'Pale Communion' explores the progressive rock elements covered in 'Heritage,' takes a page from 'Damnation' + injects new dynamics into Opeth's sonic library.
Opeth's latest album 'Pale Communion' will be released Aug. 26, and as with the band's previous disc, 'Heritage,' it will not contain frontman Mikael Akerfeldt's epic gutteral vocals.
Germany's massive annual Rock Am Ring festival ended yesterday (June 8), wrapping up four days of music featuring some of the biggest names in metal and rock including Metallica, Iron Maiden, Linkin Park, Avenged Sevenfold, Alter Bridge,. Mastodon, Opeth, Trivum, Nine Inch Nails, Slayer, Rob Zombie, Suicide Silence, the Offspring and many more...
Unfortunate news for Opeth fans: the release of the band's highly anticipated 11th studio album, 'Pale Communion,' has been pushed back from June 17 to Aug. 26. Additionally, the album's first single, which was supposed to debut on May 6, has also been pushed back.
This week's edition of 'Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction?' features one of modern metal's greatest frontmen, Opeth's Mikael Akerfeldt. Having also led death metal giants Bloodbath and experimental act Storm Corrosion, Akerfeldt has left a giant impact on music, so we invited the multitalented frontman to partake in a game of 'Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction?'.