More Images. Please enable Javascript to take full advantage of our site features. Edit Artist. Opeth is a Swedish progressive metal band from Stockholm, formed in 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 release of "Blackwater Park," they have led several world tours. In , they published "Heritage. It would be impossible for us to play just death metal; that is our roots, but we are now a mishmash of everything, and not purists to any form of music. It's impossible for us to do that, and quite frankly I would think of it as boring to be in a band that plays just metal music.
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Best viewed without Internet Explorer, in x resolution or higher. Metal Archives loading Username Password Login. Bands alphabetical country genre Labels alphabetical country Reviews R. Privacy Policy. Buy their stuff Search on eBay more Opeth is the name taken from the novel Sunbird by author Wilbur Smith and was originally spelled "Opet".
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We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cookies as described in our Cookie Policy. Since their arrival in as the self-proclaimed "most evil band in the world," Sweden's Opeth have become one of the most influential heavy metal groups in all of Northern Europe. Though their musical beginning was rooted in occult-saturated, doomy death metal, as evidenced by 's Orchid and the following year's Morningrise, by the time they issued 's globally acclaimed My Arms, Your Hearse, they were already threading progressive elements into their music. As the band's individuals grew musically and personnel shifted, their approach and sonic palette expanded. By the time they issued 's Ghost Reveries, a foundational fusion of death and prog metal, they were charting in dozens of countries, including the Top Ten in their native Sweden. In the s, Opeth pursued full-on prog-cum-folk-metal for 's Heritage, an album that signified the band's long-expected departure from the death metal aesthetic; they underscored it with an exclamation point on 's Pale Communion, which sold more than 19, copies during its first week of release in the United States. 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 , 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 , after which they embarked on a brief tour with Morbid Angel.
Opeth has consistently incorporated progressive , folk , blues , classical , and jazz influences into its usually lengthy compositions, as well as strong influences from death metal , especially in their early works. Many songs include acoustic guitar passages and strong dynamic shifts, as well as demonic vocal characterization. Opeth is also well known for their incorporation of Mellotrons in their work. Opeth rarely made live appearances supporting their first four albums, but since conducting their first world tour after the release of Blackwater Park , they have led several major world tours. Opeth has released 13 studio albums, four live DVDs, four live albums three that are in conjunction with DVDs , and two boxsets. The band released its debut album Orchid in Although their eighth studio album, Ghost Reveries , was quite popular in the United States, Opeth did not experience major American commercial success until the release of their ninth studio album, Watershed , which peaked at No.
