'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 ...
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 ...
Guitar Player on MSN
“I was sitting outside like a stalker.” Behind Mikael Åkerfeldt’s pursuit of Ritchie Blackmore
Determined to glimpse his idol in Spain, the Opeth leader risked irritating the notoriously moody Rainbow legend right before showtime ...
Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt on shunning perfection, shred discipline, and the problem with modern metal
It’s like a thread that Åkerfeldt is willing us to pull on, just to see what happens next, and what happens is a lot of music, and revelations that unspool with each passing track. The brutal ...
Opeth frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt talks family life, upcoming projects, and why the band won't do a farewell tour anytime soon. Away from the rigors of touring, Åkerfeldt is embracing domestic life: ...
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 Japan's Prog Project, OPETH guitarist/vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt was asked if it is a "challenge" for him "to stay progressive or to keep evolving" when he is writing music for ...
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 ...
Hosted on MSN
Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt on 25 years of Blackwater Park and why he might stop growling again
The Opeth mastermind is on a video call with Metal Hammer and – after a five-minute preamble where we’ve spoken about Godflesh, Killing Joke and Led Zeppelin – we’ve informed him that we need to talk ...
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, ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results