OPETH Mainman: 'I Will Practice My Playing Like An Idiot'

December 21, 2006

OPETH mainman Mikael Åkerfeldt has issued the following update:

"OK, just a brief note to say thanks to everyone that came and saw us during the 'Ghost Reveries' world tour 2005/2006. 19 months of touring, pretty much. We're gonna post all the dates on Opeth.com soon and it will loook insane! What the hell are we doing?

"Anyways, I have enjoyed myself quite a lot even though I've been away from my family. Now I'll have a lot of down time to make it up to them. I will also practice my playing like an idiot and try to write material for more than one record. Studio is set up and running. Just gotta finish 'Scarface' for the PS2 and then I'm on it!

"Thanks once again to all of you for your support!"

As previously reported, OPETH will be IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson's guests on Saturday, January 6 during Bruce's weekly BBC 6 Music radio show, aptly named "Rock Show". Listen to the program live via the Internet between 9:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. (midnight) U.K. time (between 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. EST) at BBC.co.uk.

OPETH filmed its November 9 show at the Roundhouse in London for a possible DVD.

The special-edition deluxe version of OPETH's "Ghost Reveries" CD was released on October 31 via Roadrunner Records. Bonus material on the set includes the band's cover of DEEP PURPLE's "Soldier of Fortune", a 40-minute documentary about the making of the record complete with the band's own private tour footage, the video for "The Grand Conjuration", liner notes, photos, an enhanced 24-page booklet, deluxe sleeve, and 5.1 surround exclusive mix of the record made by original mixed/engineer Jens Bogren.

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