Orchid
by Opeth
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Opeth bestography
Orchid is ranked 14th best out of 19 albums by Opeth on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Opeth is Blackwater Park which is ranked number 735 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,346.
(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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Orchid track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Orchid rankings
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Orchid ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/01/2026 05:59 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,324 | 70/100 |
| ! | 01/14/2026 11:59 |  doombringer | 2,312 | 75/100 |
| ! | 12/31/2025 17:07 | tozeka | 3 | 67/100 |
| ! | 09/15/2025 09:31 | Jun_Res | 270 | 85/100 |
| ! | 06/18/2025 06:01 | juanr1096 | 6,203 | 78/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.8/100, a mean average of 71.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.9.
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doombringer 01/14/2026 11:58 | #312616
Keep in mind that the release-year was 1995 . Progressive Death-Metal was literally invented by Opeth .
Five tracks that scratch or cross the 10-minute mark , beautiful melodies , terrific guitar-work .
Every band would be proud if they had created such a debut . Loved it then , love it still.
Spectacular debut. Still when it was mainly guttural vocals. Skilled musicians that can make tracks go off in all directions and tangents yet manage to hold it all together as one. Even at this early stage for them, they showed they were worthy of the crown of kings of true prog metal
Pretty much hate it due to the infernal growl/snarl which ruins all but one track:
Orchid- Sihouette- No growl/snarl.
As a prog soul who isn't too confortable with death metal, I must say that I find this album quite good and fun to listen. Both the harder and softer parts fit in well in most of the songs, with special mention to the 14 minute opener.
Mercury 02/17/2013 05:07 | #65308
Hmm, interesting. I remember getting really interested in this band a decade and a half ago and this album was sorta considered one of 3 albums of theirs that were just all the buzz of metal. I remember really enjoying this record when I got it. It was the only album of theirs I got, and I was impressed with the complex arrangements and the dark experimentalism. It was BRUTAL but intellectual at the same time. Ill have to hear some of their stuff now after all these years and ill have to dig this up and give it another listen too. Interesting that its not even one of their new or most acclaimed albums now... I feel old.
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