Nearly 20 years since the release of 'Orchid,' Opeth's debut album still retains its individuality along with its overall quality. In many ways, 'Orchid' introduced the metal world to frontman Mikael ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But few bands - if any - could match the sheer ambition and songwriting craft of Opeth. The Stockholm based band formed in 1990 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "The first songs we did, it was just amazing to me that you could play together with other people," says Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt.

Formed the same year that Sinead O'Connor stood in front of a camera crying and singing a Prince song, Sweden's Opeth began their journey in the typical old-fashioned way wherein a couple of people ...

Prog fans, prepare to make a tough decision! In the Headbanger Region of March Metal Madness we've got two progressive legends squaring off, looking to advance to Round 2 as we look to crown the Best ...

Has it really been 20 years? Unbelievable, Opeth have been around for this long, since Mikael Åkerfeldt was 16 years old. I remember the day when I first heard Orchid and I just fell in love with ...

Opeth's sound is varied and very addictive, and it may be that Akerfeldt's long- form songs are the way forward now for popular music. Opeth's music might be characterized as a kind of classical music ...