Formed the same year that Sinead O'Connor stood in front of a camera crying and singing a Prince song, Sweden's Opeth began their journey in the typical old-fashioned way wherein a couple of people ...

Opeth’s 12th studio album, Sorceress, now has an official release date! The next release in Opeth’s phenomenal discography will see the light of day on Sept. 30. The consistently inventive Swedish ...

Between the chainsaw buzz of Swedish death metal, church-burning notoriety of Norwegian black metal and the soon-to-explode school of Gothenburg melodeath, Scandinavia was already earning a reputation ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. “I’d learned many of his tricks along the way,” Åkerfeldt explains. “I could hear some ideas in ...

Yes! Yes! Yes! Opeth will be releasing a new album in 2016! The Swedish metal legends are set to deliver Sorceress via Moderbolaget Records and Nuclear Blast late this year. Opeth are currently in the ...

Interview with Opeth's guitarist since 2007... Åkesson discusses some details regarding the new LP before remembering the first time he heard Opeth and his early prog influences. The full interview is ...

It’s been eleven days since Rolling Stone last released a celebrity musician’s list of favorite metal albums as part of the magazine’s own list of the 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time. In ...

Opeth has been around for 35 years at this point. They've got 14 albums under their belt alongside a slew of bonus tracks, non-album singles, and all that. Which means that Opeth mastermind Mikael ...

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, ...

Opeth, Katatonia and Paradise Lost join the likes of Sex Pistols, Royel Otis, Bastille, Bowling For Soup, The Flaming Lips and The Beta Band, Gary Numan, Skunk Anansie and Garbage among the acts ...

Progressive rock titans Opeth play their only 2026 UK date at the Halifax venue on August 1 as part of their Last Will & ...