However, according to William York of AllMusic, " Morningrise is, as far as the metal scale goes, possibly their least heavy album". Despite the singing, Murat Batmaz of Sea of Tranquility magazine said that the song "Black Rose Immortal" "ends with one of Akerfeldt's most violent and longest screams in his career which could only be rivaled by his guesting on Edge of Sanity's Crimson album", and that Opeth created a "dark atmosphere on this album, which is simply unique." The album has a "dark melancholic" sound, and features acoustic and jazz styles. Musical style and lyrical themes Īlong with Orchid, Morningrise shows a sound that is influenced by progressive rock, folk, black metal and death metal, but with more clean vocals than that of the previous record. The first pressing was released without the "Opeth" logo on the front cover. The picture is of a Palladian bridge, located in Prior Park. Later, he sent Åkerfeldt a postcard with a color version of the same picture that appears on the cover. Åkerfeldt said that the head of Candlelight went on holiday to Bath, England, and "he actually walked on the bridge or whatever it is". Morningrise includes Opeth's longest song ever recorded, "Black Rose Immortal", with a length of 20:15, and is the band's only album where every song eclipses the ten minute mark in length. Despite the downtime, Åkerfeldt and Nordin wrote a guitar/piano duet, which would have been the album's instrumental track, but they did not have enough time to finish it. The band spent most of the time in the studio smoking.
Although some parts of the material recorded date back to 1991, Mikael Åkerfeldt said, "the material we had been writing felt really fresh and new."Īccording to Åkerfeldt, recording Morningrise was "quite boring" because of "the endless drum takes, click track and shit like that". Īs the release of the first album was delayed, they had already written most of Morningrise when Orchid was released. It was also the last album that was recorded with Johan De Farfalla and Anders Nordin. This was the last album that Swanö worked on with Opeth. Opeth again produced and mixed along with Dan Swanö, similar to how the previous album, Orchid, was recorded. They stayed at the residence of the family of Peter Lindgren's girlfriend.
Morningrise was recorded during March and April 1996 at Unisound in Finspång.
Morningrise showcases Opeth's signature style, exploring the dynamics between the combination of black metal and death metal vocals, and guitar parts with lighter progressive and acoustic elements.Īfter touring, Opeth returned home to rehearse frequently, and booked Unisound Studio again to record the album. It was also the last Opeth release with drummer Anders Nordin and bassist Johan De Farfalla. Morningrise was the last Opeth album produced by Swanö. The recording sessions took place at Unisound studio, in Finspång, during March and April 1996, and once more the band used producer Dan Swanö.
It was released on 24 June 1996 in Europe by Candlelight Records and on 24 June 1997 in the United States by Century Black. Morningrise is the second studio album by Swedish progressive metal band Opeth.
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