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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”

"Blackwater Park has been hyped as this big breakthrough for us. It really wasn't": How stress, isolation and Grand Theft Auto III inspired Opeth to write Windowpane
By Rich Hobson published
After 2001's Blackwater Park, Opeth knew they needed something special. But when Mikael Åkerfeldt suggested recording two albums at once, the band were almost pushed to breaking point

"I guess I didn’t expect them to look like that." We've found the reactions Gojira, Opeth, Obituary, Children Of Bodom and more had to hearing Bring Me The Horizon for the first time - and they might surprise you
By Merlin Alderslade published
In 2010, we secretly played Bring Me The Horizon to some of metal's most respected names. Here's what they thought

Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson to guest on upcoming Opeth album
By Jerry Ewing published
Swedish prog rockers Opeth are believed to have been working on a new studio album for the past year
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