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28.01 - Behemoth - To Release Official Biography

28.01 - Dephosphorus - Stream Song From Split With Haapoja

28.01 - Dødheimsgard - Sample From Upcoming Album Online

28.01 - Down - New Live Video Online

28.01 - Amon Amarth - Start Working On New Material

28.01 - Voivod - New Song Streaming Online

28.01 - HIM - Drummer Quits

28.01 - Minsk - Reveal New Album Details, Coming In April

28.01 - Jupiter - Release New Video

28.01 - Pryapisme - Upcoming EP Streaming In Full

27.01 - Porta Nigra - New Album Details Unveiled

27.01 - Shepherd - Premiere Debut Album Second Single

Reviews Articles

	Serious Black As Daylight Breaks
	Amniac Infinite
	In Other Climes Leftover
	Mourning Mist Mourning Mist
	No Return Fearless Walk To Rise
	Periphery Juggernaut: Alpha & Omega
	Caïna Setter Of Unseen Snares
	Terror Empire The Empire Strikes Black
	Thulcandra Ascension Lost
	Iron Fist Boneshaker [EP]

16.01 - A Year In Metal - 2014: Highlights Through The Eyes Of The MS Staff, Elites & Official Contributors

11.01 - Getting Stoked: 70000 Tons Of Metal 2015 - The Bands

13.12 - Goatwhore, Dying Fetus and support in Toulouse, 25/11/2014

09.12 - Mars Red Sky + Year Of No Light in Toulouse

06.12 - Voting Abuse, MS, and YOU!

06.12 - Drone On: Sonic Shamans And The Philosophy Of O)))

26.11 - Clandestine Cuts Vol. 4 Issue #4 - Awesome New Demos and EPs

22.11 - Damnation Festival 2014 - Leeds, England, 1st November 2014

Shoutbox

22:43 - Redn1ght
Why not belly dance yourself? :P

22:41 - Ilham
I'll hire a couple of belly dancers.

22:39 - Zaphod
Sweet. How sweet of you.

22:36 - Ilham
I'm just dicking around, I'd actually come get you at the airport on my camel with gingerbread on a platter.

22:34 - Zaphod
Haha, ok.

22:32 - Ilham
Bad fashion sense.

22:30 - Zaphod
How are they tarnishing their people's reputation?

Events Now online Today

05.08 - Czech Republic
Brutal Assault 2015 (18)

30.07 - Germany
Wacken Open Air 2015 (15)

19.06 - France
Hellfest Open Air 2015 (14)

19.05 - Serbia
Blind Guardian: European Tour 2015 (10)

29.05 - United Kingdom
Temples Festival 2015 (10)

09.04 - The Netherlands
Roadburn 2015: 20th Anniversary (9)

09.07 - Czech Republic
Masters Of Rock 2015 (9)

Musicians' birthdays:

32 - Antti Ventola
44 - Arve Heimdal
52 - Dan Spitz
39 - Dean Todorov
45 - Donald Tardy
39 - Ian "Ian-Sane" Slemming
43 - Ilya "Alan" Piyaev
29 - Jacopo Rossi
40 - Johan "Nephente" Fridell
38 - Matt DeVries

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Opeth

Popularity index: 2
3758 fans

Country:	Sweden
Label:	Roadrunner Records

Links:	Official website Facebook MySpace show moreTwitter

Formed in:	1990

1990-2002	Extreme progressive metal
2003-2010	Progressive metal
2011-	Progressive rock

Line-up

Current members:
1990-	Mikael Åkerfeldt - vocals, guitars
1997-	Martin Mendez - bass
2006-	Martin "Axe" Axenrot - drums
2007-	Fredrik Åkesson - guitars
2011-	Joakim Svalberg - keyboards, percussion, backing vocals
Former musicians:
1990-1991	Nick Döring - bass
1990-1992	David Isberg - vocals
1990-1997	Anders Nordin - drums
1991	Johan DeFarfalla - bass
› 1994-1996	-//-
1991	Andreas Dimeo - guitars
1991	Kim Pettersson - guitars
1991-2007	Peter Lindgren - guitars
1992	Mattias Ander - bass
1992-1993	Stefan Guteklint - bass
1997-2006	Martin Lopez - drums
2005-2011	Per Wiberg - keyboards, backing vocals
Studio musicians:
2000	Steven John Wilson - guitar, keyboards, mellotron, backing vocals
› 2001-2003	-//- vocals, guitars, keyboards, mellotron
› 2014	-//- backing vocals
2008	Christoffer Wadensten - flute
2008	Karin Svensson - violin
2008	Lisa Almberg - english horn, oboe
2008	Andreas Tengberg - cello
Live musicians:
2003-2005	Per Wiberg - keyboards, backing vocals
2005	Gene Hoglan - drums
2005-2006	Martin "Axe" Axenrot - drums
Guest musicians:
2008	Nathalie Lorichs - vocals
2011	Alex Acuña - percussion
2011	Joakim Svalberg - piano
2011	Björn Johannson "J:son" Lindh - flute

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CD & EP / Other releases / Videos

1995 \| 8.5	Orchid
1996 \| 8.9	Morningrise
1998 \| 8.8	My Arms, Your Hearse
1999 \| 9.1	Still Life
2001 \| 9.2	Blackwater Park
2002 \| 8.7	Deliverance
2003 \| 8.7	Damnation
2005 \| 8.9	Selections From Ghost Reveries [EP]
2005 \| 9	Ghost Reveries
2008 \| 9.3	Watershed Radio Sampler [EP]
2008 \| 8.7	Watershed
2011 \| 7.3	Heritage
2014 \| 7.6	Pale Communion
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Photo galleries

15.11.2012	Opeth + Anathema - Leeds, England, 15.11.12 by Talie Eigeland
19.06.2011	Hellfest Open Air 2011 - Clisson, France, 19.06.2011 by Ivor
19.06.2011	Hellfest Open Air 2011 - Clisson, France, 19.06.2011 by Moocher
13.08.2010	Bloodstock Open Air - Catton Hall, England, 13th-15th August 2010 by Baz Anderson
24.04.2009	Hammerfest 2009 - Prestatyn, Wales, 24th-25th April 2009 by Baz Anderson
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News / Concerts / Interviews

News

12.11.2014	Opeth - To Play Entire 'Ghost Reveries' At Anniversary Show
19.08.2014	Opeth - 'Pale Communion' Streaming In Full
13.08.2014	Opeth - Announce Tour With In Flames And Red Fang
01.08.2014	Opeth - Streaming Another New Song
01.07.2014	Opeth - Book Update
19.06.2014	Opeth - UK Tour Dates Confirmed
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Interviews

01.01.2009	with Martin Mendez [Bass]
02.10.2003	with Mikael Åkerfeldt [vocals, guitars]
16.09.2003	with Peter Lindgren [guitars]

Articles

19.11.2012	Opeth + Anathema - Leeds, England, 15.11.12
12.03.2009	Opeth - Rock Cafe, Tallinn, Estonia, 23.02.2009
16.12.2008	Opeth, Cynic, The Ocean - Toulouse, France, 28.11.2008

Concerts

23.03.2015	TUR, Ankara (4)
03.06.2015	SWE, Sölvesborg - Sweden Rock Festival 2015 (1)
18.06.2015	NOR, Halden - Tons Of Rock 2015
26.06.2015	FIN, Helsinki - Tuska Open Air 2015 (1)
30.07.2015	GER, Wacken - Wacken Open Air 2015 (15)
08.08.2015	GBR, Catton Hall - Bloodstock Open Air 2015 (3)

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