Pale Communion

Pale Communion
Cover art by Travis Smith
Studio album by
Opeth
Released26 August 2014 (2014-08-26)
Studio
GenreProgressive rock,[1] progressive metal
Length56:00
LabelRoadrunner
ProducerMikael Åkerfeldt, Tom Dalgety
Opeth chronology
Heritage
(2011) 		Pale Communion
(2014) 		Sorceress
(2016)
Singles from Pale Communion
  1. "Cusp of Eternity"
    Released: 3 June 2014

Pale Communion is the eleventh studio album by Swedish progressive metal band Opeth. The album was released on 26 August 2014 through Roadrunner Records.[2] The album was produced by Mikael Åkerfeldt and mixed by Steven Wilson.[3] Pale Communion is the first album with keyboardist Joakim Svalberg after the departure of Per Wiberg in 2011. The album sold 19,090 copies in its first week of release in the United States, debuting at number 19 on the Billboard 200.[4][5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference AllMusic was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "OPETH Album Officially Pushed Back To August". Metal Injection. 8 May 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Opeth's "Pale Communion" Coming June 17". Roadrunner Records. 7 April 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  4. ^ "Metal By Numbers 9/28: Respecting Your Heritage Can Help You Sell RecordsMetal Insider". 28 September 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Heritage | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 18 July 2016.