The iconic progressive metal outfit from Sweden will perform in Singapore on 8 December at Live at The Crossroads!
The band has recently released their thirteenth album โIn Cauda Venenumโ, an engaging, panoramic and intense oeuvre which promises its ability to charm with delightful and wistful melodies.
Sweden’s Opeth are one of the most influential heavy metal groups to emerge from Northern Europe. They have traveled a long way since their humble beginnings in Huddinge, a small town south of Stockholm.
โIn Cauda Venenumโ is Opethโs finest hour.ย
The band has released their most important record to date with โIn Cauda Venenumโ. Certainly, fans and critics will have their opinion, but few records in the Swedesโ oeuvre are as engaging, delicate, panoramic, intense, and musical as Opethโs lucky thirteenth.
Sporting a clever Travis Smith coverโreplete with inside jokes and a nod to King Diamondโa masterful Park Studios (The Hellacopters, Graveyard) production, Opethโs usual five-star musicianship, and lyrics entirely in Swedish, โIn Cauda Venenumโ raises the bar markedly. While a record in Swedish is a firstโthereโs also an English versionโfor frontman and founding member Mikael ร kerfeldt, the 10 songs on offer feel and sound completely natural. As if years of listening to and being a fan of Swedish rock and hard rock has paid off. In a way, Opeth have come home.
โIn Cauda Venenumโ is like that, tricky in its complicated simplicity, resourceful in its ability to charm with delightful if wistful melodies. Really, itโs just Opeth being Opeth.
โOpethโs chemistry feels as tight as it is playful, heartfelt as it is engaging, as they explore a plethora of intriguing and majestic sounds. The instrumentation and vocals, in both versions, serve to present emotion and instrumental wonder. In Cauda Venenum is among Opethโs strongest albums when it comes to the bandโs progressive sensibilities.โ
– Consequence of Sound
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Says ร kerfeldt,
โThis is me. This is Opeth. I think by now fans will recognizeโat least I hope they doโmy writing style, our sound, what we do as a band. There are a lot of surprises on In Cauda Venenumโฆโ
Where Opeth go from here, itโs on tour in support of the album.
Clearly, since the bi-lingual brilliance of โIn Cauda Venenumโ has been released, Opethโs dedicated fanbase will be eager to hear, absorb, and experience the record in the flesh.
As for what ร kerfeldt wants from his ardent followers is for them to appreciate the latest Opeth chapter in the same way they have 1996โs โMorningriseโ, 2003โs โDamnationโ, and 2014โs โPale Communionโ.
โOf course, I want everybody to love everything that we do. But itโs secondary to me. I canโt control that, and I donโt want to. I really donโt know what theyโll think about it. I donโt know how people listen to music these days. I donโt know how people feel about it music. I know how I listen to music. I provide the time to listen to music. I make time for music. Iโm not doing something else while music is playing. Iโd like everybody to focus on the new record. Thatโs no different from the Opeth records. Iโve always wanted people to focus on our music; not treat it as background music for daily chores, white noise, or whatever. If you want to get into this record, Iโm hoping youโll find, by our standards, something different.โ
– ร kerfeldt
Gear up for an in-depth rock luxury with Opethโs upcoming performance! โIn Cauda Venenumโ is an engaging, panoramic and intense oeuvre which promises its ability to charm with delightful and wistful melodies, and you can expect the band to sing the songs from their album at their gig on 8 December!
Early-bird tickets and VIP Meet & Greet packages go on sale on 7 November, 10am.
Standard tickets go on sale from 11 November, 10am.
