 Opeth has released eleven studio albums , three live DVDs , three live albums ( two that are in conjunction with DVDs ) , and two boxsets . The band released its debut album Orchid in 1995 . Although their eighth studio album , Ghost Reveries , was quite popular in the United States , Opeth did not experience major American commercial success until the 2008 release of their ninth studio album , Watershed , which peaked at No. 23 on the Billboard 200 , and topped the Finnish albums chart in its first week of release . Opeth has sold over 1 @.@ 5 million albums and DVDs worldwide , including 300 @,@ 000 collective SoundScans of their albums Blackwater Park , Damnation and Deliverance in the United States . 
