Ranking this metal bands studio albums #3: OPETH

The point of these topics are for us to all individually rank a bands STUDIO ALBUMS. I start these every Monday. So keep a lookout for them. Once the week is completed I will combine all the rankings and calculate CE'S definitive rankings for that bands albums.

Please just rate the studio albums. Do not include EPS, best ofs, live albums, etc. Please also rank all albums. Partial rankings will be ignored.

Also feel free to discuss anything related to the band. Post your favorite music videos and live performances as well.

THIS WEEKS BAND: OPETH
Opeth is a Swedish progressive metal band from Stockholm, formed in 1990.

Opeth's Discography (14 albums)
Orchid
My Arms, Your Hearse
Morningrise
Still Life
Blackwater Park
Deliverance
Damnation
Ghost Reveries
Watershed
Heritage
Pale Communion
Sorceress
In Cauda Venenum
The Last Will and Testament

Previous weeks results:

Iron Maiden
17. Virtual XI
16. The Final Frontier
15. The X Factor
14. The Book of Souls
13. No Prayer for the Dying
12. Fear of the Dark
11. Senjutsu
10. A Matter of Life and Death
9. Dance of Death
8. Brave New World
7. Killers
6. Piece of Mind
5. Somewhere in Time
4. Iron Maiden
3. The Number of the Beast
2. Powerslave
1. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

Next week's band:
Faith No More

Bands we've done:
Testament
Iron Maiden

This was a tough one for me. As I jumped all around their discography when getting into the band. I didn't start listening to them until Watershed. I'm really digging the new album and it might be ranked higher than it deserves. I wonder where I'll rank it a few years from now. Anyway...here's my rankings.

14. Orchid
13. Heritage
12. Pale Communion
11. My Arms, Your Hearse
10. Morningrise
9. Deliverance
8. Sorceress
7. In Cauda Venenum
6. Damnation
5. Ghost Reveries
4. The Last Will and Testament
3. Still Life
2. Blackwater Park
1. Watershed

https://youtu.be/D0cDmm7Cz_k?si=9cJ5e-kDskR2IE5D

1. still life
2. blackwater park
3. my arms, your hearse
4. damnation
5. watershed
6. ghost reveries
7. deliverance
8. morningrise
9. the last will and testament
10. pale communion
11. in cauda venenum
12. sorceress
13. heritage
14. orchid

i might bump the new joint above morningrise with more listens. it's good but pretty much their whole run starting mayh-watershed is above it imo.

CHM_Punk posted...

My Arms, Your Hearse is rated way too damn low.

9-11 are interchangeable really. They're that close. It's honestly where I struggled the most with this ranking. I also like every album with only Orchid being one that never grabbed me at all. So we're really just talking about degrees of like.

Anything for us that dont like metal?

leonkr41138 posted...

Anything for us that dont like metal?

How about an Elton John song that deserves a ton more love?
https://youtu.be/qmTx_K_m4fU?si=5yw4oJ3FnmBrtmb_

Didn't really like Heritage so I stopped listening to them after that album. Still Life is their best work.

10. Damnation
9. Heritage
8. Deliverance
7. Morningrise
6. Orchid
5. Watershed
4. Blackwater Park
3. My Arms Your Hearse
2. Ghost Reveries
1. Still Life

trappedunderice posted...

Didn't really like Heritage so I stopped listening to them after that album. Still Life is their best work.

I personally didn't hate Heritage. Bands need to evolve. If they didn't change I'm not sure I'd still be listening to them. I mean it's still one of their weakest albums, however I think it has its moments. I think that they've improved thier new sound little by little with every release. You might even like this new album. If you do work backwards from there.

This is a really, really tough one to be honest. Honestly, literally everything is great.

1. Ghost Reveries/Blackwater Park
2. Blackwater Park/Ghost Reveries
3. The Last Will and Testament
4. Pale Communion
5. Watershed
6. Still Life
7. My Arms, Your Hearse
8. In Cauda Venenum
9. Heritage
10. Damnation
11. Deliverance
12. Sorceress
13. Morningrise
14. Orchid

I'm not familiar enough with their very early stuff and their prog stuff to make a true ranking but my top are probably Ghost Reveries, Blackwater Park, My Arms Your Hearse in that order. New one rules too but that could be recency bias

trappedunderice posted...

Didn't really like Heritage so I stopped listening to them after that album. Still Life is their best work.

10. Damnation
9. Heritage
8. Deliverance
7. Morningrise
6. Orchid
5. Watershed
4. Blackwater Park
3. My Arms Your Hearse
2. Ghost Reveries
1. Still Life

the new album is death metal again, you should give it a shot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID26BqSqkuw

i really only know orchid which i love. my arms your hearse is pretty good but only listened to it a few times. morningrise and blackwater park both sound familiar so might have listened to them like once.

so i won't vote but think this is the push i need to check out more of their stuff with orchid being pretty low overall.

https://youtu.be/oF68P5N1RJM?si=82GUVDeSJzz4wu1h

Tag for later.

1. Blackwater Park
2. Ghost Reveries
3. Watershed
4. Still Life
5. Morningrise
6. My Arms, Your Hearse
7. Heritage
8. Damnation
9. In Cauda Venenum
10. Deliverance
11. The Last Will and Testament
12. Sorceress
13. Pale Communion
14. Orchid

People I know say Blackwater Park is overrated and I tell them to fuck off

https://youtu.be/nMcouHmoApU?si=fhBU725906UG1ht0

14. Sorceress
13. Heritage
12. Pale Communion
11. Orchid
10. In Cauda Venenum
9. Morningrise
8. Damnation
7. My Arms Your Hearse
6. Watershed
5. The Last Will and Testament
4. Still Life
3. Deliverance
2. Blackwater Park
1. Ghost Reveries

https://youtu.be/ybC6iBWLZ6k?si=IGGP4wyqWBChvnWQ

1. My Arms, Your Hearse
2. Blackwater Park
3. Still Life
4. Ghost Reveries
5. Damnation
6. Watershed
7. Morningrise
8. Orchid
9. Pale Communion
10. Deliverance
11. The Last Will and Testament
12. In Cauda Venenum
13. Sorceress
14. Heritage

https://youtu.be/XcFVGOphsHg?si=9jOnFeSzI4Sz_YHz

https://youtu.be/FxvN_GxgpF8?si=ysQKEXyDk6qWzelb

Up

https://youtu.be/ypdlAMXIvCM?si=l08AxQFeb--Jlmo_

Last day to rank.

Currently the only 4 albums that have a shot at the number 1 spot is Ghost Reveries, Still Life, Watershed, and Blackwater Park. With Blackwater Park currently in the lead.

https://youtu.be/nKHZDHYYRm0?si=aaspAR3xGfKwWue6