An unfortunate bus breakdown left opening band Katatonia stranded in Eugene, leaving Opeth as the only entertainment for the night. I had hoped that would mean a longer set, but we had no such luck.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. True revolutions, artistic or otherwise, generally evolve from humble beginnings. Despite the fact that they are now widely ...

Opeth are returning to their death metal roots - vocally, at least - on new album The Last Will And Testament. Naturally, when the band revealed this with lead single §1, fan response was immediate - ...

The long-running Swedish group took the audience at the Majestic Theatre on a wild and varied ride that swung from beauty to brutality.

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 ...

Opeth frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt talks family life, upcoming projects, and why the band won't do a farewell tour anytime soon.

The singer of a popular metal band has been pretty candid in his dislike of touring. A dislike that hasn’t gotten any better ...

Coming off the back of a successful Scandinavian/European/UK tour with Opeth, guitarist Fredrik Åkesson is determined to stay busy this 2025, as he’s revealed that ...

Opeth have just announced their new concept album, The Last Will and Testament and it's the band's first record since 2008's Watershed to feature the legendary death growls of Mikael Akerfeldt. The ...

Once upon a time, progressive rock and metal were defined by boundary-breaking ideas, stylistic experimentation, and a refusal to play by established rules. According to Opeth mastermind Mikael ...

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 ...

Opeth have been one of the most innovative bands on the metal circuit for nearly three decades. Having formed in 1989, the Stockholm based five-piece have gone on to release twelve albums since 1995's ...