Metalsucks — Just a few releases this week including phenomenal new records from Opeth and The Atlas Moth, as well as some less phenomenal releases from Thrice and more. All the details after the jump. Betraying The Martyrs – Breathe In Life (Sumerian) I’ve s... more info

DrownedInSound — Opeth have lost their bite but not the talent. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Guardian Music — (Roadrunner)Sufficiently admired in the UK that they were able to pack out London's Royal Albert Hall in April 2010, Opeth have long been a potent antidote to the notion that prog rock and metal are genres bereft of substance. The Swedes' 10th alb... more info

Metalsucks — I think it’d be interesting to see Opeth perform their new album Heritage in full. That’s the first thing I thought of while watching this live performance of “Pyre,” a bonus track on the deluxe edition of Heritage, on a Swedish morning tele... more info

Metal Injection — I'm getting ready to head out to the Big 4 and do a live-snark with Axl of Metalsucks, but before I go, here is a collection of new music that has surfaced the last few days: Opeth played two new songs on Swedish morning show Nyhetsmorgon and pl... more info

Stereogum — You’ve already heard their track “The Devil’s Orchard,” and now’s your chance to hear all of Heritage, the new album from Swedish prog-metal titans Opeth. On first listen, the new LP, Opeth’s 10th, is the band’s most prog and least meta... more info

Metal Injection — Opeth's fantastic new release, Heritage (which we reviewed last week) is now streaming in full over at NPR's site. The album features no gutteral vocals, only clean singing (sometimes crooning) but the multi-faceted frontman Mikael Åkerfel... more info

Metalsucks — Few albums this year are as likely to cause internet flame wars as Opeth’s Heritage. People have been freaking out for months about the fact that there’s no screaming on it; I suspect they’ll freak out even more when they hear the actual music.... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Opeth's Heritage is an unending swirl of riffs and swinging, aerobic percussion. Opeth abandons death-metal growls and riffage for '70s hard rock and clean vocals on its 10th LP. Read more » more info

Metal Injection — "If I can compare it to any other band, it would have to be Opeth, but it's different from the stuff we've done before. I've listened a lot to Alice Cooper for the last year, yet I can't say it sounds like No More Mr. Nice Guy. I ... more info