Opeth’s Next Album Will Feature Cameos From Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson
Opeth have recruited some prog rock royalty for their next studio album. The Swedish death metal turned prog rock outfit enlisted Jethro Tull‘s vocalist, flautist, etc. Ian Anderson to perform on several tracks from their upcoming fourteenth studio album. Anderson revealed the news recently to ‘Mystery Tour Radio Show‘, offering:
“Well, from time to time I play on other people’s records, if they’re interesting to me. I just did — last week I played on three or four tracks from a prog metal band called [Opeth]. [They’re] Swedish.”
This collaboration follows a past failed attempt by Opeth vocalist/guitarist Mikael Åkerfeldt to get Anderson to appear on the band’s 2011 release, “Heritage“.
The new album will make a LOT of fans really happy. When I first heard it I was like "WTF?? Oh yeeeah!!". I like "newpeth" but obviously LOVE "oldpeth". §1 sounds like a perfect mix of Watershed and In Cauda Venenum. Evil, dirty and heavy.
Yeah, I read that as well. Also, Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull is guesting on 3-4 tracks on the album. That makes me think that the album won't be all heavy-growl songs but a mix between blackwater park<->watershed and in cauda venenum style material.
It's ironic that Ian Anderson decided to guest on this album. Mikael had asked him to guest on previous albums (the prog-rock albums) but Ian declined. Now he's guesting on Opeth's heaviest album in 16 years.
Mikael/Opeth is heavily inspired by the music of Goblin, the Italian prog-rock band that have made many soundtracks to Italian thriller/horror movies as well as some American movies (Zombi/Dawn of the Dead, Martin etc.).
Also, new album "The Last Will and Testament" is out on 11th October 2024! Fucking great!
Really looking forward to this album. Growls back from a 16yr hiatus and they are cleaner/clearer here, I can make out every word and given this is concept album / story telling its gonna be so damn sweet.
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The album is a concept album set in the post-World War I era, unfolding the story of a wealthy, conservative patriarch whose last will and testament reveals shocking family secrets. The album begins with the reading of the father's will in his mansion. Among those in attendance is a young girl, who, despite being an orphan and polio-ridden, has been raised by the family. Her presence at the will reading raises suspicions and questions among the twins.[4] Nearly all songs on this album start with a section symbol and a number next to it in their title, except for the closing track "A Story Never Told".
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