This morning, Roadrunner Records released a video teasing some big plans for Opeth this coming spring. Using “The Devil’s Orchard” in the background, the video starts off with a rotating earth before landing on North America. Once the view stops on North America, the “O” in Opeth’s logo appears on top along with “Spring 2013.” [...]
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Katatonia certainly kicked off the fall season with a bang. In support of their new album Dead End Kings, the Swedish doom group toured North America with The Devin Townsend Project, Paradise Lost, and Stolen Babies. Though the tour has come to an end, Katatonia have no plans of slowing down just yet. However, their [...]
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
There was a lot of confusion yesterday morning (May 8 ) about Akerfeldt’s condition and the reasoning behind Opeth’s canceled show in Maplewood, Minnesota. Many sites original reported that the frontman had broken his arm in a car accident. Shortly after, though, Opeth confirmed Akerfeldt had merely bumped his head on a tour bus, which [...]
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Last night (May 7), Opeth were forced to cancel their performance at the Myth in Maplewood, Minnesota at the last minute. Official confirmation has yet to be given regarding the matter, but numerous sources are reporting that the cancelation is due to frontman Mikael Akerfeldt being hospitalized following a car accident. According to The Gauntlet and [...]
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
For some time now, fans of progressive music have been awaiting music from Storm Corrosion, the collaboration between Opeth’s Mikael Akerfeldt and Porcupine Tree’s Steven Wilson. Today fans have been rewarded with “Drag Ropes,” the first track from the album, which lands on May 8. Many fans of the Opeth or Wilson knows that this [...]
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
As part of Record Store Day (which took place last Saturday, April 21), Mastodon and Opeth appeared together at a special signing session, which took place at the Disc Go Round in Corpus Christi, TX. And it didn’t take long for Corpus Christi Rocks TV to upload video from the rare in-store appearance. To be [...]
Friday, April 13, 2012
Fans were extremely hopeful that Bloodbath’s surprise appearance during the final night of Opeth and Katatonia’s Fall tour was a sign of more to come. While the Swedish death metal group (also featuring Katatonia’s Anders Nyström, Per Eriksson and Jonas Renkse) may still be alive, singer Mikael Akerfeldt has confirmed that they will once again [...]
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Last September, Opeth frontman Mikael Akerfeldt and Porcupine Tree’s Steven Wilson assured fans that their collaboration would see the light of day in April 2012, even revealing the project’s name as Storm Corrosion. Since then, the two have given small updates and have even posted pictures of the project’s Facebook page. Now, though, we know [...]
Friday, November 4, 2011
Fans were excited to see Opeth touring with Katatonia during the last few weeks for multiple reasons. First, because both bands are awesome and complement each other live very well. The second and possibly more important reason was the potential Bloodbath reunion that could result from both bands being on tour together. For those unaware, [...]
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Opeth is truly an unpredictable band. Yet we’re still surprised to find ourselves watching frontman Mikael Akerfeldt playing Bon Jovi’s “Wanted Dead Or Alive” during the band’s stop in Orlando, Florida last Saturday (October 1). The cover obviously wasn’t planned, and the audience did all the singing. However, it’s still pretty funny to see Akerfeldt [...]
Did you love hearing Anvil’s new song “Mankind Machine”? Then stream the Canadian thrashers’ new album Hope In Hell in its entirety before it’s released on May 28 over at Loudwire.
Kylesa’s new album, Ultraviolet, is streaming online at Pitchfork. Check out the album, as well as some pretty awesome visuals, here. The album will come out on May 28 on Season of Mist.
Unsigned & Streamed vets Anciients, who’s Season of Mist debut Heart of Oak is out now, have landed the opening slot on the Lamb of God tour. They’ll be playing from May 16 – June 10. Check out the dates here.
Sinestra Studios (who very often provides Metal Insider with some killer live photos) is hosting its very first art galleria and metal show on Saturday, May 25, at The Knitting Factory in Brooklyn, NY. Tickets for the event are onsale now.
Louna has premiered a new music video for the song “Business” with Crave Online. The extravagant and politically themed music video comes in support of the Russian hard rock group’s new album, Behind The Mask, available now via Red Decade Records and MEG/RED.
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