Title: Opeth – The Last Will And Testament
Release Date: 2024
Genre: Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal
Production/Label: Reigning Phoenix Music
Duration: 00:50:59 + 00:53:09
Quality: Blu-ray Audio
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: Dolby Atmos, PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 21956 kbps / 1080i / 29.970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio #1: LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Audio #2: Dolby TrueHD/Atmos Audio / 7.1 / 48 kHz / 4478 kbps / 24-bit (AC3 Embedded: 5.1-EX / 48 kHz / 640 kbps / DN -31dB)
Size: 20.96 GB
Opeth’s unpredictable 2024 release The Last Will and Testament on CD/Blu-Ray (in digipak).
The Blu-Ray includes a documentary and the album in Dolby Atmos.
“It’s a concept record of sorts, a restless musical journey in a way mirroring my own relationship with music as a consumer of it,” suggests band leader Mikael Åkerfeldt. “I pick up something here, dismiss something there. I worship and I hate music at the same time. This ambivalence leads me down some type of creative path of my own and then, all of a sudden, a collection of songs has been written. Best case scenario, these songs are good enough to impress the band. Good enough for the ”powers that be” in terms of the industry. Good enough for ”you”?! I love this record. I have to say it (write it). Maybe I’m proud even? There are some familiar ingredients in there I suppose. Most of our music has sprung from the same source, so I guess it’s not much of a shocker if it’s going to sound like ”us”. I’m a bit in awe of what we did with ”The Last Will and Testament”. It feels like a dream. There is some “coherence” and ” songwriting skills” I hope, but what do I know? I tend to favour the ”strange” over the ”obvious”, but I feel like I’m in the minority, and that’s fine. So…fair warning! Don’t expect an instant rush (as per usual), but if you do ”get it” (have you got it yet?) right away, that’s ok too!”
Tracklist
[1]. §1
[2]. §2
[3]. §3
[4]. §4
[5]. §5
[6]. §6
[7]. §7
[8]. A Story Never Told
Video Material:
[9]. Rockfield Documentary
Opeth:
Mikael Åkerfeldt – guitars, lead and backing vocals, cittra, mellotrons,
percussion & fx, string arrangements, art direction, lyrical concept
Martín Méndez – bass, backing vocals
Fredrik Åkesson – guitars, backing vocals
Joakim Svalberg – piano, hammond organ, mellotrons,
fender rhodes & moogs, backing vocals and fx
Waltteri Väyrynen – drums, percussion, backing vocals
Additional personnel:
Ian Anderson – flute (§4, §7, A Story Never Told),
spoken word (§1, §2, §4, and §7)
Joey Tempest – backing vocals (§2)
Mia Westlund – harp (§4)
Mirjam Åkerfeldt – spoken word (§1)
London Session Orchestra – strings
Dave Stewart – string arrangements
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