Opeth
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Opeth is a Swedish progressive metal band renowned for blending death metal, progressive rock, and acoustic elements into complex, atmospheric compositions.
Statements (85)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Swedish metal band
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band ⓘ progressive metal band ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Bloodbath
NERFINISHED
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Katatonia NERFINISHED ⓘ Porcupine Tree NERFINISHED ⓘ Steven Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ Storm Corrosion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bassist | Martín Méndez NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Sweden ⓘ |
| debutAlbum | Orchid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formedInCity | Stockholm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formedInCountry | Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formedInYear | 1990 ⓘ |
| founder | David Isberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
acoustic rock
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avant-garde metal ⓘ death metal ⓘ extreme metal ⓘ folk rock ⓘ progressive metal ⓘ progressive rock ⓘ |
| hasAlbum |
Blackwater Park
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Damnation NERFINISHED ⓘ Deliverance NERFINISHED ⓘ Ghost Reveries NERFINISHED ⓘ Heritage NERFINISHED ⓘ In Cauda Venenum NERFINISHED ⓘ Morningrise NERFINISHED ⓘ My Arms, Your Hearse NERFINISHED ⓘ Orchid NERFINISHED ⓘ Pale Communion NERFINISHED ⓘ Sorceress NERFINISHED ⓘ Still Life NERFINISHED ⓘ Watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFormerMember |
Anders Nordin
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David Isberg NERFINISHED ⓘ Johan De Farfalla NERFINISHED ⓘ Kim Pettersson NERFINISHED ⓘ Martin Axenrot NERFINISHED ⓘ Martin Lopez NERFINISHED ⓘ Mattias Ander NERFINISHED ⓘ Nick Döring NERFINISHED ⓘ Per Wiberg NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Lindgren NERFINISHED ⓘ Stefan Guteklint NERFINISHED ⓘ Tomás Åkvik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLiveAlbum |
Garden of the Titans: Live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre
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Lamentations (Live at Shepherd’s Bush Empire 2003) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Roundhouse Tapes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Fredrik Åkesson
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Joakim Svalberg NERFINISHED ⓘ Martín Méndez NERFINISHED ⓘ Mikael Åkerfeldt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| keyboardist | Joakim Svalberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| label |
Candlelight Records
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Century Media Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Music For Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ Roadrunner Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfLyrics | English ⓘ |
| leadGuitarist | Fredrik Åkesson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| longestServingMember | Mikael Åkerfeldt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lyricalTheme |
death
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existentialism ⓘ melancholy ⓘ romanticism ⓘ |
| notableAlbum |
Blackwater Park
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Ghost Reveries NERFINISHED ⓘ Still Life NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of death metal and progressive rock
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dynamic shifts between heavy and acoustic passages ⓘ long, complex song structures ⓘ |
| notableSong |
Deliverance
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Ghost of Perdition NERFINISHED ⓘ The Drapery Falls NERFINISHED ⓘ Windowpane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1995 ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
frequent tempo and time-signature changes
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melancholic and atmospheric sound ⓘ use of growled and clean vocals ⓘ |
| touringRegion |
Asia
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Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ North America NERFINISHED ⓘ South America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vocalist | Mikael Åkerfeldt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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