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{{short description|Swedish progressive metal band}} {{featured article}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Opeth | background = group_or_band | image = Opeth @ Rock Hard Festival 2017 201.jpg | landscape = yes | caption = Opeth at [[Rock Hard Festival]] 2017, Germany <br /> (L–R): [[Fredrik Åkesson]], Joakim Svalberg, [[Mikael Åkerfeldt]], [[Martin Axenrot]], & [[Martín Méndez]] | origin = [[Stockholm]], Sweden | genre = {{flatlist| *[[Progressive metal]] *[[progressive rock]] *[[death metal]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/opeth-mn0000400717|work=[[AllMusic]]|title=Opeth}}</ref> }} | discography = [[Opeth discography]] | years_active = 1990–present | label = {{flatlist| *Moderbolaget *[[Nuclear Blast]] *[[Candlelight Records|Candlelight]] *[[Century Black]] *[[Peaceville Records|Peaceville]] *[[Music For Nations]] *[[Koch Records|Koch]] *[[Roadrunner Records|Roadrunner]] *[[Atomic Fire]] }} | associated_acts = <!--Please only place acts that are allowed by the guidelines at Template:Infobox Musical artist#Associated_acts. If you feel something should be changed, please discuss it on the talk page first. Thank you.-->{{flatlist| *[[Bloodbath]] *[[Katatonia]] *[[Storm Corrosion]] }} | website = {{URL|opeth.com}} | current_members = *[[Mikael Åkerfeldt]] *[[Martín Méndez]] *[[Fredrik Åkesson]] *Joakim Svalberg *Waltteri Väyrynen | past_members = [[List of Opeth band members]] }} '''Opeth''' is a Swedish [[progressive metal]] band from [[Stockholm]], formed in 1990.<ref name="isberg stalker">{{cite interview |last=Isberg |first=David |subject-link=David Isberg |interviewer=John Wisniewski |title=David Isberg (bloodofjupiter, Opeth): 'Wrathful expression of my soul' |work=Stalker Magazine |date=19 June 2023 |url=https://stalker-magazine.rocks/en/2023/06/19/david-isberg-bloodofjupiter-opeth-wrathful-expression-of-my-soul/ |access-date=16 August 2024 |quote=I started the band April 7th 1990, meeting some guys at House of Kicks recordstore. We immediate went to practice, sharing rehearsal room with Tiamat at Runan in Täby Kyrkby North of Stockholm.}}</ref> The band incorporates [[folk music|folk]], [[blues]], [[classical music|classical]], and [[jazz]] elements into its usually lengthy compositions, as well as strong influences from [[death metal]], especially in their early works.<ref name=blabbermouth/> Songs may include acoustic guitar passages, [[Mellotron]]s, [[death growl]]s, and strong [[dynamics (music)|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 performed several other major world tours. Opeth have released fourteen 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 (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.<ref name=AllMusic>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/opeth-mn0000400717/biography|title=Opeth Biography|author= Mike DaRonco|work=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> Their ninth studio album, ''[[Watershed (Opeth album)|Watershed]]'' (2008), topped the Finnish albums chart in its first week of release, and reached 23 on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart. As of November 2009, the band have sold over 1.5 million copies of their albums and DVDs worldwide,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.opethfanclub.se/Page/Article/Article.aspx?articleID=71 |title=The Man, The Myth, The Manager! |publisher= Opeth Fan Club Sweden |date= 13 November 2009 |access-date=12 May 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100405184757/http://www.opethfanclub.se/Page/Article/Article.aspx?articleID=71 |archive-date= 5 April 2010}}</ref> including 300,000 collective [[Luminate (company)|SoundScan]]s of their albums ''[[Blackwater Park]]'', ''[[Damnation (album)|Damnation]]'', and ''[[Deliverance (Opeth album)|Deliverance]]'' in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://purerocknews.com/opeth-release-four-album-reissues-and-continue-tour-with-mastodon/ |publisher= Pure Rock News |title= Opeth Release Four Album Reissues and Continue Tour With Mastodon |date= 2 May 2012 |access-date= 12 May 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180315135128/http://purerocknews.com/opeth-release-four-album-reissues-and-continue-tour-with-mastodon/ |archive-date= 15 March 2018 |url-status= dead }}</ref> Their 14th studio album ''[[The Last Will and Testament]]'' (2024) won the Swedish [[Grammis]] award for the Best Hard Rock/Metal category.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=2025-03-28 |title=OPETH Wins Swedish GRAMMIS Award For 'The Last Will And Testament' |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/opeth-wins-swedish-grammis-award-for-the-last-will-and-testament |access-date=2025-04-03 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |language=en}}</ref>
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