Damnation
by Opeth
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Opeth bestography
Damnation is ranked 2nd best out of 19 albums by Opeth on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Opeth is Blackwater Park which is ranked number 750 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,301.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Damnation track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
Damnation rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Guigou | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 22/100 | 77 |
| 2026 | SethGunde | Top 5 Music Albums of 2003 | 3/5 | 3 |
| 2026 | Museman | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 62/100 | 8 |
| 2026 |  ssteve | Top 59 Music Albums of 2003 | 20/59 | 3 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Top 36 Music Albums of 2003 | 19/36 | 3 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Favorite Albums From Sweden 🇸🇪 | 4/13 | - |
| 2026 | xhitmanx | Top 32 Music Albums of 2003 | 13/32 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 59 Music Albums of 2003 | 47/59 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | 4 My Chart Europe (without Gbr Irl Fra) | 47/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Top 18 Music Albums of 2003 | 11/18 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 168 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,266 | |||
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Damnation ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/07/2026 22:57 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 06/08/2026 15:32 | bonnequestion | 1,699 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/02/2026 13:55 | byuzak | 3,254 | 79/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.7/100, a mean average of 78.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.0.
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Damnation forum mentions
NoisyBeast 10/11/2025 18:24 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
BestEverAlbums 03/31/2024 20:00 in Album of the day (#4851): Damnation by Opeth NoisyBeast 08/18/2023 14:29 in What album are you listening to right now?Damnation comments
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It is true, I only listened to this because Steven Wilson produced, played the keyboard and co-wrote one track. But this is not a Steven Wilson album. It is clearly Mikael Åkerfeldt driven here. Such beautifully haunting tracks. Favourites are: the first 3 tracks, To Rid The Disease and Weakness. (Edited)
Opeth went to a totally different direction with this album. It set the turning point and the direction to all the following albums after Damnation. I like this album very much, it is more laid back then the previous releases and has some beautiful melodies. It shows the spectrum the band has and also Mikael's voice, that can so much more than just screaming. On this album he never growls or screams. So, every song is relaxing and brings beautiful soundscapes. Especially Windowpane is one of the greatest songs of the band.
My favourite Opeth album and you can hear the influence of Steve Wilson throughout the album. Haunting.
LedZep TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/30/2018 21:58 | #213952 | TOP COMMENT
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Such a great album, a counterpart to Deliverance what I believe may be their heaviest release. They really should've been a double album. Opeth is as beautiful as they are hard-hitting, and they certainly show that here.
jeremy9 11/12/2019 17:53 | #244731 | TOP COMMENT
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So different so beautiful (Edited)
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