# The Best Opeth Guitar Solos

> The 18 best Opeth guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Burden (2008), then Blackwater Park and The Drapery Falls. Every video starts at the solo.

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Opeth blend death metal with 70s prog and folk, creating epics where melodic, soulful leads cut through crushing riffs. Their guitar work balances brutality with haunting beauty.

Informed by: [Wikipedia - Opeth discography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opeth_discography)

1. [Burden](https://greatestsolos.com/song/opeth-burden/) — Opeth · solo by Mikael Åkerfeldt & Fredrik Åkesson · 2008
2. [Blackwater Park](https://greatestsolos.com/song/opeth-blackwater-park/) — Opeth · solo by Mikael Åkerfeldt & Peter Lindgren · 2001
3. [The Drapery Falls](https://greatestsolos.com/song/opeth-the-drapery-falls/) — Opeth · solo by Mikael Åkerfeldt & Peter Lindgren · 2001
4. [Deliverance](https://greatestsolos.com/song/opeth-deliverance/) — Opeth · solo by Mikael Åkerfeldt & Peter Lindgren · 2002
5. [Ghost of Perdition](https://greatestsolos.com/song/opeth-ghost-of-perdition/) — Opeth · solo by Mikael Åkerfeldt & Peter Lindgren · 2005
6. [Bleak](https://greatestsolos.com/song/opeth-bleak/) — Opeth · solo by Mikael Åkerfeldt & Peter Lindgren · 2001
7. [Hessian Peel](https://greatestsolos.com/song/opeth-hessian-peel/) — Opeth · solo by Fredrik Åkesson · 2008
8. [Heir Apparent](https://greatestsolos.com/song/opeth-heir-apparent/) — Opeth · solo by Fredrik Åkesson · 2008
9. [Demon of the Fall](https://greatestsolos.com/song/opeth-demon-of-the-fall/) — Opeth · solo by Mikael Åkerfeldt & Peter Lindgren · 1998
10. [The Moor](https://greatestsolos.com/song/opeth-the-moor/) — Opeth · solo by Mikael Åkerfeldt & Peter Lindgren · 1999
11. [Face of Melinda](https://greatestsolos.com/song/opeth-face-of-melinda/) — Opeth · solo by Mikael Åkerfeldt · 1999
12. [Windowpane](https://greatestsolos.com/song/opeth-windowpane/) — Opeth · solo by Mikael Åkerfeldt · 2003
13. [In My Time of Need](https://greatestsolos.com/song/opeth-in-my-time-of-need/) — Opeth · solo by Mikael Åkerfeldt · 2003
14. [Porcelain Heart](https://greatestsolos.com/song/opeth-porcelain-heart/) — Opeth · solo by Fredrik Åkesson · 2008
15. [The Grand Conjuration](https://greatestsolos.com/song/opeth-the-grand-conjuration/) — Opeth · solo by Mikael Åkerfeldt & Peter Lindgren · 2005
16. [Harvest](https://greatestsolos.com/song/opeth-harvest/) — Opeth · solo by Mikael Åkerfeldt · 2001
17. [Eternal Rains Will Come](https://greatestsolos.com/song/opeth-eternal-rains-will-come/) — Opeth · solo by Fredrik Åkesson · 2014
18. [The Lotus Eater](https://greatestsolos.com/song/opeth-the-lotus-eater/) — Opeth · solo by Mikael Åkerfeldt & Fredrik Åkesson · 2008

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