March 27, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Opeth • 0 Comments
David Isberg, the Swedish musician best known for having founded the seminal Swedish progressive metal band OPETH, is recovering at a Stockholm-area hospital after he was assaulted while walking home the night of March 13. David, 37, wrote on his Facebook page on March 24, “For everyone still wondering, I was 12 days ago beaten real badly. [The] only […]
March 21, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Opeth • 0 Comments
On April 10, The End Records will reissue four iconic titles from Swedish metal band OPETH as part of the label’s acquisition of rights to the Music For Nations catalog. Having collectively shifted more 300,000 copies, these three albums plus one live DVD/CD recording present the very best of OPETH from their black metal era […]
March 8, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Iron Maiden, Lamb Of God, Metal Hammer Golden Gods, Metallica, Opeth, Saxon • 0 Comments
METALLICA, IRON MAIDEN, SAXON, LAMB OF GOD, OPETH and MESHUGGAH are among the nominees at this year’s edition of the Metal Hammer Golden Gods awards, set to take place on Monday, June 11 at Indigo2 in London, England. The nominees for the 2012 Golden Gods are: Best New Band… Read more here
February 24, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Opeth • 0 Comments
Swedish progressive metallers OPETH have been invited to play the legendary main stage at the famed Gröna Lund amusement park in Stockholm. The show will take place on September 14 and will be the final performance before they close down for the autumn/winter season. OPETH will be prog/psych/metal rocking out on the same stage where […]
June 13, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: BONNAROO MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL, Opeth • 0 Comments
Swedish progressive metallers OPETH made their live debut with keyboardist Joakim Svalberg (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, GLENN HUGHES) at the 10th annual Bonnaroo Music And Arts Festival on June 10, 2011 on a 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee, 60 miles south of Nashville. When asked by the Artisan News Service how playing Bonnaroo was different to performing […]
April 7, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Opeth • 0 Comments
Keyboardist Per Wiberg has been relieved of his duties as a member of Swedish progressive metallers Opeth as part of a mutual decision with the band. Keyboard duties on upcoming tours will be handled by a musician who is already rehearsing with the band. Death Scream – Heavy Metal Reviews – Heavy Metal Interviews – […]
March 17, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Opeth, The Throat Of Winter • 0 Comments
Exclusive for U.S. Record Store Day 2011, Opeth will release a 7” vinyl edition of “The Throat of Winter” on April 16th. The track, which was originally featured on the “God of War: Blood & Metal” digital EP, will see its first and only physical incarnation with this special release. Side B of the 7” […]
Opeth – Sorceress
October 4, 2016 by Rich Castle • Reviews Tags: Heavy Metal, Opeth, Sorceress • 0 Comments
There are just some bands that can’t and shouldn’t try to NOT be so Metallic, (as in Heavy Metal), as they once were so ably. Opeth are an aggressive beast and function best as such. Compare “Sorceress”, the title track, from the new Opeth opus — “Sorceress” — to “In Mist She Was Standing” (from […]
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