{"product_id":"opeth-deliverance-25th-anniversary-edition-2lp-clear","title":"Opeth - Deliverance (25th Anniversary Edition) [2LP Clear]","description":"\u003cp\u003eOpeth's Deliverance is the heavy half of one of metal's great double acts, and this anniversary edition spreads it across two clear 140-gram LPs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReleased in 2002, it was recorded in Gothenburg during the same sessions as its gentle twin, Damnation. The band first imagined the pair as a double album before the label split them, and Deliverance became the one that leaned into crushing weight. Mikael Åkerfeldt co-produced with Steven Wilson, who also added Mellotron, piano and backing vocals, while Andy Sneap handled the mix.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are only six songs, and most of them sprawl. Wreath opens in a storm of guttural growls and lurching riffs, and the thirteen-minute title track builds to a hypnotic, stop-start finale that fans still air-drum to. For Absent Friends, named after a Genesis song, offers a brief instrumental breather, and By The Pain I See In Others closes in eerie, unsettling territory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lineup of Åkerfeldt, Peter Lindgren, Martín Méndez and Martin Lopez plays with surgical precision, switching from death metal fury to delicate acoustic passages without ever losing the thread.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt became the first Opeth album to chart in the US and remains a cornerstone of progressive metal, the record many fans point to when explaining why this band matters.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57139146391857,"sku":"199584451510","price":41.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/2026\/7313\/files\/Opeth-Deliverance_25th_Anniversary_Edition_2LP_Clear.jpg?v=1793087233","url":"https:\/\/vinyl.com\/products\/opeth-deliverance-25th-anniversary-edition-2lp-clear","provider":"Vinyl.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}