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...much every track. The clean and death singing styles, which almost have a hushed quality to them, have been mixed in seamlessly by Dan Swano (Opeth, Katatonia), who never allows the vocals to take over the actual instrumentation. In terms...

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...work of mastermind Tomas Haake isn't actually played on the drums. Don't try to understand it; just put it on, turn it up, and let it happen. Opeth, Watershed (2008) Another band it takes some getting used to, Sweden's Opeth combines prog...

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...first single off their latest release, Night Is The New Day, on their official MySpace page. The new video was directed by Lass Hoile (Opeth, Porcupine Tree), and can be seen at this location. Night Is The New Day is Katatonia s eighth...

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...the Ed Stone crew (both US and Europe) have seriously felt like family since day one. With such a credible roster including the likes of Opeth, Evile, Chimaira, and many more, it s feels amazing to get my whole company on their roster, while...

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...Day, the Swedish band underwent a major stylistic makeover. Long unable to perform the harshly growled vocals that the sound demanded (Opeth's Mikael Akerfeldt provided lead vocals on Brave Murder Day as a favor), founding member Jonas Renske...

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...release, The Great Cold Distance. "Night Is The New Day is possibly the greatest 'heavy' record I've heard in the last 10 years," states Opeth s Mikael Akerfeldt. "Night is the New Day is so strong, I m confident with a little elbow grease...

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...Records. The long-awaited follow-up to 2007's "Sworn To A Great Divide" will be produced by guitarist Peter Wichers and mixed by Jens Bogren (Opeth, Katatonia, Paradise Lost, Bloodbath). Drums will be tracked at Echo Mountain in Asheville,...

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October 17, 2009: Swedish rockers OPETH were caught up in a tragic suicide bid earlier this week (beg12Oct09) when their tour bus crashed into a driver aiming to take his own life. Two members of the band, bassist Martin Mendez and...

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OPETH - OPETH BUS CRASH WAS NO ACCIDENT OPETH BUS CRASH WAS NO ACCIDENT Swedish rockers OPETH were caught up in a tragic suicide bid earlier this week (beg12Oct09) when their tour bus crashed into a driver aiming to take his own life.

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...to time, including Opeth at one point), but there's no way in hell you could consider their songwriting "smarter" than Opeth's. Opeth is not the type of band you can just get into right away, it took me a long time to get into them because...

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