Ahead of the Australian tour, Metal Wani’s Daniel Jaramillo had a chat with OPETH guitarist Fredrik Akesson.
He discusses the upcoming Australian tour, live response to recently released record ‘Sorceress‘, how the new songs blends well with the classic Opeth catalog, source of inspiration in writing a heaviest album since ‘Watershed‘ and why it was right for the band to experiment more than rehashing the death metal sound.
He also talks about the songs on the record ‘Sorceress’, being a lead guitarist of the band and the challenges he has faced so far, his most favorite and least favorite Opeth album.
He also throws light on the current state of the industry, the future of metal with so many progressive metal bands, whether the band is planning to play older Opeth albums in its entirety sometime in the future, possibility of playing ‘Still Life’ in its entirety, touring with Gojira in U.S. and future plans.
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