Damnation (album)

Damnation
Studio album by Opeth
Released	22 April 2003
Recorded	22 July–4 September 2002 Maestro Musik, Studio Fredman[1] No Mans Land, Hemel Hempstead, UK (vocals)[2]
Genre	Progressive rock, acoustic[3][4]
Length	43:20
Label	Koch
Producer	Opeth & Steven Wilson
Opeth chronology
Deliverance (2002) Damnation (2003) Ghost Reveries (2005) Singles from Damnation "Windowpane" Released: 2003

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[5]
Sputnikmusic	[6]
Pitchfork Media	(9.1/10)[7]

Damnation is the seventh full-length studio album by Opeth. Produced by Steven Wilson, it was released five months after Deliverance, which was recorded at the same time. Mikael Åkerfeldt dedicated both albums to his grandmother, who died in a car accident during the time the albums were being recorded.^{[citation needed]}

The album was a radical departure from Opeth's typical death metal sound and the first Opeth release to exclusively utilize clean vocals, clean guitars, and prominent mellotron, as well as being inspired by 1970s progressive rock,^[8] which typically features no heavy riffs or extended fast tempos. Despite the change in style from Opeth's previous albums, Damnation was critically acclaimed and boosted their popularity, leading to the release of Lamentations on DVD in late 2003.

Track listing

Notes

1. ^ The song has a music video which is edited down from its original length.
2. ^ The vocal melody in the chorus of the song is borrowed from a track recorded by Mikael Åkerfeldt's sideproject Sörskogen, "Mordet i Grottan".^[9]

Personnel

Opeth

• Mikael Åkerfeldt – vocals & guitar; engineering
• Peter Lindgren – guitar (1-7); engineering
• Martin Mendez – bass guitar (1-7); engineering
• Martin Lopez – drums, percussion (1-7); engineering

Additional musicians

• Steven Wilson − keyboards, piano, mellotron, backing vocals, mixing, mastering, producer and engineering

Chart positions

References

External links

• Damnation's equipment at Opeth.com