Every new Opeth release is quite a formidable event in the metal world. And as it happens, the Swedish quintet will deliver their tenth record, entitled Heritage, on 20th September. We met frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt a few hours before he was to tread the boards at Clisson on 19th June, and took this opportunity to ask him a few questions in a very relaxed manner. Said questions revolved around this new album, the departure of keyboardist Per Wiberg and the status of his project with Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree).
But before that, in order to stay true to ourselves, we couldn’t resist talking about an anecdote according to which Mikael was once caught in the toilet doing number two when the show intro started to play : « It’s true and it was one of those rubber shits that never ends! I had to go on stage unfinished but nobody knows… There was another time were everybody had to go to the toilet before the show and somebody clogged the toilet up. We flushed it right before going on stage and shit just came out all over the floor. The intro was running and we were laughing so hard that we couldn’t look cool! » This kind of fecal misadventure would probably have been better suited for Mikael’s other band, Bloodbath, than for the very classy Opeth: » Yeah shit is part of our image », the singer agrees. Maybe Bloodbath should make that the theme of one of their future songs? « Yeah ! Maybe we should. That’s good inspiration. »
Mike Tramp : les détails du nouvel album The Songs Of White Lion ; reprise de la chanson « Cry For Freedom »
Steven Tyler (AEROSMITH) cité dans une plainte d’agression sexuelle sur mineure
NO ONE IS INNOCENT : le batteur Gael Choss et les deux guitaristes Poppy et Shanka quittent le groupe
L.A. GUNS : les détails du nouvel album Black Diamonds ; lyric vidéo de la chanson « You Betray » dévoilée
Mince alors, on l’a oublié celui là !
KAUAN dévoile la nouvelle chanson « Sokea Sisar »
SLIPKNOT dévoile le clip vidéo de la nouvelle chanson « Bone Church »
Paul Gilbert : les détails de l’album de reprises The Dio Album ; reprise de « Holy Diver » dévoilée (DIO)
Marko Hietala (ex-NIGHTWISH) dévoile la lyric vidéo de la chanson « Dead God’s Son »
TOMAHAWK dévoile le clip vidéo de la chanson « Stone Letter »