Opeth frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt talks family life, upcoming projects, and why the band won't do a farewell tour anytime soon.

The long-running Swedish group took the audience at the Majestic Theatre on a wild and varied ride that swung from beauty to brutality.

Every metalhead knows the feeling. You put on a new album from one of your favorite bands, expecting the same fire that made you fall in love with them, and ins ...

Once upon a time, progressive rock and metal were defined by boundary-breaking ideas, stylistic experimentation, and a refusal to play by established rules. According to Opeth mastermind Mikael ...

Swedish progressive metal band Opeth have officially announced their return to North America in early 2026. The group is all set to launch a 15-date tour in February to support their fourteenth studio ...

AI-generated bands like The Velvet Sundown are going viral on streaming platforms. "[The Velvet Sundown]" is much better music than most of what we've heard from AI in the past," Jason Palamara, a ...

The Swedish prog-metal vets make a rare appearance in front of the lens Opeth have stepped in front of the lens for a rare official performance music video for their song “§1.” The clip was produced ...

British rockers Queen, American jazz icon Herbie Hancock, and Canadian soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan were honored as recipients of the 2025 Polar Music Prize at Grand Hotel in Stockholm, ...

Leave it to Ghost to conjure the dead and honor the living in the most theatrical way possible. Earlier today (May 27th), inside the gilded halls of Stockholm’s Grand Hôtel, Papa V Perpetua and an ...

Nic Collins, the son of the legendary Phil Collins and a very talented drummer in his own right, is the latest musician to be challenged by Drumeo to perform a song as he hears it for the first time.

This year’s Polar Music Prize Awards ceremony is taking place at the the Grand Hôtel in Stockholm, Sweden on Tuesday, May 27. British rock band Queen are set to receive the official Swedish ...