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“Love is like a mental disease that everybody wants to catch”: How Opeth made Sorceress
By Polly Glass published
Mikael Åkerfeldt on his violent games, hotel balcony prank, soaking a label exec in vodka, and being left to make music his own way

What Sylosis learned from prog stars including Kate Bush, Opeth, Tool and Rush
By Prog published
Frontman of the British metal band and his colleagues accidentally discovered a breadth of influences after feeling uninspired by their peers

"Nine Inch Nails made me quit my day job."
By Perran Helyes published
From discovering black metal through Darkthrone to being inspired by Mike Patton for Stranger Fruit, these are the 10 songs that have shaped Zeal & Ardor's Manuel Gagneux

Watch Opeth pay tribute to Ozzy Osbourne with heartfelt cover of Black Sabbath’s Solitude
By Matt Mills published
The prog metal mavens offered an excellent tribute to the Prince Of Darkness at a festival last weekend

Prog stars choose the 40 greatest Kate Bush songs of all time
By David West published
Members of Marillion, King Crimson, Nightwish, Big Big Train and others compile a list of a uniqe artist’s most powerful and persuasive creations

How Ghost Of Perdition became the defining Opeth anthem
By Matt Mills published
Opeth might've ditched the concept record idea for Ghost Reveries, but Ghost Of Perdition still tells a story

"Five middle-aged, slightly hungover geezers miming along to something." Opeth share new band performance video of §1
By Jerry Ewing published
Swedish prog metallers Opeth share a performance video for The Last Will And Testament's opening track §1

Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt explains why Steven Wilson stopped producing their albums
By Matt Mills published
Prog idol Steven Wilson co-produced Opeth’s Blackwater Park, Deliverance and Damnation albums – Mikael Åkerfeldt explains why he didn’t return for Ghost Reveries
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