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  • OPETH DEBUT “THE WILDE FLOWERS”

    OPETH DEBUT “THE WILDE FLOWERS”

    Sweden’s musical alchemists, OPETH, have premiered a new song entitled, “The Wilde Flowers”. The track is featured on the bands highly anticipated 12th studio album, Sorceress, which is scheduled for release on September 30th via the band’s imprint label Moderbolaget Records with Nuclear Blast Entertainment. Stream “The Wilde Flowers” now at www.opeth.com Speaking with Metal…

  • Review – Katatonia – The Fall Of Hearts – by Shawn Dudley

    Review – Katatonia – The Fall Of Hearts – by Shawn Dudley

    When 2016 draws to a close and I begin compiling my best of the year list one album that is definitely going to be near the top is The Fall Of Hearts , the quietly brilliant 10th album from Katatonia.? It’s the sleeper hit of the year in my opinion.? It’s not the most flamboyant…

  • OPETH RELEASE 5TH STUDIO BLOG FOR ‘SORCERESS’

    OPETH RELEASE 5TH STUDIO BLOG FOR ‘SORCERESS’

    Swedish experimental heavy-rock pioneers OPETH have released the fifth instalment, Studio Report – Episode 5,? of their in-depth, behind the scenes series on the making of their 12th studio album, ‘Sorceress‘. In this new trailer, frontman Mikael Akerfeldt talks about the vocal recordings in the legendary Rockfield Studiosand the writing process for his lyrics. The…

  • Opeth release lyric video for title track to ‘Sorceress’ – article by Progradar

    Opeth release lyric video for title track to ‘Sorceress’ – article by Progradar

    This is the official title track from Swedish progressive legends OPETH’s twelfth studio album, SORCERESS, out September 30, 2016 via Moderbolaget Records / Nuclear Blast Entertainment. 2016 marks the monumental return of one of heavy rock’s most unique, revered and fearless bands of the last three decades, Opeth. Over the years, the experimental, prog veterans…

  • BE PROG, MY FRIEND! 2016 part 2 (t-shirt wars) – by Kevin Thompson

    BE PROG, MY FRIEND! 2016 part 2 (t-shirt wars) – by Kevin Thompson

    Day two arose to bright sunshine and we ate an ample breakfast in the hotel before a morning in the wonderful Museum of Art, with so many treasures to see. But enough of that, I am not here to talk about the wonderful historic sites in Barcelona, the colonnades lining the street to the museum,…

  • Review – Opeth – Deliverance and Damnation (remixed) – by Shawn Dudley

    Review – Opeth – Deliverance and Damnation (remixed) – by Shawn Dudley

    2015 has been a retrospective year for Opeth. Their 25th anniversary tour was celebrated by adding a full performance of the 2005 album Ghost Reveries in addition to their regular Pale Communion set and the year closes out with a deluxe remixed reissue of their classic albums Deliverance and Damnation. Two albums that were recorded…

  • Live Review – Opeth 25th Anniversary Concert – by Shawn Dudley

    Live Review – Opeth 25th Anniversary Concert – by Shawn Dudley

    Shawn Dudley’s account of Opeth live at the Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles on the 24th October 2015. Opeth concluded their month-long anniversary tour with a two city trek to the States for shows in New York and Los Angeles. Originally planned as one show, the tickets for the Los Angeles concert sold out so quickly…