Orchid (album)
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| Studio album by Opeth | |||||
| Released | May 15, 1995 (EU) 1997 (US) |
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| Recorded | March, 1994 | ||||
| Genre | Progressive Death Metal | ||||
| Length | 65:36 71:58 (bonus track) |
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| Label |  Candlelight Records Century Black |
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| Producer | Opeth, Dan Swanö, Pontus Norgren | ||||
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Orchid is the debut album by Swedish progressive death metal band Opeth.
Orchid was released in Europe on Candlelight Records in 1995 and in the United States on Century Black, Century Media Records' black metal off-shoot in 1997. It was reissued by Candlelight in 2000 with "Into the Frost of Winter", an early recording of the band during a 1992 rehearsal. It was reissued again in 2003 with the same bonus track in a limited edition tin box. In 2008, the album was added on The Candlelight Years compilation.
[edit] Track listing
- "In Mist She Was Standing" - 14:09 (Mikael Åkerfeldt, Peter Lindgren)
- "Under the Weeping Moon" - 9:52 (Åkerfeldt)
- "Silhouette" - 3:07 (Anders Nordin)
- "Forest of October" - 13:04 (Åkerfeldt, Lindgren)
- "The Twilight Is My Robe" - 11:03 (Åkerfeldt, Lindgren)
- "Requiem" - 1:11 (Åkerfeldt, Nordin)
- "The Apostle in Triumph" - 13:02 (Åkerfeldt, Lindgren)
- Due to a mix-up in Orchid's mastering process, the end of "Requiem" was placed at the beginning of "The Apostle in Triumph". The band has expressed regret for this, and says it was of no fault of their own.[1]
[edit] 2000 and 2003 reissues
The Orchid reissues - including the version released with the The Candlelight Years box set - contain "Into the Frost of Winter". Parts of this track were later incorporated into the song "Advent", which appears on Opeth's second album Morningrise.
- "Into the Frost of Winter" – 6:20
[edit] Credits
- Mikael Åkerfeldt – lead vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar
- Peter Lindgren – guitar, acoustic guitar
- Johan DeFarfalla – bass, backing vocals
- Anders Nordin – drums, percussion, piano
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