When Opeth began as a death metal band in the early 1990s, no could have imagined their ascent to prog metal royalty – not ...

Ghost Reveries was a superb swan song for guitarist Peter Lindgren and drummer Martin López, too, as well as an excellent ...

A CULT metal band has had a major lineup change after a founding member announced they’ve quit. Swedish outfit Katatonia, who ...

Opeth mainman Mikael Åkerfeldt really doesn’t like his band’s rendition of Remember Tomorrow by Iron Maiden. The Swedish progressive metal luminaries covered the 1980 track for 1998 Maiden ...

One of the most poignant tributes came from Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt, who had become close to Ragne and Styrbjörn in recent years. He recalled listening to the rough mixes for Riders Of The ...

In the early 1990s Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt was a member and maintained a good relationship with the band even after his exit working on a number of their records. Later in the decade ...

Here’s how it works. “We did one horrible Iron Maiden cover with him [former Opeth drummer Martin Lopez],” Åkerfeldt begins. When asked if he’s referring to Remember Tomorrow, the singer/guitarist ...