Damnation is the seventh full-length studio album by Opeth and produced by Steven Wilson. It was released five months after Deliverance which was recorded at the same time and both dedicated by Mikael Åkerfeldt to his grandmother, who died in a car accident during the recordings of 'both albums which was also the reason why he did not write lyrics to "Death Whispered a Lullaby" because of how distraught he was the incident, distracting him to do so. The album was a radical departure from their typical death metal sound and the first Opeth release to do so with a much softer with clean vocals and guitar sounds, prominent mellotron, 1970s inspired progressive rock genre which features no heavy riffs, extendedly fast tempos and shorter songs. Despite the sound change differenced from most Opeth albums, It was critically acclaimed and boosted their popularity, leading to the release of Lamentations on DVD in late 2003. Damnation is the seventh full-length studio album by Opeth and produced by Steven Wilson. It was released five months after Deliverance which was recorded at the same time and both dedicated by Mikael Åkerfeldt to his grandmother, who died in a car accident during the recordings of 'both albums which was also the reason why he did not write lyrics to "Death Whispered a Lullaby" because of how distraught he was the incident, distracting him to do so. The album was a radical departure from their typical death metal sound and the first Opeth release to do so with a much softer with clean vocals and guitar sounds, prominent mellotron, 1970s inspired progressive rock genre which features no heavy riffs, extendedly fast tempos and shorter songs. Despite the sound change differenced from most Opeth albums, It was critically acclaimed and boosted their popularity, leading to the release of Lamentations on DVD in late 2003. false 2022-12-19 09:22:31 Damnation 2006 2006-06-21 2006-06-21 43 Contemporary Folk Progressive Metal Progressive Rock Rock 111616 2113766 12660a5e-2a39-31ae-90d5-92bce35fe199 c14b4180-dc87-481e-b17a-64e4150f90f6 2864ec02-5e6a-36d8-9960-ccd959b9a618 /media/data/media5/Music/Opeth/Damnation/folder.jpg Opeth Opeth 1 1 Windowpane 07:45 1 2 In My Time of Need 05:49 1 3 Death Whispered a Lullaby 05:50 1 4 Closure 05:17 1 5 Hope Leaves 04:28 1 6 To Rid the Disease 06:20 1 7 Ending Credits 03:39 1 8 Weakness 04:12 Opeth are a Swedish progressive metal band from Stockholm, formed in 1989. The band incorporates folk, blues, classical, and jazz elements into its usually lengthy compositions, as well as strong influences from death metal, especially in their early works. Songs may include acoustic guitar passages, Mellotrons, death growls, and strong dynamic shifts. The group have been through several personnel changes since early in their history, including the replacement of every original member. Lead vocalist, guitarist and primary songwriter Mikael Åkerfeldt has been Opeth's driving force since the departure of founder and lead vocalist David Isberg in 1992. The band rarely made live appearances supporting their first four albums, but since their first world tour in support of the 2001 album Blackwater Park, they have had several other major world tours. Opeth have released 13 studio albums, four live DVDs, four live albums (three that are in conjunction with DVDs), and two boxsets. The band released its debut album Orchid in 1995. With their eighth studio album, Ghost Reveries (2005), the band achieved chart success in several dozen countries, including Top Ten in Sweden. Their ninth studio album, Watershed (2008), topped the Finnish albums chart in its first week of release, and reached 23 on the US Billboard 200 chart. As of November 2009, the band have sold over 1.5 million copies of their albums and DVDs worldwide, including 300,000 collective SoundScans of their albums Blackwater Park, Damnation, and Deliverance in the United States.