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Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt says he doesn't consider himself a singer or guitarist
By Liz Scarlett published
Opeth frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt explains why he doesn't label himself as a singer or guitarist, says he doesn't like to hear the "ugly aspects" of his voice

Opeth headline Bloodstock Festival 2024: Metal Hammer review
By Rich Hobson published
Opeth's third time headlining Bloodstock shows just how they elevated extreme metal at the turn of the millennnium

How Opeth separated themselves from the herd with Ghost Reveries
By Katie Parsons published
2005’s Ghost Reveries was the album that kicked Opeth to the next level, but Mikael Åkerfeldt wanted to untangle his band from the metal scene

Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt declined to join an Abba tribute band at Eurovision this year
By Matt Mills published
Opeth’s leader was approached to help celebrate 50 years of Abba’s 1974 Eurovision win, but turned the chance down

Mikael Åkerfeldt explains how Opeth rediscovered death metal on new single §1
By Matt Mills published
Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt has growled on a new song for the first time since 2008. This is his explanation why.

"It feels like a dream." Opeth reveal new concept album The Last Will And Testament will be released in October
By Jerry Ewing published
Opeth's The Last Will And Testament features guest appearances from Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson and Europe's Joey Tempest

10 awesome independent UK festivals still to come in summer 2024
By Merlin Alderslade published
Think festival season is nearing its end? Pfft, it's just beginning

Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt is unable to tell you what he'd like to tell you
By Dave Ling published
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
By Dom Lawson published
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”

“I was a wreck, physically and mentally. I wanted to cancel shows, split up the band, all these kind of things”: Aiming to make a “super-heavy record,” Opeth embraced the Mellotron and made Damnation instead
By Dave Everley published
Mikael Åkerfeldt – who’d become band leader because no one else would do it – recalls the misery of making the landmark 2003 album which made him feel he could hold his own with the likes of Porcupine Tree
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