Biography
The work of the Swedish progressive group OPETH became popular thanks to long compositions written under the influence of musical genres such as folk, blues, classics and metal. Their studio albums "Still Life", "My Arms, Your Hearse" and "MorningRise" first time remained without touring support, but then gained fame in European countries and searched with students of Japan, Australia and the USA.The history of creation and composition
The history of the creation of OPETH began in 1990 in Stockholm with the filing of the young Vocalist David Isberg and his like-minded people and friends. But after an ex-guitarist of the Ergetion Group Mikael Olerfeld appeared on one of the rehearsals, all the instrumentalists left the team, and the guys were a duet, playing ballads.
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After some time, guitarist Andreas Dimeo, the drummer Anders Nordin and Basist Nick Doring joined them, and then Kim Peterscron, Johan Defarfallla and Peter Lindgren from Crimson Cat took part in the composition.
In this form, Opeth gave the first concerts, distinguished by the Deat metal aggression and low piercing vocals, and a couple of years before the release of the debut album, solo and acoustic guitars appeared in her sound, which set the melody and determined further creative style.
It was satisfied with the frontman, but did not like the rest of the performers, so in the 2000s Mikael Oberfeld completely updated the project, and now, in addition to the founder, 4 participants are played in Opeth: Fredrik Ossress, Martin Mendez, Martin Axe Aksenrot and Joachim Svalberg.
Music
In 1994, Opeth released the Debut album "Orchid", which because of bad advertising became known in Sweden and a number of other European countries, and the second plate "MorningRise" was presented on tour in Scandinavia and, having glorifying thanks to the 20-minute composition "Black Rose Immortal ", allowed the group to cross the ocean.
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There, the musicians concluded a contract with American studios Candlelight Records, who had connections and a solid budget, and in 1997 began work on "My Arms, Your Hearse" and presented a release at the end of summer.
The disc, which included songs "April Ethereal", "The Amen Corner", "Credence" and "Demon Of The Fall", received positive reviews of the Critics of the ALMUSIC portal, as well as high marks of the representatives of Chronicles of Chaos, Terrorizer and Metal Storm. Therefore, the musicians decided not to postpone the work in a long box and after the transition to the British Music For Nations label began to record a new studio album.
In an interview with Journalists, Mikael Oberfeld said that Blackwater Park, presented in February 2001, became for the Opeth international breakthrough of the team and, conquering fans around the world, allowed us to finally decide on the style of the name of the Dat-Metal-Rock acoustics. In addition, he became the starting point for the tour in the United States and the UK and gave funds to the first video clip.
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On the wave of popularity in the mid-2000s, the musicians have released a number of successful singles and plates, among whom "Damnation", "Ghost Reveries", "The Grand Conjuration" and Windowpane were paid special attention to special attention, and then the group's discography was replenished with a "Watershed" disk , equipped with bonus tracks, and project "Heritage", which received the status of the "best uk rock album".
In the 2010, the music composed by Olefeld and the company regularly sounded on the US radio stations, so the overseas audience enthusiastically met new releases and "Pale Communion" and "Sorceress" received high rating places.
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After in 2017, Opeth was put forward to the Progressive Music Awards Award in the "Video of the Year" category and won the "International Band of The Year" nomination, Olefeld said that with the exception of summer festivals, the Group would not participate in any concerts and in the near Time will try to release a new album.
In the spring of 2019, writing a song in Swedish and English, the musicians have published a photo and track list of the Cauda Venenum plate, and the first single "Heart in Hand" / "Hjärtat Vet Vad Handen Gör" premiere was held on the official website of Opeth.
Discography
- 1995 - "Orchid"
- 1996 - "MorningRise"
- 1998 - "My Arms, Your Hearse"
- 1999 - "Still Life"
- 2001 - "Blackwater Park"
- 2002 - "Deliverance"
- 2003 - "Damnation"
- 2005 - "Ghost Reveries"
- 2008 - "Watershed"
- 2011 - "Heritage"
- 2014 - "Pale Communion"
- 2016 - "Sorceress"
- 2019 - "Cauda Venenum"
Clips
- "THE DEVIL'S ORCHARD"
- "The Grand Conjuration"
- "Porcelain Heart"
- "Burden"
- "ERA"