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Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt is unable to tell you what he'd like to tell you
Swedish proggers Opeth have European festival dates throughout the summer before heading to the US, and have a new album in the can
How Steven Wilson and Mikael Åkerfeldt made Storm Corrosion a different kind of aggressive
Porcupine Tree and Opeth leaders’ 2012 collaboration wasn't what many people thought it would be – instead it was something more experimental which they described as “organic pagan minimalism”
Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson to guest on upcoming Opeth album
Swedish prog rockers Opeth are believed to have been working on a new studio album for the past year
"We ended up with what I think is a beautiful record." How Opeth made In Cauda Venenum
You can’t control creativity, as Mikael Åkerfeldt discovered when he tried to take a musical break. Instead, he sowed the seeds for Opeth’s 13th album, In Cauda Venenum.
“If they had the flares and beards and the record was from 1971 or 1972, that was what I wanted… records that looked odd and I could afford”: How Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt discovered prog
From extreme metal to Camel and Genesis to collaboration with Steven Wilson, the Swedish musician's career is surely one of the most progressive
Kate Bush is on the cover of the new issue of Prog Magazine, on sale now!
Plus Mikael Akerfeldt, Kraftwerk, Jade Warrior, Crippled Black Phoenix, Long Distance Calling, Six By Six and more...
The Power of the Darkside: the story of Opeth and Pale Communion
Dark confessionals, catastrophe, death and despair all feed into Opeth’s incredible new album Pale Communion.
Mikael Akerfeldt’s Clark soundtrack is an epic love letter to the history of music
Album review: Opeth mainman Mikael Akerfeldt puts on his 70s disco pants for genre-defying soundtrack to hit Netflix series, now on shiny vinyl
