Opeth discography | |
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Studio albums | 13 |
Live albums | 4 |
Video albums | 4 |
Music videos | 6 |
Singles | 17 |
Box sets | 3 |
The discography of Opeth, a Stockholm, Sweden-based progressive metal band, consists of thirteen studio albums, four live albums, three box sets, three video albums and seventeen 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 De Farfalla, 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 1998 respectively. [3]
Åkerfeldt and Lindgren, the two remaining members of the band, asked drummer Martin Lopez and bassist Martín Méndez 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] The album also peaked at number 22 on the UK Albums chart. [8]
Joakim Svalberg became the band's new keyboardist in 2011. Their 2014 album Pale Communion achieved some of the band's highest international chart placements, reaching number one in Finland [9] and the top five in several other countries. Their 2016 album Sorceress reached number 1 in Germany [10] and the top ten in several other countries. Their latest album In Cauda Venenum was released in September 2019.
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | ||||||||||
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SWE [11] | AUS [12] | FIN [13] | FRA [14] | GER [15] | JPN [16] | NLD [17] | NOR [18] | SWI [19] | UK [20] | US [6] | |||
Orchid |
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Morningrise |
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My Arms, Your Hearse |
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Still Life |
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Blackwater Park |
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Deliverance |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Damnation |
| — | 54 | 37 | 112 | — | — | 97 | — | — | 181 | 192 |
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Ghost Reveries |
| 9 | 35 | 10 | 72 | 39 | 263 | 38 | 21 | — | 62 | 64 |
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Watershed |
| 7 | 7 | 1 | 47 | 23 | 52 | 14 | 7 | 24 | 34 | 23 |
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Heritage |
| 4 | 12 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 55 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 19 | |
Pale Communion |
| 3 | 17 | 1 | 45 | 3 | 48 | 23 | 5 | 24 | 14 | 19 | |
Sorceress |
| 7 | 7 | 3 | 29 | 1 | 69 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 24 | |
In Cauda Venenum |
| 12 | 20 | 2 | 46 | 5 | 97 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 59 | |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | ||||
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SWE [11] | FIN [13] | FRA [14] | JPN [16] | ||||
Lamentations: Live at Shepherd's Bush Empire 2003 |
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The Roundhouse Tapes |
| — | — | 176 | 159 |
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In Live Concert at the Royal Albert Hall |
| 60 | 36 | — | — | ||
Garden of the Titans: Live at Red Rocks Amphitheater |
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"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||
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SWE [24] | FIN [25] | NLD [26] | JPN [27] | FRA [28] | |||||||
Lamentations |
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The Roundhouse Tapes |
| 4 | 1 | — | 159 | — | |||||
In Live Concert at the Royal Albert Hall |
| — | — | 6 | 161 | 4 |
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Garden of the Titans: Live at Red Rocks Amphitheater |
| — | — | — | 107 | — | |||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
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BEL [32] | ||
Deliverance & Damnation Remixed |
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Title | Box set details | Content |
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Collecter's Edition Slipcase |
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The Candlelight Years |
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The Wooden Box |
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Year | Song | Album |
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2001 | "The Drapery Falls" | Blackwater Park |
2002 | "Deliverance" [33] | 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" [34] | |
"Soldier of Fortune" | ||
2008 | "Porcelain Heart" | Watershed |
"Mellotron Heart" | ||
"Burden" | ||
2011 | "The Throat of Winter" [35] | Non-album single |
"The Devil's Orchard" | Heritage | |
"Slither" [36] | ||
2014 | "Cusp of Eternity" | Pale Communion |
2016 | "Sorceress" | Sorceress |
"Will O the Wisp" | ||
"The Wilde Flowers" | ||
"Era" | ||
2019 | "Hjärtat vet vad handen gör" / "Heart in Hand" | In Cauda Venenum |
"Svekets prins" / "Dignity" | ||
"Cirkelns riktning" | Non-album single Decibel Flexi Series [37] |
Year | Song | Director |
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2001 | "Harvest" | Fredrik Odefjärd |
2003 | "Windowpane" | |
2005 | "The Grand Conjuration" | Bill Yukich [38] |
2008 | ||
"Porcelain Heart" | Lasse Hoile [39] [40] | |
"Burden" | ||
2011 | "The Devil's Orchard" | Phil Mucci |
2017 | "Era" | Markus Hofko |
2019 | "Universal Truth" / "Ingen Sanning Är Allas" | Jess Cope |
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