<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar World in Opeth ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/tag/opeth Tue, 31 Mar 2026 09:11:07 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “He had a knife to my groin. I was petrified. He went for my guitar”: Mikael Åkerfeldt on nearly losing his prized PRS on the way to record a landmark Opeth album – and why he doesn’t deserve a signature model (even though he’s got one) ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/mikael-akerfeldt-opeth-blackwater-park-25 KwxTTXtaaEyFXdhHJe9LjZ Tue, 31 Mar 2026 09:11:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He’s very underrated. If you asked David Gilmour, he’d probably say, ‘Yeah, he’s my idol!’” Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt names prog’s great unsung guitar hero ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/mikael-akerfeldt-names-progs-great-unsung-guitar-hero FbCYxtbSDSEvDiqLchbsv4 Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:40:46 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Is this the best guitar I've ever played? Including the ones in your museum? I believe so”: Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt teams up with Martin to create a new signature acoustic that blends traditional style with a key, ultra-modern twist ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/acoustic-guitars/martin-om-mikael-akerfeldt eATn2mrcU3kBFJKNZWj6uD Fri, 26 Sep 2025 18:03:53 +0000 Fri, 03 Oct 2025 16:04:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It’s difficult to hear bass playing in metal, but players like Geezer Butler stand out – they try to do something different with their parts. If they don’t, I usually find it a bit boring”: Opeth’s Martín Méndez names the 5 albums that shaped his sound ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/martin-mendez-opeth-albums-that-shaped-his-sound 6Qn9T24zoR6gGSfdoCABUJ Sun, 16 Mar 2025 09:21:00 +0000 Mon, 31 Mar 2025 09:48:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Someone told us that guitar was haunted – people who had it had accidents. I’m a Nirvana fan, but it was just a regular guitar to me”: Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt said the Martin museum felt like the “Holy Land,” but one guitar he played there left him cold ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/opeth-mikael-akerfeldt-on-playing-kurt-cobain-martin-d-18 C387fbZLZNJtBCLVemwVDM Mon, 03 Feb 2025 17:16:41 +0000 Tue, 11 Feb 2025 13:14:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I wouldn’t normally be caught dead with a Tele because I think they’re ugly, but that’s the only guitar I used”: Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt and Fredrik Åkesson on their love of “stupid riffs,” and “recapturing that old death metal magic” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/opeth-the-last-will-and-testament k5MM2LfUEwrDEjUBtajyCk Thu, 21 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:19:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ “No-one’s seen me with a Tele before. I wouldn’t normally be caught dead with one – I think they’re ugly”: Mikael Åkerfeldt explains why a Fender Telecaster was the only guitar he used on Opeth’s new album ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/mikael-akerfeldt-telecaster-on-opeth-new-album a4AEpaCgWNB6UPJMqRi33H Mon, 21 Oct 2024 12:00:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ “People think his playing is all about the big riffs, but I always loved his jazzy playing – listen to Planet Caravan. You can hear a lot of passing tones”: Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt says there’s way more to Tony Iommi’s guitar style than riffs alone ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/mikael-akerfeldt-tony-iommi-guitar-style Mu5idXqamZKrhvwrMxgCgj Thu, 04 Jan 2024 10:07:09 +0000 Tue, 27 Aug 2024 15:12:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It suddenly made me feel so mature. I remember getting the shivers! It was not death metal”: How Jimmy Page, Stevie Wonder, Grand Theft Auto III and Steven Wilson helped Opeth become modern-day prog icons ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/opeth-mikael-akerfeldt-damnation-20th-anniversary 7eqGF262LnTVcAkJxo7XTR Tue, 22 Aug 2023 14:15:42 +0000 Fri, 30 Aug 2024 12:23:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ Opeth and Ghost guitarist Fredrik Åkesson reveals what’s on his pedalboard ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/fredrik-akesson-pedalboard ZiVjzCEzHtazZ52sfk84AU Thu, 02 Mar 2023 15:34:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ Opeth’s Martín Méndez: “I use theory as a guide, but I trust my ears and ideas more… you have tounderstand why certain notes feel more beautiful or threatening” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/opeth-martin-mendez-white-stones coo9qVCp9ALoe3vtuYKUXa Mon, 13 Jun 2022 13:50:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ Opeth guitarist Fredrik Åkesson on his role on the new Ghost album: “There are a lot of Brian May-style parts” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/fredrick-akesson-ghost-opeth-impera 4K5Y6pgRon3DcpxyKr6TCh Thu, 19 May 2022 11:46:03 +0000 Tue, 16 Jul 2024 11:37:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ From screamo revival to suave grooves: here are this week's essential guitar tracks ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/essential-guitar-tracks-screamo-revival-to-suave-grooves XKt3MnF8uzk6V37J6CxmiY Fri, 01 Apr 2022 16:03:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ Opeth drop expansive new single, Width of a Circle, announce extended edition of In Cauda Venenum ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/opeth-width-of-a-circle ucKqfGNYdyXdntZCogLZoY Tue, 29 Mar 2022 10:17:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ Mastodon and Opeth announce 15-date co-headline US tour for late 2021 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/mastodon-opeth-co-headline-tour abUuZJVyHSgfTWedgWcyNH Wed, 15 Sep 2021 09:40:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ Mikael Akerfeldt on 20 years of Opeth's Blackwater Park: "I was bitter and beaten down – I didn’t have much hope for us. All I knew was I liked the music I’d written" ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/opeth-mikael-akerfeldt-blackwater-park ncRzaQ56wCHgREiTjpLhf8 Mon, 12 Jul 2021 18:28:58 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:19:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ Opeth announce 20th anniversary deluxe reissue of seminal progressive death metal effort Blackwater Park ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/opeth-announce-20th-anniversary-deluxe-reissue-of-seminal-progressive-death-metal-effort-blackwater-park Uyy4traYfY3SRHjFE8nioF Mon, 19 Apr 2021 18:30:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ Opeth’s Martín Méndez signs with Sandberg for new signature bass ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/opeths-martin-mendez-signs-with-sandberg-for-new-signature-bass bRPFGcebRgmG8KV6qZ5SX3 Tue, 19 Jan 2021 10:10:39 +0000 Tue, 19 Jan 2021 10:20:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ Opeth: "Prog-rock has become all about intricate guitar solos and weird time signatures - there's more to us than that" ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/opeth-prog-rock-has-become-all-about-intricate-guitar-solos-and-weird-time-signatures-theres-more-to-us-than-that HtJTDLEfaEQcCK5puT5jD9 Mon, 24 Feb 2020 10:44:29 +0000 Mon, 24 Feb 2020 16:58:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt: “I love Joe Bonamassa's playing, but I wouldn’t be able to pick him out of a hundred players” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/opeths-mikael-akerfeldt-i-love-joe-bonamassas-playing-but-i-wouldnt-be-able-to-pick-him-out-of-a-hundred-players javDMFQN6dd8odHqK6Ascc Thu, 14 Nov 2019 16:05:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ Fredrik Akesson talks weaving jazz into prog, his not-quite-signature amp and the one song where Opeth's six-stringers play bass ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/fredrik-akesson-talks-weaving-jazz-into-prog-his-not-quite-signature-amp-and-the-one-song-where-every-member-of-opeth-plays-bass oji3uZMWZfMgdRMuoiDvPd Mon, 04 Nov 2019 13:08:57 +0000 Thu, 24 Mar 2022 15:08:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ Steel Panther’s Satchel: “Yngwie Malmsteen is one of the most emotional guitar players of all time” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/steel-panthers-satchel-yngwie-malmsteen-is-one-of-the-most-emotional-guitar-players-of-all-time kzcVFEEu3TpMZaQUSKmtJL Thu, 12 Sep 2019 12:27:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ Listen to a New Opeth Song, “Heart in Hand” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/listen-to-a-new-opeth-song-heart-in-hand eK9MBwgwQcRwR6jYJ3gm7N Fri, 12 Jul 2019 18:29:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ Opeth Announce New Album ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/opeth-announce-new-album 78WPTRGd2Lb3H6ehhqmUxL Wed, 22 May 2019 14:45:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ Opeth Unveil Performance Clip of “Demon of the Fall” from Upcoming Live Effort ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/opeth-unveil-performance-clip-of-demon-of-the-fall-from-upcoming-live-effort Mbrgkn38LUskxX2eoC8paL Fri, 07 Sep 2018 18:07:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ Opeth Premiere New Song, "Sorceress" ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/opeth-premiere-new-song-sorceress TnybK8Mob4eJzDEHFWFNH7 Tue, 02 Aug 2016 14:37:40 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Art of Shredding with Megadeth, Lamb of God, Trivium, Arch Enemy and More ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/magazine/art-shredding-megadeth-lamb-god-trivium-arch-enemy a3f3UfEboL9k3wz57JFBod Tue, 11 Aug 2015 14:29:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'Axemen of Sweden' Documentary Honors Swedish Guitar Heroes — Video ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/axemen-sweden-documentary-honors-swedish-guitar-heroes-video HFbdqYGfWft2TJJn82yznU Tue, 13 Jan 2015 15:27:46 +0000 <![CDATA[ Opeth Stream New Album, 'Pale Communion' ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/opeth-stream-new-album-pale-communion fJ2yFfXAsezkmZrKgQPHUK Tue, 19 Aug 2014 15:41:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ Opeth Premiere New Song, "Eternal Rains" ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/opeth-premiere-new-song-eternal-rains s8h6rS9mkrx2vbdEjjkQUZ Mon, 04 Aug 2014 17:53:35 +0000 <![CDATA[ Mikael Akerfeldt of Opeth Discusses Camel's 'Moon Madness' — The Record That Changed My Life ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/mikael-akerfeldt-opeth-discusses-camels-moon-madness-record-changed-my-life oMS2KTKzJyLR8n6uKiyiGU Mon, 28 Jul 2014 17:01:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ Opeth Premiere New Song, “Cusp of Eternity” —Listen ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/opeth-premiere-new-song-cusp-eternity-listen DDV52DJVi9gmr2ogKjPoZP Tue, 03 Jun 2014 15:08:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ Interview: Opeth's Mikael Akerfeldt Talks New Album, Gear and More ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/interview-opeths-mikael-akerfeldt-talks-new-album-gear-and-more NGeSci7us9bVm7ycXMsMjR Fri, 28 Mar 2014 21:48:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ Opeth Announce Headlining North American Tour ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/opeth-announce-headlining-north-american-tour vE3LWGSAwy3b4uWXSUPqNS Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:39:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ Video: Opeth's Mikael Akerfeldt Talks Record Collecting ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/video-opeths-mikael-akerfeldt-talks-record-collecting E9iPM8uvhJH9Ey4nVymTEU Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:00:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ Storm Corrosion Debut "Drag Ropes" Music Video ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/storm-corrosion-debut-drag-ropes-music-video 9bpGooEP8qwZois8mjhSQi Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:31:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ Photo Gallery: Mastodon, Opeth and Ghost at New York's Roseland Ballroom ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/photo-gallery-mastodon-opeth-and-ghost-new-yorks-roseland-ballroom d7mgNQbj2nrgtP7TSHToT7 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:12:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ Video: Storm Corrosion's Mikael Akerfedlt and Steve Wilson Answer Fan Questions ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/video-storm-corrosions-mikael-akerfedlt-and-steve-wilson-answer-fan-questions 57SNSUv2anEiRRH6zB3pPQ Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:29:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ Exclusive Video: Mikael Akerfeldt and Steven Wilson Talk Storm Corrosion ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/exclusive-video-mikael-akerfeldt-and-steven-wilson-talk-storm-corrosion swJTMFkSN9oYQCXZysukSF Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:26:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ Mikael Akerfeldt, Steven Wilson Announce Track Listing, Updated Release Date for Storm Corrosion Album ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/mikael-akerfeldt-steven-wilson-announce-track-listing-updated-release-date-storm-corrosion-album ULEGFdD5r4ummfPqdNj538 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 19:10:35 +0000 <![CDATA[ Steven Wilson, Mikael Akerfeldt Project Storm Corrosion Announces Album Release Date ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/steven-wilson-mikael-akerfeldt-project-storm-corrosion-announces-album-release-date m5Kp5kUbLXmPwudhAXWzub Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:29:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ Steven Wilson on Collaboration with Opeth's Mikael Akerfeldt: "No Distorted Guitars" ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/steven-wilson-collaboration-opeths-mikael-akerfeldt-no-distorted-guitars S5oXoHsPtkUMZFsfQQPPvW Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:46:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ Opeth's Mikael Akerfeldt Reacts to Death of Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/opeths-mikael-akerfeldt-reacts-death-larry-rhino-reinhardt 3RrCtjh5son3hrL9dxZcCL Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:56:13 +0000 Tue, 12 Mar 2019 19:53:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ February 2012 Guitar World Out Now: Pink Floyd, Opeth, Black Keys, 50 Years of Ernie Ball ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/february-2012-guitar-world-out-now-pink-floyd-opeth-black-keys-50-years-ernie-ball fRvGPJuqKR97DsL8S9BMdH Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:40:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ Guitar World's Top 50 Albums of 2011 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/guitar-worlds-top-50-albums-2011 cvK6fYxE6aUYVXTJ6iziBS Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:43:40 +0000 <![CDATA[ Guitar World Staff Picks: Josh Hart's Top 10 Albums of 2011 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/blogs/guitar-world-staff-picks-josh-harts-top-10-albums-2011 jT6dbmgeuu7c5vkUxeAK3e Mon, 26 Dec 2011 12:50:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ Guitar World's Top 10 EPs of 2011 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/guitar-worlds-top-10-eps-2011 eyMNt94ntd2C6pYn6Si3GZ Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:34:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ Guitar World's Top 10 Music Videos of 2011 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/guitar-worlds-top-10-music-videos-2011 bGUq6GRKEMG8eJdE7Xz7Fc Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:45:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ Video: Opeth "Folklore" Guitar Lesson ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gw-archive/video-opeth-folklore-guitar-lesson L2RYmU4u9JEEoTWZid2fP3 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:11:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ Guitar World: Holiday 2011 Videos ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gw-archive/guitar-world-holiday-2011-videos xmsuqAYU68czEvDRziyZkC Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:39:51 +0000