Opeth

Opeth is a progressive metal band from Sweden that is influenced by many diverse musical styles ranging from jazz, 1970s progressive rock, death metal, and blues. Their recent releases have deviated from their traditional death metal influenced style, with more emphasis on progressive elements. Vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt is also noted for utilizing both clean singing and death growls, often in the same track. Due to their unique blend of melodic and progressive elements, Opeth are often classified separately from more typical death metal acts. The name Opeth was taken from Wilbur Smith's novel Sunbird and derived from Opet, a city of the moon named in the novel.

History

Genres

Progressive Metal Progressive Rock Death Metal Metal Acoustic Rock

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Style over time

Genres of the artist's albums over the years: the higher the line, the stronger the genre on that album

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Opeth members

Current members: Fredrik Åkesson (guitar, background vocals), Mikael Åkerfeldt (bass guitar, guitar, lead vocals, original), Martín Méndez (bass guitar), Joakim Svalberg (background vocals, keyboard, percussion, synthesizer), Waltteri Väyrynen (drums (drum set))

Former members: Peter Lindgren (bass guitar, guitar), Martin Lopez (membranophone), Anders Nordin (membranophone), Per Wiberg (background vocals, keyboard, mellotron), Martin Axenrot (membranophone, percussion), Stefan Guteklint (bass guitar), David Isberg (lead vocals, original), Johan De Farfalla (background vocals, bass guitar), Nick Döring (bass guitar), Andreas Dimeo (guitar), Gene Hoglan (additional, drums (drum set)), Mattias Ander (bass guitar), Kim Pettersson (guitar), Micke Bargstörm (guitar), Rille Even (membranophone, original), Dan Nilsson (guitar, original), Martin Persson (bass guitar, original)