Metal Injection — I'm loving what I've heard so far of the new Opeth record. Between the above track and hearing "The Devil's Orchard", this new proggy all-clean vocals stuff is really winning me over. I thought I'd be bothered by the lack of guttu... more info

Metalsucks — September 27th might be the grandaddy of all metal release days of 2011, but there’s one big release coming out exactly a week before, too. It’s the album that metalsphere pundits are calling “not metal.” The album that Mikael Akerfeldt says... more info

Metalsucks — Horns up for reader Kimberly De Simone. She correctly identified last week’s logo as belonging to the band Introrectalgestation. For her efforts, Kimberly wins  a copy of the CD booklet for Opeth’s Watershed that has been signed by the enti... more info

Metalsucks — I may not be a huge Puscifer fan, but nothing is going to top this this year. Not even Opeth’s heads in a tree. Conditions of My Parole is out October 18. -AR [via The PRP, who think it may be the best album art of the decade] more info

Metalsucks — Congrats to reader Peter Eisenberg. He correctly identified last week’s logo as belonging to the band Aposepsy, and for his troubles, he wins five CDs from the MetalSucks Mansion archives. Enjoy ‘em, Pete! This week we have a really super awesome... more info

Stereogum — Swedish progressive metal stalwarts Opeth’s 10th album Heritage — which follows 2008′s Watershed and 2005′s Ghost Reveries — is their strangest, most genre-melding to date. For starters it includes guest spots from Swedish flautist/composer... more info

Metal Injection — UPDATE: Here is a working link I am not sure if you can sense my excitement with the title, but today we get our first taste of what the new Opeth album will sound like. One kind soul has ripped "The Devil's Orchard" off the radio and posted it ... more info

Metalsucks — In case that new Mastodon tune that debuted yesterday wasn’t enough to make your panties wet, now we have new Opeth, too — the song is called “The Devil’s Orchard,” and you can check it out below. As we’ve been hearing, it’s not quite a... more info

Metal Injection — Looks like Heavy TO, Toronto's big metal festival was quite the bit of fun. A ton of pro-shot, soundboard audio'd footage has surfaced online featuring tracks from Mastodon, Testament, Opeth, Megadeth, Exodus, Death Angel, Volbeat, Children... more info

The Music Fix — More Main Stage pics including Limp Bizkit, Mastodon, Motorhead and Opeth. more info