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Watershed is the ninth full-length studio album by the 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 is the band's last studio album to contain death growls or any death metal elements to date.

Watershed
Studio album by
Opeth
Released19 May 2008 (2008-05-19)
Recorded1 November 2007[1]–10 January 2008
Studio
  • Fascination Street Studios in Örebro, Sweden
  • Junkmail facilities (additional)
Genre
  • Progressive rock
  • progressive metal
  • death metal[2]
Length54:56
LabelRoadrunner
Producer
Opeth chronology
The Roundhouse Tapes
(2007)		 Watershed
(2008)		 The Candlelight Years
(2008)
Alternative cover
Special edition
Singles from Watershed
  1. "Porcelain Heart"
    Released: 19 April 2008
  2. "Mellotron Heart"
    Released: 3 June 2008
  3. "Burden"
    Released: 9 December 2008

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


Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic82/100[6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Blender[7]
Blabbermouth.net9.5/10[8]
Consequence of SoundA−[9]
The New York Times[10]
Pitchfork7.5/10[11]
PopMatters9/10[12]
Q[13]
Rock Hard9/10[14]
Sputnikmusic[15]

The album was met with universal acclaim according to Metacritic, receiving a metascore of 82/100 based on 10 critics.[6]

On Metal Hammer's Critic's Choice Top 50, Watershed was named as the second-best album of 2008 (behind only Metallica's Death Magnetic).[16] In the January/February 2009 issue of Metal Edge, Watershed was voted the number 1 album of 2008.

In a fan club interview dated to November 2008, 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 CD...that he hadn't been a part of", and that he "had trouble following the new songs at first", but called it "damn good".[17]


Track listing


All lyrics are written by Mikael Åkerfeldt; all music is composed by Åkerfeldt except where noted.

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Coil" 3:10
2."Heir Apparent" 8:50
3."The Lotus Eater" 8:50
4."Burden" 7:41
5."Porcelain Heart"
8:00
6."Hessian Peel" 11:25
7."Hex Omega" 7:00
Total length:54:56
Special edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
8."Derelict Herds"
6:28
9."Bridge of Sighs" (Robin Trower cover)Robin Trower5:55
10."Den ständiga resan" (Marie Fredriksson cover)Marie Fredriksson4:09
Special edition bonus DVD
No.TitleLength
1."Prologue"6:58
2."From Another Planet"8:30
3."The Lotus Eater"13:48
4."The Junkmail Studios"16:23
5."Epilogue"6:41
Total length:52:20

Chart positions



Usage in media



Personnel



Opeth



Additional musicians



Production and design



Release history


Watershed was released as a standard edition, a 180 gram vinyl edition, and a special edition. The special edition includes three bonus tracks, a bonus DVD with a 5.1 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.[38]

Region Date Label Format Catalog
Continental Europe 30 May 2008[39] Roadrunner CD RR 7962-2
United Kingdom 2 June 2008[40] Roadrunner CD RR 7962-2
North America 3 June 2008[41] Roadrunner Enhanced CD R 1384409
Australia 3 June 2008 Roadrunner Records (Australia) Enhanced CD RR 7962-8

References


  1. "Opeth: To Begin Recording New Album Tomorrow". Blabbermouth.net. 31 October 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2008.
  2. True, Christopher M. Watershed review allmusic.com. Retrieved on 13 October 2009.
  3. "Watershed Artwork Revealed". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 31 March 2008.
  4. Hensch, Mark. "Opeth Interview". antiMusic. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  5. "Opeth interview - Mikael Akerfeldt (part 2)". YouTube. 25 November 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. "Watershed - Opeth". Metacritic. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  7. Watershed review blender.com. Retrieved on 13 October 2009.
  8. www.roadrunnerrecords.com http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/showreview.aspx?reviewID=1465. Retrieved 18 May 2010. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) [dead link]
  9. "Opeth - Watershed". 20 June 2008.
  10. Ratliff, Ben. Playlist nytimes.com. Retrieved on 13 October 2009.
  11. Lee, Cosmo. Watershed review 4 June 2008. Retrieved on 28 August 2014.
  12. Begrand, Adrien Watershed review 5 June 2008. Retrieved on 13 October 2009.
  13. "Opeth - Watershed". Q. No. 264. July 2008. p. 101.
  14. "Rock Hard review". issue 253.
  15. Stagno, Mike. Watershed review Retrieved on 13 October 2009.
  16. Metal Hammer critics’ top 50 albums of 2008: 3-1 metalhammer.co.uk. 23 December 2008. Retrieved on 29 November 2009.
  17. Hellström, Jörgen. "Interview with Peter Lindgren (English)". Opeth FanClub Sweden. Archived from the original on 28 August 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  18. "Watershed in Australian Charts". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 13 August 2008.
  19. "Watershed in Der Österreichischen Hitparade" (in German). austriancharts.at. Retrieved 13 August 2008.
  20. "Opeth - Watershed" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  21. "Opeth Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  22. "Opeth's Watershed Tops Finnish Album Chart". blabbermouth.net. 11 June 2008. Retrieved 13 August 2008.
  23. "Watershed in Dutch Charts" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 13 August 2008.
  24. "Watershed in Finnish Charts". finnishcharts.com. Retrieved 13 August 2008.
  25. "Watershed dans Les Charts Français" (in French). lescharts.com. Retrieved 13 August 2008.
  26. "Offiziellecharts.de – Opeth – Watershed" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  27. "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2008. 23. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  28. "Irish-charts.com – Discography Opeth". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  29. "Watershed in Italian Charts". italiancharts.com. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  30. "Watershed in New Zealand Charts". charts.nz. Retrieved 13 August 2008.
  31. "Watershed in Norwegian Charts". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 13 August 2008.
  32. "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  33. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  34. "Watershed in Swedish Charts". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 13 August 2008.
  35. "Watershed in Der Schweizer Hitparade" (in German). hitparade.ch. Retrieved 13 August 2008.
  36. "Opeth Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  37. "ZPAV - Muzyka w INTERIA.PL - teledyski, koncerty, nowości płytowe, dobra muzyka, listy przebojów". muzyka.interia.pl. Archived from the original on 12 March 2009.
  38. "Mellotron Heart: Exclusive Digital Delivery for Opeth Pre-Order". RoadrunnerRecords.com. Retrieved 3 June 2008.
  39. Amazon.de: Opeth – Watershed
  40. Amazon.co.uk: Opeth – Watershed
  41. "Opeth – Roadrunner Records". Roadrunnerrecords.com. 5 February 2008. Retrieved 26 March 2008.

На других языках

[de] Watershed (Album)

Watershed ist das neunte Studioalbum der schwedischen Progressive-Metal-Band Opeth. Es erschien am 19. Mai 2008 bei Roadrunner Records und ist das bislang letzte Opeth-Album, das noch Growlgesang und andere eindeutige Death-Metal-Elemente enthält.
- [en] Watershed (Opeth album)

[es] Watershed

Watershed es el noveno álbum de estudio de la banda sueca de death metal progresivo Opeth. Publicado por Roadrunner Records, el álbum primero fue lanzado digitalmente en las tiendas de iTunes europeas el 19 de mayo de 2008, y lanzado físicamente el 30 de mayo de 2008 en Europa continental, el 2 de junio de 2008 en el Reino Unido y el 3 de junio de 2008 en Norteamérica. El álbum fue grabado en los estudios Fascination Street en Orebro, Suecia, entre el 1 de noviembre y el 13 de diciembre de 2007. Watershed es el primer álbum con Martin Axenrot en la batería y Fredrik Åkesson en la guitarra. El material gráfico del álbum fue hecho por Travis Smith (quien hizo el material de los ocho trabajos anteriores de Opeth) en colaboración con Mikael Åkerfeldt.

[ru] Watershed

Watershed — девятый студийный альбом шведской метал-группы Opeth, вышедший в 2008 году.


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