Mikael Åkerfeldt and his bandmates have crafted a full-blown, unabashed concept album – a format they haven’t explored since Still Life way back in 1999. Twenty-five years on, Opeth’s sound ...

Opeth have explained how hit HBO show Succession inspired the concept of upcoming album The Last Will And Testament. Band leader Mikael Åkerfeldt talks about the impact of the programme ...

Just try not to forget that Åkerfeldt is the band; he might as well just change his name to “Opeth.” Wiberg wasn’t even in the band for many of their most famous albums. I’m sure Åkerfeldt will be ...

Coming off the back of a successful Scandinavian/European/UK tour with Opeth, guitarist Fredrik Åkesson is determined to stay busy this 2025, as he’s revealed that ...

“The first songs we did, it was just amazing to me that you could play together with other people,” says Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt. “You could play along with a drumbeat and someone else ...