OPETH's Mikael Åkerfeldt: Bands NEW Record, SABBATH's Return, Touring With KATATONIA & Much More!

As previously reported, OPETH are writing NEW music! According to the bands frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt, the band is planning to re-enter the studio this fall, perhaps at the end of September! Exciting ah? Stay tuned for more OPETH news! For now, check out this killer interview that our good friend Metal Mark from Skulls N Bones recently conducted with Åkerfeldt!




Don't for that the "North American Heritage Tour 2013" featuring OPETH and KATATONIA its well on its way. Get your tickets HERE!

Here is the official tour poster:

Related links:
Official site of Opeth

OPETH: celebrate 10 years of 'Damnation' at an in-store performance on Record Store Day!

This past Saturday, April 20, Sweden's OPETH performed a very special set at a record store in Leominster, Massachusetts in celebration of ‘Record Store Day‘ as well as the 10th anniversary of their groundbreaking studio album 'Damnation'. Fan-filmed footage can be seen below.

'Damnation' was released on April 22, 2003 via Koch Records. Damnation is the seventh full-length studio album by Opeth and produced by Steven Wilson. 'Damnation' was released only five months after 'Deliverance' and was dedicated by Mikael Åkerfeldt to his grandmother, who died in a car accident during the recordings of 'both albums which was also the reason why he did not write lyrics to "Death Whispered a Lullaby" because of how distraught he was the incident, distracting him to do so.

The album was a radical departure from their typical death metal sound and the first Opeth release to do so with a much softer with clean vocals and guitar sounds, prominent mellotron, 1970s inspired progressive rock genre which features no heavy riffs, extendedly fast tempos and shorter songs.

Here is video of OPETH jamming on Record Store Day:



In case you missed this: OPETH are writing NEW music! According to Fredrik, the next record will go "in a somewhat different direction to 'Heritage'. It won't be a step back, but it will be different. Maybe more intense in a way. You'll have to wait and see! I was in the studio today and put down my solos and I was very happy about it. The song I heard that Mikael [Åkerfeldt]wrote today sounds very cool. I think that's all I can say at this point!"

According to Åkesson, the band is planning to re-enter the studio this fall, perhaps at the end of September! Exciting ah? Stay tuned for more OPETH news!

Get your tickets HERE!

Here is the official tour poster:

Related links:
Official site of Opeth

OPETH Are Writing NEW Music - Details Available!

According the great folks over at Roadrunner Records, OPETH guitarist Fredrik Åkesson recently chatted with Australia's Loudmag, and during the interview he revealed that OPETH are writing NEW music!

According to Fredrik, the next record will go "in a somewhat different direction to 'Heritage'. It won't be a step back, but it will be different. Maybe more intense in a way. You'll have to wait and see! I was in the studio today and put down my solos and I was very happy about it. The song I heard that Mikael [Åkerfeldt]wrote today sounds very cool. I think that's all I can say at this point!"

According to Åkesson, the band is planning to re-enter the studio this fall, perhaps at the end of September! Exciting ah? Stay tuned for more OPETH news!

Don't for that the "North American Heritage Tour 2013" kicks off on April 18 in Buffalo, N.Y. Get your tickets HERE!

Here is the official tour poster:

Related links:
Official site of Opeth