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The 100 Best Albums of the 2000s: 60-41
PopMatters' coverage of the 2000s' best recordings continues with selections spanning Swedish progressive metal to minimalist electrosoul.
30 Oct 2020
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Opeth - "Era" (Singles Going Steady)
Opeth's "Era" is as precise and pristine as a classical cantata without the pretensions.
03 Feb 2017
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Opeth's Fake Nikki Sixx: An Interview with Mikael Akerfeldt
Opeth frontman Mikael Akerfeldt opens up about Opeth's 25 year career, the band's new album Sorceress, and his desire to score a Meryl Streep film one day.
27 Sep 2016
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Opeth: Sorceress
This third entry in Opeth's newest phase doesn't quite match Pale Communion, but it's still a wonderfully multifaceted journey.
26 Sep 2016
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Opeth: Deliverance & Damnation
Thirteen years after their release, two of Opeth's most important albums have been reissued in this essential new package.
27 Jan 2016
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Blood and Thunder: We All Wanna Touch a Rainbow
Once upon a time, Ronnie James Dio rounded up a bevy of heavy metal legends to record a charity single. Yet no amount of superstar power could stop the song from falling by the wayside.
21 May 2015
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The Best Progressive Rock of 2014
From idiosyncratic tales of dastardly aliens to concept albums about a mysterious demon, prog maintained its reputation for eclecticism in 2014.
Jordan Blum
26 Dec 2014
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The Best Metal of 2014
Metal's shining moments in 2014 include a long-awaited reunion, a culmination of a nearly 20-year career, and a sophomore outing that rose to the occasion.
Adrien Begrand, Dean Brown, Brice Ezell, and Benjamin Hedge Olson
04 Dec 2014
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Opeth: Pale Communion
Pale Communion is both the culmination of Opeth's journey toward classic progressive rock and its best work since Ghost Reveries.
27 Aug 2014
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Benighted by Beauty: The Legacy of Opeth's 'Still Life'
Still Life's narrative borders on Shakespearean levels of romantic tragedy and social commentary, making it the most poetic and philosophical in Opeth’s catalogue.
11 Jun 2014
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The 10 Best Progressive Rock Albums of the 2000s
The first decade of the new millennium proved to be a fruitful time for great progressive rock. While some of prog’s most legendary bands took turns for the worse, others rose to meteoric prominence.
15 Feb 2012
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The Best Progressive Rock of 2011
In 2011, there were only a few high-quality progressive rock releases, but those that managed to stand out are some of the best the genre has seen in awhile.
Brice Ezell
30 Nov 2011
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Opeth + Katatonia: 2011 October 16 - Portland
A surprisingly short concert for a band like Opeth, this Portland show was nonetheless a strong demonstration of how Opeth came to make an album like Heritage. This, foiled with the brutal heaviness of Katatonia, made for one fine evening of Swedish music.
10 Nov 2011
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Opeth: Heritage
Heritage is both a significant departure from Opeth's past output, but also a completely natural recording, one that prior albums hinted that the band was bound to make.
29 Sep 2011
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The Best Albums of 2008
PopMatters presents our 60 best albums of 2008, highlighted by the return of British trip-hop legends and some infectious American indie rock by way of the Cascade Mountains.
18 Dec 2008
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The Best Metal Albums of 2008
It was a stellar year for metal, and an eclectic year, too: Norweigian prog-metal, goth-infused death metal, Swedish thrash, black metal, and stoner rock all make the list.
16 Dec 2008
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The Best Metal Albums of 2008
It was a stellar year for metal, and an eclectic year, too: Norwegian prog-metal, goth-infused death metal, Swedish thrash, black metal, and stoner rock all make the list.
09 Dec 2008
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Opeth + High on Fire
The one truly off-the-cuff moment came when a fan yelled out a cover request and Opeth’s frontman Mikael Akerfeldt responded, “I can play that one… on Guitar Hero!”
Chris Conaton
12 Nov 2008
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Opeth: Watershed
Nine albums in, and Opeth has still shown no signs of running out of ideas.
04 Jun 2008
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Opeth: Ghost Reveries
If you're going to buy one metal album this year, make it Opeth's Ghost Reveries. If you're a metal fan, what are you waiting for?
20 Sep 2005
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