Opeth live at Ruisrock 2008 in Turku, Finland |
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Releases | ||
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↙Studio albums | 10 | |
↙Live albums | 3 | |
↙EPs | 1 | |
↙Singles | 10 | |
↙Video albums | 3 | |
↙Music videos | 5 | |
↙Box sets | 2 |
The discography of Opeth, a Stockholm, Sweden-based heavy metal band, consists of ten studio albums, three live albums, two box sets, and three video albums.
Opeth was formed in 1990 by vocalist David Isberg. He later recruited bassist Mikael Åkerfeldt without the consent of the other band members he previously hired, which resulted in the departure of all members except Isberg and Åkerfeldt. Isberg soon left, but Åkerfeldt decided to remain in the band and keep it in activity. For this he contacted guitarist Peter Lindgren, bassist Johan DeFarfalla, and drummer Anders Nordin.[1] With this lineup, they recorded a demo, which led to the band’s first record label contract. Candlelight Records signed the band.[2] In 1995, Opeth released their first studio album, Orchid, and after more changes to the lineup, the band released Morningrise and My Arms, Your Hearse in 1996 and 1997 respectively.[3]
Åkerfeldt and Lindgren, the two remaining members of the band, asked drummer Martin Lopez and bassist Martin Mendez to join the band, both of whom accepted. In 1999, they released the concept album Still Life.[4] Steven Wilson joined Opeth in the studio for their fifth album, 2001's Blackwater Park, producing and providing extra backing vocals and instruments. The band supported the album with their first worldwide tour.[5] After promoting the album, Opeth entered the studio again, recording two albums. The first album, Deliverance that was released in 2002, debuted at number 19 on the Top Heatseekers in the United States.[6] The second album, Damnation was released a year later, and peaked at number 192 on the Billboard 200.[4][6] Per Wiberg joined the band as a keyboardist and recorded Ghost Reveries, which peaked at number 64 on the Billboard 200.[6] Lopez and Lindgren both left Opeth and were replaced by Martin Axenrot and Fredrik Åkesson. In 2008, the band released their ninth studio album Watershed, which debuted at number 23 on the Billboard 200, their best career position,[6] and peaked at the top of the Finnish charts.[7]
Contents |
Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||
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SWE [8] |
AUS [9] |
FIN [10] |
FRA [11] |
GER [12] |
NLD [13] |
NOR [14] |
SWI [15] |
UK [16] |
US [6] |
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1995 | Orchid
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1996 | Morningrise
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1998 | My Arms, Your Hearse
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1999 | Still Life
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2001 | Blackwater Park
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2002 | Deliverance
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2003 | Damnation
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— | 54 [17] |
37 | 112 | — | 97 | — | — | 181 | 192 | ||
2005 | Ghost Reveries
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9 | 35 | 10 | 72 | 39 | 38 | 21 | — | 62 | 64 | ||
2008 | Watershed
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7 | 7 | 1 | 47 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 24 | 34 | 23 | ||
2011 | Heritage
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4 | 12 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 19 | ||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. |
Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||
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SWE [8] |
FIN [10] |
FRA [11] |
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2003 | Lamentations
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2007 | The Roundhouse Tapes
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— | — | 176 | |||
2010 | In Live Concert at the Royal Albert Hall
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60 | 36 | — | |||
2011 | The Devil's Orchard – Live at Rock Hard Festival 2009
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"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. |
Year | Title | Album |
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2001 | "Harvest" | Blackwater Park |
"The Drapery Falls" | ||
2002 | ||
"Still Day Beneath the Sun" | Non-album single | |
2003 | "Windowpane" | Damnation |
"In My Time of Need" | ||
2004 | "Master's Apprentices" | Lamentations: Live at Shepherd's Bush Empire |
2005 | "The Grand Conjuration" | Ghost Reveries |
2006 | "Ghost of Perdition"[18] | |
"Soldier of Fortune" | ||
2008 | "Porcelain Heart" | Watershed |
"Mellotron Heart" | ||
"Burden" | ||
2011 | "The Throat of Winter"[19] | Non-album single |
"The Devil's Orchard" | Heritage |
Year | Video details | Notes |
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2003 | Lamentations
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2008 | The Roundhouse Tapes
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2010 | In Live Concert at the Royal Albert Hall
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Year | Title | Director |
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2001 | "Harvest" | Fredrik Odefjärd |
2003 | "Windowpane" | |
2005 | "The Grand Conjuration" | Bill Yukich[21] |
2008 | ||
"Porcelain Heart" | Lasse Hoile[22][23] | |
"Burden" | ||
2011 | "The Devil's Orchard" |
Year | Box set details | Content |
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2006 | Collecter's Edition Slipcase
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2008 | The Candlelight Years
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2009 | The Wooden Box
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