Lamentations
(Live at Shepherd's Bush Empire 2003)
Video by
Opeth
Released24 November 2003
Recorded25 September 2003
VenueShepherd's Bush Empire in London, England, UK
GenreProgressive rock, progressive death metal, progressive metal
Length121:41 (CD)
187:09 (DVD)
LabelKoch
Opeth chronology
Damnation
(2003)		 Lamentations
(Live at Shepherd's Bush Empire 2003)
(2003)		 Ghost Reveries
(2005)

Lamentations (Live at Shepherds Bush Empire 2003) is the first live album and video by Swedish progressive metal band Opeth, released under the Music For Nations label in 2003. It was recorded at the Shepherd's Bush Empire on 25 September 2003.

Lamentations features Opeth playing the album Damnation in its entirety (with the song "Harvest" from Blackwater Park put in the running order before the last song), followed by some of the band's songs from Blackwater Park and Deliverance. The only song that was played from albums prior to Blackwater Park was "Demon of the Fall" (from the album My Arms, Your Hearse) as an encore song, but the song was not filmed for the DVD. Licensing issues with previous record labels prevented this from happening at the time of the disc's release.[1]

The DVD also includes a documentary on the making of both Damnation and Deliverance because both albums were recorded at the same time.

This was the first Opeth release with Per Wiberg, although he did not become a permanent band member until Ghost Reveries.

A 2-disc CD version of the live recording was released in 2006 in a collector's edition slipcase.

A 3-disc vinyl version with new cover artwork was released in July, 2016.[2]

DVD

No.TitleReleaseLength
1."Windowpane"Damnation9:15
2."In My Time of Need"Damnation6:37
3."Death Whispered a Lullaby"Damnation7:11
4."Closure"Damnation9:44
5."Hope Leaves"Damnation6:11
6."To Rid the Disease"Damnation7:11
7."Ending Credits"Damnation4:22
8."Harvest"Blackwater Park6:15
9."Weakness"Damnation6:04
10."Master's Apprentices"Deliverance10:34
11."The Drapery Falls"Blackwater Park10:56
12."Deliverance"Deliverance12:38
13."The Leper Affinity"Blackwater Park11:01
14."A Fair Judgement"Deliverance13:51
Documentary
No.TitleReleaseLength
1."The Making of Deliverance and Damnation"Lamentations (Live at Shepherd's Bush Empire 2003)65:21

CD track listing

Disc 1
No.TitleAlbumLength
1."Intro"Lamentations (Live at Shepherd's Bush Empire 2003)1:25
2."Windowpane"Damnation9:15
3."In My Time of Need"Damnation6:37
4."Death Whispered a Lullaby"Damnation7:11
5."Closure"Damnation9:44
6."Hope Leaves"Damnation6:11
7."To Rid the Disease"Damnation7:11
8."Ending Credits"Damnation4:22
9."Harvest"Blackwater Park6:15
10."Weakness"Damnation6:04
Disc 2
No.TitleAlbumLength
1."Master's Apprentices"Deliverance11:20
2."The Drapery Falls"Blackwater Park10:56
3."Deliverance"Deliverance12:40
4."The Leper Affinity"Blackwater Park11:01
5."A Fair Judgement"Deliverance13:50

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Pitchfork Media8.9/10[4]

The recording is generally regarded as having exceptionally clear and beautiful sound and visual quality, although Allmusic reviewer John Serba complained of the ubiquity of shots from what he termed the "Åkerfeldt Orifice Cam", showing close-ups of the singer's mouth and nose in excruciating detail.[3]

Personnel

Opeth

DVD & Album Production

  • Paul McLoone – production
  • Benje Noble – 5.1 & Dts audio post production
  • Louise Cassidy – production assisting
  • Andy Sneap – recording and mixing
  • Fredrik Odefjärd – editing, filming and production on Documentary

Imaging

Show Production

Technicians

Drum technicians

  • Damon Dougherty
  • Mole

Guitar technician

  • Coty Alinson

Various

Running

  • Jane Costello
  • Jonathan Nicholas

Gripping

  • Neil Grey

Op Cable Rigging

  • Nigel Clarke
  • Zoran Trajkovic

Lights

Camera Crew

Assistants

  • Mark Cowley
  • Tony Lewis

Operators

  • Andy Pellet
  • Ben Grewin
  • Curtis Dunn
  • John Clarke
  • Martin Mathews
  • Samantha Dewhurst

Management

Agents

  • Tim Borror
  • Tobbe Lorentz

References

  1. ↑ DPRP Concert Reviews Archive
  2. ↑ "OPETH | Lemantations (Live at Shepherd's Bush London) - Nuclear Blast". Archived from the original on 2016-08-16.
  3. 1 2 Serba, John. "Lamentations: Live at Shepherd's Bush Empire - Opeth : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
  4. ↑ Raggett, Ned. "Opeth: Blackwater Park [Legacy Edition] / Deliverance [Reissue] / Damnation [Reissue] / Lamentations [Reissue] | Album Reviews". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved April 20, 2012.
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