Opeth News

It was a good year of music for me, marked by some great new metal albums from some of my Scandinavian favorites, and also a return to some of the prog- and jam-rock sounds from my younger years.

Swedish melancholic metallers IN MOURNING have set "Monolith" as the title of their second full-length album, due in February 2010 via Pulverised Records .

Guitarist/vocalist Mikael Akerfeldt of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH has issued the following update: "That's it, folks!! The 'Watershed' world tour is now officially OVER! "We finished off with two shows in Greece.

Swedish progressive metallers OPETH have issued the following update: "Perhaps you've already heard the news that we're celebrating the 20th anniversary of our band with six very special shows next year and we'd hereby like to offer you, our beloved fan the first chance to get VIP packages for each of these shows.

Sweden's OPETH , easily one of the most revered and respected bands in the metal scene and beyond for the past two decades, will commemorate its twentieth anniversary in spring 2010 with six exclusive shows that will take place across the globe in Stockholm, Sweden; Essen, Germany; Paris, France; London, U.K.; New York City and Los Angeles.

Michael Lirange Rhythm guitar, Wreckoning What Lirange is listening to: 1. ' Manniskopesten ,' by Finntroll 2. ' The Sky is Falling ,' by Queens of the Stone 3. ' Award Tour ,' by A Tribe Called Quest 4. ' Mother North ,' by Satyricon 5. ' Cold Desert ,' by Kings of Leon 6. ' The Insight and the Catharsis ,' by Dimmu Borgir 7. ' H ,' by Tool 8. ' ...

The Australian branch of Roadrunner Records has posted several new photos of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH which were taken during the band's recent short tour of Australia.

On stage Mikael Akerfeldt, lead vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter for the Swedish progressive metal band Opeth can switch effortlessly between a clean, mellifluous singing voice and a deep, roaring, guttural scream that sounds like the voice of Satan come to claim your soul.

You're either for or against what Between the Buried and Me has done to grind metal.A The form is no longer dictated by continuously forked-rhythm mandates which Napalm Death and Morbid Angel gorged themselves upon for years.A Between the Buried and Me's ALASKA opened up the possibility of new horizons amidst a brute ugly din of aggression and ...

I'm beginning to wonder if Opeth are cursed. Over the past few years, bad things tend to happen when the Swedish deathprog metal makers hit the road.

The Progressive Nation tour is an ambitious package tour highlighting the best of prog-metal.A Effectively a double headliner of Opeth and Dream Theater, plus two support bands, doors opened at 5:30, with the music starting just after six, making it a real marathon if you were standing.A And the early start meant it was straight to the gig from ...

Israeli "dark death metal" act ETERNAL GRAY has tapped Goran Finnberg to master its new album, "Your Gods, My Enemies" . Commented guitarist Dory Bar Or : "It is a great pleasure and honor for us to work with Goran Finnberg , a talented guy that mastered many albums of great bands such as SOILWORK , THE HAUNTED , OPETH , DARKANE , DARK TRANQUILITY ...

If you're reeling from the news that Keisha Buchanan has left Sugababes , join the club.

Swedish progressive metallers OPETH will embark on a tour of Australia in November.

In a metal world starved for integrity, intelligence and beauty, Opeth shine like a beacon through dark clouds.

Guitarist/vocalist Mikael A...kerfeldt of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH has revealed to Holland's FaceCulture that he is contemplating recording a singer-songwriter acoustic solo album.

Deceh Deceh is a fine drone quartet utilizing traditional ethnic drone instruments as well as vintage analog synthesizers.

BRAATHUM is the name of a new death metal band featuring David Isberg and Adam Skogvards along with young bass player Daniel Adel .

Swedish progressive metal band Opeth has let slip that Volition's open-world gang-banging shooter Saints Row might be coming to the PSP in March 2010, by announcing on its website that one of their songs had been chosen to feature in it.

Australian melodic death metallers UNIVERSUM will enter the studio in the coming months to commence recording the follow-up to their debut album, "Leto Destinatus" . Due for release in early 2010, the CD a ' tentatively titled "Mortuus Machina" a ' will feature guest appearances from vocalist Christian A lvestam as well as guest guitar solos from ...