The Opeth mainman admits he wasn’t that wowed when he recently got his hands on Kurt Cobain’s “haunted” guitar ...

Åkerfeldt doesn’t mention it by name but it is most definitely “Grandpa” that he is talking about – a 1953 Martin D-18 that Cobain was given before the touring cycle for Nevermind, which is now one of ...

That song, and the album from which it was taken, are rightly credited as helping lay the foundations for heavy metal – not ...

However, Mikael Åkerfeldt, frontman of Swedish renowned prog metallers Opeth, isn't convinced that is really the case.

It’s been a long wait for new Opeth music. In the five-year interim between releases, the band have switched record labels, leaving Nuclear Blast for Reigning Phoenix Music, and there’s a ...

Opeth leader Mikael Akerfeldt has named what he views as the band's worst song, as well as which one of their 14 albums is the most underrated. In a recent interview with Revolver, the prog ...

Opeth has been around for 35 years at this point. They've got 14 albums under their belt alongside a slew of bonus tracks, non-album singles, and all that. Which means that Opeth mastermind Mikael ...