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Opeth have announced that they will release a new 20th anniversary reissue of Blackwater Park.
Reissued through Music For Nations on July 16 the album will come lovingly pressed onto heavyweight, audiophile approved vinyl, with a variety of deluxe finishes, and housed in a gatefold artwork sleeve, with updated liner notes and acknowledgements. The deluxe variants, including a hardcase CD, come furnished with an updated artwork booklet complete with new liner notes, never seen before memories from the band, and exclusive content provided by the Opeth fanbase.
“I know that Blackwater Park was the stepping stone into professionalism for us<‘ recalls Opeth mainman Mikael Åkerfeldt. “Since then the band has taken up all our time, and we’ve never really looked back. Always forward.
“It’s well known that Steven Wilson came in to produce the album, and that set off a lifelong friendship. I like to think the songs were different from what most other bands were doing at the time, but the production definitely set us apart from the rest. Steven helped to highlight the true strength of the band which was, and still is, our diversity.”
Released in 2001, and produced by Steven Wilson, who would go on to produce 2002’s Deliverance and 2003’s Damnation, Blackwater Park is seen as the breakthrough moment for Opeth, introducing the band to a much larger audience, broadening their appeal from the somewhat restrictive confines of the metal underground to both the wider metal scene and, as only seemed right, the progressive rock world.
Blackwater Park, which was remastered for the 2011 CD reissue, will be reissued on deluxe CD, white vinyl and coloured vinyl on 16th July featuring bonus track, a live version of The Leper Affinity.
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- Opeth - In Live Concert At The Royal Albert Hall - 180 Gram Red & Black Marbled Vinyl - Sealed - UK - 4-LP vinyl set - £69.99, $93.79, €81.19 (New Item) (arrived 19-Feb-2026 17:36)
on March 11, 2026 at 1:10 pmOPETH In Live Concert At The Royal Albert Hall (2026 UK/EU limited edition quadruple album 4-LP box set pressed on 180-gram Red & Black Marbled Vinyl. Recorded at London's Royal Albert Hall during the Evolution XX: An Opeth Anthology tour, this live document captures the band celebrating their 20th anniversary with a career-spanning set. Across eight sides and nearly three hours of music, performances of The Leper Affinity, Blackwater Park, The Moor and The Lotus Eater highlight the group's balance of progressive composition and metallic intensity. Presented as a deluxe four-LP edition housed inside two gatefold picture sleeves within an individually numbered linen-laminate textured slipcase, complete with a 20-page booket and an A3 sized poster. Gold hype sticker & factory sealed. Recommended)
- Opeth - In Live Concert At The Royal Albert Hall - 180 Gram Red & Black Marbled Vinyl - Sealed - UK - 4-LP vinyl set - £69.99, $93.79, €81.19 (New Item) (arrived 19-Feb-2026 13:00)on March 11, 2026 at 1:10 pm
OPETH In Live Concert At The Royal Albert Hall (2026 UK/EU limited edition quadruple album 4-LP box set pressed on 180-gram Red & Black Marbled Vinyl. Recorded at London's Royal Albert Hall during the Evolution XX: An Opeth Anthology tour, this live document captures the band celebrating their 20th anniversary with a career-spanning set. Across eight sides and nearly three hours of music, performances of The Leper Affinity, Blackwater Park, The Moor and The Lotus Eater highlight the group's balance of progressive composition and metallic intensity. Presented as a deluxe four-LP edition housed inside two gatefold picture sleeves within an individually numbered linen-laminate textured slipcase, complete with a 20-page booket and an A3 sized poster. Gold hype sticker & factory sealed. Recommended)
- Opeth - Pale Communion - Gold Vinyl 180 Gram + Exclusive Print & Booklet - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £34.99, $46.89, €40.59 (New Item) (arrived 24-Dec-2025 16:20)
on March 11, 2026 at 1:10 pmOPETH Pale Communion (2025 UK/EU limited edition 8-track double album 2-LP pressed on 180-gram Gold Coloured Vinyl. Pale Communion finds Opeth deepening the melodic, progressive direction they explored in the preceding decade - rich in detail, expansive in arrangement, and performed with the precision that has become Mikael Åkerfeldt's trademark. Produced by Åkerfeldt and mixed by Steven Wilson, the album draws on a broad palette of influences, from early King Crimson to the organ-driven weight of classic Deep Purple, while retaining the band's unmistakable atmosphere and emotional depth. Åkerfeldt described the record as an effort to push melody to the forefront, resulting in some of the band's most expressive vocal lines and intricate harmonic writing. Metal Injection called it "the missing link between Damnation and Ghost Reveries," and AllMusic noted its kinship with seminal early-'70s progressive rock. Limited to 3000 individually numbered copies, it includes a 4-page booklet, a 20 × 20 cm exclusive print, and comes housed in a deluxe gatefold sleeve with a linen-laminate textured finish and gold hype sticker. Recommended)
- Opeth - Pale Communion - Gold Vinyl 180 Gram + Exclusive Print & Booklet - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £34.99, $46.89, €40.59 (New Item) (arrived 24-Dec-2025 10:35)on March 11, 2026 at 1:10 pm
OPETH Pale Communion (2025 UK/EU limited edition 8-track double album 2-LP pressed on 180-gram Gold Coloured Vinyl. Pale Communion finds Opeth deepening the melodic, progressive direction they explored in the preceding decade - rich in detail, expansive in arrangement, and performed with the precision that has become Mikael Åkerfeldt's trademark. Produced by Åkerfeldt and mixed by Steven Wilson, the album draws on a broad palette of influences, from early King Crimson to the organ-driven weight of classic Deep Purple, while retaining the band's unmistakable atmosphere and emotional depth. Åkerfeldt described the record as an effort to push melody to the forefront, resulting in some of the band's most expressive vocal lines and intricate harmonic writing. Metal Injection called it "the missing link between Damnation and Ghost Reveries," and AllMusic noted its kinship with seminal early-'70s progressive rock. Limited to 3000 individually numbered copies, it includes a 4-page booklet, a 20 × 20 cm exclusive print, and comes housed in a deluxe gatefold sleeve with a linen-laminate textured finish and gold hype sticker. Recommended)
- Opeth - Orchid - 1st - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £74.99, $100.49, €86.99 (Back In Stock) (arrived 19-Dec-2025 17:00)
on March 11, 2026 at 1:10 pmOPETH Orchid (2001 Dutch 8-track double LP, the debut album by Swedish heavy metal band originally released in 1995, this issue is the first release on vinyl. Housed in a single pocket picture sleeve, still in its open shrink. The sleeve has just a slightly creased corner due to shrink shrinkage whilst the vinyl has little evidence of play leaving it Excellent overall D-00081)
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