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Prog 154
Kate Bush graces the cover of the new issue of Prog, which is on sale now!

By Jerry Ewing Published

Plus Tony Banks, John Lees Barclay James Harvest, Opeth, Phil Manzanera, Frost*, Von Hertzen Brothers, Stuckfish, Haze and more

Magazines
Opeth posing for a photograph in 2001
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

Albums
Opeth in 2024, next to Brian Cox of Succession in 2024
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

Albums
Opeth in 2024
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

Albums
Opeth posing for a photograph in 2011
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

Albums
Opeth in 2024
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

Interviews
Opeth in 2024
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

Interviews
Opeth in 2024
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.

Tracks & Singles
Mikael Akerfeldt
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”

Interviews
Opeth posing for a phoograph in 2014
Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt loves metal, but he doesn’t always take it seriously

By Amit Sharma Published

Opeth released their classic 11th album Pale Communion on this day in 2014 – and Mikael Åkerfeldt didn’t care whether the gatekeepers liked it or not

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