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17 фев 2024 :	JETHRO TULL's IAN ANDERSON To Guest On OPETH's Next Album
6 янв 2024 :	OPETH Founder DAVID ISBERG To Release Second Poetry Book
17 ноя 2023 :	OPETH Release "Windowpane" (The Lost Tape); Video Streaming
19 окт 2023 :	OPETH Announce 20th Anniversary Vinyl Edition Of Damnation Album
25 янв 2023 :	OPETH's MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT Pays Tribute To DAVID CROSBY: 'He Crafted So Much Fantastic Music, It's Incredible'
20 сен 2022 :	Watch: OPETH Plays First Concert With New Drummer WALTTERI VÄYRYNEN
10 сен 2022 :	OPETH Enlists Ex-PARADISE LOST Drummer WALTTERI VÄYRYNEN
9 авг 2022 :	MARTIN 'AXE' AXENROT's Vaccination Status Led To His Exit From OPETH, Says His BLOODBATH Bandmate
27 июн 2022 :
6 май 2022 :	OPETH's MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT Releases Soundtrack From NETFLIX Series 'Clark'
28 мар 2022 :	OPETH Drops Previously Unreleased Song 'Width Of A Circle', Announces 'In Cauda Venenum (Extended Edition)'
27 ноя 2021 :	Watch OPETH's Entire Atlanta Concert
17 ноя 2021 :	OPETH Plays First Show With Drummer SAMI KARPPINEN (Video)
17 ноя 2021 :	OPETH Parts Ways With Longtime Drummer MARTIN 'AXE' AXENROT
27 июл 2021 :	OPETH's MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT Says He Has Been Working On Score For NETFLIX Series 'Clark' Since March 2020
16 июл 2021 :	OPETH Premier Official Lyric Video For "Harvest"
15 июл 2021 :	OPETH Frontman MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT Looks Back On Writing Blackwater Park Album - "Our Future Looked Bleak, Just Like The Song"
11 июл 2021 :	MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT Reflects On OPETH Classic Blackwater Park - "A Cross Between Death Metal, Black Metal And Jazz Chords"
20 апр 2021 :	OPETH Celebrating Blackwater Park Album's 20th Anniversary With Special Edition Vinyl And Merchandise; Now Available For Pre-Order
9 окт 2020 :	OPETH: Paperback Version Of 'Book Of Opeth' Includes Extra Text And Photographs
23 июл 2020 :	OPETH Live At Hellfest 2017; Pro-Shot Video Of Full Performance Streaming
10 июл 2020 :	OPETH Announce European Tour Dates For March 2021; THE VINTAGE CARAVAN Confirmed As Support
14 май 2020 :	OPETH's MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT To Score NETFLIX Series 'Clark'
18 фев 2020 :	OPETH's MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT Suffering From 'Acute Laryngitis'; Band Cancels Three Shows On North American Tour
28 янв 2020 :	OPETH's MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT Pays Tribute To SEAN REINERT And NEIL PEART
25 янв 2020 :	OPETH Keyboardist Understands Fans' Frustration Over Lack Of Death Metal Vocals On Band's Recent Albums

24 ноя 2017

OPETH Frontman MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT - "I've Lost Interest In Making Up New Genres To Describe What We Do"

Overdrive recently caught up with Opeth frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt, whi discussed the band's stylistic changes over the years. An excerpt is available below.

Overdrive: Here you are with album number 12 (Sorceress) and finally having your very own label (Moderbolaget Records) to work under. Did this give you a sense of creative freedom in any way mentally or was it just business as usual?

Mikael: "Yes, I agree for sure. That’s another aspect of the need to adopt new sounds. I bet Rob Halford (Judas Priest) is thinking 'Fuck, why did I do some much high-range singing back in the day?' (laughing) I can only guess that it’s not easy to do the older you get. I’m fortunate enough that I can still do the screams when I need too and I enjoy doing them when it’s right for the music. My biggest concern is that I’m going to get bored with music you know? My dream, when I was a young child, was to do this for the rest of my life and the last thing I want to do is ruin it by playing it safe? Hell no!"

Overdrive: It’s widely reported that you are a fan of the '60s, '70s bands due to the experimental element of the music back then. Do you find that the entire business has become homogenized and ultimately bland to a degree?

Mikael: "I think people back in the day were complaining about categories being slapped on them more than they are today. I personally used to like the philosophy of categories and used to have so much fun with it back in the day with fanzines interviews. I used to invent completely fabricated genres such as 'Forest Metal' or 'we play dark medieval metal' (laughing). I have a lot of problems with music today and how people consume it. There is no value left anymore and very little appreciation for the creativity and time process involved in creating music. The fact that you can just shuffle through an album in the wrong sequence of tracks that were carefully picked in that order just amazes me. Would you watch the end of a new movie the first time and skip the beginning? It’s the same thing in my opinion. When people ask us these days what kind of band Opeth is, I just say we are a rock band (laughing). I’ve lost interest in making up new genres to describe what we do."

Read the complete interview here.

Opeth guitarist Fredrik Akesson was interviewed on November 19th at Rock City in Nottingham, England. The complete chat can be viewed below; an excerpt has been transcribed as follows:

What's the plan after this tour? Are you in the process of making news music?

"In a way, yes, I would say. This is the last run we do (in support of Soreceress), and then we have a break. We might play some festivals during the summer, but before that, there's no gigs. So it's a bit of a break, but also starting to write for a new album, absolutely. So we'll see how that goes. But nothing is… no direction is settled yet or anything like that."

Is there always writing going on?

"For me personally, I sit around and play a lot of guitar during the day, and sometimes you come up with a little melody or a little riff or something, and I just record it in my voice memory in the phone. So small stuff like that. But it's not… working on a song kind of thing rarely happens on the road. Especially for Mikael (Akerfeldt - vocalist / guitarist), I know he needs to be in his bubble, you know. So that's why we wanna take a break now as well, because for him, also, it's important to don't have to think about the shows or anything like that, just focus on coming up with new material."

OPETH Frontman MIKAEL Г…KERFELDT - "I've Lost Interest In Making Up New Genres To Describe What We Do"

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24 ноя 2017

Dark Funeral

Что такого, что его спрашивают, из какого жанра его группа? Давать жанры - это естественно. А иначе, Борис Гребенщиков - тоже рок, но ни у кого же не повернется язык сказать, что он играет тот же рок, что и, скажем, Металлика?!

24 ноя 2017

MrBlack

слышь пацанчик ! ты из какого жанра ? Я рок ! Пиздим !

24 ноя 2017

kircore

Я так понял, посоны играют рок, вроде Игоря Талькова.

24 ноя 2017

R0ck_N_R0lla

так есть всего три жанра-рок, металл и попса

25 ноя 2017

Toney Moon

Рэпчик забыли! Или это поджанр попсы?

25 ноя 2017

BananaSmashedFace

Что, лучше старого-доброго дарка, поведает мне о новостях тяжелых?)))

25 ноя 2017

Flaming

Вот поэтому Зал Славы и берет всех, кто ПОПУЛЯРЕН у народа.
А какого сорта у него рэпопоподискорок - это только местных ценителей за жопу кусает и спать не дает