Individual thought patterns V.024: OPETH: "Heaviness doesn’t mean Meshuggah anymore, although indeed they’re a fucking heavy band. I’m not trying to tap into that anymore.”

Thursday, July 18, 2019

OPETH: "Heaviness doesn’t mean Meshuggah anymore, although indeed they’re a fucking heavy band. I’m not trying to tap into that anymore.”

MIKAEL AKERFELDT, vocalist/guitarist of Swedish progressive death metal masters OPETH has posted a video explaining the bands definition of "heavy" and the bands new single "HEART IN HAND".

OPETH are set to release "IN CAUDA VENENUM", due to be unleashed 9/27/2019 via NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS.

OPETH unleashed "GARDEN OF THE TITANS : LIVE AT RED ROCKS AMPITHEATRE", 11/2/2018 via NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS.

OPETH unleashed "SORCERESS", 9/30/2016 via MODERBOLAHET RECORDS and NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS.

FROM OPETH:
Mikael Åkerfeldt discusses the tracks "Hjärtat Vet Vad Handen Gör" (Swedish Version) / "Heart In Hand" (English Version) from OPETH's thirteenth album, In Cauda Venenum, out September 27, 2019 via Moderbolaget Records / Nuclear Blast. Order at http://opeth.com/stores. Subscribe to Opeth on YouTube: http://bit.ly/subs-opeth-yt / Subscribe to Nuclear Blast on YouTube: http://bit.ly/subs-nb-yt ORDER CD, VINYL, MERCH Nuclear Blast: http://nuclearblast.com/opeth Band Store: http://store.moderbolagetrecords.com ORDER DIGITAL ALBUM iTunes - SWE: http://nblast.de/OpethInCaudaVenenumITS iTunes - ENG: http://nblast.de/OpethInCaudaVenenumITE Amazon Music - SWE: http://nblast.de/OpethInCaudaVenenumAZS Amazon Music - ENG: http://nblast.de/OpethInCaudaVenenumAZE Google Play - SWE: http://nblast.de/OpethInCaudaVenenumGPS Google Play - ENG: http://nblast.de/OpethInCaudaVenenumGPE LISTEN ON Spotify: http://nblast.de/OpethSpotifyComplete Apple Music - SWE: http://nblast.de/OpethInCaudaVenenumAMS Apple Music - ENG: http://nblast.de/OpethInCaudaVenenumAME Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/2814 Pre-Save Album: http://nblast.de/OpethPreSave Website: http://www.opeth.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Opeth Instagram: https://instagram.com/officialopeth Twitter: https://twitter.com/OfficialOpeth YouTube: http://bit.ly/subs-opeth-yt On Tour: http://www.opeth.com/tour-dates Spotify: http://bit.ly/opeth-spotify --- Recorded last year at Stockholm's Park Studios, In Cauda Venenum will be released in two versions, in both Swedish and English languages. Pick your version below: English: http://geni.us/OpethInCaudaVenenumENG Swedish: http://geni.us/OpethInCaudaVenenumSWE In Cauda Venenum Tracklising: 1. Livet’s Trädgård / Garden Of Earthly Delights 2. Svekets Prins / Dignity 3. Hjärtat Vet Vad Handen Gör / Heart In Hand 4. De Närmast Sörjande / Next Of Kin 5. Minnets Yta / Lovelorn Crime 6. Charlatan 7. Ingen Sanning Är Allas / Universal Truth 8. Banemannen / The Garroter 9. Kontinuerlig Drift / Continuum 10. Allting Tar Slut / All Things Will Pass --- Commenting on the new song, vocalist/guitarist/songwriter Mikael Åkerfeldt says, “”Hjärtat Vet Vad Handen Gör” or ”Heart in Hand” as it’s called in English is one of the first couple of songs I wrote for ”In Cauda Venenum”. I immediately knew that it would probably be favoured by ”the powers that be” when talks of future singles for the record would commence. And I was right. I generally leave it up to the labels or managements to pick the so-called singles. I’m indifferent as I put an equal amount of dedication into all songs, so it doesn’t matter all that much to me. I guess it’s one of the more straightforward songs on the album. A rather rocking little thing. It’s got one of the ”happy mistakes” in it too. Mendez bass broke down in the middle of recording. At the time he played an old Hofner Beatles-esue bass guitar that started humming real bad, but it sounded so good we immediately decided to keep it in there. I’d be putting myself down if I said that noise is the best part of the song, but it’s up there. I like when stuff happens out of your control, and it actually adds to the piece. This is the first full taster of the new Opeth album, and of course I hope you like it. All the songs on the new album are different from each other and therefore equally representable in my view. Enjoy!" Regarding the sonic direction of the new record, Åkerfeldt adds, “For us, at this stage with In Cauda Venenum, heaviness isn’t guitars tuned down with screaming vocals over the top. That’s not necessarily what I call ‘heavy’ music these days. I can listen to Korn and say, ‘OK, that’s heavy.’ But it doesn’t really mean anything to me. I mean, I catch up on things in magazines or online. I read about bands that have the ‘heaviest record ever,’ and I’m not too impressed by that. OK, it’s cool but what does it say? What does it mean? It’s an impossible mission, to be the heaviest. That’s been done before. Over time, I got tired of that tag. Of course, when I was younger it meant everything to me. I was always on the pursuit for heaviness in my youth, trying to find the next level of heaviness. First it was death metal, then it was bands like Meshuggah, but heaviness is now more about emotions, heavy chord progressions, music that has feelings. Heaviness doesn’t mean Meshuggah anymore, although indeed they’re a fucking heavy band. I’m not trying to tap into that anymore.”

VIDEO BELOW: OPETH: ABOUT "HEART IN HAND" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTEST OF OPETH):

Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-

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