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‘He said, ‘You can’t afford me!’” Steven Wilson isn’t on Opeth’s album. Ian Anderson is
By Rich Hobson published
Mikael Åkerfeldt and guitarist Fredrik Åkesson regret that people focus so much on one element of their sound, when there’s so much more to The Last Will And Testament

Vote for the best metal album of 2024
By Rich Hobson published
Whether you've loved Judas Priest or Linkin Park, Poppy or Kerry King, we want to know what albums have excited you most in 2024

The 10 best prog metal albums of 2024
By Matt Mills published
Leprous, Opeth, Slift and others have presented some truly forward-thinking excellence this year

Every Opeth album ranked from worst to best
By Rich Hobson published
From 1995's Orchid through to 2024's The Last Will And Testament, we ranked every Opeth album in order of greatness

Opeth have made a concept album like no other with The Last Will And Testament
By David West last updated
Family drama, a pair of prog legends and even the bloke who sang The Final Countdown… Swedish prog metal kings have made a concept album like no other

Why Opeth’s new concept album is no return to their death metal past
By Phil Weller published
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

Opeth return to extremity on the inventive The Last Will And Testament
By Dave Everley published
Succession meets Edgar Allan Poe on prog metal kingpins Opeth's fascinating fourteenth album

The Last Will And Testament is Opeth at their most groundbreakingly brilliant
By Rich Hobson published
Opeth go Miss Marple via Edgar Allen Poe on the prog-death-jazz metal odyssey that is The Last Will And Testament
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