What is the best Opeth album of all time?

Sweeping acoustic folk passages, crushing death metal, and sophisticated prog rock coexist across a catalog that refuses any single label. Which album moved you most?

1

Blackwater Park

Opeth's 2001 progressive death metal opus produced by Steven Wilson.

2

Ghost Reveries

Opeth's 2005 album featuring the most epic and layered songwriting of their death metal era.

3

Still Life

Opeth's 1999 concept album blending medieval themes with progressive death metal.

4

Watershed

Opeth's 2008 transitional album bridging death metal and progressive rock.

5

My Arms, Your Hearse

Opeth's 1998 concept album exploring death and loss through progressive metal.

6

Damnation

Opeth's 2003 all-acoustic/clean album, a quiet counterpart to Deliverance.

7

Deliverance

Opeth's 2002 heaviest album featuring their most extreme compositions.

8

Pale Communion

Opeth's 2014 pure progressive rock album drawing from 1970s influences.

9

Heritage

Opeth's 2011 album marking their controversial full shift to progressive rock.

10

Orchid

Opeth's 1995 debut album establishing their signature epic, atmospheric style.

11

Morningrise

Opeth's 1996 sophomore album containing five tracks averaging over 10 minutes each.

12

Sorceress

Opeth's 2016 album exploring diverse 1970s prog influences.