2025 Swedish Grammy winners OPETH are pleased to unveil a full-on band performance video for ‘§1.’ The track is taken from their current success album “The Last Will And Testament” (released on November 22, 2024 through Moderbolaget / Reigning Phoenix Music), which was highly praised by press and fans alike and saw frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt return to growling vocal territory for the first time in 16 years. Their new material has additionally been warmly welcomed during their ongoing world tour, which is why the video arrives right in time as their touring cycle commences at legendary Sweden Rock Festival today.
Frontman Åkerfeldt states:
“So here we have a video (of sorts) for your ‘enjoyment.’ We had requests left, right and centre to do one of them measly ‘lyric videos’ or ‘visualisers’ for ‘content.’ Now there are three words I despise! I’ve made it clear in our circle of trust that we shouldn’t use the word ‘content’ even if that’s exactly what we’re working on. We’re not some goddamn influencers, now are we? Can we please settle on the old fashioned word ‘video’ without meddling with modern online lingo? And a video is what it really is. A performance video, no less. We figured it’s a bit more happening to look at (should you decide to do so) than a lyric video. ‘§1’ is the opener on “The Last Will And Testament.” A good song. I like it! The video looks good. As good as it can look when involving 5 middle-aged, slightly hungover geezers miming along to something. We shot it in some industrial area in Birmingham (UK) on the latest Euro tour. Everyone (well, the band and crew) were quite eager to get out of there as we had dinner planned at a fancy curry house locally. Much thanks to Ash Pears and ASH TV, who were really professional (ie: quick!) and made the whole experience rather easy on us. Hope you dig it, people!”
The Last Will & Testament Tracklist:
01 – §1 [WATCH]
02 – §2
03 – §3 [LISTEN]
04 – §4
05 – §5
06 – §6
07 – §7
08 – A Story Never Told
Order “The Last Will & Testament” HERE.
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