OUR NEW ALBUM IS RESTLESS & CLAUSTROPHOBIC” - MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT #opeth #bloodstock

Bloodstock TV’s Oran O’Beirne sits down with Opeth mastermind, Mikael Neil Åkerfeldt where he talks about the bands forthcoming new album, ‘The Last Will and Testament’, as well as his recent project composing soundtrack music.

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[mycoachknowsthesheriff]

Mike describes the new album: “it’s like TikTok”

[mauroc]

I love Mikael's soundtrack for Clark!

[rustynales]

Mike i just want to apologize. In Charlotte nc back in 2011 when you guys played with Katatonia i was a very bad drunk and said you sucked when you started playing a solo song from damnation without the band. I actually got thrown out(well deserved) but ive been sober for 9 years now.

[fernandohenriqueribeiro]

i laughed so hard when he said the album is like Tik Tok, in a really unhappy with the comparison tone

[jofa]

classic interviewer mistake. thinks he's being friendly by finishing Mikael's sentences but in fact he's just interrupting

[melihsah]

i really like listening mikael just talk

[u]

So confirmed more songs with more growls! Hell yeah!

[DarthSivius]

The interviewer just straight up interrupting Mikael, wth.. we're here for Opeth buddy, not for you.

[coisasaqui]

i cant deal with interviewers that interrupt guests.

[tunchelli]

Great interview overal! I just wished the interviewer also had a microphone and didn't interrupted Mikael too much

[quirk]

The first opeth album I ever heard was Morning Rise. Completely changed everything for me. After all the amazing music they have put out throughout the years After all these years my top 5 albums in order are still, Morning Rise, Still Life, My Arm's Your Hearse, Orchid, Blackwater Park.

[OpethianDream]

So excited I cannot wait for my box set!!!

[Aenigmakil]

I like band photos lol 😅 especially the Still Life - Watershed era photos.

[topethYt]

Interviewer: How would you describe the new album?
Mikael: It's like uhm TikTok

xD

[diegodiniz-zwfn]

It seems to be an album to returnig to the more extremely roots of its music.Where the Opeth keeps its progressivism and experimentalism out to embrace the dark and phantasmagoric one.
And it'll be as good as everything ever done by Opeth.However, "tik-tok"record should not be a fairly nomination for it.
Because its music is something to become a stuff stable not being likely a product to lifespan shorter.

[emergentform]

Hooray Mikael! Extreme prog metal living legend. We are not worthy.

[TamaraBalestrieri]

Opeth je viens vous voir pour la troisième fois..a bientôt en Belgique ❤❤❤tickets déjà en poches ❤

[viktortunic]

I have an advice - the interviewer should be miked up, as well, equally as the interviewee. We should not struggle to hear the question. Otherwise an ok interview.

[alanderoo]

Yes, i knew the album had something to do with Succession! 😎

[stevemuzak]

Interviewer needs to shut the hell up and listen. We are here because of Mikael. Let him talk.