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"Damnation is a special record!" Opeth celebrate album's 20th anniversary with vinyl reissue
Opeth's 2003 album Damnation to be reissued on deluxe vinyl in December
"Passages of beautiful, haunting music, mellow vocals, and lyrics that conjure images of darkness, loss and betrayal": Heritage by Opeth - Album Of The Week Club review
In which Mikael Åkerfeldt ditches his death metal growl and falls under the spell of his collection of rare progressive rock records
"We ended up with what I think is a beautiful record." How Opeth made In Cauda Venenum
You can’t control creativity, as Mikael Åkerfeldt discovered when he tried to take a musical break. Instead, he sowed the seeds for Opeth’s 13th album, In Cauda Venenum.
Opeth are headlining Bloodstock 2024 - and you can help pick their setlist
Enslaved, Hatebreed, Nervosa, Crypta, Beast In Black and Bay Area thrash veterans Forbidden have also been added to the bill
10 legendary heavy metal bands with no original members left
Judas Priest, Opeth and Napalm Death have all had monumental success – and none of their founding members have stuck around to relish it
10 classic metal albums where the last song is the best
Masterpieces by Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath and Judas Priest have all saved the best for last
“If they had the flares and beards and the record was from 1971 or 1972, that was what I wanted… records that looked odd and I could afford”: How Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt discovered prog
From extreme metal to Camel and Genesis to collaboration with Steven Wilson, the Swedish musician's career is surely one of the most progressive
The 50 best metal albums of the 2000s
From nu metal classics by Slipknot, Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit to metal legends like Iron Maiden and Judas Priest bouncing back in style, these are the albums that defined the 2000s
