Orchid (album)

Orchid
Studio album by Opeth
Released	15 May 1995 (1995-05-15)
Recorded	March 1994
Studio	Unisound (Finspång, Sweden)
Genre	Progressive death metal black metal[1]
Length	65:26
Label	Candlelight Century Black
Producer	Dan Swanö Opeth
Opeth chronology
Orchid (1995) Morningrise (1996)

Orchid is the debut studio album by Swedish progressive metal band Opeth, released on May 15, 1995, in Europe by Candlelight Records and on June 24, 1997, in the United States by Century Black. It was reissued in 2000 with one bonus track, "Into the Frost of Winter," an early, unproduced rehearsal recording by the band. The recording sessions took place at the old Unisound studio in Finspång, with production handled by Opeth and Dan Swanö. The band did not record a demo to secure a record label deal. Instead, Lee Barrett, the founder of Candlelight Records, was impressed by an Opeth rehearsal tape and decided to sign the band. The album received critical acclaim.