Heritage (Opeth album)

Heritage
Cover art by Travis Smith
Studio album by
Opeth
Released13 September 2011 (2011-09-13)
Recorded
  • 31 January – 21 February 2011
  • March 2011
Studio
  • Atlantis, Stockholm, Sweden
  • No Man's Land, Hemel Hempstead, England (additional)
  • Junkmail, Stockholm, Sweden (mellotron)
Genre
Length57:04
LabelRoadrunner
ProducerMikael Åkerfeldt
Opeth chronology
In Live Concert at the Royal Albert Hall
(2010) 		Heritage
(2011) 		Pale Communion
(2014)
Opeth studio album chronology
Watershed
(2008) 		Heritage
(2011) 		Pale Communion
(2014)
Singles from Heritage
  1. "The Devil's Orchard"
    Released: 26 July 2011[3][4]
  2. "Slither"
    Released: 21 November 2011

Heritage is the tenth studio album by Swedish progressive metal band Opeth. It was released on 13 September 2011 through Roadrunner Records. The album was recorded in early 2011 at Atlantis Studios in Stockholm and produced by Mikael Åkerfeldt, engineered by Janne Hansson, and mixed by Steven Wilson (the first album since 2003's Damnation on which he worked with the band, although not as producer). It takes on more of a progressive rock sound, something the band had wanted to do for some time, resulting in a stark contrast to the progressive death metal sounds of their past albums.

A critical and commercial success, the album sold 19,000 units in the United States in its debut week, charting at number 19 on the Billboard 200. The album was their first since 2003's Damnation not to feature Åkerfeldt's signature death growls,[5] a style of singing he would not employ again until The Last Will and Testament in 2024.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Allmusic was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Belling, Alasdair (16 November 2020). "A look back at 10 of the greatest Swedish metal bands". Tone Deaf. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Opeth To Release Heritage In September". The Gauntlet. 26 May 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
  4. ^ "Opeth To Release Heritage This September!". Roadrunner Records. 26 May 2011. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  5. ^ Inferno. http://www.inferno.fi/blogi-opeth-heritage-ilm-20-9-4914/