We caught up with the progressive metal mastermind and made him begrudgingly talk about his band’s magnum opus ...
Despite his superlative musical output with Opeth and beyond, Mikael Åkerfeldt doesn’t like receiving praise. But he’s happy ...
In the latest episode of The Prog Report's "Wheel of Prog," legendary drummer Mike Portnoy helps the team tier rank every Opeth album and it's the most prog thing ever. "Wheel of Prog" is an engaging ...
The celebrated prog musicians previously collaborated on 2012 album Storm Corrosion, and many fans are hankering for a follow-up ...
The singer of a popular metal band has been pretty candid in his dislike of touring. A dislike that hasn’t gotten any better ...
Opeth's first album in three years lacks the absolute willpower and prevailing ambition of the band’s best work. These eight songs run cold on new energies and ideas, a rarity for a catalogue ...
'Pale Communion' is an Opeth album. Take in that sentence in for a second, because without frontman Mikael Akerfeldt's demonic gutturals and Opeth's death metal dynamic, slighted fans may give 'Pale ...
Opeth released their tenth studio album, "Heritage," last month on the legendary Roadrunner Records, and last night brought their highly anticipated Heritage Tour to The Rave. The Swedish progressive ...
Opeth recently announced their new record The Last Will And Testament with the unveiling of the single "§1" – which had growls. And yes, everyone lost their mind. Now in an interview with Coffee With ...
Opeth isn't exactly the kind of band best taken in short spurts. The long-running Swedish outfit specializes in the kind of multi-layered, nuanced songwriting that requires the duration of an album ...
Has it really been 20 years? Unbelievable, Opeth have been around for this long, since Mikael Åkerfeldt was 16 years old. I remember the day when I first heard Orchid and I just fell in love with ...