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Opeth covered Iron Maiden – and Mikael Åkerfeldt really, really doesn’t like it
By Matt Mills published
The Opeth frontman also reveals which of his songs he feels are overrated in a new interview with Metal Hammer

Opeth bring a career-spanning setlist, staggering visuals and more than a little self-confidence to sell-out London show
By Matt Mills published
Rejuvenated after latest album The Last Will And Testament, the prog/death metal masters honour both sides of their sound with cinematic accoutrements

Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt wasn’t impressed when he got to play Kurt Cobain’s guitar
By Matt Mills published
The Opeth mainman admits he wasn’t that wowed when he recently got his hands on Kurt Cobain’s “haunted” guitar

The mysterious late 60s album that Opeth’s Mikael Akerfeldt says invented Satanic rock
By Metal Hammer published
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
By Liz Scarlett published
Mikael Åkerfeldt looks back on the time he was starstruck after meeting fellow Swedish legend, Agnetha Fältskog from ABBA

The 50 best metal songs of 2024
By Rich Hobson published
Ghost, Judas Priest, Babymetal, Gojira, Knocked Loose... 2024 was a massive year for metal songs. But which song did you vote as the very best?

These classic metal albums turn 20 in 2025
By Stephen Hill published
Trivium’s Ascendancy, Bullet For My Valentine’s The Poison and Avenged Sevenfold’s City Of Evil are 20 years old now, and your knees aren’t what they used to be

The 20 best metal albums of 2024 - as voted by the readers of Metal Hammer
By Rich Hobson published
From Judas Priest to Opeth, Poppy to Bring Me The Horizon, these are the metal albums you said defined metal in 2024
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