Swedish prog metal quintet Opeth will make their very first appearance at Italy's legendary Pompeii in July, the band have just announced. Opeth are in the process of announcing a series of live dates ...

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Released on16, Opeth's 12th album found Mikael Åkerfeldt taking new risks: "The idea of stagnating, of writing a record ...

We're here to talk about the new album 'Pale Communion,' out now. Mikael, what is the biggest misconception people have about what makes music heavy and what makes 'Pale Communion' heavy to you? Well, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt says that he doesn't consider himself a singer or guitarist, and opts to label himself with the all-round ...

'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 play Espaço Unimed in São Paulo on Friday 6 November 2026. Doors 19:00, show 21:30. Tickets from about US$67 on Eventim.

In a new interview with Brazilian music journalist Igor Miranda, guitarist Fredrik Åkesson of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH was asked about the status of the songwriting and recording sessions ...

In a new interview with Brazil's Monsters Of Rock TV, OPETH guitarist/vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt spoke about the importance — or lack thereof — of staying true to the band's roots while taking OPETH's ...

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 own ...

It almost seems a shame that Opeth are routinely saddled with the divisive "progressive" tag, as the Swedes' music is so consistently refined, vivid and sincere that it's hard to fathom anyone ...

For any performer or band, hardcore fans can be both a blessing and a curse – something Opeth, the Swedish progressive-metal band formed in 1990, discovered in 2011, when it shifted from an early, ...