Opeth - Announce Studio Album 'The Last Will And Testament'
On October 11th 2024, Opeth will release their new studio album dubbed The Last Will And Testament. The successor to 2019's In Cauda Venenum was recorded at Rockfield Studios in Monmouthshire, Wales with additional recordings at Hammerthorpe Studios, Flowcreations Studios and The Tower Studios. Mixed at Atlantis and Hammerthorpe in Stockholm, Sweden. Mastered at Abbey Road Studios in London, England. Pre-orders available by heading over here. You can listen to the first single, the album's opening track, down under.Concurrently, the Swedes have also confirmed a first set of European 2025 shows (support by Grand Magus).
Tracklist:
01. §1
02. §2
03. §3
04. §4
05. §5
06. §6
07. §7
08. A Story Never Told
Opeth - European Tour 2025:
09th Feb – Helsinki, Ice Hall
11th Feb – Stockholm, Cirkus
12th Feb – Oslo, Sentrum Scene
14th Feb – Copenhagen, DR Koncerthuset**
15th Feb – Hamburg, Docks
17th Feb – Cologne, Palladium
18th Feb – Berlin, Tempodrom
19th Feb – Munich, Muffathalle
21th Feb – Paris, L'Olympia
22th Feb – Amsterdam, AFAS Live
23th Feb – Brussels, Ancienne Belgique
Tracklist:
01. §1
02. §2
03. §3
04. §4
05. §5
06. §6
07. §7
08. A Story Never Told
Opeth - European Tour 2025:
09th Feb – Helsinki, Ice Hall
11th Feb – Stockholm, Cirkus
12th Feb – Oslo, Sentrum Scene
14th Feb – Copenhagen, DR Koncerthuset**
15th Feb – Hamburg, Docks
17th Feb – Cologne, Palladium
18th Feb – Berlin, Tempodrom
19th Feb – Munich, Muffathalle
21th Feb – Paris, L'Olympia
22th Feb – Amsterdam, AFAS Live
23th Feb – Brussels, Ancienne Belgique
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| Daniell _爱情_ Elite Posts: 6103  |
I'm really happy to hear that they dropped the terrible bassy sound that marred the last two albums.
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| LordFezzington Lost To Apathy Posts: 398  |
This is very encouraging. Strong Watershed vibes. And agree, production sounds good too.
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| RaduP CertifiedHipster Staff Posts: 9030  |
Wait so are those the final track titles?
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| MikeVonDoom Posts: 345  |
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| Charlotbk Posts: 259  |
The goosebumps I had when I heard the growl, I can't wait for the album in october as well the show in montreal !
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| Bluemobius Posts: 17  |
Written by RaduP on 02.08.2024 at 12:41 It is a play off the album title. The section sign § is used in legal documents so the album being "Last will and testament" and the songs are sections of the will. You would read the song title as "Section 1", "Section 2", etc.
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| A Real Mönkey Posts: 1182  |
All signs point to this being at least a worthwhile album. Even that cover is very 00s Opeth.
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| K✞ulu Seeker of Truth Posts: 2573  |
First ten seconds in, and it's clear it's gonna be different, and then the growls hit. Weird transition to the middle part though 
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| Metren Dreadrealm Posts: 1410  |
For me, the weak point since Watershed was always the atmosphere, rather than a lack of growls (Watershed obviously had growls, too). The songs on the last five albums didn’t have the same mesmerizing effect on me as albums like Morningrise or Still Life. This song brings back the atmosphere, but with a darker and more epic twist. Opeth has taken cues from Therion in the past, and the feeling here has a similar vibe, but it’s on a whole other level. This song is fucking amazing and I am genuinely excited for the album.
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| Samot Posts: 208  |
Ow yeah!! Always Awesome .... guys are inspired by Mgła in the titles tracks? Or just not reveled yet?
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62025  |
Written by RaduP on 02.08.2024 at 12:41 Stupid as dock imo, should be concept album about own death, since band is death. Sad
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| F3ynman Nocturnal Bro Contributor Posts: 3031  |
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| Ivy Patterns Posts: 65  |
This Radio Edit version is decent but feels rushed. I would imagine that the full length version of this song will have more of that signature Opeth style death metal progression. Almost sounds like it has some of those evil Deliverance undertones.
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| Daniell _爱情_ Elite Posts: 6103 |
Written by Ivy Patterns on 03.08.2024 at 23:43 If song lengths on Metal Archives are anything to go by, the album version is only about 70 seconds longer, so I wouldn't expect too much progression compared to the radio edit.
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| Cynic Metalhead Ambrish Saxena Posts: 7564  |
Written by Daniell on 06.08.2024 at 17:45 Why is he sounding like George Fisher?
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| Ivy Patterns Posts: 65 |
Written by Daniell on 05.08.2024 at 09:02 Yeah, valid point. I had seen the track lengths elsewhere after posting this. Looks like they are all around 6-7 minutes which would put the total album length at around 50 minutes. Michael commented it will probably take a while for people to catch on to the album since it's so different.
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| Novas Posts: 234  |
Written by LordFezzington on 02.08.2024 at 12:06 I'm very excited Mikael decided to bring the growls back again, and sounds so good. He wasn't sounding good live since Devil's Orchard released, so maybe he needed a break. Maybe he will rejoin Bloodbath since he's growling again?? Lol jkjk.. definitely Watershed vibes, agreed 👍
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