History YMMV / Opeth

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: While many fans dispute on which songs deserve the title, it is unanimously agreed by all fans that the epic title track of the epic ''Blackwater Park'' album deserves it. "Bleak", from the same album, is also considered an example by most fans, as is "The Drapery Falls".

* EpicRiff: A ''lot'' of them. "Blackwater Park" may rule supreme over all of them, though.

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRVDifmqW0E Mikael during this little speech.]]

* MemeticMutation: [[AffectionateParody Akerstache]] is this for fans and arguably detractors.

* NightmareFuel: The disturbing face appearing on ''Watershed'''s artwork. It is composed from pictures of the band's members.

* FranchiseOriginalSin: The metal fans alienated by Opeth having dropped death growls and gone full prog from ''Heritage'' onward tend to give ''Damnation'' a pass despite the latter being a LighterAndSofter album with no real metal elements. This is due in part to ''Damnation'' still maintaining the spirit of the band's quieter moments and being recorded at the same time as their heaviest album, ''Deliverance''. In contrast, ''Heritage'' goes all out in its throwbacks to 70s prog rock, is a self-contained work, and was released at a time when more dedicated fans were becoming more aware that Mikael had been losing interest in metal for a while, and that was before subsequent albums confirmed that the change in direction was intended to be permanent.

* WinBackTheCrowd: While Opeth doesn't have a ''huge'' BrokenBase, many fans feel ''Heritage'' alienated fans, all while ''Pale Communion'' seemed to have strengthened the base, with a [[VocalMinority small minority]] still not satisfied with Opeth's new direction.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Some fans had this reaction to ''Heritage''. Gloriously inverted, however, with ''Damnation''.
** It has gone up to eleven following the release of ''Pale Communion''.
** Amusingly enough, this also has traits of BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor, since one of the most common complaints lodged against Opeth by "casual fans" and people who tried to get into them - hell, even among some of their ''fans'' - is that their music keeps alternating between jazzy, '70s prog rock and straight death metal, and it wasn't uncommon to hear this followed up with something to the effect of "I wish they'd pick a genre and stick with it!". Judging from recent interviews with Mikael saying that he doesn't have too many plans to keep writing metal (although this won't stop them from playing more of their metallic songs live as opposed to the almost exclusively acoustic/prog-influenced back material they'd showcased in some recent tours), they did.

** It has gone UpToEleven following the release of ''Pale Communion''.

** Amusingly enough, this also has traits of BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor, since one of the most common complaints lodged against Opeth by "casual fans" and people who tried to get into them - hell, even among some of their ''fans'' - is that their music keeps alternating between jazzy, 70's prog rock and straight death metal, and it wasn't uncommon to hear this followed up with something to the effect of "I wish they'd pick a genre and stick with it!". Judging from recent interviews with Mikael saying that he doesn't have too many plans to keep writing metal (although this won't stop them from playing more of their metallic songs live as opposed to the almost exclusively acoustic/prog-influenced back material they'd showcased in some recent tours), they did.

** And then in 2019 came ''In Cauda Venenum'', an album that seemed to do the impossible and finally unite both sides of the debate. While still not a death metal album, it still had enough metal elements to counter balance the 70s prog worship, resulting in a VERY enjoyable, heavy, balanced and catchy record. And the fact that there's both an English and a [[BilingualBonus Swedish version]] results in two versions of the album to enjoy, both having unique strengths.

* EpilepticTrees: Many speculate that Mikael Akerfeldt is one of the nameless ghouls in the Swedish hard rock band Music/{{Ghost}} (known in North America as Ghost B.C. for a period of time due to licensing issues). Some feel that he downright gave it away with the band's cover of "I'm a Marionette" by Music/{{ABBA}}, as he's a huge fan of them (and has been known to wear their shirts during Opeth concerts). Further cementing the claim is the fact that Mikael jokingly admitted to being a member of the band when he toured with them and Music/{{Mastodon}} on the Heritage Hunter tour of 2012; these same fans apparently missed the memo that half of what Mikael says onstage is pure snark, and that he followed the "member of Ghost" claim by also admitting that he wrote all of Mastodon's songs.
** {{Jossed}} in April 2017, when former Nameless Ghouls sued Ghost lead singer Papa Emeritus, exposing all their identities. Mikael was not one of them.

** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEl7BmZnyUE Alting Tar Slut]]", or "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBTBjb73oFU All Things Will pass" in English. Whichever version you listen to, it's easily one of the band's most beautiful songs to date.

** '''[[YouMakeMeSic OPTEH]]'''