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Ten years in, Swedish prog metallers Opeth were tired of toiling in obscurity. Then Blackwater Park put them on the map and changed extreme metal forever
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Suicide Silence: Metal Hammer Podcast 220 Video: Suicide Silence, Bloodstock, Download, It’s All Here
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Video time. Merl, Hill and Amit pay tribute to Suicide Silence frontman Mitch Lucker (RIP, brother), review Katatonia in Sweden and Pentagram in London, talk through Lamb Of God being announced for Bloodstock and the latest Download 2013 additions, plus preview Vans Warped UK, plus Opeth, plus Sonisphere, plus Tool, plus Phil Anselmo fighting Le...
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Rob Zombie: Vs Marilyn Manson, Free CD, Free Posters, Deftones, Led Zeppelin, Metallica, Motionless In White, Soundgarden And More In The New Metal Hammer, Out Wednesday! OH YEAH!
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OUT WEDNESDAY! Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson, Led Zeppelin, Deftones, Metallica, Motionless In White, Opeth, Soundgarden, KISS, Down, plus a free CD and cool free posters? You need the new issue of Metal Hammer in your life.
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Opeth: Took A Chance With Latest Album
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Opeth Guitarist Fredrik Akesson admits he had concerns over the band's direction in latest album Heritage
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Opeth: Mikael Åkerfeldt Picks His Favourite Ever Riffs
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With our friends at Prog Magazine throwing their first ever awards bash this week, we thought we'd ask Opeth - who, as we all know, like a bit of prog themselves - to donate frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt to us for a few minutes to talk riffs.
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Opeth: The Classic Rock Roll Of Honour 2012: Sabbath, Ghost, Opeth And More Nominated!
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The nominees for the 2012 Classic Rock Awards have been announced! Check out which metal acts have been represented in this year's award categories.
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