Damnation is a complex and often acoustic album that demonstrates beyond question Opeth"s high regard for the sweet harmonies and post-psychedelic atmospherics of "70s rockers such as Camel, Steve Hackett, and, especially, Barclay James Harvest. Then there"s Opeth"s own pedigree. Steeped in the bloodier aspects of metal, singer Mikael Akerfeldt has no time for sweet love or fanciful flights of fantasy; he"s trapped in post-relationship depression, drowning in loneliness and regret.