Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull plays the flute and sings on Opeth’s new song “§4”

Opeth‘s new song “§4” has a guest appearance by Ian Anderson, flute player and singer for Jethro Tull. The song, which is over seven minutes long and features spoken word vocals by Anderson and a flute element, is off Opeth‘s new album, The Last Will and Testament. Mikael Åkerfeldt, the leader of Opteh, said in a press release how the Jethro Tull icon ended up helping write the song.

We ended up with a flute solo by Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull, which was kind of an accident in a way, because I asked him to do a narration, not flute,” the Swedish rocker explained. “As he was doing the spoken word bits, he asked me ‘do you need a flute solo?’ I was like, ‘yes, please!‘, while I didn’t really have a part for a flute solo! I had to shuffle through the songs quickly in my head before he would change his mind. I had him on the hook, of course I was gonna find a piece! So, he played almost like a common response type flute solo in ‘§4.’

Another notable guest in Opeth’s record is Joey Tempest of Europe.