According to Blabbermouth.net, "The Devil's Orchard", a brand new song from Swedish progressive metallers OPETH, received its world premiere earlier tonight (Tuesday, July 26) on this week's edition of Triple J's "The Racket" radio show, which airs in Australia. You can now listen to the program at this location. (Note: The Opeth track starts around the 37-minute mark). Check out the show's entire playlist here.
"The Devil's Orchard", which is also available for streaming at Stereogum.com, comes off Opeth's new album, "Heritage", due on September 20 (one day earlier internationally) via Roadrunner Records. The CD was produced by the band's mainman, Mikael Åkerfeldt, and was recorded earlier this year at Atlantis studios (formerly Metronome studios) in Stockholm. Mixing duties were handled by Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree) and Åkerfeldt. Longtime collaborator Travis Smith also worked with Åkerfeldt to create, design and execute the album's artwork, which can be seen below.
"Heritage" track listing:
01. Heritage
02. The Devil's Orchard
03. I Feel The Dark
04. Slither
05. Nepenthe
06. Haxprocess
07. Famine
08. The Lines In My Hand
09. Folklore
10. Marrow Of The Earth
Play.com has listed a pre-order deal for "Heritage" that is not to be missed! The special edition includes a 5.1 mix of the album and making-of documentary, including a download card with two bonus tracks: "Pyre" and "Face In The Snow". The package also includes an Opeth coin.
To pre-order your copy of the special edition or the standard version of the album, visit Play.com.
"Heritage" will be released in several configurations that will certainly incite the interest of Opeth's legion of fans, known for their passion for collecting and collectibles. The album will be released as a standard version; as a special edition loaded with extras; as a box set exclusive to the Roadrunner and the band's own official Omerch webstore; and as a double LP.
In a recent interview with Radio Metal, Åkerfeldt stated about "Heritage", "I never heard music like that, so I can't compare it to other bands. If you want to compare it to another band, it has to be us. But still, it's different. For me, it kind of makes sense, because I've been doing this for such a long time. So it's not a massive departure for me and for the guys in the band. But for fans, if they are, for example, into 'My Arms, Your Hearse' [Opeth's third album, released in 1998], it might be a bit different. But I'm hoping that a lot of people are ready for this type of album from us. The music is all over the place. It's hard to define the album and say it sound like this or like that. There are no songs that represent more the album than any other songs. It's an album as whole. You can't listen to only one song and you'll know what the album is going to be like. Because, like I said, it's all over the place."
If you pre-order the album via Omerch, you get an exclusive Making-Of booklet with pics and shit. Just sayin in case anyone is interested. (You can also buy a t-shirt for a reduced price if you do so btw)
After hearing that there would be no death growls on this album, i was wondering if they were going the "Damnation" route again (which i would have loved). And after hearing this, i am OVER THE MOOOOON!
I do not get why they would not make the growls as an element on this album.
Ghost Reveries had such a genius start, and I am personally getting tired of too much pretty singing, but this new song is not as I feared, and maybe I will be forced to withdraw this comment in the future.
When I originally listened to this album I was taken aback, because so much of their stuff sounded like ELP and King Crimson, and a TON like Porcupine tree. At first I was kind of disappointed that there weren't a bunch of Mikael moments of insanity but, this album is quickly turning into one of my favorites. (What am I saying, I can't love one more than the rest!) I think this album takes a mature and dedicated Opeth fan to get over that initial awkwardness of "Dude, what's goin' on? You look...different!" But once you get past that, this album really takes an awesome approach at everything prog.
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