OPETH - Most Treasured Albums (OFFICIAL INTERVIEW)

Opeth reveal their most treasured albums!
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2016 marks the monumental return of one of heavy rock’s most unique, revered and fearless bands of the last three decades, Opeth. Over the years, the experimental, prog veterans have continuously reinvented themselves, pushing the boundaries of their craft and expectations of fans and critics alike.
OPETH’s new album, Sorceress, their first for Nuclear Blast via the band’s imprint label Moderbolaget Records, is proof chief architect Mikael Åkerfeldt has a near-endless well of greatness inside. From the album’s opener 'Persephone' to 'The Wilde Flowers' and 'Strange Brew' to the album’s counterpart title tracks 'Sorceress' and 'Sorceress II', OPETH’s twelfth full-length is an unparalleled adventure, where visions cleverly and secretly change, colors mute as if weathered by time, and sounds challenge profoundly.
Sorceress Track List:
1. Persephone
2. Sorceress
3. The Wilde Flowers
4. Will O The Wisp
5. Chrysalis
6. Sorceress 2
7. The Seventh Sojourn
8. Strange Brew
9. A Fleeting Glance
10. Era
11. Persephone (Slight Return)
”The new album "Sorceress" is our 12th studio album since our beginnings in 1990,” says Åkerfeldt. “I find it difficult to understand that we’ve been going on for 26 years, let alone that we’ve made 12 records now, all of which I am very proud of. ”Sorceress” is no exception. I love this album, as does the whole band. I wrote the music during 5-6 months and we spent only 12 days recording it at Rockfield studios in Wales. I find that once again we’ve taken a step forward. Or sideways, Or backwards. Somewhere!? It’s different! It’s extremely diverse. And if I may say so myself, extremely good. I feel the right to say that since I like to think I know this band better than anyone on the planet. Also, I always manage to detach myself from the record and listen as a fan. It’s a fine little record. My favorite in our discography right now. Of course. That’s how it should be, right? It’s both fresh and old, both progressive and rehashed. Heavy and calm. Just the way we like it. Hopefully there’ll be others around the globe sharing this opinion. It was a joy to make it. A fucking joy to record it, and a sheer joy listening to it. So there you have it!”
For Sorceress, OPETH returned to Rockfield Studios in Wales, also home to pivotal releases from Queen, Rush and Judas Priest, where the Swedes had tracked Pale Communion in 2014 with Tom Dalgety. The band spent 12 days recording at the countryside venue among its serene and inspiring surroundings. The result is nothing short of a powerful and intriguing record that will add yet another layer to the band’s celebrated career.
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[@ivanvashchenko]

Fredrik is staring into your soul.

[@BorisandHP]

Fredrik be like: "Day 885, they still hadn't noticed I'm here as well'

[@aquabot]

At a moment, I wondered whether he was alive or not.

[@alwaysopeth1474]

lmao

[@xyhmo]

A lot of musicians are kind of introverted and happy with that. They speak through the music.

[@mylesputnam7971]

Here are the albums he mentioned:
Wil Malone - Motherlight
Comus - First Utterance
Il Paese Dei Balocchi - Il Paese Dei Balocchi
Life - Life
Arzachel - Arzachel
Edit: first album could be Wil Malone (self titled). It's not clear from the video

[@aquabot]

Thank you. Don't know why they didn't put these in the description box.

[@roystonito]

Thanks dude. Keeping RUclips great

[@MarkGonz123]

He lied in this video...He says no one knows about Arzachel..he doesn't remember when I mentioned that band when we met at the 25th anniversary show in NYC lol

[@andiirejino1210]

Myles Putnam thanks

[@ulver0909]

the bands's name is not Arzachel.Its actually the name of the album.The band was called Uriel.

[@v12kid]

kudos to Fredrik for having the horns at rest hands stance.

[@dvaoa]

LOLOLOLOLOL....

[@iardagurbuz]

I waited for Fredrik to move. He is standing like a waxwork.

[@HorridFcknCvvnnt]

Wil Malone - Wil Malone (1970)
Comus - First Utterance (1971)
Il Paese Dei Balocchi - Il Paese Dei Balocchi (1972)
Life - Life (1970)
Arzachel - Arzachel (1969)

[@HorridFcknCvvnnt]

Somebody already did this...

[@HorridFcknCvvnnt]

Yeah I just noticed...

[@jonathanbrake3070]

What are you trying to tell us with your hands Fredrik? Who hurt you?

[@adrianb.3827]

Fredrik doesn't have favorite most treasured albums :-(

[@13superdude2]

I am now absolutely certain that Akerfeldt and Akesson are both high off their fucking heads in this video. I love it.

[@LordSummerIsle73]

Fredrik- it's been 3 days and I have still gone unnoticed, I'm examining the humans very closely

[@Gman7e]

Fredrik is a robot

[@evanpaluch6190]

Lmao. "There is no emotion, just peace"

[@Adultguj]

Guy on the left is like 'what am i even doing here'

[@soakedbearrd]

lolol

[@DanClapp]

mf that's my boy FREDRIK you put some respect on that name XD

[@DethThrasher1]

let fred speak!

[@mononoaware1960]

Man that Arzachel record is really phenomenal. Hearing him recommend it sent me down the rabbit hole of tracking down awesome obscure psych records. Crazy when you realize how much amazing music is out there that’s basically just floating through the ether.

[@BossDrSample]

Poor Shredrik.

[@svarholtperformance]

That's funny :D

[@Wasyashock]

Fredrik is literally a gargoyle

[@memalley]

No mention of Genesis or Steve Hackett!? Come on man, Sorceress and Pale Communion are drenched in Hackett sounds

[@ymmv99]

I'd rather hear Akerfeldt recommend five unknown prog classics than five classic albums that most people on the planet know and love.

[@ibanya4136]

I freaking love Arzachel!!

[@MP-yz4ci]

Freds blank stare hahahaahhaha

[@kevinmaillet4712]

Fred said three words the whole time.

[@bluevoiceredwords]

peluca y miguelito

[@dvaoa]

Mikael: "Fredrik...GET YOUR SHINE BOX!!!"

[@danindeed]

Can someone make out the name and spelling of the Italian artist he mentions at 1:27? I'd like to hear that album. Sorceress is amazing.

[@peasant666]

IL PAESE DEI BALOCCHI

[@danindeed]

Outstanding. Thanks, Ricardo!

[@user-bq2xc2fl6l]

I realize this post is two years old, but what did you think of the record?

[@SorooshMhs]

its scary how fredrik stares at the camera like that :D

[@Aaron_Gentry]

Captions are unintentionally humorous

[@xedasxedas]

Fredrik's look should become some sort of meme.

[@2011ayps]

Il Paese Dei Balocchi

[@andresserna6455]

What is the last one? i didn't get the name

[@mylesputnam7971]

Arzachel

[@lorenzobarichello5180]

Get your hands out of there Fredrik! XD

[@drigoli86]

"il paese dei balocchi" wow...

[@MonkeyButt5000]

0:19 FREDRIK WANT PIZZA

[@anasmalek]

Fredrik : 😐🙌

[@ndbd9drn]

Come back here occasionally for the comments. Hilarious.

[@illlanoize23]

Two FULL bottles of Jack Daniels?

[@RolandsSh]

Look at Fredriks hands at 1:07

[@chukrock]

With all this talk of obscure prog albums Fred reminds himself of his origins.

[@Dehangus]

What are his origins.

[@13superdude2]

Probably his country's awesome death metal movement

[@IrishGuitar94]

Il Paese dei Balocchi è una chicca rara rara. Bravo Miki!

[@TheHereticAnthem20]

Più che altro mi ha sorpreso il fatto che Mikael abbia pronunciato molto bene il nome del gruppo :D

[@simon_melomano]

Fredrik is funny

[@MetalTrabant]

Mikael always says in interviews that 'there's this obscure band that released one record 50 years ago, which you probably never heard of, but I have X copies of it'... he's either a hipster or a true music nerd, hard to distinguish sometimes.

[@dereksmallsuk]

lol.
cupla aul jakies.
I love Opeth

[@SRNF]

Wtf does "OFFICIAL INTERVIEW" even mean....lol

[@oldGnRrocks1]

did mikael get redface from drinking? 😂

[@gauravonguitars]

Is Fredrik stoned?

[@evanpaluch6190]

Lmao. Just indifferent. He always looks like that lols

[@2-pistols]

Wow so obscure.hes so beyond all of us(sarcasm)

[@warrobots4life808]

This is not Opeth, they should do a project band for soft music like this.

[@user-pt4ic1qu5q]

Who asked?

[@soakedbearrd]

He was born in the wrong generation