Opeth

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Opeth is a Swedish heavy metal band from Stockholm, formed in 1990.
Though the group has been through several personnel changes, singer, guitarist, and songwriter Mikael Ã…kerfeldt has remained Opeth's driving force throughout the years.

Opeth has released ten studio albums, three live DVDs, three live albums (two in conjunction with DVDs), and two boxsets.

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Opeth is a Swedish progressive metal band from Stockholm, formed in 1990. Though the group has been through several personnel changes, singer, guitarist, and songwriter Mikael Ã…kerfeldt has remained Opeth's driving force throughout the years. Opeth has consistently incorporated progressive, folk, blues, classical and jazz influences into their usually lengthy compositions, as well as strong influences from black metal and death metal, especially in their early works. Many songs include acoustic guitar passages and strong dynamic shifts, as well as both death growls and clean vocals. Opeth rarely made live appearances supporting their first four albums; but since conducting their first world tour after the 2001 release of Blackwater Park, they have led several major world tours.

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Discography

Album

Year Title Rating Releases
1995 Orchid 3.5 11
1996 Morningrise 5 9
1998 My Arms, Your Hearse 4.65 10
1999 Still Life 4.3 5
2001 Blackwater Park 4.65 12
2002 Deliverance 4.75 8
2003 Damnation 3.85 11
2005 Ghost Reveries 4.75 20
2007 Blackwater Park / Deliverance 3 1
2008 Watershed 4.8 11
2011 Heritage 3.65 8

Album + Compilation

Year Title Rating Releases
2006 Opeth Box Set Compilation 5 1
2008 The Candlelight Years Compilation 5 3
2009 The Wooden Box Compilation 4 2

Album + Live

Year Title Rating Releases
2003 Lamentations: Live at Shepherd's Bush Empire 2003 Live 5 4
2007 The Roundhouse Tapes Live 5 5
2010 In Live Concert at the Royal Albert Hall Live 3 5
2011 The Devil's Orchard: Live at Rock Hard Festival 2009 Live 1
2001-04-10: Springfield, VA, USA Live 1
2001-04-12: The Smell of Death: Chicago, IL, USA Live 1
2001-11-13: La Locomotive, Paris, France Live 1
2001-12-07: The Shelter, Dublin, Ireland Live 1
2003-02-13: Montreal, QC, Canada Live 1
2003-04-18: Inferno Festival, Oslo, Norway Live 1
2003-07-18: Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel, Providence, RI, USA Live 1
2003-07-23: St. Andrews Hall, Detroit, MI, USA Live 1
2005-07-31: Sounds of the Underground, Denver, CO, USA Live 1
2005-09-21: Klubben, Stockholm, Sweden Live 1
2005-12-22: De Boerderij, Zoetermeer, The Netherlands Live 1
2006-11-10: Manchester, UK Live 1
2009-02-16: Pakkahuone, Tampere, Finland Live 1
Welcome to the Drapery Falls Cafe Live 1

Single

Year Title Rating Releases
2001 The Drapery Falls (radio edit) 1
2003 Still Day Beneath the Sun 1
2008 Mellotron Heart 1
2008 Burden 2
2008 Porcelain Heart 1
2010 Dirge for November 1
2011 The Throat of Winter 2 1
2011 The Devil's Orchard 5 2

Other

Year Title Rating Releases
1993 Apostle in Triumph 1

Live

Year Title Rating Releases
1991: Akalla, Stockholm, Sweden Live 1
1996-11-13: Club Splendid, Lille, France Live 1
2000-07-29: Milwaukee Metalfest, Milwaukee, WI, USA Live 1
2003-05-28: Live on TV4 (Swedish TV-Network) Live 1

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