Artist: opeth

News Swedish progressive metallers OPETH will release their new album, "Heritage", on September 20 (one day earlier internationally) via Roadrunner Records.

FaceCulture has posted a five-part video interview online with Opeth front man Mikael Akerfeldt, in which he discusses the band's upcoming album "Heritage," the departure of the band's keyboardist, and more. You can check out the first part below and the rest of the clips after the jump. Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Opeth's steady rise to the very top of progressive music has been a long and sometimes arduous affair, but that only makes the current success of Mikael Akerfeldt's prog visionaries all the more satisfying. On top of all that, Opeth have always remained fresh and inventive, forever far ahead of the curve - the only thing [...]

DVD quality live footage featuring Swedish progressive metal heavyweights Opeth has made its way online. The footage was captured during the band's performance at the recent Sonisphere event in Knebworth, U.K. You can check out a clip of the band performing a track titled "The Lotus Eater" in the player provided below. You can also find more inform... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Opeth volverán a estar de gira por Europa, esta vez para promocionar su nuevo trabajo, Heritage , que aún está por ver la luz. La banda lleva desde principios de verano realizando directos en diferentes festivales, y comenzará una gira por Estados Unidos en los últimos días de septiembre que les mantendrá ocupados hasta regresar a tierras europeas, dos meses después. Heritage supone el regreso de una banda que lleva tres años sin sacar disco de estudio. Un disco -Watershed- que supuso el primer trabajo sin Peter [...]

News Onslaught Radio conducted an interview with bassist Martin Mendez of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH at the U.K.

Hace un par de semanas mi compañero César nos presenta los 5 mejores cantantes de metal de la actualidad, quedando claro que se trataba de vocalistas dedicados generalmente a los géneros del heavy y el power metal. En él podíamos encontrar nombres tan característicos como el de Daniel Heiman, ex-cantante de Lost Horizon, o el aclamado Ripper Owens, que pasó a sustituir por un breve periodo de tiempo a Rob Halford en Judas Priest para ver como su carrera se catapultaba y le hacía participar en grupos como Iced Earth o a cantar con el mismísimo Yngwie Malmsteen. [...]

News The year's edition of the Graspop Metal Meeting festival in Dessel, Belgium is currently being streamed live at Skynet.be.

I have a friend who swears that the basement of her workplace is haunted by a g-g-g-g-ghost... She also mentioned an affinity for reality shows about paranormal activity. So naturally I asked her if the ghost at her workplace came before she started watching said reality shows or vice versa. What do you think her [...]

First it was New York , and now Philadelphia is stepping up as the potential hub of the East Coast festival scene. Popped! is back, and Riot Fest East has already announced they're setting up shop for a day. As it turns out, that day is part of the Philadelphia Film & Music Festival (a.k.a. Philly F/M Fest), and now the rest of the initial lineup has been revealed. Promising "at least fifteen 'headline-level' artists of all music genres," the immediate standouts are Deadmau5, Opeth, Jukebox the Ghost, Silverstein, The [...]

Eso es. Mikael Åkerfeldt , fundador y líder del grupo Opeth , ha grabado una serie de 10 programas de una hora de duración para la Sveriges Radio , es decir, para la radio nacional sueca. El primer programa fue emitido el pasado sábado 19 e irá seguido por un nuevo episodio cada semana en el que Mikael nos descubrirá varios de sus vinilos favoritos, que serán reproducidos en el propio programa. En la página oficial de la radio se podrán encontrar además vínculos a éstos en streaming , y actualmente ya se puede [...]

Today's RiO!B focuses on the biggest stories in hard rock and heavy metal for the week. I've also incorporated a new co-host, Sirius/XM satellite radio DJ Zeena from the Liquid Metal channel. So grab a fork and dig in for all the latest news on the music that scares kids in Brooklyn. Anthrax releasing album in September Machine Head releasing new single Opeth touring with Katatonia Megadeth writing music for video game [...]

Apothesary in the middle of their set at 924 Gilman. Forget the stereotypes, people. Gone are the greasy, stand-offish metal band members, and in their places come the members of Apothesary , a three-piece metal band from the East Bay Area of California (Concord). Right off the bat, the three main members of the band, Jared Eandi, Greg O'Neill, and Clayton Cagle, were very amiable and willing to let me in to their musical world. The three boys and female temporary bassist (Stephanie Shideler) [...]

We got really excited last week when the first dates surfaced for this Fall's Opeth/Katatonia tour. There were some junkies who were a little upset that Opeth weren't coming to their neck of the woods. Well, a ton more tour dates have surfaced so many you shouldn't be so upset. And, if they're not coming ...

We got really excited last week when the first dates surfaced for this Fall's Opeth/Katatonia tour. There were some junkies who were a little upset that Opeth weren't coming to their neck of the woods. Well, a ton more tour dates have surfaced so many you shouldn't be so upset. And, if they're not coming ...

News Last week some initial dates for Opeth's upcoming North American headlining tour got out on the interwebs; now the full itinerary for the tour has been released, along with the news that Katatonia will be providing support. So, y'know. Look. You were gonna go to one of these shows anyway, seeing as it's Opeth, but [...]

Last week some initial dates for Opeth's upcoming North American headlining tour got out on the interwebs; now the full itinerary for the tour has been released, along with the news that Katatonia will be providing support. So, y'know. Look. You were gonna go to one of these shows anyway, seeing as it's Opeth, but [...]

[via Badass] So the three-day weekend kinda threw our schedule out of whack; you may have noticed that we still haven't finished announcing the line-up for our Magical Mystery Tour, and we didn't get to finish our list of The Top 25 Modern Metal Guitarists, either. Both of those blessed events will go down next [...]

After announcing North American tour dates with Katatonia, Opeth has now issued the following announcement about postponing the band's previously scheduled Bucharest show: "Due to critical economical situation and logistical issues the Bucharest gig is now postponed. Information about the new venue and tickets will be available during the next w... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

There has been a lot of news from the Opeth camp lately. Most recently, we learned that their album is coming out in September, and we got a peak at their trippy new cover. Naturally, when a new album comes out, a band is expected to tour, and Opeth will do just that this Fall, ...