Deliverance (Opeth album)

Deliverance
Studio album by Opeth
Released	12 November, 2002
Recorded	22 July-4 September, 2002
Genre	Progressive death metal
Length	61:50
Label	Koch
Producer	Opeth and Steven Wilson
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone Mar 6, 2003, p.71
Opeth chronology
Blackwater Park (2001) Deliverance (2002) Damnation (2003)

Deliverance is Opeth's sixth studio album, following the band's highly successful 2001 album, Blackwater Park. It was recorded between July 22 and September 4, 2002 (see 2002 in music), at the same time as Damnation, which was released the following year. The two albums contrast starkly with one another, as Deliverance is considered to be one of the band's heaviest albums whereas Damnation experimented with a much mellower progressive rock-influenced sound. Deliverance and Damnation were originally intended to be released as a double album, but the band eventually decided against this and released them separately, approximately six months apart from one another. The album peaked on Top Heatseekers at #16 and the Top Independent Albums chart at #19.^[1]

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Notes 3 Personnel 3.1 Band members 3.2 Guests 3.3 Production 4 References

Track listing

All of the tracks on this album were written by Mikael Åkerfeldt.

1. "Wreath" – 11:10
2. "Deliverance" – 13:36
3. "A Fair Judgement" – 10:24
4. "For Absent Friends" – 2:17
5. "Master's Apprentices" – 10:32
6. "By the Pain I See in Others" – 13:51

Notes

• The track "Master's Apprentices" was named after the seminal Australian hard/progressive rock group The Masters Apprentices.^[2]
• Opeth won a Swedish Grammy with Deliverance for "best hard rock performance."
• At the end of "By the Pain I See in Others", after a moment of silence, backwards chanting starts to play. When reversed, verses from the previous track "Master's Apprentices" can be heard.
• According to the official Opeth website, "By the Pain I See in Others" is guitarist Mikael Åkerfeldt's least favorite Opeth song.

Personnel

Band members

• Mikael Åkerfeldt – vocals, guitar
• Peter Lindgren – guitar
• Martin Mendez – bass
• Martin Lopez – drums

Guests

• Steven Wilson – backing vocals, guitar, mellotron

Production

• Produced by Opeth and Steven Wilson
• Fredrik Nordström − Engineer
• Andy Sneap − Mixing
• Travis Smith − Design, Photography, Execution
• Rex Zachary − Photography
• Ken Seaney − Photography

References

•  • e Opeth
Mikael Åkerfeldt · Fredrik Åkesson · Martin Mendez · Martin Axenrot · Per Wiberg David Isberg · Andreas Dimeo · Kim Pettersson · Johan DeFarfalla · Stefan Guteklint · Mattias Ander · Nick Döring · Anders Nordin · Martin Lopez · Peter Lindgren
Studio albums	Orchid · Morningrise · My Arms, Your Hearse · Still Life · Blackwater Park · Deliverance · Damnation · Ghost Reveries · Upcoming untitled album
Live	Lamentations · The Roundhouse Tapes
Demo albums	Demo '91 · Apostle in Triumph
Compilations	Opeth Box Set
Singles	"The Drapery Falls" · "'Still Day Beneath the Sun" · "The Grand Conjuration"
Related articles	Discography