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Opeth Biography

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Opeth is a Swedish progressive metal band from Stockholm, formed in 1990. Though the group has been through several personnel changes, singer, guitarist, and songwriter Mikael Åkerfeldt has remained Opeth's driving force throughout the years. Opeth has consistently incorporated progressive, folk, blues, classical and jazz influences into their usually lengthy compositions, as well as strong influences from black metal and death metal, especially in their early works. Many songs include acoustic guitar passages and strong dynamic shifts, as well as both death growls and clean vocals. Opeth rarely made live appearances supporting their first four albums; but since conducting their first world tour after the 2001 release of ''Blackwater Park'', they have led several major world tours. Opeth has released ten studio albums, three live DVDs, three live albums (two that are in conjunction with DVDs), and two boxsets. The band released its debut album ''Orchid'' in 1995. Although their eighth studio album, ''Ghost Reveries'', was quite popular in the United States, Opeth did not experience major American commercial success until the 2008 release of their ninth studio album, ''Watershed'', which peaked at number twenty-three on the ''Billboard'' 200, and topped the Finnish albums chart in its first week of release. Opeth has sold over 1.5 million albums and DVDs worldwide, including 300,000 collective Soundscans of their albums ''Blackwater Park'', ''Damnation'' and ''Deliverance'' in the United States.

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Heritage Album 2011-09-14 itunes amazon
The Devil's Orchard: Live at Rock… Live 2011-08 itunes amazon
The Devil's Orchard Single 2011-07-25 itunes amazon
The Throat of Winter Single 2011-04-16 itunes amazon
In Live Concert at the Royal Albert… Live 2010-09-20 itunes amazon
Dirge for November Single 2010-08-25 itunes amazon
The Wooden Box Compilation 2009-02-16 itunes amazon
Burden Single 2008-12-09 itunes amazon
The Candlelight Years Compilation 2008-06-28 itunes amazon
Mellotron Heart Single 2008-06-03 itunes amazon
Watershed Album 2008-05-28 itunes amazon
Porcelain Heart Single 2008 itunes amazon
The Roundhouse Tapes Live 2007-11-02 itunes amazon
Blackwater Park / Deliverance Album 2007-09-17 itunes amazon
Opeth Box Set Compilation 2006-10-31 itunes amazon
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