Brutalitopia recently conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. Asked about the progress of the songwriting sessions for OPETH‘s follow-up to 2011′s “Heritage”…
Swedish progressive metallers OPETH celebrated “Record Store Day” with a free acoustic performance and signing this past Saturday, April 20 at 3:00 p.m at Newbury Comics in Leominster, Massachusetts. Fan-filmed video footage of their appearance can be seen below. Founded…
On April 18, Randy Smith of “The Metallic Onslaught” conducted an interview with guitarist Fredrik Åkesson of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH at the Town Ballroom in Buffalo, NYew York. Fredrik spoke about the band’s latest CD, “Heritage”; hitting the road…
Brian Giffin of Australia’s Loud magazine recently conducted an interview with guitarist Fredrik Åkesson of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Loud: The reaction to “Heritage” was very mixed. I quite enjoyed it,…
A new audio interview with guitarist/vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH conducted by Andrew Haug, the former host of Triple J Australia’s “The Racket” radio show (originally “Full Metal Racket”; 2001-2011), air on Australia’s recently launched first-ever dedicated…
Swedish progressive metallers OPETH will return to North America in support of their most recent studio album, “Heritage”. Released September 20, 2011, it garnered rave reviews from everyone from Rolling Stone who called the album “a career record that reimagines…
Swedish progressive metallers OPETH will return to North America in support of their most recent studio album, “Heritage”. Released September 20, 2011, it garnered rave reviews from everyone from Rolling Stone who called the album “a career record that reimagines…
Roadrunner Records has uploaded a 30-second video teaser for what appears to be an imminent North American tour announcement from Swedish progressive metallers OPETH. The trek is expected to take place in the spring. In a November 2012 interview with…
Abed Loutfi and Fredrik Molin of Uppsala Student Radio 98.9 spoke to guitarist/vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH on Friday, November 30 during the band’s “Swedish Heritage Tour 2012″. Asked about the progress of the songwriting sessions for…
Roadrunner Records recently conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Roadrunner Records: You played what was described as your first-ever “unplugged” show earlier this month at…
