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Watershed (Opeth album)
studio album by Opeth
Watershed is the ninth studio album by Swedish progressive metal band Opeth. Released by Roadrunner Records, Watershed is the first studio album by Opeth to feature guitarist Fredrik Åkesson and drummer Martin Axenrot, who replaced longtime guitarist Peter Lindgren and drummer Martin Lopez.
The artwork for the album was made by Travis Smith (who has created the artwork for eight previous Opeth releases) in collaboration with Mikael Åkerfeldt.[3] It was the band's last studio album to contain death growls or any death metal elements until 's The Last Will and Testament.
Overview
On opening track "Coil", Mikael Åkerfeldt duets with Nathalie Lorichs, who was dating drummer Martin Axenrot at the time.[4] The band has revealed that they were initially going to start the album with what eventually became the second track, "Heir Apparent"; however, they preferred "Coil" as an introductory track for its contrast to "Heir Apparent".[4]
Åkerfeldt was inspired to write the single "Burden" while listening to the Scorpions song "Living And Dying" during a stay in Turkey.[5]
Reception
The album was met with universal acclaim according to Metacritic, receiving a metascore of 82/ based on 10 critics.[6]
On Metal Hammer's Critic's Choice Top 50, Watershed was named as the second-best album of (behind only Metallica'sDeath Magnetic).[16] In the January/February issue of Metal Edge, Watershed was voted the number 1 album of
In a fan club interview dated to November , a few months after the album's release, former guitarist Peter Lindgren praised the album, noting that "it was a weird feeling to get a new Opeth CDthat he hadn't been a part of", and that he "had trouble following the new songs at first", but called it "damn good".[17]
Release history
Watershed was released as a standard edition, a &#;gram vinyl edition, and a special edition.
The special edition includes three bonus tracks, a bonus DVD with a surround sound mix of the entire album (not including bonus tracks), video content featuring rehearsals, and studio footage, as well as expanded artwork. The vinyl release comes in gatefold packaging and contains the album on two LPs, as well as a CD copy of the album (both including the bonus track "Derelict Herds") and a poster.
"Mellotron Heart" was included on a separate disc with a limited number of copies of the album. It is an alternate recording of the song "Porcelain Heart", performed on mellotron and mini-Moog synthesizers by Åkerfeldt himself. The cover for the CD is the standard album artwork with the figure and writing desk replaced by a mellotron.
The track is also available as a free digital download exclusively for those who pre-ordered the album from The End Records, and to people who insert the CD into their computer via Opendisc.[18]
Track listing
All lyrics are written by Mikael Åkerfeldt; all music is composed by Åkerfeldt except where noted
| Title | Music | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Coil" | &#; | |
| 2. | "Heir Apparent" | &#; | |
| 3. | "The Lotus Eater" | &#; | |
| 4. | "Burden" | &#; | |
| 5. | "Porcelain Heart" | ||
| 6. | "Hessian Peel" | &#; | |
| 7. | "Hex Omega" | &#; | |
| Total length: | |||
| Title | Writer(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8. | "Derelict Herds" | ||
| 9. | "Bridge of Sighs" (Robin Trower cover) | Robin Trower | |
| "Den ständiga resan" (Marie Fredriksson cover) | Marie Fredriksson | ||
| Total length: | |||
| Title | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Prologue" | |
| 2. | "From Another Planet" | |
| 3. | "The Lotus Eater" | |
| 4. | "The Junkmail Studios" | |
| 5. | "Epilogue" | |
| Total length: | ||
Personnel
Opeth
Additional musicians
Production and design
- Mikael Åkerfeldt – production, artwork
- Jens Bogren – production, recording, mixing, mastering
- Mikhail Korge – recording (additional)
- David Castillo – engineering (additional)
- Johan Örnborg – engineering (additional)
- Travis Smith – artwork
Usage in media
- The song "Heir Apparent" was featured as a downloadable content in the video game Rock Band 4.
- The song "The Lotus Eater" was featured in the video game Saints Row: The Third.
Chart positions
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