Blackwater Park that finally brought the band the popularity they so desperately deserved.
- Ghost Reveries (Roadrunner, 2005) There couldn't be a better sign of Opeth's establishment as one of the most exciting bands in metal than their signning to Roadrunner in 2005.
- Damnation (Music For Nations, 2003) Opeth's first experiment with ditching death metal entirely remains their finest work in the form. Unlike later releases, where it can often feel like the band are painting with a more limited palette, Damnation still keeps much of the magic and wonder of Opeth's turn-of-the-millennium sonics, embracing and exploring prog without losing some of their own identity in the process.
- Still Life (Peaceville, 1999) Opeth's time on Peaceville was brief, but yielded impressive fruit. After embracing the concept album on My Arms, Your Hearse, Opeth revisited the idea with Still Life, weaving an anti-religious narrative around immensely dynamic progressive death metal.
- Orchid
- Watershed
- Heritage
- Morningrise
- Damnation
Let’s be clear: There are no bad Opeth albums. There are only the unfocused and messy ones and the undisputed masterpieces. Orchid falls into the former category. There are enough elements of the sound they’d later perfect on Still Life and Blackwater Park to keep fans of their later, more polished material happy. But they still sound like a band t...
A clear sign that the band and their leader, Mikael Åkerfeldt, had perfected and pushed their unique, progressive death metal sound about as far as they could, Watershed is the only Opeth record that could be described as sounding tired. Their keyboard player, Per Wiberg, who was only credited as a full-time band member on their previous record, Gh...
After Watershed, Opeth dove headfirst into straight-up progressive rock, with Åkerfeldt abandoning his characteristic death-growls for his equally distinctive, smooth baritone for the follow-up, Heritage. The songs are packed with enough gnarled, spidery riffs to remind us that we’re listening to an Opeth record, but the distortion on the guitars i...
Opeth’s second album found them really leaning into their ambitious songcraft. There are only five songs on Morningrise, but they each exceed ten minutes (including their longest track to date, the 20-minute onslaught of “Black Rose Immortal”). Each track is crammed full of acoustic interludes, whiplash rhythmic changes, and contrapuntal guitar lin...
Though Heritage would be a demarcation between the two halves of their career (or, depending on how you look at it, the middle third and the latter third), it wasn’t the first time Opeth recorded an album without death-growls and distortion. Damnation was recorded simultaneously with Deliverance, with the albums signifying the two sides of their mu...
- Still Life (1999) So if Blackwater Park is so fucking good, why does it take the silver medal, not the gold? Blackwater Park is a refinement, not a revolution.
- Blackwater Park (2001) The perennially popular Blackwater Park remains one of the most highly-regarded records in music period. The data doesn’t lie: it breaks the all-time top 50 on the always-dubious Sputnikmsuic review list and holds steady at #6 across genres for 2001, maintains a respectable 78% on Metal Archives despite multiple reviews intended simply to tank its score, and maintains a 3.93 on Rateyourmusic where it has even stiffer competition and even more ratings, breaking that site’s top 200.
- Damnation (2003) There’s a common conception among longtime Opeth fans that boils down to a simple dichotomy: death metal records good, but prog rock records bad.
- My Arms, Your Hearse (1998) With the addition of Martin Méndez and Peter Lindgren, Opeth’s classic lineup fell into place and the band’s sound crystallized.
Aug 13, 2016 · This is easily the most controversial album Opeth ever released, and caused many a closed-minded fan to jump ship. Although the second album not to feature any death growls, ‘Heritage’ was a much larger departure from their previous sound. Any pretense to metal, or even the general vibe of earlier mellow songs, were abandoned, and the sound ...
Oct 4, 2016 · 11. Heritage (2011) A divisive album for even the group’s most loyal fans, Heritage came three years after what still remains Opeth’s most experimental album, 2008’s Watershed. For many ...
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Standout songs are Sorceress, Era and Chrysalis. The album also feels like it lacks a tiny bit of that last opeth touch, but still a must listen, like every opeth album is. 12: Orchid: 9/10: One of the best debut albums of all time right here. They just play one fantastic idea after another on each song.
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Damn this one took a while, didn't realize how much of their material I still needed to brush up on. Anyway, Opeth have a very interesting discography that has undergone quite the evolution. They have also released some of my favorite albums of all time, so I thought this would be a good artist to rank next. Average opinion (Based on RYM rating) 13. Heritage 12. Sorceress 11. Pale Communion 10 ...
