Opeth announces new album “The Last Will and Testament”, shares first single “§1”

Swedish progressive metallers Opeth have announced that they will release their fourteenth studio album, “The Last Will and Testament”, on October 11 via Reigning Phoenix Music. Pre-order the album here.

Accompanying the announcement was the release of the first single, “§1”, which sees the outfit returning to their classic sound with the addition of growls.

Vocalist/Guitarist Mikael Åkerfeldt shares: “I have become quite interested in family, and the idea that blood is not always thicker than water. I became interested in how family members can turn on each other. I saw an interview with this guy whose family had all turned against him, over the inheritance, so I wrote a song about that on the last record. The idea stuck with me, and then along came the TV show Succession, and I loved that series. That was in the back of my head too. It felt like an interesting topic that you could twist and turn a little bit”.

“The Last Will And Testament” track listing:

01-§1
02-§2
03-§3
04-§4
05-§5
06-§6
07-§7
08-A Story Never Told

Special guests on “The Last Will And Testament”: Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) – spoken word | Mirjam Åkerfeldt – spoken word