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Opeth

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Progressive Rock
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http://www.opeth.com
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20 апр 2025 :	MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT On OPETH's Musical Evolution: 'I Don't Believe In Staying True To The Roots'
15 апр 2025 :	OPETH Guitarist FREDRIK ÅKESSON On His Debut Solo Album: 'I'll Do My Best To Finish It As Quickly As Possible'
29 мар 2025 :	OPETH Wins Swedish GRAMMIS Award For 'The Last Will And Testament'
24 мар 2025 :	OPETH Guitarist FREDRIK ÅKESSON's Debut Solo Album To Include Guest Appearance By SAXON's BIFF BYFORD
14 фев 2025 :
22 янв 2025 :	OPETH's FREDRIK ÅKESSON: 'As A Unit, We're Stronger Than Ever'
10 янв 2025 :	OPETH's MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT Pays Tribute To HEAVY LOAD's RAGNE WAHLQUIST
9 янв 2025 :	OPETH's MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT Pays Tribute To PAUL DI'ANNO: 'His Influence On Metal Music Cannot Be Understated'
24 дек 2024 :	OPETH Unleashes "The Drapery Falls" Live At Bloodstock 2024; Official Pro-Shot Video Posted
17 дек 2024 :	OPETH Performs "Deliverance" At Bloodstock 2024; Watch Official Pro-Shot Video
12 дек 2024 :	OPETH Performs "Ghost Of Perdition" At Bloodstock 2024; Watch Official Pro-Shot Video
1 дек 2024 :	OPETH's FREDRIK ÅKESSON On 'The Last Will And Testament': 'This Album Is Special To Me'
29 ноя 2024 :	Watch OPETH's Epic Headline Set At Bloodstock 2024; Official Video
26 ноя 2024 :	Watch: OPETH's MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT Takes You Through Entire 'The Last Will And Testament' Album
23 ноя 2024 :	OPETH's FREDRIK ÅKESSON Says 'The Last Will And Testament' Album Is Another 'Step Forward'
10 ноя 2024 :	OPETH's FREDRIK ÅKESSON Explains How Drummer WALTTERI VÄYRYNEN Landed Gig As Replacement For MARTIN 'AXE' AXENROT
8 ноя 2024 :	OPETH Share "§1" Bass Playthrough Video
3 ноя 2024 :	See OPETH Perform In Los Angeles During Fall 2024 North American Tour
31 окт 2024 :	See OPETH Perform In Denver During Fall 2024 North American Tour
17 окт 2024 :	MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT On IAN ANDERSON's Guest Appearance On New OPETH Album: 'It's Amazing That He's On Our Record'
8 окт 2024 :	OPETH's ÅKERFELDT Says Growling Vocals 'Became An Asset' During Songwriting Process For 'The Last Will And Testament'
5 окт 2024 :	OPETH - Special 25th Anniversary Edition Of Still Life Album Available On Double Black/Red Splatter Vinyl In November
3 окт 2024 :	OPETH Guitarist On 'The Last Will And Testament': 'It's An Action-Packed Album'
26 сен 2024 :	OPETH's MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT: How I Got Into Vinyl Record Collecting
24 сен 2024 :	OPETH's 'The Last Will And Testament' Album Pushed Back By Six Weeks Due To 'Delays In Manufacturing Process'
17 сен 2024 :	OPETH's MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT Finds It 'Slightly Annoying' That So Much Focus Has Been Placed On His Return To Growling Vocals

2 ноя 2014

OPETH's MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT: 'We Still Feel That We Belong To The Metal Scene'

Italy's SpazioRock.it recently conducted an interview with Mikael Åkerfeldt and Fredrik Åkesson of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET).

On where OPETH stands in the metal scene today:

Mikael: "It's easy in the metal world especially — I mean, I don't know anything else than the metal world, because that's where we are, if you know what I mean. But we're trying to push the boundaries a little bit. But mostly musically, but also sound-wise. And to be on our own. We don't like to belong in a group. We wanna be on our own. But we are okay with being defined within the metal scene, because that's our origins. Our roots come from real extreme metal, and then gradually I guess we have moved away from that. But we still feel that we belong to the metal scene, so to speak, but we don't feel an affinity with bands in the metal scene, and definitely not the sound from the metal scene of today."

On whether metal fans have embraced OPETH's more recent albums:

Mikael: "The metal scene is… It's something I've been thinking about and talking about a lot, it's very hard for me to define what it is., really. I know that if you listen to brutal death metal, you might have a problem with what we're doing today. But that is not the definition of metal. I think the definition of metal is very blurry, and I'm not sure if you can define what metal is. But, like I said, that's our roots, so I feel that we still belong. I still feel many of our fans have probably made this type of journey with us. They've grown up. Maybe they listened to the same stuff that we did. Maybe it's easier for them to understand what we're doing now."

On how OPETH's 2008 album, "Watershed", paved the way for 2011's "Heritage" and 2014's "Pale Communion":

Mikael: "I think [doing 'Watershed'] was necessary [to bring us to this point]. I didn't have to struggle a lot to push us forward. Once I started writing for 'Heritage' for real, so to speak — because I did try and kind of latch on to the 'Watershed' style for some time, and then I just [went], 'Ah, fuck it. Let's do something new.' And then it was easy, if you know what I mean. And by doing 'Heritage', even if a lot of metal fans, so to speak, don't like that album, I think it gave us a future. I love that album. I think it's unique. We couldn't repeat it if we wanted to, but we can build on from it. It gives us a future. And I think we would stagnate if we tried to latch on to the sound that made us popular, so to speak. And I still think if you compare 'Heritage' and 'Pale Communion', you can only compare it to OPETH, I think. You can't compare it, really, to anything else. People are saying we're trying to sound like KING CRIMSON, but they don't really know what they're talking about, because it doesn't sound anything like KING CRIMSON. It's just an inspiration for us."

OPETH's MIKAEL Г…KERFELDT: 'We Still Feel That We Belong To The Metal Scene'

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2 ноя 2014

WarSong

Проблема не в том, что Опетхы облегчили свое звучание, а в том что сама музыка после 2008 - откровенная лажа.

2 ноя 2014

ElectricRetard

Ненене, в этом году отличный альбом выдали, не надо тут.
Кстати вот 2008, действительно не очень.

2 ноя 2014

WarSong

В этом году лучше, чем в 2011 - это да, факт.