- progressive rock
- 56 min
- 8 tracks
- Roadrunner Records
Pale Communion is the eleventh studio album by Swedish progressive metal band Opeth. The album was released on 26 August 2014 through Roadrunner Records. The album was produced by Mikael Åkerfeldt and mixed by Steven Wilson. Pale Communion is the first album with keyboardist Joakim Svalberg after the departure of Per Wiberg in 2011. The album sold 19,090 copies in its first week of release in the United States, debuting at number 19 on the Billboard 200.
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Character
Grave, character-led, earnest and spare.
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
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Metacritic 75/100 · AnyDecentMusic? 7.5/10
- About.com4/5 ★
- AllMusic4/5 ★
- Alternative Press4/5 ★
- Blabbermouth.net10/10
- Exclaim!7/10
- The Guardian5/5 ★
- The List5/5 ★
- Pitchfork4.3/10
- PopMatters8/10
- Sputnikmusic3.5/5
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Tracks
- 1Eternal Rains Will Come6:43
- 2Cusp of Eternity5:37
- 3Moon Above, Sun Below10:53
- 4Elysian Woes4:48
- 5Goblin4:35
- 6River7:33
- 7Voice of Treason8:00
- 8Faith in Others7:41
8 tracks, 56 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Opeth
- Label
- Roadrunner Records
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- XE
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