Opeth – ‘Heritage’ CD

‘Heritage’ is the tenth studio album by Swedish progressive metal band Opeth and was recorded in early 2011 at Atlantis Studios in Stockholm and produced by Mikael Åkerfeldt, engineered by Janne Hansson, and mixed by Steven Wilson (the first album since 2003 album ‘Damnation’, which he worked with the band, although he was not the producer anymore).

It takes on a full-fledged progressive rock sound, something the band had wanted to do for some time. It is a stark contrast to the progressive metal and death metal sounds of their past albums.

A critical and commercial success, the album sold 19,000 units in the United States in its debut week, charting at number 19 on the Billboard 200. The album was their first since 2003’s ‘Damnation’ not to feature Åkerfeldt’s signature death growls.