A funny thing happened on Twitter earlier this year: Longstanding Swedish band Opeth became a trending topic when details of their new album, Pale Communion were released. Wasn’t this once a Scandinavian metal band with a small but dedicated audience? The buzz confirmed what many have known for a long time: Opeth have moved far [...]

Before putting on “Chimes At Midnight” to write about here, I was listening to Opeth’s forthcoming Pale Communion (which I wrote about yesterday) and before that, to In Flames forthcoming Siren Charms (which I probably won’t write about at all unless it appears in The Black Market as a cautionary example),...

Opeth’s last album, 2011′s Heritage, saw the band taking an unusually stark turn away from their death metal roots — not that Opeth were ever a traditional death metal band, but Heritage was pretty much a pure psychedelic prog record. Anyone hoping for Opeth to return even to the sounds of 2001 breakthrough Blackwat...

Progressive metal band Opeth put out their last album in 2011, the psychedelic Heritage. Now the band have announced details about the follow-up due later this year, titled Pale Communion. In addition to being produced by guitarist and lead singer Mikael Åkerfeldt it will also be mixed by Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree (another band [...]

Download have added another strong batch of bands to 2014's fun and games. Get your Download tickets inside!