OPETH

6th album from 2002 by Sweden's OPETH and one of the heaviest and most aggressive releases of the band's career. Issued only months before "Damnation", with which it forms an intriguing artistic counterpart, "Deliverance" finds Mikael Åkerfeldt and company embracing their darkest and most extreme side while maintaining the sophisticated songwriting that had become a hallmark of their sound.

"Deliverance" blends Progressive Death Metal, acoustic passages, melancholic atmospheres and richly developed arrangements within a series of lengthy and meticulously crafted compositions. The production by Steven Wilson (PORCUPINE TREE) enhances every nuance of an intense and immersive album that remains one of the most acclaimed entries in OPETH's catalogue and a landmark of modern Progressive Death Metal.

Recommended for fans of: KATATONIA, EDGE OF SANITY, ENSLAVED, PORCUPINE TREE.