It’s been a long wait for new Opeth music. In the five-year interim between releases, the band have switched record labels, leaving Nuclear Blast for Reigning Phoenix Music, and there’s a ...

Opeth have just announced their new concept album, The Last Will and Testament and it’s the band’s first record since 2008’s Watershed to feature the legendary death growls of Mikael Akerfeldt.

Audio for this feature is no longer available. Heritage. For Opeth and the title of the band's 10th album, that's a loaded word. Heritage speaks to ancestry, often an honored one. In the album's ...

When Opeth began as a death metal band in the early 1990s, no could have imagined their ascent to prog metal royalty – not least Mikael Åkerfeldt.In 2012, he looked back over the twists and ...

Opeth Share New Song “Width of a Circle” Ahead of In Cauda Venenum Extended Edition: Stream Jon Hadusek. The deluxe edition of the Swedish band's 2019 album arrives May 13th.

In retrospect, Ghost Reveries looks like a sure thing sandwiched between two of Opeth’s most risky and, as it would turn out, polarizing albums. Released three years prior to Ghost Reveries, the ...

'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 ...

Opeth – Sorceress: Album Stream. The Swedish prog-metal veterans continue branching out into uncharted territories with Sorceress, their 12th album, being their most diverse yet.

Hear Opeth's new single, and read an interview with bandleader Mikael Åkerfeldt about how romantic "mindfucks" and classic prog inspired the band's new LP, 'Sorceress.' Live.

Opeth have finally returned with 17 minutes of new music. Two versions of a fresh song have been released — one in English (“Heart in Hand”) and another in Opeth’s native Swedish ...

Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt reveals his 10 favorite metal albums, including Judas Priest's 'Sad Wings of Destiny' and Morbid Angel's 'Altars of Madness.' ...

Opeth’s Mikael Akerfeldt Talks New Swedish-Language Album ‘In Cauda Venenum’: ‘It’s a Schizophrenic Listen’ Mikael Akerfeldt is enjoying several beers during a conversation with ...