Sorceress (Opeth album)

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Sorceress
Sorceress Album Cover.jpg
Cover art by Travis Smith
Studio album by
Opeth
Released30 September 2016 (2016-09-30)
RecordedMay 2016
Studio
Various
Genre Progressive rock [1] [2]
Length56:35
Label
Producer
Opeth chronology
Pale Communion
(2014)		Sorceress
(2016)		 Garden of the Titans: Live at Red Rocks Amphitheater
(2018)
Singles from Sorceress
  1. "Sorceress"
    Released: 1 August 2016
  2. "Will O the Wisp"
    Released: 4 September 2016
  3. "The Wilde Flowers"
    Released: 21 September 2016
  4. "Era"
    Released: 23 January 2017
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 81/100 [4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Blabbermouth.net 7.5/10 [6]
Exclaim! 7/10 [7]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [1]
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Metal Injection8.5/10 [9]
Metal Storm 7.2/10 [10]
Pitchfork 6.7/10 [2]
PopMatters 8/10 [11]
Sputnikmusic4.1/5 [12]

Sorceress is the twelfth studio album by Swedish progressive metal band Opeth. [13] The album was released on 30 September 2016 via record label Nuclear Blast and the band's own imprint Moderbolaget. [13]

Contents

Background

The album was produced and mixed by Tom Dalgety and recorded at Rockfield Studios in Wales. [13] Following the album's release, the band embarked on a world tour with bands the Sword, Sahg, and Myrkur as supporting acts. [14] [15] Thematically, the album draws inspiration from Åkerfeldt's personal life, as he divorced in 2016. [16] The album was streamed via SoundCloud on 29 September. [17]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mikael Åkerfeldt, except "Strange Brew" music composed by Åkerfeldt and Fredrik Åkesson

No.TitleLength
1."Persephone"1:51
2."Sorceress"5:49
3."The Wilde Flowers"6:49
4."Will o the Wisp"5:07
5."Chrysalis"7:16
6."Sorceress 2"3:49
7."The Seventh Sojourn"5:29
8."Strange Brew"8:44
9."A Fleeting Glance"5:06
10."Era"5:41
11."Persephone (Slight Return)"0:54
Total length:56:35
Limited edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
12."The Ward"3:13
13."Spring MCMLXXIV"6:11
14."Cusp of Eternity" (live with The Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra)5:44
15."The Drapery Falls" (live with The Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra)10:23
16."Voice of Treason" (live with The Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra)8:10
Total length:90:16

Personnel

Opeth

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [18] 7
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [19] 10
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [20] 16
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [21] 20
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [22] 13
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [23] 11
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [24] 3
French Albums (SNEP) [25] 29
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [26] 1
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [27] 18
Italian Albums (FIMI) [28] 12
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [29] 28
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [30] 8
Polish Albums (ZPAV) [31] 17
Portuguese Albums (AFP) [32] 20
Scottish Albums (OCC) [33] 10
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [34] 31
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [35] 7
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [36] 6
UK Albums (OCC) [37] 11
US Billboard 200 [38] 24

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