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Those who love Opeth for their storming death metal while loathing their prog-folk interludes should avoid Damnation like the plague. It turns out that 2002's Deliverance was so unutterably heavy because the band worked out most of their more pastoral sensibilities on Damnation, recorded at the same time. What's here is a complex and often acoustic album that proves beyond question Opeth's high regard for the sweet harmonies and post-psychedelic atmospherics of 70s rockers such as Camel, Steve Hackett and, especially, Barclay James Harvest.
This is not to say it's a retro album. For a start, those bands have been so comprehensively written out of rock history it's as if they never existed at all. Then there's the influence of Opeth's own pedigree. Steeped in the bloodier aspects of metal, singer Mikael Akerfeldt has no time for sweet love or fanciful flights of fantasy, instead remaining forever trapped in post-relationship depression, drowning in loneliness and regret. His voice, here never reduced to a satanic roar, drifts beautifully over and under the band's dark folk and hypnotic soft rock progressions, as chiming twin guitars, recalling Wishbone Ash, drop casually in and out. It's still intense and often moving--it just doesn't shout about it. --Dominic Wills
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is my favourite Opeth album. The music sounds like it's always been around but yet somehow Opeth make it sound ethereal. Lovely lyrics and a variety of sounds blended together to make molten musical heaven. An album to get lost in. If I had more than two thumbs I'd hold them all up. But I don't. So two for Opeth.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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People think that to listen to slow quiet music sissy, but Damnation is one in a million. The music and vocals are beautiful. Mikael Akerfeldt is a true genious. Damnation is one of those albums where it`s hard to pick a favourite song, because each song has a unique feature example: to rid the diease has the brilliant keyboard solo and windowpane has the legendary guitar solo. My personal favourite is windowpane. Damnation is easily one of the best albums ever written. The only thing that could make it better is if `Harvest` was on it too.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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I'd listened to Opeth before, mostly on video media, and this was the first album I got hold of of theirs. It's a lot mellower than I expected it to be. There's no death, it's all prog, but so well-crafted there aren't really any moments where it lags. This is already one of my favourite rock albums - I've regained my faith that good, original rock music can still be written. I honestly can't think of any better rock album from the last decade, one of those which you listen to and think, every single one of those songs was genius. It's probably the subtlest album I own too, though at the same time there are some complex structures and new sounds here which make it psychadelic and almost hypnotic. A truly great and unique band are Opeth. I defy anyone who's into contemporary music, no matter how hardcore, to dislike this album.
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Symphonic Tribute
Love this album..A fair bit of credit has to go to Steven Wilson me thinks..Lovely Mellotron drenched compositions, great lyrics, Musicianship, a real tribute to the Floyd, BJH,... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Pd Davies
Beauty and power
Damnation is an album of truly subtle beauty. Opener Windowpane is immediately insistent in its rhythm, but gentle. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Koko
Opeth - Damnation
Opeth's Damnation was released back in 2003 and was once again produced/mixed by the fabulous Steven Wilson. Read more
Published 7 months ago by N. Green
Opeth's Mellow Songs at it's BEST!
A brilliant album by the Swedish progressive death metallers Opeth. They wanted to make a mellow album, they made the holy grail of mellow songs. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Tasos Constantinou
recommended to me and better than I thought it would be
I didn't know what to expect and found it to be quite easy on the ear. You could put this album at a dinner party. It's very un-offensive. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Gregorsdad
Well worth a listen...
... but not necessarily the Opeth album for everyone.
Having started listening to Opeth relatively recently, my favourite thing about them is the complex beauty and... Read more
Having started listening to Opeth relatively recently, my favourite thing about them is the complex beauty and... Read more
Published 20 months ago by C. J. Tozer
If you take out the death growling .....and so they did
This is a band I want to like. Great musicians with great chops and a fearsome sound. Problem is that I dont "get" all the death metal vocals and just dont respond to it. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Glorfindel
Among the greats
I have owned this album for about 3 years now and I can honestly say that I have never bored of it.
For older Opeth fans, it does see them at their most mellow and... Read more
For older Opeth fans, it does see them at their most mellow and... Read more
Published on 24 Mar 2010 by Ae Minott
Sublime
This album is a sublime creation. Kind of a mix of Pink Floyd / Porcupine Tree / Barclay James Harvest. Read more
Published on 8 Nov 2009 by R. W.
Niiiiiiiiiiice
As a fan of Opeths heavier side, (and brutal death metal in general) I approached this album with much caution as acoustics and clean vocals have never been my kind of thing. Read more
Published on 8 Oct 2009 by Mp Jones
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