--- product_id: 57120064 title: "Heritage" brand: "opeth" price: "€ 28.01" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 20 url: https://www.desertcart.be/products/57120064-heritage store_origin: BE region: Belgium --- # Heritage **Brand:** opeth **Price:** € 28.01 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Heritage by opeth - **How much does it cost?** € 28.01 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.be](https://www.desertcart.be/products/57120064-heritage) ## Best For - opeth enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted opeth brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Product description Opeth: Heritage 2xCD - 2xCD, released 2011 in Europe by Roadrunner Records (RR7705-5), Barcode: 016861770556 -- limited edition CD + DVD in Digipak with lenticular front cover -- Genre: Rock -- Heavy Metal Review News about Opeth ditching metal for the prog world for their 10th album has been greatly exaggerated. Yes, it's an eye-catching story that reflects their progression, but the Swedes are as heavy as they've ever been. Whatever you may have been led to believe, a band does not need death metal vocals to be heavy. If 2003's Damnation wasn't enough proof of that, the 57 glorious minutes of Heritage present another opportunity for doubters to be won over.Obviously, opening with two minutes of freeform pianos doesn't really help the argument against a massive progression towards certain 1970s rock tendencies; but the title-track really is the most outlandish number on the album. With its clean, vintage guitar sound and organs, next cut The Devil's Orchard immediately provides a punchier vibe, and suddenly we're no longer walking through a psychedelic time warp with our shirts unbuttoned to the navel. Songs like I Feel the Dark and Nepenthe introduce a darker tone, and the album really starts to feel like home. It's comfortable, it's gloomy... it's Opeth.But what's this? A jazz flute solo in Famine? The track's no Jethro Tull collaboration, but one could be forgiven for leaping to such thoughts. But as it stretches across eight minutes, the song allows more than enough time for a superbly heavy section, which duly arrives towards its end. Lead vocalist Mikael Akerfeldt has been quoted as describing this album as sounding like Opeth, pure and simple, and it really does: Damnation was quite clearly the sum of their 70s prog influences at the time, and tended to plod along without a fully developed identity, but Heritage is quite distinctly an Opeth album. The creativity and darkness most readily associated with the band is melded with the now-standard symphonic influences to create what might what might be the most well-rounded Opeth release to date.If all you want is straight-forward death metal and savage growling from Akerfeldt, you might not want to step out of your comfort zone with this album. But Opeth's determination to create new music and never stand still has seen them shape and inspire heavy metal for the past two decades. With several groundbreaking albums already ensuring a strong legacy awaits them - records that should already be in your collection - Heritage has some strong predecessors to live up to. But it will surely be seen as one of their most accomplished works in years to come. --Raziq Rauf Find more music at the BBC This link will take you off in a new window ## Images ![Heritage - Image 1](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51akMW7F8gL.jpg) ![Heritage - Image 2](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/511eHZQUM4L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I'm a Prog' rock album, no i'm a Metal album, ha-ha fooled you, i am a folk album *by V***R on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 December 2016* This album is truly wonderful, awesome etc. It's a bit like listening to a dozen of your favourite early 70's albums all at once: a touch of Jethro Tull, some Floyd, a tadge of early Soft Machine, and even a soupcon of Procul Harem at times, in my very 'umble opinion.Musically adventurous, every few minutes it throws you off guard: I'm a Prog' rock album, no i'm a Metal album, ha-ha fooled you, i am a folk album. Brilliantly executed!Okay the vocals are normal, no grunting here, not this time anyway; do i miss it ... mmm, not really ... though it was never really a problem, my 54yr old ears have problems deciphering the words.Now, i am off to buy some of their more recent albums: what will i discover? ### ⭐⭐ The worst album in Opeth's catalogue *by M***M on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 December 2017* I love Opeth, but this album is such a disappointment. After a string of albums with unparalleled quality, basically from the debut until Watershed they didn't really put a foot wrong, but here they missed with both feet. I can't get over how Watershed, the album before this was so brilliant and then this followed which sounds like a different band. It's not just because it's lacking Death Metal vocals because Damnation is one of my favourite Opeth albums and that has no Death Metal vocals, it's just that the songs are so uninspiring, boring and not like Opeth at all. There's barely even a decent guitar solo. The only track that's remotely memorable is The Devil's Orchard.The next album Pale Communion was a big improvement on this and succeeded in many areas where Heritage failed, though still far from perfect. Sorceress, their newest album is also a big improvement on this, apart from the horrible production and drums which sound like they were recorded underwater. Heritage is the worst album in Opeth's catalogue and I hope they never sink this low again. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Opulence *by O***S on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 November 2014* It's bizarre really. The customer reviews on Amazon for this album. I don't believe a band can get anywhere near greatness unless they have some kind of ambition to produce something of this complexity, sophistication and imagination, backed up by the superb musicianship Opeth obviously enjoy. What really gets me is comments like 'this album will split existing Opeth fans' or words like that. What nonsense. If you are so narrow minded that you think Opeth should pursue only death metal type stylings, it is you who are limited by your own narrow vision of what a band should and shouldn't be doing, not 'them letting you down'.But at least some people obviously appreciate what Opeth are all about, which, to me, is exploring the limits of both musical influence and their own remarkable musical invention, unfettered by 'convention' or repetition. I have listened to metal since the the early eighties. I didn't encounter Opeth until a few years ago, and, for me, they are the greatest metal band that have ever existed. Able to slay you with raw power or reduce you to tears and awe with their pulsating rage and beauty. It is a heady, electrifying cocktail that is alternatively thrilling and jaw-droppingly gorgeous. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.be/products/57120064-heritage](https://www.desertcart.be/products/57120064-heritage) --- *Product available on Desertcart Belgium* *Store origin: BE* *Last updated: 2026-04-25*