Format Details: Black Vinyl
Release Date: 12 May 2025
Label: Music On Vinyl
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8719262041271
Genres: Hard Rock & Metal
Release Date: 10 April 2026
Label: Music On Vinyl
Packaging Type: Gate Fold
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8719262043862
Genres: Hard Rock & Metal
Description
Pale Communion is the eleventh studio album by Swedish progressive metal band Opeth. The album was released in 2014 on Roadrunner Records, and was produced by Mikael Åkerfeldt and mixed by Steven Wilson.Mikael Åkerfeldt said of the album, "I wanted to do something more melodic with this album, so there's stronger vocal melodies and more melodies overall for this album." Greg Kennelty of Metal Injection said the album does not contain "growls or death metal vocals" and he described the album as "the missing link between Damnation and Ghost Reveries or if Heritage was written directly after Ghost Reveries without Watershed having ever existed".
Pale Communion is available as a limited numbered edition of 3000 copies on gold vinyl. It contains a 4 page booklet and comes with a limited print exclusive to this edition.
The small print:• Due to rights restrictions, this item is only available in the EU.
Description
Pale Communion is the eleventh studio album by Swedish progressive metal band Opeth. The album was released in 2014. The album was produced by Mikael Akerfeldt and mixed by Steven Wilson.
Mikael Akerfeldt said of the album, "I wanted to do something more melodic with this album, so there's stronger vocal melodies and more melodies overall for this album." Greg Kennelty of Metal Injection said the album does not contain "growls or death metal vocals" and he described the album as "the missing link between Damnation and Ghost Reveries or if Heritage was written directly after Ghost Reveries without Watershed having ever existed".
AllMusic's Thom Jurek has compared the album to Deep Purple's In Rock and King Crimson's early music.
Pale Communion is now available on black vinyl and contains a 4 page booklet.
Tracklisting
Tracklisting
Social Distortion
Alcazar
Rose Tattoo
Rose Tattoo
Yo-Yo Ma
The Calling
Sophie Zelmani
The Bangles
Opeth
Opeth
Opeth
Opeth
Opeth
Opeth
Opeth
