Deliverance (album)
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Publication |
November 2002 |
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July 22nd to September 4th, 2002 |
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| Label (s) | Music for Nations | |||
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Title (number) |
6th |
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running time |
61:50 |
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Opeth and Steven Wilson |
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Studio (s) |
Nacksving Studios |
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Deliverance is the sixth studio album by the Swedish metal band Opeth . It was released by Music for Nations in 2002 .
Creation and publication
After Blackwater Park was released , Opeth toured North America and Europe . Then Mikael Åkerfeldt began to write new, very diverse material. Jonas Renkse from Katatonia came up with the idea of releasing the different pieces on two opposing albums. Music for Nations could only be convinced of this, as the band agreed to treat both albums as a single one in terms of the terms of their record contract and financial support from the record company.
Deliverance and its successor Damnation were recorded simultaneously in the summer of 2002. The band and Steven Wilson , who was also involved as a guest musician (vocals, guitar, Mellotron ), produced Deliverance , Andy Sneap mixed and mastered the album. Travis Smith was again jointly responsible for the artwork. Sony Music reissued the album in 2006, and various LP editions were also released. Deliverance and Damnation were released together in 2015 in a 2CD / 2DVD or 3LP box with new mixes by Steven Wilson and Bruce Soord and new artwork by Travis Smith.
Track list
- Wreath - 11:11
- Deliverance - 13:36
- A Fair Judgment - 10:23
- For Absent Friends - 2:17 am
- Master's Apprentices - 10:32
- By the Pain I See in Others - 13:50
style
Deliverance builds on its predecessor Blackwater Park . Death Metal is mixed with Progressive Rock and Metal influences; From passages with aggressive drums, hard riffs and guttural vocals to catchy solos and playful insertions with a psychedelic flair to sensitive acoustic passages with clear vocals, Opeth once again covers their entire stylistic range within the individual - long and complex - pieces. The dynamic changes take place either through surprising breaks or through flowing transitions.
reception
This album was again positively received by the press. Henning Mangold of the Baby Blue Pages will Deliverance although sometimes a little calculating and cold, yet he can "the attraction of this album escape impossible." Eduardo Rivadavia from Allmusic describes the album as a “tremendous vision of an unbelievable band” and Rouven Dorn from powermetal.de considers it “a further milestone [...], which proves that every album by the Swedes is absolutely independent , but perhaps also represents one of the best musical connections between the seventies and the metallic twenty-first century. "
Web links
- Deliverance at Allmusic (English)
- Reviews of Deliverance on the baby blue pages
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biography - Chapter VII ( Memento of July 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), opeth.com , accessed on January 3, 2013.
- ↑ a b Eduardo Rivadavia: Deliverance at Allmusic (English), accessed on January 3, 2013.
- ↑ Wolfgang Schäfer: Opeth. Deliverance , Rock Hard # 187, accessed January 3, 2013.
- ↑ a b Baby Blue Prog Reviews: Opeth. Deliverance , Baby Blue Pages , accessed January 3, 2013.
- ↑ Rouven Dorn: Opeth - Deliverance , powermetal.de , accessed on January 3, 2013.