Damnation (album)

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Damnation
Damnation cover
Studio album by Opeth
Released 22 April 2003
Recorded 22 July-4 September 2002
Genre Progressive rock
Length 43:18
Label Koch Records
Producer(s) Opeth and Steven Wilson
Professional reviews
Opeth chronology
Deliverance
(2002)
Damnation
(2003)
Ghost Reveries
(2005)


Damnation is Opeth's seventh album, released in April 2003, following the band's previous album Deliverance the year before. The album was a radical departure from their typical death metal sound and into the much softer, 1970s progressive rock genre. The album gained critical acclaim and was a major boost for their popularity, leading to the release of Lamentations on DVD in 2004.

It was Opeth's first album to reach the Billboard Top 200, with a peak at #193. It also charted #14 on the Top Independent Albums chart. Windowpane was the album's single and has a music video for it, which is edited down from its original length.

Recorded simultaneously with Deliverance, Damnation was entirely void of the musical elements of death metal and instead showcased a 1970s progressive rock vibe. The album was also produced by Steven Wilson, who contributed backing vocals and keyboards, and co-wrote one song, Death Whispered a Lullaby. Mikael Åkerfeldt dedicated Deliverance and Damnation to his grandmother, who died in a car accident during the recording.[citation needed]

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Windowpane" – 7:45
  2. "In My Time of Need" – 5:49
  3. "Death Whispered a Lullaby" – 5:49
  4. "Closure" – 5:15
  5. "Hope Leaves" – 4:30
  6. "To Rid the Disease" – 6:21
  7. "Ending Credits" – 3:39
  8. "Weakness" – 4:10

[edit] Notes

The chorus of "To Rid the Disease" bears a striking resemblance of a track from Mikael Åkerfeldt's sideproject Sörskogen, "Mordet i Grottan."[1]

[edit] Credits

[edit] Charts

USA - Album[2]

Year Chart Peak Position
2003 Heatseekers #10
2003 The Billboard 200 #192
2003 Top Independent Albums #14

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Opeth
Mikael Åkerfeldt | Peter Lindgren | Martin Mendez | Martin Axenrot | Per Wiberg
David Isberg | Andreas Dimeo | Kim Pettersson | Johan DeFarfalla | Stefan Guteklint | Mattias Ander | Nick Döring | Anders Nordin | Martin Lopez
Discography
Studio Albums: Orchid | Morningrise | My Arms, Your Hearse | Still Life | Blackwater Park | Deliverance | Damnation | Ghost Reveries
Singles: The Drapery Falls | Still Day Beneath the Sun | The Grand Conjuration
Live Albums: Lamentations
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