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ALBUM REVIEW: Opeth – The Last Will and Testament

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Rejoice, fellow death metal fans, Opeth has brought back the harsh vocals! That’s right. Mikael Ackerfeldt and company figured now was the time, as their new album, The Last Will & Testament (Reigning Phoenix Music), has the perfect concept to complement it. The reading of a post-World War 1 patriarch’s last will and testament that spills out family secrets, track by track, section by section of the document (the first seven tracks are named simply after which paragraph is being recited). In terms of instrumentals, this album is my favorite mix of the melodic death metal era of Opeth and the more recent prog-rock era of the band.Continue reading →


Opeth Announces Postponement of New Album, “The Last Will and Testament

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Photo by Terhi Ylimäinen

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Swedish prog legends Opeth announce that the release of their 14th studio album, The Last Will & Testament has been postponed to November 22, 2024 due to unforeseen delays in the manufacturing process. Read Mikael Åkerfeldt’s comments below! The Last Will & Testament, releases from Reigning Phoenix Music / Moderbolaget and the band recently released a new single, “§3,” which can be heard below! 

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Opeth Shares a New Single “§3” – New Album Coming Soon

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Swedish prog legends Opeth will be releasing their 14th studio album, The Last Will & Testament, on October 11, 2024 via Reigning Phoenix Music / Moderbolaget! Following the critical acclaim of the album’s first single, the band is now revealing the second offering from record, “§3,” which can be heard at the link below! 

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Opeth Shares a New Single “§1” – New Album Coming Soon

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Swedish prog legends Opeth are now pleased to reveal that their 14th studio album, The Last Will & Testament, is set for release on October 11, 2024 via Reigning Phoenix Music / Moderbolaget! In celebration, the band is now sharing the first single from the offering, “§1” available on all DSPs at the links below. Prior to today’s worldwide announcement, the album was teased yesterday, exclusively for attendees at Wacken Open Air 2024 in conjunction with the band’s performance at the illustrious festival.Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: Arjen Lucassen’s Supersonic Revolution – Golden Age Of Music

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Who’s your favourite time traveller? Whoever it is, you’ll surely know about The Doctor’s TARDIS (Time And Relative Dimensions In Space). Now, Dutch prog-meister Arjen Lucassen, he of Ayreon, Star One, and Guilt Machine, takes us back to the 1970s for some Tremendous Awesome Rock Delivering Intense Sensations! Well, sort of. Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: Feuerschwanz – Todsünden

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Exactly a year on from the release of Memento Mori (Napalm Records), German medieval folk metallers Feuerschwanz return with a collection of previously recorded cover versions. Releasing material lifted from bonus discs might seem a little superfluous to anyone without a tendency towards rampant completism but Todsünden is filled with surprising choices and no lack of creativity. 

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ALBUM REVIEW: H.E.A.T. – Force Majeure

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As subtle as a brick and as silly as a juggling monkey riding a unicycle, Swedish Hard Rockers H.E.A.T are back with new album Force Majeure (earMUSIC). It is the Swedes seventh record and despite its over the top, everything and the kitchen sink nature it is a damn good time. It is a rich mixture of AOR, glam metal and hard rock with big riffs, flashy solos and huge choruses coming at you thick and fast. Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: Green Carnation – Leaves of Yesteryear

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When Green Carnation, the progressive Norwegian sextet that gave birth to avant-Black pioneers In The Woods, split for the second time in 2007, no-one gave it a cat in hell’s chance of reformation. Yet the green (ahem) shots of recovery spawned with 2018’s live album Last Day of Darkness (Prophecy Productions), and here we are with the band’s sixth album Leaves of Yesteryear (Season of Mist), in what is the 30th anniversary of its formation.Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: Jinjer – Macro

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Jinjer has got to be right up there when it comes to the busiest bands in all of hard music today. Just examining their 2019 schedule leads me to notice that they kicked things off with the Micro EP, toured Europe, launched their first headlining North American run this Fall and somehow still found studio time to assemble their fourth proper LP Macro (Napalm Records) just in time for another Euro trek. Don’t know how they do it, but nothing but respect for our Ukrainian friends even if our president is a vile pig monster who tried extorting you guys for political gain. Continue reading →