In mid-June, we reported that Swedish progressive rock/metal band Opeth had signed to Nuclear Blast for distribution of their 12th studio album Sorceress, the follow-up to 2014’s Pale Communion. Today, the band has released a stream of the title track, which you can hear below, courtesy of Rolling Stone.
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The opening lick sounds, to me, like a slower, stripped down version of “The Devil’s Orchard”, which appeared on Heritage. Also, there’s no doubt that this album continues their trend of embracing the prog rock sounds of the 70’s. Instead of distortion, the guitars have a far more fuzzy sound and there is an overall warmth that feels very organic. Would I rather have something far more aggressive and vicious? I would be lying if I said I wasn’t. However, I’m still digging this.
If you click the above link, you can read an interesting interview with frontman Mikael Akerfeldt.
Sorceress comes out September 30th. You can pre-order it via Nuclear Blast or digitally via Amazon (digital pre-orders are available starting tomorrow).
