It’s based on old ideals, where society hadn’t progressed as much as it has today, and it was fun to write those kinds of ...
The classic line-up had assembled, Steven Wilson was contributing and Mikael Åkerfeldt was mining songwriting gold – but you can’t convince him the 2001 release was their magnum opus ...
Opeth’s 14th album is just as much a product ... and Mikael revels in poetic lyrics that come off like Edgar Allan Poe trying his hand at writing Miss Marple, or perhaps a dry run to him ...