One of the most elusive and challenging bands to categorize and even fully comprehend is Opeth, a Swedish former death metal outfit that has also experimented with goth and classical, but is now most deeply steeped in post-prog metal — which explains what they’ll be doing on the Progressive Nation tour this summer with Dream Theater. The tour, which also features 3 and Between the Buried and Me, launches May 2 in Los Angeles and runs through June 1 in Tampa, Florida.
Opeth’s new album Watershed actually comes out June 3, two days after the end of Progressive Nation (we told you those prog guys were cryptic). The group recorded the disc at Fascination Street studios in Orebro, Sweden between November 1 and early January.
For the next two days, Headbangers Blog will feature exclusive video interview footage with Opeth. Today, they discuss the creation of the new album, the destruction of a church organ and working with female vocalist Nathalie Lorichs.
Click “more” to watch Part One of the Opeth interview:
Akerfeldt is one of my favorite metal musicians… So much talent, and an awesome sense of humor. Half the fun of seeing Opeth live is Mikael’s wisecracking.
I love Akerfeldt. He is such a talented guy (in the second video when he talks about the broken key ringing in low E, he sings a perfect low E), and he is so accessible. Sure, he’s eccentic, but he’s also a genuinely nice guy. One of the only people in metal I’d like to sit down and listen to records with.
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