Opeth cancel their Bogotá show after Mikael Åkerfeldt comes down with a virus
The singer couldn’t get through a single song at Sunday’s soundcheck. The band hope to play Mexico City on Wednesday, the last date of the tour.
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Opeth will take a long break once their Latin American tour ends in Mexico City on 11 November
Bassist Martin Mendez says the run that started on 1 November in Santiago, Chile, is the last one for “The Last Will And Testament”, and that the band will stop after it.
Steven Wilson and Mikael Åkerfeldt are working on a second Storm Corrosion album, almost all acoustic
Wilson tells Innerviews it’s “a massive chunk of music”, played almost entirely on acoustic instruments. He also talks about the next Porcupine Tree album, two or three years away.
Mar de Grises re-sign with Season of Mist, who will release their fourth album next year
The label announced on 22 October that it had brought the Chilean death-doom band back. Their last record, “Streams Inwards”, is from 2010; the new one has neither a title nor a date.
Opeth reissue “Deliverance” on 27 November, on CD and clear double vinyl
Music For Nations and Sony are putting “Deliverance” out again on 27 November on CD and a limited clear double vinyl. Pre-orders are open at Burning Shed.
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Opeth, from the death metal with acoustic passages of “Blackwater Park” to the total turn towards seventies progressive rock beginning with “Heritage”: Mikael Åkerfeldt has never stopped changing the band’s sound.
The Best, or Not, Albums of 2024
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New Releases: November
Twenty-six November releases in brief: Opeth, Klaus Schulze, Rick Wakeman, Vola and more.
Opeth – The Last Will and Testament
Opeth return to growled vocals on The Last Will and Testament: a dark, baroque, cinematic concept album that rewards repeat listens.
Opeth’s «Damnation» turns 20
Opeth have put together a special vinyl reissue to mark the 20th anniversary of «Damnation» (2003). Pre-orders are open now.