Opeth Albums Ranked!

Mikael said that he doesn't want to growl because he doesn't enjoy that music anymore. If he went back to death metal, it won't be genuine, which is what made Opeth so special. He said himself that he doesn't care if everyone hates his music; he'll continue to make what he wants as long as it feels true to him. That, I feel, is much more precious than him going back to growls.

To me, Still Life stands alone as a solid #1. Still Life is my favorite album of all time.

Blackwater Park and Ghost Reveries will always be my favorites. Flawless. Still Life, Deliverance and My Arms, Your Hearse are also really impressive.

1. Morningrise 2. My arms your hearse 3. Still life 4. Blackwater Park 5. Ghost reveries 6. Orchid 7. Deliverence 8. Damnation 9. Watershed 10. Heritage 11. Sorceress 12. In cauda venenum 13. Pale communion

I was essentially with your opinion on Heritage until just a few years ago...then I kept listening over and over and over until finally it hit. I was surprised at just how much I fell in love with this album. The sound is killer courtesy of SW's mixing, and the overall vibe and atmosphere is creepy and dark like the best of the older classic stuff. Don't give up, this album can sneak up on you in a big way.

My ranking: 1. Blackwater Park 2. Ghost Reveries 3. Still Life 4. My Arms, Your Hearse 5. Deliverance 6. Watershed 7. Damnation 8. Morningrise 9. Orchid 10. In Cauda Venenum 11. Sorceress 12. Pale Communion 13. Heritage

There are times when I have listened to death metal and black metal of all varieties for so many consecutive days, I feel like I need a break... but I just can't fully give it up. Opeth ,with the exception of a few albums that lack that variety, are the perfect band to listen to during those times for me. Great video!

Agree. Watershed is PERFECTLY developed. Transitions, groove, rawness and total aggressiveness, melodic. Fights 1st place face to face with In Cauda Venenum, wich I believe is the album they have really got to the culmination of their prog rock era. That last album really feels like they can compose whatever they heck they feel like, and felt free of any musical restrains.

Yeahh, deliverance number 2 all day, very underrated in my opinion and i’ll never understand why. It’s really cool to see how different everybody’s lists are, it shows how really special this band is. As you say, it’s hard and it takes time to put a definitive list together and it may change at any point but, for now, mine goes: 1.- Blackwater Park 2.- Deliverance 3.- Ghost Reveries 4.- Damnation 5.- Watershed 6.- Still life 7.- In cauda venenum 8.- My arms your hearse 9.- Pale communion 10.- Morningrise 11.- Sorceress 12.- Orchid 13.- Heritage Great video guys! Greetings from Mexico

Late to the party as ever but really enjoyed this guys! I'm here to give Pale Communion some love tho, I think the problem with it is it feels like a bunch of random songs rather than one rounded piece of music/art. But it's got a great opener in Eternal Rains, River is just an awesome rock track, Faith in Others is one of the best outros on any Opeth record & Moon Above Sun Below is poss my fave ever Opeth track, the ending is just perfection. But we all agree Opeth ROCK!!!

Really enjoyed this video! Nice to hear fellow Opeth fans thoughts on the albums. Also nice to hear Katatonia in the background 👌 Cheers from Finland!

When it comes to Opeth of course I love the heavy elements but I also love the beauty within the melodies of their compositions especially with songs like Bleak and The Moor and Black Rose Immortal which to me is a masterpiece. Also I love all of their albums and speaking of Porcupine Tree I have tried getting into them but they aren't my thing when it comes to prog rock I prefer bands like The Mars Volta; however I understand why people like Porcupine Tree. My favorite Opeth albums are Damnation (the second half of Deliverance), Morningrise, and Blackwater Park which are the ones I think are some of the most unique albums in extreme music and they are brilliant albums in their own way. I also need to listen to rest of their albums all the way through especially Still Life. Opeth is quickly becoming one of my all-time favorite bands. Besides Acid Bath and Church Of Misery and even Mastodon as well as Death. I feel as if Opeth does not have a bad album they have albums that are weaker than the rest imo but even the weak ones are still pretty good imo. Also music is subjective and I feel as if that statement applies to Opeth. Actually looking back on Porcupine Tree maybe I should give them another chance same with katatonia.

Thanks for your overview and insight in the great discography of OPETH 🤘🤘

- 13 Heritage - 12 sorceress - 11 orchid - 10 morningrise - 9 pale communion - 8 my arms your hearse - 7 deliverance - 6 damnation - 5 watershed - 4 ghost reveries - 3 in cauda venenum - 2 still life - 1 blackwater park opeth are one of my top five bands (Dream theater, opeth, death, pink floyd, and rush), and I think 9th-1st place are all bonafide masterpieces. to anyone wondering why their newest record is so high, in cauda venenum is their most complete work in my opinion. everything fits together and flows perfectly. if I’m honest with myself, the top 3 are interchangeable. I was so blown away by it when it released that I bought it on vinyl within six hours of listening to it for the first time. it also has their best solos and lead work, as well as quite possibly the best atmosphere of any opeth record (including blackwater park). I listen to it ALL the way through top to bottom, or not at all.

For everyone missing metal Opeth, here's my favorite surrogates: Ikuinen Kaamos (listen to "Indoctrination of the lost"), Barren Earth ("Oriental Pyre"), Obsidian Tide ("Seven"), Gwynbleidd ("Nostalgia"), Iapetus ("My father, my god"). I have been looking for music to fill the gap Opeth left after Watershed for many years now. That's the best I have to offer.

Love watching the Thralls archive. Always makes me listen to the old albums🤘 best metal channel on YouTube! Shit!! I said it😮keep going guys!!

My favorite is and forever will be Blackwater Park! Such an amazing album. I love all Opeth, but I would have to say the earlier albums would be lower for me mainly b/c I’m a fan of the mixture between death metal and Prog. I have been enjoying the newer Opeth sound myself, but I do also miss those growls. I’ll always have the older albums to listen to for that and the new ones for when I’m more in a straightforward Prog mood. 🤘🏻

Watershed feels like the peak. Great albums before and after, but this was the best of everything they've done in their career. Hessian Peel is a masterpiece.

Heritage introduced me to opeth so that will always hold a top spot for me. Some of the coolest drum phrasing and mystical vibes

Nice job. Couldn’t help but notice Katatonia playing in the background….Rank ‘em! Get on it!!