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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
Why Opeth’s new concept album is no return to their death metal past
Mikael Åkerfeldt insists his band’s new concept album, featuring Jethro Tull and Europe men, is no return to their death metal past – and won’t keep prog fans away
Jinjer’s Tatiana Shmailyuk gets goosebumps even thinking about Opeth’s Damnation
The discovery of Mikael Åkerfeldt’s band when she was 16 led the Ukrainian artist into a big new world of prog – but she’s not sure about actually meeting him
How Mikael Åkerfeldt’s policy of not taking advice led Opeth to Pale Communion
Inspired by sharing records with Steven Wilson, he took a more melodic approach, added a vague title that just sounded cool, and forged them into a “journey through life that starts pretty good and ends shit”
