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, one of our all ... on Roadrunner Records. The album will have seven songs, all written by Mikael Akerfeldt except one which was co-written with new guitarist Fredrik Åkesson (ex–Arch Enemy).

Heritage is a challenging album and one that still feels entirely necessary for Opeth to have made as they mapped out what this next chapter sounds like. "I don’t know how our albums are rated ...

Opeth has been around for 35 years at this point. They've got 14 albums under their belt alongside a slew of bonus tracks, non-album singles ... but I still probably think Heritage is underrated.