Artist:
Opeth
Genre:
Metal
Total Time:
50:56
Record Label:
Reigning Phoenix Music
Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, Vinyl, Apple Music
Release Date
November 22, 2024
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Opeth
Genre:
Metal
Total Time:
50:56
Record Label:
Reigning Phoenix Music
Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, Vinyl, Apple Music
Release Date
November 22, 2024
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Product Description: For their 14th album, Swedish prog wizards Opeth created a concept record around the reading of a will. Partly inspired by a talk-show segment and partly by the massively popular TV show Succession, Opeth guitarist/vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt decided to write about an inheritance with a twist. “I stumbled upon the idea of putting the whole story as it would’ve been written in a legal document, like a proper old piece of paper with paragraphs like, ‘My daughter will get the country house,’ and things like that,” he tells Apple Music. “But it’s more like a confession of sorts, where the patriarch reveals secrets about himself, his paranoia, and his regrets. And some of these secrets will immediately affect his children in an existential kind of way.”
The Last Will and Testament also marks Åkerfeldt’s return to the death-metal vocal style of Opeth’s early days. “I wanted to bring back the screaming vocal, but at first, I felt a bit like a fraud because I wasn’t listening to brutal music,” he explains. “I’m listening to Dexter Gordon and David Crosby. But after I finished two songs with that kind of vocal, I thought it was fucking awesome.” Add guest appearances from Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson (on flute and narration) and Europe vocalist Joey Tempest, and you’ve got another fascinating installment in Opeth’s catalog. Below, Åkerfeldt comments on each track.
The Last Will and Testament also marks Åkerfeldt’s return to the death-metal vocal style of Opeth’s early days. “I wanted to bring back the screaming vocal, but at first, I felt a bit like a fraud because I wasn’t listening to brutal music,” he explains. “I’m listening to Dexter Gordon and David Crosby. But after I finished two songs with that kind of vocal, I thought it was fucking awesome.” Add guest appearances from Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson (on flute and narration) and Europe vocalist Joey Tempest, and you’ve got another fascinating installment in Opeth’s catalog. Below, Åkerfeldt comments on each track.
TRACK LIST:
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§1 .
(05:57)
2 . §2 . (05:34)
3 . §3 . (05:10)
4 . §4 . (07:00)
5 . §5 . (07:30)
6 . §6 . (06:04)
7 . §7 . (06:30)
8 .A Story Never Told (07:12)
2 . §2 . (05:34)
3 . §3 . (05:10)
4 . §4 . (07:00)
5 . §5 . (07:30)
6 . §6 . (06:04)
7 . §7 . (06:30)
8 .A Story Never Told (07:12)
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