Opeth es una banda de death metal progresivo sueca formada en 1990 por su compositor principal, Mikael Åkerfeldt.
Posee en sus composiciones influencias del rock progresivo, jazz, blues y de guitarras acústicas de corte clásico y folk —más notorias en su álbum Blackwater Park (2001), y su último lanzamiento, Ghost Reveries (2005). Además, también se aprecia una evidente influencia del death metal, especialmente en la manera de cantar de su vocalista, Mikael Åkerfeldt, y su a veces ruda propuesta musical.
Desde la grabación de su primer disco, han lanzado 8 álbumes de estudio, un DVD, un box set, tres singles y su primer álbum en vivo. Una completa excepción de su estilo musical es el álbum Damnation (2003) que muestra un estilo absolutamente orientado hacia el rock progresivo.
Orchid
Full-length, Candlelight Records
May 15th, 1995
320 kbps
1. In Mist She Was Standing 14:06
2. Under the Weeping Moon 09:50
3. Silhouette 03:05
4. Forest of October 13:02
5. The Twilight Is My Robe 10:59
6. Requiem 01:08
7. The Apostle in Triumph 13:01
Total playing time 01:05:31
Mikael Akerfeldt: electric and acoustic guitars, lead vocals
Johan De Farfalla: electric and acoustic bass guitars, backing vocals
Anders Nordin: drums and percussion, piano
Peter Lindgren: electric and acoustic guitars
Morningrise
Full-length, Candlelight Records
June 24th, 1996
320 kbps
1. Advent 13:45
2. The Night and the Silent Water 10:58
3. Nectar 10:09 [view lyrics]
4. Black Rose Immortal 20:14
5. To Bid You Farewell 10:56
Total playing time 01:06:05
Mikael Akerfeldt: vocals, electric and acoustic guitars
Peter Lindgren: electric and acoustic guitars
Johan DeFarfalla: bass
Anders Nordin: drums and percussion
My Arms, Your Hearse
Full-length, Candlelight Records
August 18th, 1998
320 kbps
1. Prologue 00:59
2. April Ethereal 08:41
3. When 09:15
4. Madrigal 01:25
5. The Amen Corner 08:44
6. Demon of the Fall 06:13
7. Credence 05:27
8. Karma 07:52
9. Epilogue 04:00
Total playing time 52:36
Mikael Akerfeldt: vocals, guitars, bass
Peter Lindgren: guitars
Martin Lopez: drums
Fredrik Nordström: Hammond organ in the "Epilogue"
Still Life
Full-length, Peaceville Records
October 18th, 1999
320 kbps
1. The Moor 11:26
2. Godhead's Lament 09:47
3. Benighted 05:01
4. Moonlapse Vertigo 09:00
5. Face of Melinda 07:59
6. Serenity Painted Death 09:14
7. White Cluster 10:02
Total playing time 01:02:29
Mikael Akerfeldt: vocals, guitars
Peter Lindgren: guitars
Martin Lopez: drums
Martin Mendez: bass
Blackwater Park
Full-length, Music For Nations
March 12th, 2001
320 vbr
1. The Leper Affinity 10:23
2. Bleak 09:16
3. Harvest 06:01
4. The Drapery Falls 10:54
5. Dirge for November 07:54
6. The Funeral Portrait 08:44
7. Patterns in the Ivy 01:53
8. Blackwater Park 12:08
Total playing time 01:07:13
Mikael Åkerfeldt : Guitar, vocals
Peter Lindgren : Guitars
Martin Lopez : Drums
Martin Mendez : Bass
Deliverance
Full-length, Music for Nations
November 12th, 2002
128 kbps
1. Wreath 11:10
2. Deliverance 13:36
3. A Fair Judgement 10:24
4. For Absent Friends 02:17
5. Master's Apprentices 10:32
6. By the Pain I See in Others 13:51
Total playing time 01:01:50
Mikael Åkerfeldt - Guitars, vocals
Peter Lindgren - Guitars
Martin Mendez - Bass
Martin Lopez - Drums
Damnation
Full-length, Music For Nations
April 22nd, 2003
320 kbps
1. Windowpane 07:44
2. In My Time of Need 05:50
3. Death Whispered a Lullaby 05:49
4. Closure 05:16
5. Hope Leaves 04:30
6. To Rid the Disease 06:21
7. Ending Credits 03:40
8. Weakness 04:09
Total playing time 43:19
Mikael Åkerfeldt - Guitars, vocals
Peter Lindgren - Guitars
Martin Mendez - Bass
Martin Lopez - Drums
Live At Shepherd's Bush Empire
DVD, Music for Nations
November 24th, 2003
160 kbps
1. Windowpane 09:15
2. In My Time of Need 06:37
3. Death Whispered a Lullaby 07:10
4. Closure 09:44
5. Hope Leaves 06:11
6. To Rid the Disease 07:11
7. Ending Credits 04:22
8. Harvest 06:15
9. Weakness 06:04
10. Master's Apprentices 10:34
11. The Drapery Falls 10:55
12. Deliverance 12:38
13. The Leper Affinity 11:01
14. A Fair Judgement 13:51
Total playing time 02:01:48
Mikael Åkerfeldt - Guitars, vocals
Peter Lindgren - Guitars
Martin Mendez - Bass
Martin Lopez - Drums
Ghost Reveries
Full-length, Roadrunner Records
August 29th, 2005
320 vbr
1. Ghost of Perdition 10:29
2. The Baying of the Hounds 10:41
3. Beneath the Mire 07:58
4. Atonement 06:28
5. Reverie / Harlequin Forest 11:39
6. Hours of Wealth 05:21
7. The Grand Conjuration 10:21
8. Isolation Years 03:52
Total playing time 01:06:49
Mikael - Guitar, Vocals
Peter - Guitar
Martin Lopez - Drums
Per - Keyboards
Martin Mendez - Bass
Soldier Of Fortune
Single, Roadrunner Records
March 6th, 2007
1. Soldier Of Fortune 03:28
2. Soldier Of Fortune (live) 04:00
Total playing time 07:28
The Roundhouse Tapes
Live album, Peaceville Records
November 5th, 2007
320 kbps
Disc 1
1. When 10:28
2. Ghost of Perdition 10:57
3. Under the Weeping Moon 10:28
4. Bleak 08:39
5. Face of Melinda 09:58
6. The Night and the Silent Water 10:29
Disc 2
1. Windowpane 08:01
2. Blackwater Park 18:59
3. Demon of the Fall 08:13
Total playing time 01:36:12
Watershed
Full-length, Roadrunner Records
May 30th, 2008
1. Coil 03:07
2. Heir Apparent 08:51
3. The Lotus Eater 08:48
4. Burden 07:42
5. Porcelain Heart 08:01
6. Hessian Peel 11:26
7. Hex Omega 06:59
bonus
8.Derelict Herds (6:29)
9.Bridge of Sighs (5:56) (Robin Trower cover)
10.Den Ständiga Resan (4:10) (Marie Fredriksson cover)
Total playing time 01:51:54
Mikael Åkerfeldt: vocals, guitar, production
Fredrik Åkesson: guitar
Martin Mendez: bass
Martin Axenrot: drums, percussion
Per Wiberg: keyboards
Nathalie Lorichs: guest vocals on "Coil"
Burden
Single, Roadrunner Records
December 9th, 2008
256 kbps
1. Burden (Radio Edit) 04:09
2. Mellotron Heart 05:28
3. Would? (Alice in Chains Cover) 03:43
Total playing time 13:20
Damnation
Piano Version
2005
192 kbps
01.Windowpane
02.In My Time of Need
03.Death Whispered a Lullaby
04.Closure
05.Hope Leaves
06.To Rid the Disease
07.Ending Credits
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