Sorceress (Opeth album)

Sorceress
Cover art by Travis Smith
Studio album by Opeth
Released	30 September 2016
Recorded	Rockfield Studios
Genre	Progressive rock, progressive metal
Length	56:35
Label	Moderbolaget, Nuclear Blast
Producer	Tom Dalgety,[1] Mikael Åkerfeldt
Opeth chronology
Pale Communion (2014) Sorceress (2016)
Singles from Sorceress
"Sorceress" Released: 1 August 2016 "Will O the Wisp" Released: 4 September 2016 "The Wilde Flowers" Released: 21 September 2016

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	81/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]

Sorceress is the twelfth studio album by the Swedish band Opeth.^[4] The album was released on 30 September 2016 via record label Nuclear Blast and the band's own imprint Moderbolaget.^[4] The album was recorded at Rockfield Studios in Wales.^[4] Following the album's release, the band embarked on a world tour with bands The Sword, Sahg, Myrkur as supporting acts.^[5][6] The album was streamed via SoundCloud on 29 September.^[7]

Track listing

All tracks written by Mikael Åkerfeldt, except where noted. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Persephone"	1:51
2.	"Sorceress"	5:49
3.	"The Wilde Flowers"	6:49
4.	"Will O the Wisp"	5:07
5.	"Chrysalis"	7:16
6.	"Sorceress 2"	3:49
7.	"The Seventh Sojourn"	5:29
8.	"Strange Brew" (Åkerfeldt, Fredrik Åkesson)	8:44
9.	"A Fleeting Glance"	5:06
10.	"Era"	5:41
11.	"Persephone (Slight Return)"	0:54

Limited edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
12.	"The Ward"	3:13
13.	"Spring MCMLXXIV"	6:11
14.	"Cusp of Eternity" (live with The Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra)	5:44
15.	"The Drapery Falls" (live with The Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra)	10:23
16.	"Voice of Treason" (live with The Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra)	8:10
Total length:		1:30:18

Personnel

Opeth

• Mikael Åkerfeldt – vocals, guitar, production
• Fredrik Åkesson – guitar, backing vocals
• Joakim Svalberg – piano, keyboard, backing vocals
• Martín Méndez – bass guitar
• Martin Axenrot – drums, percussion

Additional personnel

• Pascale Marie Vickery - spoken words on Persephone and Persephone (Slight Return)
• Wil Malone – string arrangements
• Tom Dalgety – engineering, production, mixing
• John Davis – mastering
• Travis Smith – cover art

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[8]	7
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[9]	10
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[10]	16
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[11]	20
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[12]	13
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[13]	11
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[14]	3
French Albums (SNEP)[15]	29
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[16]	1
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[17]	18
Italian Albums (FIMI)[18]	12
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[19]	28
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[20]	8
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[21]	17
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[22]	20
Scottish Albums (OCC)[23]	10
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[24]	31
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[25]	7
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[26]	6
UK Albums (OCC)[27]	11
US Billboard 200[28]	24

References

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