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Watershed
Metal · 2008 · 8 tracks · 1h 1m

Watershed

Opeth

A masterwork of contrast where pastoral folk and woodwinds collide with dissonant, crushing death metal. Dense, unpredictable, and deeply atmospheric.

May 28, 2008 · Roadrunner Records

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A sophisticated and deeply unsettling descent from pastoral beauty into dissonant madness.

Tracklist · 8 Tracks · 1h 1m
01
Coil
3:11
02
Heir Apparent
8:50
03
The Lotus Eater
8:51
04
Burden
7:41
05
Porcelain Heart
8:01
06
Hessian Peel
11:26
07
Hex Omega
7:01
08
Derelict Herds
6:27
Moments Worth Listening For
The jarring transition from the delicate folk of Coil into the crushing, dissonant weight of Heir Apparent.
A frantic, carnival-esque Hammond organ solo erupting in the middle of the death metal chaos on The Lotus Eater.
The way the guitar slowly detunes into a dissonant mess at the end of the acoustic ballad Burden.
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Watershed sound next to the rest of Opeth's catalogue?

Baritone+1.4σ

The vocals lean notably further into baritone than the rest of the catalogue.

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