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In a metal scene glutted with traditionalists and bandwagon jumpers, Opeth continue to create epic, iconoclastic music, inventing the rules as they go along. From the jazz-inflected rhythms and acoustic embellishments of their 1994 debut, Orchid, to the Middle Eastern flavors and stoner metal riffs of 2001's Blackwater Park, these Swedes continue to venture where others couldn't fathom and have returned with a treasure trove of songs for their new effort, Ghost Reveries, that makes most so-called sonic adventurists seem positively one-dimensional.
Critics and fans alike are effusive about the band's vital contribution to the world of rock. “Opeth continually expands the definition of what metal can be,” says Rolling Stone. Alternative Press states “Opeth has swelling appeal – and greatness,” with the Village Voice (NY) adding “Opeth carry prog atmosphere to epic extremes…most every song drags you through 10 minutes of melancholy more magnificent than the Swans or Joy Division.” With journalists making comparisons to bands from Pink Floyd to The Mars Volta, it is easy to see why Opeth command such a diverse audience.
With their 2002 and 2003 companion discs, the dizzying, dense Deliverance and the haunting Damnation, Opeth seemed to have taken their sound to its utmost limits. But with their eighth album, Ghost Reveries, the band managed to push its dynamic music even further, fluidly mingling elements of death and black metal with folk, goth, classical and jazz touches.
“We want every album to sound different than the last one, so wanted to explore all sorts of new avenues this time,” says frontman Mikael Akerfeldt. “I think it's ridiculous to try to attach a genre to our music, and we've gradually built our sound to the point that we can do whatever we want. The fans I want to have are the fans that are interested in music. It doesn't really matter what specific style they prefer.”
A stellar marriage of style and substance, Ghost Reveries is a sonic journey that showcases Opeth's musicianship and songwriting through a multitude of moods, textures and complex rhythm and tempo shifts. “Ghost of Perdition” starts with a thunderous beat, caustic, angular guitars and abrasive vocal growls before shifting into a tribal passage colored with cinematic keyboards and melodic vocal harmonies. Three minutes in, the song turns acoustic and ethereal, then, following a crushing staccato riff, it seesaws for another eight minutes between gale force savagery and celestial introspection.
“Beneath The Mire” is just as epic, blending grinding riffs, ringing guitars, chiming organ, marching beats, baleful piano and galactic solos with vocals that veer from raw and bloodied to soaring and imagistic. “I didn't want to leave anything open with the arrangements of the songs. I paid attention to detail. I wanted to make it clash. I wanted it to be a bit uplifting. All the parts in the songs have a purpose they mean something, even if to get you to the next part. I made sure on the new album in the early phases of writing the songs that there is no filler. Every part, every second has a meaning to the song.”
The first single, “The Grand Conjuration,” one of the most evocative tracks on Ghost Reveries, is a feast of artistry and acrobatics that's a touch less complex than some of the other songs on the album. “It didn't start out that way,” Akerfeldt laughs. “In the beginning it was completely different and very technical. But it didn't feel right after we rehearsed it. So, I went home and scrapped the whole technical side of things and did a more down to earth, dark sounding song.”
A couple of factors contributed to the new styles of psychedelia and space metal on Ghost Reveries. First, Akerfeldt has been listening to a lot of English, German and Scandinavian music from the '60s and '70s, like Amon Duul II and Can which has inspired him to take his sound to the dark side of the moon. And, new keyboardist Per Wilberg (ex-Spiritual Beggars) helps Akerfeldt realize his vision with an arsenal of classical, gothic and supernatural sounds. Wilberg, who was hired to play with the band on its last tour, was been brought on as a full-time member for Ghost Reveries. “He plays keyboards like no one else, he's got a great voice, he can play guitar and he writes music, so I'm excited to have him,” Akerfeldt says. “Basically, I wanted him to be in the band from day one, but I was afraid to ask him because I thought he might say, no.”
As complex and experimental as Ghost Reveries is, creating the album was both rewarding and enjoyable. Akerfeldt started writing a year ago when Opeth got off tour and over the course of a few months, cemented the basic structure for the album. During the process, he and his wife had their first child, which helped keep him creatively inspired. “I was really excited about everything and it was a joy to write these songs,” he says. “Some people say some parts of this album sound very hopeful and uplifting, and maybe that's because I became a dad. It was so fucking rewarding and I discovered a love I've never felt for anyone. I think I felt like I was very selfish until I had my kid.”
Instead of heading directly into the studio to record as they had with their last five albums, Opeth got together first to rehearse and fine-tune the songs. As a result, the recording process for Ghost Reveries was both smoother and more collaborative than past efforts. “For our other records, nobody knew what the songs were like, or what the album was going to sound like until they were in there recording,” Akerfeldt says. “But this time I wanted to make it more of a band effort. We'd rehearse and everybody got to say what they thought was good and bad. And I think that really added to the tightness and cohesiveness of the music.”
In March 2005, Opeth finally entered Fascination Street studios in Orebro, Sweden to begin recording. Instead of working with Porcupine Tree member Steven Wilson, who produced the last three Opeth discs, Akerfeldt decided to self-produce and then have Jens Borgen engineer and mix. “I love Porcupine Tree and I learned so much from our time with Steven, but I think no one knows the way Opeth sounds in my head except me, so I wanted to do it myself this time,” he says.
Half of the tracks on Ghost Reveries are over 10 minutes long only the album closer, “Isolation Years,” clocks in at less than five minutes. Ironically, it's not the epic songs that Akerfeldt finds challenging. “We've been making long songs since the first album, so I find it much harder to write a short song that I like,” he says. “The longer stuff comes very naturally.”
Ghost Reveries isn't just a mindblowing spectacle, it's the sound of a band setting unreachable goals, and achieving them with grace. “There's no other band on the planet like us,” says Akerfeldt, matter-of-factly. “We love death metal, so there are some Morbid Angel parts in there, but there are also, Pink Floyd and King Crimson influences, as well as Leonard Cohen and Nick Drake. We love to surprise people...” Surprises abound on Ghost Reveries – music lovers of all varieties will find something unexpected at every musical turn. 01/07/2009 - KERRANG AWARD NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED PLUS KILLSWITCH ENGAGE ADORN THEIR COVER! It's well worth investing a few of your earth pounds in Kerrang magazine this week as our very own KILLSWITCH ENGAGE adorn th 26/06/2009 - WHAT'S ON YOUR IPOD- DAVE PYBUS (CRADLE OF FILTH) We have set another band member the weekly iPod shuffle challenge in an effort to uncover some guilty pleasures, and we think this time we ... 24/06/2009 - RR UK INTERVIEWS DREAM THEATER'S MIKE PORTNOY- PT2 As promised, in the player below you will find part two of our interview with DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy. In this section of the ... 24/06/2009 - MIKE PORTOY TAKES THE PROG QUIZ Cast your mind back. A fair ole while. When OPETH released their current album, Watershed. Classic Rock / Metal Hammer sat down with vocalist Mikael ... 24/06/2009 - OPETH GIVING AWAY A SIGNED CANVAS! OPETH are giving away a limited edition canvas of their live DVD cover, signed by all the band, on their OFFICIAL MYSPACE! 19/06/2009 - THIS WEEKS TOP NEWS AND MEDIA Owing to all of the RR staff being stuck in a field (AKA running around hooking up rucks of interviews before getting hideously drunk) last ... 18/06/2009 - DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL INTERVIEWS LIVE NOW If you head on over to the official DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL WEBSITE, you will see they have started to load their video interviews with the bands ... 17/06/2009 - DREAM THEATER ANNOUNCE UK PROGRESSIVE NATION TOUR DATES DREAM THEATER have announced their UK dates for their upcoming PROGRESSIVE NATION tour! PROGRESSIVE NATION founder and mastermind, drummer Mike Portnoy, has once again hand-p 11/06/2009 - DOWNLOAD STAGE TIMES! PLUS SEE HOW YOU CAN GET THE BACKSTAGE GOSSIP!! It's almost time people!! Tomorrow DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL 2009 kicks off and this year, Roadrunner UK has a staggering ELEVEN bands on the bill, including the ... 03/06/2009 - EXTRA CAMPING TICKETS RELEASED FOR DOWNLOAD If you were one of those folks who had a ticket for DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL but had no camping sorted yet, you will be happy to ... 21/04/2009 - DAYS AND STAGES CONFIRMED FOR DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL Wondering when your fave Roadrunner bands are hitting the stage at this years DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL?? Then wonder no more. Here are the full deets on ... 07/04/2009 - VOTE ROADRUNNER IN THE METAL HAMMER GOLDEN GODS A plethora of Roadrunner artists are in the running for accolades at the 2009 Metal Hammer Golden Gods!!! If you would like to get your ... 01/04/2009 - HOGCAT = GOTCHA!!! Sadly, there will be no RR supergroup of members of Trivium, DragonForce, DevilDriver, Black Stone Cherry and Killswitch Engage performing at this years Download festival.It ... 26/03/2009 - DREAM THEATER AND OPETH TO HIT THE ROAD TOGETHER IN 09 New York progressive metal veterans DREAM THEATER will take their PROGRESSIVE NATION tour overseas for the first time with a run through Europe and the ... 25/03/2009 - TEN ROADRUNNER BANDS NOW CONFIRMED FOR THIS YEARS DOWNLOAD! It's another killer year for Roadrunner at DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL with TEN of our artists now confirmed for the fest! Stirring up the mosh pits and ... 28/01/2009 - LEARN HOW TO PLAY OPETH'S HEIR APPARENT If you play guitar and you are a fan of OPETH, then this is feature you are NOT going to want to miss! If you ... 27/01/2009 - OPETH PLAY INDIA FOR THE FIRST TIME Sunday Jan 25th saw OPETH play a show in India for the first time at the Indian Institute of Technology's Saarang festival in the city ... 09/01/2009 - ROADRUNNER MP3 ALBUMS FOR A FIVER- INCLUDING MACHINE HEAD, DRAGONFORCE AND MANY MORE AMAZON.CO.UK have a killer offer on MP3 albums at the moment where you can get some titles for the bargain price of £5 until the ... 11/12/2008 - OPETH CONFIRMED FOR HAMMERFEST 2009 METAL HAMMER have announced that OPETH will be headlining HAMMERFEST 2009. Hammerfest will take 08/12/2008 - ROADRUNNER BARGAINS ON ITUNES If you head over to iTunes NOW, you will find two amazing Roadrunner offers!!For the month of December the NICKELBACK back-catalogue will be reduced to ... 24/06/2009MIKE PORTOY TAKES THE PROG QUIZ Cast your mind back. A fair ole while. When OPETH released their current album, Watershed. Classic Rock / Metal Hammer sat down with vocalist Mikael ... 24/06/2009RR UK INTERVIEWS DREAM THEATER'S MIKE PORTNOY- PT2 As promised, in the player below you will find part two of our interview with DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy. In this section of the ... 01/07/2009KERRANG AWARD NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED PLUS KILLSWITCH ENGAGE ADORN THEIR COVER! It's well worth investing a few of your earth pounds in Kerrang magazine this week as our very own KILLSWITCH ENGAGE adorn th 26/06/2009WHAT'S ON YOUR IPOD- DAVE PYBUS (CRADLE OF FILTH) We have set another band member the weekly iPod shuffle challenge in an effort to uncover some guilty pleasures, and we think this time we ... 02/06/2008PORCUPINE TREE V'S OPETH IN PROG QUIZ PLUS RR STREET TEAM PUT QUESTIONS TO MIKAEL AKERFELDT OPETH's Mike Akerfelt recently took some time out to answer some questions submitted by the members of the bands UK Street Team (head 19/06/2009THIS WEEKS TOP NEWS AND MEDIA Owing to all of the RR staff being stuck in a field (AKA running around hooking up rucks of interviews before getting hideously drunk) last ... 22/04/2008DEVILDRIVER RELEASE DIGITAL EP 'HEAD ON TO HEARTACHE' DEVILDRIVER have a brand new EP available digitally NOW for your aural pleasure! Entitled HEAD ON TO HEARTACHE, the EP features previously unreleased tracksDamnin 17/06/2009DREAM THEATER ANNOUNCE UK PROGRESSIVE NATION TOUR DATES DREAM THEATER have announced their UK dates for their upcoming PROGRESSIVE NATION tour! PROGRESSIVE NATION founder and mastermind, drummer Mike Portnoy, has once again hand-p 11/06/2009DOWNLOAD STAGE TIMES! PLUS SEE HOW YOU CAN GET THE BACKSTAGE GOSSIP!! It's almost time people!! Tomorrow DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL 2009 kicks off and this year, Roadrunner UK has a staggering ELEVEN bands on the bill, including the ... 12/02/2008WHEN DREAM THEATER & ROADRUNNER RECORDS UNITE! Roadrunner Records is proud to announce the signing of progressive metal pioneers Dream Theater. A new studio album, Systematic Chaos is due in June. Dream ... 14/05/2008STEVEN (PORCUPINE TREE) TALKS TO MIKAEL (OPETH) ABOUT 'WATERSHED' Can you just imagine your luck? You're in a bar in Camden, and you spot Steven Wilson (PORCUPINE TREE) chatting to Mikael Akerfeldt ( 18/06/2009DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL INTERVIEWS LIVE NOW If you head on over to the official DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL WEBSITE, you will see they have started to load their video interviews with the bands ... 24/06/2009OPETH GIVING AWAY A SIGNED CANVAS! OPETH are giving away a limited edition canvas of their live DVD cover, signed by all the band, on their OFFICIAL MYSPACE! 12/02/2008CAN'T WAIT FOR THE WORLD TO HEAR Opeth - journalists coming back from Sweden, sounds of the new release... By now, a handful of journalists from various metal publications in the US ... 18/04/2008OPETH ANNOUNCE ADDITIONAL FORMATS FOR UPCOMING ALBUM RELEASE In addition to the CD, digital download and the Collectors Edition of their upcoming album WATERSHED, OPETH will also be releasing the album as a ... 13/03/20083 INCHES OF BLOOD VIDEO PREMIERS ON SCUZZ.COM If you head on over to SCUZZ.COM, you will be able to see the brand spanking new video from Canadian battle metallers 03/06/2009EXTRA CAMPING TICKETS RELEASED FOR DOWNLOAD If you were one of those folks who had a ticket for DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL but had no camping sorted yet, you will be happy to ... 24/04/2008KILLER NEW VIDEO FROM THE PIT MASTERS DEVILDRIVER DEVILDRIVER have just released EP 'HEAD ON TO HEARTACHE' and are currently ripping up the UK on the Defenders of the faith tour with label ... 23/05/2008METAL HAMMER POST PART 2 OF 'IN THE PUB WITH STEVEN (PORCUPINE TREE) AND MIKAEL (OPETH) Head on over to the Metal Hammer website and you will see that they have posted part 2 of a cool chim-wag that Steven Wilson ... 21/04/2009DAYS AND STAGES CONFIRMED FOR DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL Wondering when your fave Roadrunner bands are hitting the stage at this years DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL?? Then wonder no more. Here are the full deets on ... Watershed Watershed Watershed 2LP Vinyl Watershed 2LP Vinyl Watershed Collectors Edition Watershed Collectors Edition Porcelain Heart Porcelain Heart Ghost Reveries (Special Limited Edition) Ghost Reveries (Special Limited Edition) Ghost Reveries Ghost Reveries 'Burden' video shoot Stills from the video shoot for Opeth's 'Burden' of Watershed Promo Live Shots Live in Amsterdam Live in Amsterdam Live in Amsterdam Live in Amsterdam Live in Amsterdam Live in Amsterdam Live in Amsterdam Live in Amsterdam
Critics and fans alike are effusive about the band's vital contribution to the world of rock. “Opeth continually expands the definition of what metal can be,” says Rolling Stone. Alternative Press states “Opeth has swelling appeal – and greatness,” with the Village Voice (NY) adding “Opeth carry prog atmosphere to epic extremes…most every song drags you through 10 minutes of melancholy more magnificent than the Swans or Joy Division.” With journalists making comparisons to bands from Pink Floyd to The Mars Volta, it is easy to see why Opeth command such a diverse audience.
With their 2002 and 2003 companion discs, the dizzying, dense Deliverance and the haunting Damnation, Opeth seemed to have taken their sound to its utmost limits. But with their eighth album, Ghost Reveries, the band managed to push its dynamic music even further, fluidly mingling elements of death and black metal with folk, goth, classical and jazz touches.
“We want every album to sound different than the last one, so wanted to explore all sorts of new avenues this time,” says frontman Mikael Akerfeldt. “I think it's ridiculous to try to attach a genre to our music, and we've gradually built our sound to the point that we can do whatever we want. The fans I want to have are the fans that are interested in music. It doesn't really matter what specific style they prefer.”
A stellar marriage of style and substance, Ghost Reveries is a sonic journey that showcases Opeth's musicianship and songwriting through a multitude of moods, textures and complex rhythm and tempo shifts. “Ghost of Perdition” starts with a thunderous beat, caustic, angular guitars and abrasive vocal growls before shifting into a tribal passage colored with cinematic keyboards and melodic vocal harmonies. Three minutes in, the song turns acoustic and ethereal, then, following a crushing staccato riff, it seesaws for another eight minutes between gale force savagery and celestial introspection.
“Beneath The Mire” is just as epic, blending grinding riffs, ringing guitars, chiming organ, marching beats, baleful piano and galactic solos with vocals that veer from raw and bloodied to soaring and imagistic. “I didn't want to leave anything open with the arrangements of the songs. I paid attention to detail. I wanted to make it clash. I wanted it to be a bit uplifting. All the parts in the songs have a purpose they mean something, even if to get you to the next part. I made sure on the new album in the early phases of writing the songs that there is no filler. Every part, every second has a meaning to the song.”
The first single, “The Grand Conjuration,” one of the most evocative tracks on Ghost Reveries, is a feast of artistry and acrobatics that's a touch less complex than some of the other songs on the album. “It didn't start out that way,” Akerfeldt laughs. “In the beginning it was completely different and very technical. But it didn't feel right after we rehearsed it. So, I went home and scrapped the whole technical side of things and did a more down to earth, dark sounding song.”
A couple of factors contributed to the new styles of psychedelia and space metal on Ghost Reveries. First, Akerfeldt has been listening to a lot of English, German and Scandinavian music from the '60s and '70s, like Amon Duul II and Can which has inspired him to take his sound to the dark side of the moon. And, new keyboardist Per Wilberg (ex-Spiritual Beggars) helps Akerfeldt realize his vision with an arsenal of classical, gothic and supernatural sounds. Wilberg, who was hired to play with the band on its last tour, was been brought on as a full-time member for Ghost Reveries. “He plays keyboards like no one else, he's got a great voice, he can play guitar and he writes music, so I'm excited to have him,” Akerfeldt says. “Basically, I wanted him to be in the band from day one, but I was afraid to ask him because I thought he might say, no.”
As complex and experimental as Ghost Reveries is, creating the album was both rewarding and enjoyable. Akerfeldt started writing a year ago when Opeth got off tour and over the course of a few months, cemented the basic structure for the album. During the process, he and his wife had their first child, which helped keep him creatively inspired. “I was really excited about everything and it was a joy to write these songs,” he says. “Some people say some parts of this album sound very hopeful and uplifting, and maybe that's because I became a dad. It was so fucking rewarding and I discovered a love I've never felt for anyone. I think I felt like I was very selfish until I had my kid.”
Instead of heading directly into the studio to record as they had with their last five albums, Opeth got together first to rehearse and fine-tune the songs. As a result, the recording process for Ghost Reveries was both smoother and more collaborative than past efforts. “For our other records, nobody knew what the songs were like, or what the album was going to sound like until they were in there recording,” Akerfeldt says. “But this time I wanted to make it more of a band effort. We'd rehearse and everybody got to say what they thought was good and bad. And I think that really added to the tightness and cohesiveness of the music.”
In March 2005, Opeth finally entered Fascination Street studios in Orebro, Sweden to begin recording. Instead of working with Porcupine Tree member Steven Wilson, who produced the last three Opeth discs, Akerfeldt decided to self-produce and then have Jens Borgen engineer and mix. “I love Porcupine Tree and I learned so much from our time with Steven, but I think no one knows the way Opeth sounds in my head except me, so I wanted to do it myself this time,” he says.
Half of the tracks on Ghost Reveries are over 10 minutes long only the album closer, “Isolation Years,” clocks in at less than five minutes. Ironically, it's not the epic songs that Akerfeldt finds challenging. “We've been making long songs since the first album, so I find it much harder to write a short song that I like,” he says. “The longer stuff comes very naturally.”
Ghost Reveries isn't just a mindblowing spectacle, it's the sound of a band setting unreachable goals, and achieving them with grace. “There's no other band on the planet like us,” says Akerfeldt, matter-of-factly. “We love death metal, so there are some Morbid Angel parts in there, but there are also, Pink Floyd and King Crimson influences, as well as Leonard Cohen and Nick Drake. We love to surprise people...” Surprises abound on Ghost Reveries – music lovers of all varieties will find something unexpected at every musical turn. 01/07/2009 - KERRANG AWARD NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED PLUS KILLSWITCH ENGAGE ADORN THEIR COVER! It's well worth investing a few of your earth pounds in Kerrang magazine this week as our very own KILLSWITCH ENGAGE adorn th 26/06/2009 - WHAT'S ON YOUR IPOD- DAVE PYBUS (CRADLE OF FILTH) We have set another band member the weekly iPod shuffle challenge in an effort to uncover some guilty pleasures, and we think this time we ... 24/06/2009 - RR UK INTERVIEWS DREAM THEATER'S MIKE PORTNOY- PT2 As promised, in the player below you will find part two of our interview with DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy. In this section of the ... 24/06/2009 - MIKE PORTOY TAKES THE PROG QUIZ Cast your mind back. A fair ole while. When OPETH released their current album, Watershed. Classic Rock / Metal Hammer sat down with vocalist Mikael ... 24/06/2009 - OPETH GIVING AWAY A SIGNED CANVAS! OPETH are giving away a limited edition canvas of their live DVD cover, signed by all the band, on their OFFICIAL MYSPACE! 19/06/2009 - THIS WEEKS TOP NEWS AND MEDIA Owing to all of the RR staff being stuck in a field (AKA running around hooking up rucks of interviews before getting hideously drunk) last ... 18/06/2009 - DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL INTERVIEWS LIVE NOW If you head on over to the official DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL WEBSITE, you will see they have started to load their video interviews with the bands ... 17/06/2009 - DREAM THEATER ANNOUNCE UK PROGRESSIVE NATION TOUR DATES DREAM THEATER have announced their UK dates for their upcoming PROGRESSIVE NATION tour! PROGRESSIVE NATION founder and mastermind, drummer Mike Portnoy, has once again hand-p 11/06/2009 - DOWNLOAD STAGE TIMES! PLUS SEE HOW YOU CAN GET THE BACKSTAGE GOSSIP!! It's almost time people!! Tomorrow DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL 2009 kicks off and this year, Roadrunner UK has a staggering ELEVEN bands on the bill, including the ... 03/06/2009 - EXTRA CAMPING TICKETS RELEASED FOR DOWNLOAD If you were one of those folks who had a ticket for DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL but had no camping sorted yet, you will be happy to ... 21/04/2009 - DAYS AND STAGES CONFIRMED FOR DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL Wondering when your fave Roadrunner bands are hitting the stage at this years DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL?? Then wonder no more. Here are the full deets on ... 07/04/2009 - VOTE ROADRUNNER IN THE METAL HAMMER GOLDEN GODS A plethora of Roadrunner artists are in the running for accolades at the 2009 Metal Hammer Golden Gods!!! If you would like to get your ... 01/04/2009 - HOGCAT = GOTCHA!!! Sadly, there will be no RR supergroup of members of Trivium, DragonForce, DevilDriver, Black Stone Cherry and Killswitch Engage performing at this years Download festival.It ... 26/03/2009 - DREAM THEATER AND OPETH TO HIT THE ROAD TOGETHER IN 09 New York progressive metal veterans DREAM THEATER will take their PROGRESSIVE NATION tour overseas for the first time with a run through Europe and the ... 25/03/2009 - TEN ROADRUNNER BANDS NOW CONFIRMED FOR THIS YEARS DOWNLOAD! It's another killer year for Roadrunner at DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL with TEN of our artists now confirmed for the fest! Stirring up the mosh pits and ... 28/01/2009 - LEARN HOW TO PLAY OPETH'S HEIR APPARENT If you play guitar and you are a fan of OPETH, then this is feature you are NOT going to want to miss! If you ... 27/01/2009 - OPETH PLAY INDIA FOR THE FIRST TIME Sunday Jan 25th saw OPETH play a show in India for the first time at the Indian Institute of Technology's Saarang festival in the city ... 09/01/2009 - ROADRUNNER MP3 ALBUMS FOR A FIVER- INCLUDING MACHINE HEAD, DRAGONFORCE AND MANY MORE AMAZON.CO.UK have a killer offer on MP3 albums at the moment where you can get some titles for the bargain price of £5 until the ... 11/12/2008 - OPETH CONFIRMED FOR HAMMERFEST 2009 METAL HAMMER have announced that OPETH will be headlining HAMMERFEST 2009. Hammerfest will take 08/12/2008 - ROADRUNNER BARGAINS ON ITUNES If you head over to iTunes NOW, you will find two amazing Roadrunner offers!!For the month of December the NICKELBACK back-catalogue will be reduced to ... 24/06/2009MIKE PORTOY TAKES THE PROG QUIZ Cast your mind back. A fair ole while. When OPETH released their current album, Watershed. Classic Rock / Metal Hammer sat down with vocalist Mikael ... 24/06/2009RR UK INTERVIEWS DREAM THEATER'S MIKE PORTNOY- PT2 As promised, in the player below you will find part two of our interview with DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy. In this section of the ... 01/07/2009KERRANG AWARD NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED PLUS KILLSWITCH ENGAGE ADORN THEIR COVER! It's well worth investing a few of your earth pounds in Kerrang magazine this week as our very own KILLSWITCH ENGAGE adorn th 26/06/2009WHAT'S ON YOUR IPOD- DAVE PYBUS (CRADLE OF FILTH) We have set another band member the weekly iPod shuffle challenge in an effort to uncover some guilty pleasures, and we think this time we ... 02/06/2008PORCUPINE TREE V'S OPETH IN PROG QUIZ PLUS RR STREET TEAM PUT QUESTIONS TO MIKAEL AKERFELDT OPETH's Mike Akerfelt recently took some time out to answer some questions submitted by the members of the bands UK Street Team (head 19/06/2009THIS WEEKS TOP NEWS AND MEDIA Owing to all of the RR staff being stuck in a field (AKA running around hooking up rucks of interviews before getting hideously drunk) last ... 22/04/2008DEVILDRIVER RELEASE DIGITAL EP 'HEAD ON TO HEARTACHE' DEVILDRIVER have a brand new EP available digitally NOW for your aural pleasure! Entitled HEAD ON TO HEARTACHE, the EP features previously unreleased tracksDamnin 17/06/2009DREAM THEATER ANNOUNCE UK PROGRESSIVE NATION TOUR DATES DREAM THEATER have announced their UK dates for their upcoming PROGRESSIVE NATION tour! PROGRESSIVE NATION founder and mastermind, drummer Mike Portnoy, has once again hand-p 11/06/2009DOWNLOAD STAGE TIMES! PLUS SEE HOW YOU CAN GET THE BACKSTAGE GOSSIP!! It's almost time people!! Tomorrow DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL 2009 kicks off and this year, Roadrunner UK has a staggering ELEVEN bands on the bill, including the ... 12/02/2008WHEN DREAM THEATER & ROADRUNNER RECORDS UNITE! Roadrunner Records is proud to announce the signing of progressive metal pioneers Dream Theater. A new studio album, Systematic Chaos is due in June. Dream ... 14/05/2008STEVEN (PORCUPINE TREE) TALKS TO MIKAEL (OPETH) ABOUT 'WATERSHED' Can you just imagine your luck? You're in a bar in Camden, and you spot Steven Wilson (PORCUPINE TREE) chatting to Mikael Akerfeldt ( 18/06/2009DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL INTERVIEWS LIVE NOW If you head on over to the official DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL WEBSITE, you will see they have started to load their video interviews with the bands ... 24/06/2009OPETH GIVING AWAY A SIGNED CANVAS! OPETH are giving away a limited edition canvas of their live DVD cover, signed by all the band, on their OFFICIAL MYSPACE! 12/02/2008CAN'T WAIT FOR THE WORLD TO HEAR Opeth - journalists coming back from Sweden, sounds of the new release... By now, a handful of journalists from various metal publications in the US ... 18/04/2008OPETH ANNOUNCE ADDITIONAL FORMATS FOR UPCOMING ALBUM RELEASE In addition to the CD, digital download and the Collectors Edition of their upcoming album WATERSHED, OPETH will also be releasing the album as a ... 13/03/20083 INCHES OF BLOOD VIDEO PREMIERS ON SCUZZ.COM If you head on over to SCUZZ.COM, you will be able to see the brand spanking new video from Canadian battle metallers 03/06/2009EXTRA CAMPING TICKETS RELEASED FOR DOWNLOAD If you were one of those folks who had a ticket for DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL but had no camping sorted yet, you will be happy to ... 24/04/2008KILLER NEW VIDEO FROM THE PIT MASTERS DEVILDRIVER DEVILDRIVER have just released EP 'HEAD ON TO HEARTACHE' and are currently ripping up the UK on the Defenders of the faith tour with label ... 23/05/2008METAL HAMMER POST PART 2 OF 'IN THE PUB WITH STEVEN (PORCUPINE TREE) AND MIKAEL (OPETH) Head on over to the Metal Hammer website and you will see that they have posted part 2 of a cool chim-wag that Steven Wilson ... 21/04/2009DAYS AND STAGES CONFIRMED FOR DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL Wondering when your fave Roadrunner bands are hitting the stage at this years DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL?? 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