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 ...

Opeth have celebrated the first year if release of their fourteenth and most recent studio album, The Last Will & Testament, ...

From one of the many metal acts sprouting from the fertile musical ground of Sweden in the early '90s, to arguably the biggest progressive rock band of this generation (and the last), Opeth's storied ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Provided/PR Mikael Åkerfeldt has been called many things over the years. At best, the ...

Opeth have released a new animated video for §3 to celebrate the first anniversary of The Last Will And Testament, expanding the album’s conceptual narrative.

We’ve all known this album was a banger since its release, but Opeth‘s most recent full-length effort The Last Will & Testament received some pretty high honors last night by taking home the “Best ...

The intricacies of Opeth's material lend themselves to symphonic embellishment, something the Philadelphia-based musical collective Table for 26 underscore in their new orchestral rendition of the ...

Opeth released their tenth studio album, "Heritage," last month on the legendary Roadrunner Records, and last night brought their highly anticipated Heritage Tour to The Rave. The Swedish progressive ...

Mikael Akerfeldt, the creative force behind Opeth, recently revealed that he hasn't recorded any new music for the leading Swedish progressive metal act during the COVID-19 pandemic. But that's ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

After sixteen years, Opeth have parted ways with drummer Martin “Axe” Axenrot, the band announced today. The reason behind the split was an unspecified “conflict of interest.” Therion’s Sami Karppinen ...

Opeth begin their co-headlining tour with Mastodon on Tuesday night (11/16) in Asheville, and ahead of that they’ve announced that they’ve parted ways with their drummer Martin “Axe” Axenrot (also of ...