OPETH ANNOUNCE “CRAZY” CONCEPT ALBUM, THE LAST WILL & TESTAMENT

Growled vocals return as a vital storytelling vehicle, but otherwise it’s “business as usual” for Mikael Åkerfeldt’s versatile prog veterans.

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Opeth broke the internet when they released the track §1, last month. It was their first new music featuring growled vocals in 16 years, but their bandleader has distanced himself from suggestions that The Last Will & Testament is death metal record. Releasing on October 11 through Moderbolaget/Reigning Phoenix Music, their 14th LP represents a melding of their earlier aggression with vintage prog. “If you take those vocals away, it’s no big stretch,” says guitarist/vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt. “I think this album is slightly heavier; it’s much darker and evil, but I think they’re the only thing that could keep the prog guys away from this record. The rest is business as usual. To be honest, my heart is not in death metal. I’m after some kind of feeling. Music should…

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