“The first songs we did, it was just amazing to me that you could play together with other people,” says Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt. “You could play along with a drumbeat and someone else ...

Opeth singer/guitarist Mikael Åkerfeldt has explained why the band returned to making progressive death metal. The Swedish prog metal sextet’s new single, §1 (pronounced “paragraph one ...

Opeth are returning to their death metal roots - vocally, at least - on new album The Last Will And Testament. Naturally, when the band revealed this with lead single §1, fan response was ...

30. “Sorceress” sees Opeth continue the drift from their death metal roots in favor of folk, jazz and classical influences. The driving force behind Opeth’s sonic dynamism and continued innovation is ...

Like Dave Mustaine’s tenure in Metallica and when System of a Down will finally release new music, Opeth’s move away from death metal and into classic progressive rock is a topic that will never die, ...

He began his role with CBS Bay Area in 2015. Death-metal mavericks turned prog-rock heroes Opeth bring the epic sounds of the band's forthcoming new album The Last Will and Testament to the ...

However, those who had followed Sweden’s unlikely rise to global death metal prominence over the decade’s first half knew constant change and evolution were needed to ensure its ongoing ...

Opeth made objectively killer music ... than background music or a little piece of Can-You-Believe-This-Is-a-Death-Metal-Band novelty.

It’s not too surprising to hear that the Opeth leader’s listening preferences ... 20-plus years reconciling his adolescent love of death metal with earlier influences like Eighties metal ...

straight up death metal and others that are better left up to the ears to decide. The most memorable Opeth album opener is from Ghost Reveries with a track that also makes a fitting opening to ...

Mastodon, Opeth and Gojira will be topping a bill that also features Eagles of Death Metal, Devin Townsend Project and Russian Circles. Tickets are on sale now for $50 and available here.