After years spent mining the depths of cavernous prog rock, few people likely expected Opeth to ever return to death metal growls. And yet, the first single from the group’s forthcoming new conceptual effort “The Last Will And Testament” did exactly that. Today (September 05th) finds the group having the band launched a second single from that record.
That song, “§3” (aka ‘Paragraph 3‘), strays closer to the proggy Opeth formula the Swedish outfit have been cultivating in recent years, and while modestly heavy, there’s no abrasive vocal surprises to be found this time around.
October 11th will serve as the release day for this upcoming new record, with the band launching their North American tour with Tribulation on the same day. See below for their plans.
With Tribulation:
10/11 Milwaukee, WI – The Rave / Eagles Club
10/12 Cleveland, OH – Agora Theater & Ballroom
10/14 Toronto, ON – Queen Elizabeth Theatre
10/15 Montréal, QC – L’Olympia
10/16 Worcester, MA – Palladium
10/18 Brooklyn, NY – Kings Theatre
10/19 Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE
10/20 Washington, DC -– Warner Theatre
10/22 Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle
10/23 New Orleans, LA – Fillmore New Orleans
10/24 Austin, TX – Emo’s Austin
10/25 Dallas, TX – Majestic Theatre
10/27 Denver, CO – Mission Ballroom
10/29 Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren
10/30 Los Angeles, CA – YouTube Theater
10/31 San Francisco, CA – The Warfield
With Grand Magus:
02/09 Helsinki, FIN – Ice Hall
02/11 Stockholm, SWE – Cirkus
02/12 Oslo, NOR – Sentrum Scene
02/14 Copenhagen, DEN – DR Koncerthuset
02/15 Hamburg, GER – Docks
02/17 Cologne, GER – Palladium
02/18 Berlin, GER – Tempodrom
02/19 Munich, GER – Muffathalle
02/21 Paris, FRA – L’Olympia
02/22 Amsterdam, NET – AFAS Live
02/23 Brussels, BEL – Ancienne Belgique
Opeth:
02/25 Bristol, UK – Bristol Beacon
02/26 London, UK – Roundhouse
02/28 Birmingham, UK – Symphony Hall
03/01 Manchester, UK – Albert Hall
03/02 Glasgow, UK – Barrowland
