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The story of Opeth’s Blackwater Park, the album that changed prog metal forever
By Malcolm Dome published
How Opeth seized the prog metal throne with 2001’s genre-defining Blackwater Park album

Jinjer’s Tatiana Shmailyuk gets goosebumps even thinking about Opeth’s Damnation
By Natasha Scharf published
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

Opeth explain how hit TV series Succession inspired new album The Last Will And Testament
By Matt Mills published
Mikael Åkerfeldt talks about the impact that one of the 2020s’ biggest TV shows had on Opeth’s new music

Opeth push back release of The Last Will & Testament to November 22
By Jerry Ewing published
Opeth will tour Europe and the UK in February and March 2025

How Opeth ditched the death growls and fully embraced prog on Heritage
By Jerry Ewing published
In 2011, Opeth released Heritage – and cut the the last cord with their death metal past

Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt is a bit irritated by all the talk about his growls
By Matt Mills published
We’re all happy that Opeth are screaming again, but Mikael Åkerfeldt isn’t happy with how happy we are

Opeth name the greatest death metal band of all time
By Rich Hobson published
From inverted crosses in flowerbeds to failing to blow Morbid Angel off-stage and petty larceny, Opeth talk their journey through death metal

Hear Opeth go full prog on new single §3
By Matt Mills published
Their last single was a death metal comeback. Now, Opeth are showing their proggy side again.

How Mikael Åkerfeldt’s policy of not taking advice led Opeth to Pale Communion
By Rob Hughes published
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”
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