Latest about Mikael Akerfeldt
How Mikael Åkerfeldt fell in love with prog, even though his friends hated what he was doing
Making up for childhood poverty, the Opeth mastermind championed classic bands of the 70s when no one else cared – which made him a strange figure on the 90s Swedish metal scene
The legendary album Opeth’s Mikael Akerfeldt wishes he had made – and the rock band he thinks are a “joke”
Metal classics, slasher movie soundtracks and Satanic rituals – this is the soundtrack to Mikael Akerfeldt’s life
“Love is like a mental disease that everybody wants to catch”: How Opeth made Sorceress
Mikael Åkerfeldt on his violent games, hotel balcony prank, soaking a label exec in vodka, and being left to make music his own way
Mikael Åkerfeldt’s peers list the reasons they like and admire him
Steven Wilson, Mike Portnoy, Steve Hackett and Arjen Lucassen list the reasons they like and admire Opeth leader Mikael Åkerfeldt
“Steven Wilson changed the way I write”: Killswitch Engage’s Jesse Leach loves Porcupine Tree
Killswitch Engage vocalist Jesse Leach chooses his favourite Porcupine Tree song, and gives some love to Pink Floyd and Mikael Åkerfeldt
Many consider Blackwater Park to be Opeth’s masterpiece. Opeth don’t
The classic line-up had assembled, Steven Wilson was contributing and Mikael Åkerfeldt was mining songwriting gold – but you can’t convince him the 2001 release was their magnum opus
The mysterious late 60s album that Opeth’s Mikael Akerfeldt says invented Satanic rock
Six months before Black Sabbath released their landmark debut album, another band were praising Satan
"After shaking her hand, I went out and had like five cigarettes in a row just to calm myself down. I get starstruck easily": Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt on the time he met ABBA's Agnetha Fältskog and had dinner with her
Mikael Åkerfeldt looks back on the time he was starstruck after meeting fellow Swedish legend, Agnetha Fältskog from ABBA
