opeth

(8/10) Opeth in the mid of the 90’s sounded quite different from what Mikael Âkerfeldt and Co. releases nowadays. The group’s history is deeply rooted in Swedish death metal from the days when the scene in Stockholm was growing. This specific style influenced...

Swedish metal outfit Opeth will re-release the first three records; "Orchid", MorningRise" and "My Arms Your Hearse", as CD and in a 180gr. vinyl version. These re-releases will come via Candlelight Records and the date you need to mark in your calendars...

It seems like I’m only visiting shows of Swedish bands over the last weeks. Dark Funeral, Grand Magus, Amon Amarth, Europe and now the mighty Opeth. However, in the end it shows the variety and quality of Swedish rock/metal music and that's what counts....

(9/10) I have expected a great album from Opeth and the guys delivered. Actually the five-piece exceeds expectations with a longplayer that is fantastic from all perspectives. What started many years ago in Stockholm as a furious death metal project developed...

On April 14th, Swedish Opeth published a book that is more than impressive. Opeth is celebrating their 25th anniversary and Mikael Åkerfeldt had the brilliant idea to honour such a milestone with a book about the band, a documentatation is more than just...

It was 25 years ago when Mikael Akerfeldt started an impressive career with Opeth, a good moment to stand still and look back on all those thrilling years. "The Book of Opeth" is this retrospective in which Akerfeldt tells the story of Opeth in first-person....

(8/10) That death metal and Sweden, esp. Stockholm, goes together very well is nothing really new. Bloodbath is one of those bands coming from the Swedish capital that gained a lot of international attention during the last years. Founded as a project...

It was very busy on the Arena Boulevard in Amsterdam that night. Linkin Park played a show at the Ziggo Arena and the mighty Opeth rocked the Heineken Music Hall. Both venues are just a few hundred meters away from each other which means that it was peak...

(9/10) Opeth has already a longer history in metal. It's a story of constant development, renewal, creativity and passion which Opeth and their music stands for. What started already almost 25 years ago as a death metal based band developed into one of...

Here comes a new song from Opeth. "Eternal rain" is taken from the upcoming album "Pale communication" which will be released end of August. Check out the typical Opeth track. It's a great one. A mix of prog rock and classic rock. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0B26wv22ao Source:...

SWR3, a German radio station, has a live stream on their webpage from the 2014 Rock Am Ring festival. It's a great opportunity to see the shows from the mighty Metallica, Alter Bridge, Opeth, The Offspring, Mando Diao, Heaven Shall Burn, Linkin Park,...

Opeth stream a first new song via Rockhard. The songs is called "Cusp of eternity" and makes appetite for more. The album "Pale communion" will than be released later this year - August 22. OPETH-Fans müssen sich noch ein wenig gedulden, bis der neue...

"The inheritance" from Witherscape is a new album from Swedish mastermind Dan Swano. You probabaly know Dan from Edge Of Sanity or Bloodbath, but also from various production work he did in the past. For this album he worked together with Ragnar Widerberg,...