Before the first show of their “In Cauda Venenum” tour in London, The Metal Tris spoke to Opeth main man Mikael Akerfeld about the use of language and how they went about making the album in their native Swedish as well as creating a second version in English. The Vintage Caravan are joining them as
The latest installment of “Coffee with Ola” sees Guitarist Ola Englund joined by Fredrik Akesson of Opeth fame for a chat and to learn a few licks, tricks and riffs from the legend. A pair of shows upon our shores in London and Glasgow next week with The Vintage Caravan in tow are going to
From the 30th Anniversary of Wacken, here are a trio from Stockholm Sweden Metallers Opeth! “Sorceress”, “Ghost of Perdition” and “In My Time Of Need” are the three, with the bands new album “In Cauda Venenum” (Latin for “Poison in the Tail”) their thirteenth studio recording is out now via Nuclear Blast.
Originally starting out as a solo project in 2016, Messora evolved into a genre shifting Progressive Death Metal quartet with vocalist and guitarist Zach Dean joined by guitarist James Cabral, drummer Joey Lariviere and bassist Ben Bertand in their native Montréal Québec Canada. A montage of Death Metal, Thrash, Progressive and even Doom are mixed
Having already announced a pretty damn impressive line up for this year’s incarnation of Damnation Festival, the organisers have not only added the mighty and resurgent Raging Speedhorn but also said that there are four more to go! Taking place at Leeds University on 2nd November the line up for Damnation Festival 2019 so far…
…back for Round #2, the second installment in our all new series “Under The Influence” sees the best Underground talent from all over the planet singing the praises of their influences. Last week saw atWood tell us about their love for “Anon” by Australian Post Hardcore experimentalists Hands Like Houses. This time out it’s time
…with their new album “In Cauda Venenum” is expected to appear prior to this freshly announced larger venue run with The Vintage Caravan in October and November, how much of their much loved older material will be aired remains to be seen. What we do know is that the new album will appear in two
Written by Peter Lindgren and Mikael Åkerfeldt, “Dirge for November” is one of the stand out cuts from the simply amazing Progressive Death Metal album “Blackwater Park” by Opeth. Recorded in 2001 in collaboration with Porcupine Tree frontman Steve Wilson who sat in the Producers chair, it’s an album surprisingly divides fans as it marks
Lead by Guitarist, Vocalist and former Desert Rider man Alessandro Rizzuto are Wandering Vagrant. Hailing from Perugia Italy, the Progressive quintet also feature a pair of former In Tenebra members in Guitarist Christian Bastianoni and Keyboardist Fracesca Trampolini. The band mention their inspirations as being Porcupine Tree, Opeth, King Crimson and even Genesis. There is a
