Opeth discography

Opeth discography

Opeth live at Ruisrock 2008 in Turku, Finland
Releases
↙Studio albums 11
↙Live albums 3
↙Singles 15
↙Video albums 3
↙Music videos 6
↙Box sets 3

The discography of Opeth, a Stockholm, Sweden-based progressive metal band, consists of eleven studio albums, three live albums, three box sets, three video albums and fifteen singles.

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 and peaked at the top of the Finnish charts.[7] Their tenth studio album Heritage which released in 2011, debuted at number 19 on the Billboard 200, at number 2 on the US Hard Rock Albums and at number 6 on the Rock Albums charts, making it highest charting record to date.[6] Also, the album peaked at number 22 on the UK Albums chart.[8]

Studio albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Sales
SWE
[9]		 AUS
[10]		 FIN
[11]		 FRA
[12]		 GER
[13]		 JPN
[14]		 NLD
[15]		 NOR
[16]		 SWI
[17]		 UK
[18]		 US
[6]
1995 Orchid
  • Released: May 15, 1995
  • Label: Candlelight/Century Black
 — — — — — — — — — — —
1996 Morningrise
  • Released: June 24, 1996
  • Label: Candlelight/Century Black
 — — — — — — — — — — —
1998 My Arms, Your Hearse
  • Released: August 18, 1998
  • Label: Candlelight/Century Black
 — — — — — — — — — — —
1999 Still Life — — — — — — — — — — —
2001 Blackwater Park — — — — — — — — — — —
  • US: 93,000+
    (as of 2008)[19]
2002 Deliverance
  • Released: November 12, 2002
  • Label: Music for Nations/Koch
 — — — — — — — — — — —
2003 Damnation
  • Released: April 22, 2003
  • Label: Music for Nations/Koch
 — 54 37 112 — — 97 — — 181 192
  • US: 72,000+
    (as of 2008)[19]
2005 Ghost Reveries 9 35 10 72 39 263 38 21 — 62 64
  • US: 94,000+
    (as of 2008)[19]
2008 Watershed
  • Released: June 3, 2008
  • Label: Roadrunner
 7 7 1 47 23 52 14 7 24 34 23
  • US: 19,000+
    (as of 2008)[20]
2011 Heritage
  • Released: September 20, 2011
  • Label: Roadrunner
 4 12 2 24 9 55 10 8 13 22 19
2014 Pale Communion
  • Released: August 26, 2014
  • Label: Roadrunner
 3 17 1 45 3 48 23 5 24 14 19
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Live albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Sales
SWE
[9]		 FIN
[11]		 FRA
[12]		 JPN
[14]
2003 Lamentations
  • Released: November 23, 2003
  • Label: Koch
 — — — —
2007 The Roundhouse Tapes
  • Released: November 5, 2007
  • Label: Peaceville
 — — 176 —
2010 In Live Concert at the Royal Albert Hall
  • Released: September 20, 2010
  • Label: Roadrunner
 60 36 — 161
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Video albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
SWE
[22]		 FIN
[23] 		NLD
[24] 		JPN
[25] 		FRA
[26]
2003 Lamentations
  • Released: 23 November 2003
  • Label: Koch
 14 — — — —
2008 The Roundhouse Tapes
  • Released: 27 October 2008
  • Label: Peaceville
 4 1 — 159 —
2010 In Live Concert at the Royal Albert Hall
  • Released: 20 September 2010
  • Label: Roadrunner
 — — 6 — 4
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Box sets

Year Box set details Content
2006 Collecter's Edition Slipcase
  • Released: October 17, 2006
  • Label: Koch
  • Blackwater Park
  • Deliverance
  • Damnation
  • Lamentations
2008 The Candlelight Years
  • Released: June 26, 2008
  • Label: Candlelight
  • Orchid
  • Morningrise
  • My Arms, Your Hearse
2009 The Wooden Box
  • Released: February 26, 2009
  • Label: Viva Hate
  • Orchid
  • Morningrise
  • My Arms, Your Hearse

Singles

Year Song Album
2001 "The Drapery Falls" Blackwater Park
2002 "Deliverance"[30] Deliverance
"Still Day Beneath the Sun" Non-album single
2003 "Windowpane" Damnation
"In My Time of Need"
2004 "Master's Apprentices" Lamentations
2005 "The Grand Conjuration" Ghost Reveries
2006 "Ghost of Perdition"[31]
"Soldier of Fortune"
2008 "Porcelain Heart" Watershed
"Mellotron Heart"
"Burden"
2011 "The Throat of Winter"[32] Non-album single
"The Devil's Orchard" Heritage
"Slither"[33]
2014 "Cusp of Eternity" Pale Communion

Music videos

Year Song Director
2001 "Harvest" Fredrik Odefjärd
2003 "Windowpane"
2005 "The Grand Conjuration" Bill Yukich[34]
2008
"Porcelain Heart" Lasse Hoile[35][36]
"Burden"
2011 "The Devil's Orchard" Phil Mucci

References

  1. ↑ Åkerfeldt, Mikael. "Opeth - Biography: Chapter II". Opeth.com. Retrieved 2008-03-12.
  2. ↑ Åkerfeldt, Mikael. "Opeth - Biography: Chapter III". Opeth.com. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
  3. ↑ Åkerfeldt, Mikael. "Opeth - Biography: Chapter IV". Opeth.com. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 DaRonco, Mike. "Opeth > Biography". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
  5. ↑ Åkerfeldt, Mikael. "Opeth - Biography: Chapter VI". Opeth.com. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 "Opeth Album & Song Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
  7. ↑ "Opeth's Watershed Tops Finnish Album Chart". Roadrunner Records. 2008-06-11. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
  8. ↑ "OPETH's 'Heritage' Lands On U.K. Chart". blabbermouth.net. 2011-09-25. Retrieved 2011-09-25.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Swedish charts portal - Opeth: Album" (in Swedish). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2008-01-25.
  10. ↑ "Australian charts portal - Opeth: Album". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2008-06-08.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Finnish charts portal - Opeth: Album" (in Finnish). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Les charts français - Opeth: Album" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
  13. ↑ "Chartverfolgung / Opeth / Longplay" (in German). PhonoNet. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "オーペスのCDアルバムランキング、オーペスのプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE" (in Japanese). Oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 2013-02-11.
  15. ↑ "Dutch charts portal - Opeth: Album" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
  16. ↑ "Norwegian charts portal - Opeth: Album" (in Norwegian). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
  17. ↑ "Schweizer hitparade portal - Opeth: Alben" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
  18. ↑ Zywietz, Tobias. "Chart Log UK: The O – Ozric Tentacles". Zobbel. Retrieved 2011-06-06.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 Titus, Christa (2008-05-31). "A Little Louder". Billboard. 60/120,No 22: 35. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
  20. ↑ "OPETH Mainman Describes First Two Songs Written For Next Studio Album". www.blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
  21. ↑ "OPETH: 'The Roundhouse Tapes' First-Week Sales Revealed". www.blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
  22. ↑ "Veckolista DVD Album - Vecka 45, 7 november 2008". www.sverigetopplistan.se. Retrieved 2013-12-19.
    "Veckolista DVD Album - Vecka 30, 27 juli 2006". www.sverigetopplistan.se. Retrieved 2013-12-19.
  23. ↑ "Suomen virallinen lista - Artistit Opeth: The Roundhouse Tapes". www.ifpi.fi. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
  24. ↑ "Dutch DVD Top Music 30 02/10/2010". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
  25. ↑ "Oricon Opeth DVD Chart". www.oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
  26. ↑ "Classement officiel des ventes de DVD Musicaux du 04 octobre au 10 octobre 2010". www.chartsinfrance.net. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
  27. ↑ "Music Canada Certification". musiccanada.com. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
  28. ↑ "Music Canada: Opeth". musiccanada.com. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
  29. ↑ "OPETH: 'In Live Concert At The Royal Albert Hall' DVD First-Week Sales Revealed". www.blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
  30. ↑ "Opeth - Deliverance (Radio Edit)". Discogs. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
  31. ↑ "Opeth - Ghost of Perdition". Discogs. Retrieved 2011-06-28.
  32. ↑ "Opeth - The Throat of Winter". Discogs. Retrieved 2011-06-28.
  33. ↑ "Opeth - Slither". Discogs. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
  34. ↑ "Opeth - "The Grand Conjuration"". Music Videos. MTV Networks. 2005-08-30. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
  35. ↑ "Opeth - "Porcelain Heart"". Music Videos. MTV Networks. 2008-05-01. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
  36. ↑ "OPETH Completes Work On 'Burden' Video". Roadrunner Records. 2008-05-01. Retrieved 2008-11-01.

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