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Blackwater Park
Album cover
Album by Opeth
Released March 2001
Recorded August-October, 2000
Genre Death metal
Length 67 min 13 s
Label KOCH Records
Producer(s) Opeth and Steven Wilson
Professional reviews
  • AMG (4/5) link
  • SSMT (Favorable) link
  • The Metal Observer (Extremely favorable) link
Opeth chronology
Still Life
(1999)
Blackwater Park
(2001)
Deliverance
(2002)

Blackwater Park is Opeth's fifth album, released under KOCH Records in 2001. This album incorporates both heavy death metal parts and softer, mellow progressive rock elements. Several of the songs in this album feature "telephone vocals", an effect which is common in Steven Wilson's music, who helped to produce Blackwater Park. Steve Wilson also sang backup vocals in Bleak, a song with a mediterranean atmosphere, as well as "The Drapery Falls", and others songs. In a typical Opeth fashion, in contrast to the album's heavy songs, such as "The Leper Affinity" and "Bleak", the album also has softer parts, such as "Harvest", an acoustic track with soft vocals, or "Patterns in the Ivy", a completely instrumental track played only with an acoustic guitar and piano. Opeths Blackwater Park album. ... An album is a collection of related audio tracks, released together commercially in an audio format to the public. ... Jump to: navigation, search Opeth logo Opeth is a progressive death metal band from Sweden. ... Jump to: navigation, search March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Note: as an adjective (stressed on the second syllable instead of the first), august means honorable. ... Jump to: navigation, search October is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the year 2000. ... Jump to: navigation, search A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Jump to: navigation, search Death metal is a type of heavy metal music with thrash metal influences that emerged in the United States (especially Florida and California), Europe (especially the United Kingdom and Sweden) and Canada in the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... This article contains information that has not been verified. ... Jump to: navigation, search The second (symbol: s) is the SI base unit of time. ... Jump to: navigation, search A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Jump to: navigation, search In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) is (among many other tasks) primarily responsible for completing a master recording so that it is fit for mass production and commercial release. ... Jump to: navigation, search Opeth logo Opeth is a progressive death metal band from Sweden. ... Steven Wilson Steven Wilson is the lead guitarist/singer for progressive rock band Porcupine Tree. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Jump to: navigation, search Opeth logo Opeth is a progressive death metal band from Sweden. ... Still Life is Opeths fourth album, released under Peaceville/Snapper in 1999, only a year after their previous release, My Arms, Your Hearse. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Deliverance is Opeths sixth album, following the success of 2001s Blackwater Park. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2002(MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search Opeth logo Opeth is a progressive death metal band from Sweden. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Steven Wilson Steven Wilson is the lead guitarist/singer for progressive rock band Porcupine Tree. ...


The album was a critical and commercial success, introducing Opeth to a new range of fans. It is generally seen as their breakthrough work. The album is named after the obscure German heavy progressive rock band called Blackwater Park.

Contents


Track listing

Regular edition

  1. "The Leper Affinity" - 10:23
  2. "Bleak" - 9:15
  3. "Harvest" - 6:01
  4. "The Drapery Falls" - 10:53
  5. "Dirge for November" - 7:53
  6. "The Funeral Portrait" - 8:44
  7. "Patterns in the Ivy" - 1:52
  8. "Blackwater Park" - 12:08

Two-CD edition

There is also a special two-cd release of Blackwater Park, containing an extra CD with two bonus tracks and a video clip of "Harvest".

  1. "Still Day Beneath the Sun" - 4:34
  2. "Patterns in the Ivy II" - 4:12
  3. "Harvest" (video clip)

All tracks composed by Opeth. Produced by Opeth and Steven Wilson. Engineered by Opeth, Steven Wilson and Fredrik Nordström.


Personnel

Band

Mikael Ã…kerfeldt Mikael Ã…kerfeldt (last name pronounced Awker-felt), born on April 17, 1974, in Stockholm, Sweden, is currently lead vocalist and guitarist of Opeth. ... LeAnn Rimes singing in concert For other senses of this word, see singer (disambiguation). ... Jump to: navigation, search The acoustic archtop guitar used in Jazz features steel strings The guitar is a stringed musical instrument. ... Peter Lindgren (March 6, 1973) is a guitarist for the Swedish progressive death metal band Opeth. ... Jump to: navigation, search Martin Mendez is the bass guitar player for the Progressive Death Metal band Opeth. ... Jump to: navigation, search A Yamaha BB400S Electric Bass A bass guitar is an electric or acoustic bass - a stringed instrument similar in design to the guitar, but with longer scale and tuned lower in pitch. ... Martin Lopez is the drummer for the Swedish progressive death metal band Opeth. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ...

Other

Steven Wilson Steven Wilson is the lead guitarist/singer for progressive rock band Porcupine Tree. ... A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument played with a musical keyboard. ...

External link

  • Blackwater Park lyrics


 

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