“I knew I wanted to have a different record ” – a decade after its release, we revisit this 2011 interview with Mikael Åkerfeldt and Fredrik Åkesson When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

With the release of Ghost Reveries, Swedish thrashers Opeth are finally ready to be catapulted into the realms of success – 17 years after forming. musicOMH collared guitarist Peter Lindgren in a ...

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 ...

A month or so ago Opeth came to New York’s Nokia Theater as part of an awesome (and diverse) package with High on Fire and Nachtmystium. It was one of those nights; a Monday or Tuesday, I was fucking ...

A couple of weeks ago, Opeth announced their new album, The Last Will & Testament, out on October 11, with a new song, the awkwardly-titled §1. Much heavier than anything off 2019's In Cauda Venenum, ...

Opeth singer/guitarist Mikael Åkerfeldt has explained why he hasn’t collaborated with Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy yet. Portnoy, who co-founded Dream Theater in 1985 and rejoined the band in ...

Opeth mainman Mikael Åkerfeldt really doesn’t like his band’s rendition of Remember Tomorrow by Iron Maiden. The Swedish progressive metal luminaries covered the 1980 track for 1998 Maiden tribute ...