Heritage is the tenth studio album by Swedish band Opeth, released on 14 September 2011 through Roadrunner Records. The album was recorded in early 2011 at Atlantis/Metronome Studios in Stockholm and produced by Mikael Åkerfeldt, engineered by Janne Hansson, and mixed by Steven Wilson. A critical and commercial success, the album sold 19,000 units in the United States in its debut week, charting at number 19 on the Billboard 200. The album signals a departure from the musical style of Opeth's past albums, being one of only two albums by the band not to feature death growls (the other being Damnation). Heritage is the tenth studio album by Swedish band Opeth, released on 14 September 2011 through Roadrunner Records. The album was recorded in early 2011 at Atlantis/Metronome Studios in Stockholm and produced by Mikael Åkerfeldt, engineered by Janne Hansson, and mixed by Steven Wilson. A critical and commercial success, the album sold 19,000 units in the United States in its debut week, charting at number 19 on the Billboard 200. The album signals a departure from the musical style of Opeth's past albums, being one of only two albums by the band not to feature death growls (the other being Damnation). false 2025-01-23 11:24:08 Heritage 2011 2011-09-19 2011-09-19 57 Death Metal Heavy Metal Progressive Metal Progressive Rock Rock 111616 2113768 88713249-f540-4f8e-a52e-479123d3c302 c14b4180-dc87-481e-b17a-64e4150f90f6 3a050737-01b2-4eea-aaa0-d961020fbe00 /media/data/media5/Music/Opeth/Heritage/folder.jpg Opeth Opeth 1 1 Heritage 02:04 1 2 The Devil’s Orchard 06:40 1 3 I Feel the Dark 06:38 1 4 Slither 04:01 1 5 Nepenthe 05:45 1 6 Häxprocess 06:56 1 7 Famine 08:32 1 8 The Lines in My Hand 03:48 1 9 Folklore 08:19 1 10 Marrow of the Earth 04:27 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.