Opeth have shared the video under, that includes professionally-filmed footage of their efficiency of “Sorceress”, the title observe of the band’s 2016 studio album, stay at Bloodstock Pageant 2024.
Within the video under, Opeth guitarist, Fredrik Åkesson, performs a playthrough of “§4”, featured on the band’s 14th studio album, The Final Will And Testomony, out now through Reigning Phoenix Music / Moderbolaget.
Opeth’s fourteenth album was written by Mikael Åkerfeldt, with lyrics conferred with Klara Rönnqvist Fors (The Heard, ex-Crucified Barbara). The Final Will And Testomony was co-produced by Åkerfeldt and Stefan Boman (Ghost, The Hellacopters), engineered by Boman, Joe Jones (Killing Joke, Robert Plant), and Opeth, with Boman, Åkerfeldt, and the remainder of Opeth mixing at Atlantis and Hammerthorpe Studios in Stockholm. The strings on The Final Will And Testomony had been organized by Åkerfeldt and returning prog buddy Dave Stewart (Egg, Khan) and performed by Stewart at Angel Studios in London. Not one to overlook a beat, visible artist Travis Smith returns to the fold, crafting his eleventh cowl, a haunting “{photograph}” harking back to Stanley Kubrick’s notorious “Overlook Lodge” {photograph}. Miles Showell (ABBA, Queen) additionally revisits mastering and vinyl lacquer chopping at Abbey Street Studios in London.
Åkerfeldt rolls out the crimson carpet for storied flautist and Jethro Tull important man Ian Anderson. Not solely do Anderson’s signature notes fly on “§4” and “§7”, he narrates on “§1”, “§2”, “§4”, and “§7”. Becoming a member of Anderson, Europe’s Joey Tempest lends a backing vocal hand on “§2”, whereas Åkerfeldt’s youngest daughter, Mirjam Åkerfeldt, is the disembodied voice in “§1”.
The Final Will A Testomony is gripping from begin to end, jaw-dropping in and out, representing a few of Opeth’s best materials so far. Simply as Opeth welcomed many into its distressed arms over time, the Swedes once more ship on the promise that nice music at all times tells a compelling story—this time with growls.
The Final Will And Testomony is offered worldwide through Moderbolaget / Reigning Phoenix Music. Order right here.
Album cowl by Travis Smith.
The Final Will And Testomony tracklisting:
“§1”
“§2”
“§3”
“§4”
“§5”
“§6”
“§7”
“A Story By no means Advised”
“§4” lyric video:
“§3”:
“§1” (Radio Edit) lyric video:
Opeth are out on a headlining tour all through Europe and the UK. The itinerary could be discovered under. Tickets right here.
Tour dates (w/ Grand Magus):
February
14 – Copenhagen, Denmark – DR Koncerthuset
15 – Hamburg, Germany – Docks
17 – Cologne, Germany – Palladium
18 – Berlin, Germany – Tempodrom
19 – Munich, Germany – Muffathalle
21 – Paris, France – L’Olympia
22 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – AFAS Dwell
23 – Brussels, Belgium – Ancienne Belgique
25 – Bristol, UK – Bristol Beacon
26 – London, UK – Roundhouse
28 – Birmingham, UK – Symphony Corridor
March
1 – Manchester, UK – Albert Corridor
2 – Glasgow, UK – Barrowland
