Toontrack’s Metal Month is here (almost), meaning that the Swedish recording software company will be releasing a whole new slate of products geared specifically towards metal players throughout ...

There are guest appearances from Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson, who offers spoken word and plays flute on a couple of tracks, and Europe’s Joey Tempesta, who sings backing vocals on one song. Joining ...

There's been a shakeup in the metal world over the past week and it involves a couple of veteran metal bands. Earlier this week, drummer Waltteri Väyrynen exited his longtime spot behind the kit in ...

We recently caught up with Swedish progressive metal master Mikael Akerfeldt of Opeth. Hours before the band's recent New York City gig with Mastodon, Akerfeldt spoke with us about his decision to ...

We were hearing drum rolls and beats that we hadn't heard since the songs were recorded. The audience are certainly up for plenty of air-drum moments connected to their favourite Opeth songs. Walt has ...

In a recent chat with Rock Antenne's David Loebe at Guitar Summit 2024, Opeth guitarist Fredrik Åkesson shared insights on the band's decision to bring drummer Waltteri Väyrynen in September 2022.

Over the past twenty years Opeth have had an unmistakable impact on the progressive rock and metal genres. So much so that I would argue for the inclusion of the word Opethian in the next edition of ...

Back in issue 329 (June 2010) we sat down with Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt to reflect on being 20 years into a successful career with the Swedish progressive metallers. Here in the full transcript he ...

It’s been a long wait for new Opeth music. In the five-year interim between releases, the band have switched record labels, leaving Nuclear Blast for Reigning Phoenix Music, and there’s a fresh face ...

Get the lowdown on the band's 12th long player When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In doing so they decided to head back to the ...