OPETH: Swedish Dates Announced

November 27, 2008

Swedish progressive metallers OPETH have scheduled the following dates in their home country:

Feb. 12 - Close-Up Båten's Metal Cruise 2009
Feb. 18 - Malmö, Sweden - KB
Feb. 19 - Linköping, Sweden - Platens Bar
Feb. 25 - Örebro, Sweden - Club 700
Feb. 26 - Falun, Sweden - Arena
Feb. 27 - Gävle, Sweden - O Learys
Feb. 28 - Umeå, Sweden - House of Metal Fest

Metal Injection recently posted a new interview with OPETH frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt and guitarist Fredrik Åkesson. They discuss the mellow direction of OPETH's new album, "Watershed", the female vocalist cameo, their music appearing in Guitar Hero, how they pick their setlist, David Coverdale, touring plans for 2009 and much more. Watch the 12-minute chat below.

OPETH's latest video for "Burden" received its online premiere on November 4. While Danish director Lasse Hoile (DREAM THEATER, PORCUPINE TREE, STEVEN WILSON) shot and directed the storyline in Denmark, OPETH filmed the band performance at the Vogue theater in Vancouver, Canada.

"The Roundhouse Tapes", the long-awaited new DVD from OPETH, was released in Europe on Peaceville Records on October 27 (UK - November 10, USA - November 11).

"The Roundhouse Tapes" contains a critically acclaimed OPETH performance recorded at The Roundhouse, London in 2006. Described by Rock Sound as "a show of spectacular greatness in this legendary venue … an amazing performance by one of Europe's premier epic metal bands," the DVD perfectly captures the band in scintillating form playing a selection of classics from throughout their career.

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