Damnation

Album · Released 22 April 2003

Damnation

Opeth

Quietness does not make Damnation a comfortable record. Opeth remove the growled vocals and most of the heavy guitar attack, leaving the melancholy in their writing unusually exposed. The songs have enough melodic strength to support that decision, with small instrumental changes taking on the importance that a sudden heavy entrance might carry elsewhere. Windowpane sets the mood through a gently moving guitar figure and Mikael Åkerfeldt's…

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