OPETH: 'Soldier Of Fortune' Cover To Be Re-Recorded
June 14, 2006According to a posting on OPETH's official web site, the band's cover of DEEP PURPLE's "Soldier of Fortune" — recorded at the BBC and set up as a bonus track for the upcoming special edition of "Ghost Reveries" — will be re-recorded at the famed Atlantis studios in Stockholm. This is due to unforseen legal problems with the BBC in the U.K. Therefore the BBC recording won't be available other than through downloads. Other tracks recorded during the BBC sessions were "The Grand Conjuration" and "When".
As previously reported, the special-edition deluxe version of "Ghost Reveries" will be released later this year via Roadrunner Records. Other bonus material on the set will include 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.
OPETH recently announced the departure of longtime drummer Martin Lopez. After being plagued by illness and anxiety attacks, Lopez decided he wanted to concentrate fully on his own project, currently unnamed. His replacement will be Martin "Axe" Axenrot, who's been filling in for the last five tours and who also recorded with the band during the recent BBC sessions.
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