“When it comes to many of the classics, I don’t even know what they’re about!” How Mikael Åkerfeldt’s policy of not taking advice led Opeth to Pale Communion

Mikael Akerfeldt.

As with earlier outings, dark confessionals, catastrophe, death and despair all fed into Opeth’s 2014 album Pale Communion. Yet with melodic hooks and David Crosby-inspired harmonies, it sounded like nothing they'd done before. Band Leader Mikael Åkerfeldt told Prog about the making of their 11th record just before its release.

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