Watershed (Opeth album)
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| Studio album by Opeth | ||||
| Released | May 30, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | February 2007 – January 10, 2008 at Fascination Street Studios in Örebro, Sweden | |||
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| Length | 54:48 | |||
| Label | Roadrunner | |||
| Producer | Mikael Åkerfeldt and Jens Bogren | |||
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| Metacritic | 82/100 |
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| Pitchfork Media | 7.5/10 |
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Watershed is the ninth full-length studio album by the Swedish heavy metal band Opeth. Released by Roadrunner Records, Watershed is the first studio album by Opeth to feature guitarist Fredrik Åkesson and drummer Martin Axenrot, who replaced longtime guitarist Peter Lindgren and drummer Martin Lopez. The artwork for the album was made by Travis Smith (who has created the artwork for eight previous Opeth releases) in collaboration with Mikael Åkerfeldt. The album is, as of 2016, the band's last studio album to contain death growls or any death metal elements. The song "The Lotus Eater" was featured in the video game Saints Row: The Third. As of December 8th, 2015, the song "Heir Apparent" is available for download in the video game Rock Band 4.
On opening track "Coil", Mikael Åkerfeldt duets with Nathalie Lorichs, who was dating drummer Martin Axenrot at the time. The band has revealed that they were initially going to start the album with what eventually became the second track, "Heir Apparent"; however, they preferred "Coil" as an introductory track for its contrast to "Heir Apparent".
The album was met with "universal acclaim" according to Metacritic, receiving a metascore of 82/100 based on 10 critics.
On Metal Hammer's Critic's Choice Top 50, Watershed was named as the second-best album of 2008 (behind only Metallica's Death Magnetic). In the January/February 2009 issue of Metal Edge, Watershed was voted the number 1 album of 2008.
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