Opeth - Watershed

Watershed is the ninth studio album by Swedish progressive metal band Opeth, originally released in May 2008 via Roadrunner Records.

By the driving force of lead vocalist, songwriter and guitarist Mikael Akerfeldt, Opeth became one of the most successful Swedish bands. On their ninth studio album Watershed they're combining their death metal elements with progressive structured music.

It is critically acclaimed because of the alternation between slow melodic parts and dark heavy riffages. The folky clean vocal parts of Mikael Akerfeldt and his harsh death growls have been growing over the years. His clean singing reaches out to the heaviness in "The Lotus Eater".

The songs offer both the extremeness of their guitar and drum driven sounds as the dreamy sounds of keyboards and synthesizer. The more brutal songs, such as "Heir Apparent", breathes the growling vocals with progressive elements. The wall of guitar riffs with speedy drumming creates the doomy atmosphere.

Nowadays the album can be seen as one of the strongest efforts from their impressive catalogue.

This double album 2LP record set is a 2018 reissue on 180 gram audiophile black vinyl housed in a gatefold sleeve with a four page booklet and insert, pressed in Europe via Music On Vinyl.