In Live Concert at the Royal Albert Hall

In Live Concert at the Royal Albert Hall is a live double album by Swedish progressive metal band Opeth. The DVD was recorded on 5 April 2010. It was released on 20 September 2010 in Europe and on 21 September 2010 in the rest of the world. The concert was part of the band's Evolution XX: An Opeth Anthology tour, made in celebration of their 20th anniversary, and was the fourth show of the tour, filmed at the prestigious Royal Albert Hall in London, UK.

In Live Concert at the Royal Albert Hall
Live album / Video by Opeth
Released	20 September 2010
Recorded	5 April 2010
Venue	Royal Albert Hall in London, England, UK
Genre	Progressive death metal progressive rock
Length	165:17
Label	Roadrunner
Producer	Jens Bogren
Opeth chronology
The Wooden Box (2009) In Live Concert at the Royal Albert Hall (2010) Heritage (2011)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Pitchfork	6.3/10[2]

Release

The album is available in three configurations: one double-DVD including bonus features; a five-disc set that consists of two DVDs and three CDs; and a limited-edition vinyl box set which consists of the double-DVD, a set of four 180-gram LPs of the concert's live audio in its entirety, a numbered lithograph with artwork designed by the band's frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt and Travis Smith, and a 20-page booklet of photos of the event and exclusive artwork.[3]

The concert performance was split into two sets for the DVD. The first set consists of the entire Blackwater Park album, while the second features one song from each of their other albums in chronological order, representing the twenty years of evolution in the band's music.

Cover art

The cover art is purposely similar to that of Deep Purple's Concerto for Group and Orchestra, which was recorded at the same venue in 1969, "underlining the band's longstanding love for their prog-rock roots".[3]

Trivia

At some point during "The Lotus Eater", a camera man stepped on the power cord to Fredrik Åkesson's guitar amplifier, resulting in no sound coming out from Åkesson's guitar. This moment was kept on the recording.[4]

Track listing

DVD

Observation One – Blackwater Park

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Leper Affinity"
2.	"Bleak"
3.	"Harvest"
4.	"The Drapery Falls"
5.	"Dirge for November"
6.	"The Funeral Portrait"
7.	"Patterns in the Ivy"
8.	"Blackwater Park"

Observation Two – A song from every other Opeth album in chronological order.

No.	Title	Album	Length
1.	"Forest of October"	Orchid
2.	"Advent"	Morningrise
3.	"April Ethereal"	My Arms, Your Hearse
4.	"The Moor"	Still Life
5.	"Wreath"	Deliverance
6.	"Hope Leaves"	Damnation
7.	"Harlequin Forest"	Ghost Reveries
8.	"The Lotus Eater"	Watershed

CD

Disc one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Leper Affinity"	10:07
2.	"Bleak"	8:53
3.	"Harvest"	6:10
4.	"The Drapery Falls"	10:07
5.	"Dirge for November"	8:28
6.	"The Funeral Portrait"	8:21
7.	"Patterns in the Ivy"	2:24
8.	"Blackwater Park"	12:32

Disc two

No.	Title	Album	Length
1.	"Forest of October"	Orchid	17:12
2.	"Advent"	Morningrise	15:03
3.	"April Ethereal"	My Arms, Your Hearse	10:22
4.	"The Moor"	Still Life	12:12

Disc three

No.	Title	Album	Length
1.	"Wreath"	Deliverance	12:24
2.	"Hope Leaves"	Damnation	6:48
3.	"Harlequin Forest"	Ghost Reveries	13:11
4.	"The Lotus Eater"	Watershed	11:09

Personnel

• Mikael Åkerfeldt − guitar, vocals, mixing, direction
• Fredrik Åkesson − guitars, backing vocals
• Martín Méndez − bass guitar
• Per Wiberg − keyboards, backing vocals
• Martin "Axe" Axenrot – drums

References

1. Heaney, Gregory. "Live Concert at the Royal Albert Hall - Opeth". AllMusic. Retrieved September 26, 2011.
2. Breihan, Tom (September 22, 2010). "Opeth Live Concert at the Royal Albert Hall Pitchfork review". Retrieved December 7, 2014.
3. "Opeth to Release 'In Live Concert at the Royal Albert Hall' DVD This September". July 21, 2010. Archived from the original on July 23, 2010. Retrieved December 12, 2013.
4. Mead, David. "10 questions for Opeth's Fredrik Åkesson". MusicRadar. Retrieved 6 June 2020.