I still remember the first time I ever heard Opeth, it was like sex for the first time. Never before had I heard anything like it, the band literally blew my mind (and I blew my load).
So with that in mind, it is with great excitement that I learn that the band have revealed many interesting details regarding their forthcoming album, Heritage.
“It will be our 10th album/observation,” says frontman Mikael Akerfeldt. “I dig it; we all do. In fact, it feels like I’ve been building up to write for and participate on an album like this since I was 19.”
“It’s quite intense at times in some ‘old’ murky way, and quite beautiful and stark at times, if I may say so myself,” he continues. “It’s obvious I’m going to say nice things about it since I wrote basically the whole piece, but I guess it will raise a few eyebrows and it certainly is an acquired taste.”
“I think you’ll need a slightly deeper understanding of our music as a whole to be able to appreciate this record. I’ve realized my influences for this album are so diverse that I can’t really say what it sounds like. If I can compare it to any other band, it would have to be Opeth, but it’s different from the stuff we’ve done before. I’ve listened a lot to Alice Cooper for the last year, yet I can’t say it sounds like ‘No More Mr. Nice Guy.’ I hope you’ll like it once you hear it.”
Source: Metal Hammer
Now if that doesn’t excite you, you’ve been watching too much porn son!
Opeth have also announced that the first single from the album is to be called ‘The Devil’s Orchard’. Standard and special edition albums, a box set and a double LP pressing are in the works for the album’s September 19th release. Get the tracklisting after the jump!
01 – ‘Heritage’
02 – ‘The Devil’s Orchard’
03 – ‘I Feel The Dark’
04 – ‘Slither’
05 – ‘Nepenthe’
06 – ‘Haxprocess’
07 – ‘Famine’
08 – ‘The Lines iIn My Hand’
09 – ‘Folklore’
10 – ‘Marrow Of The Earth’
