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Opeth Cancel Show: Singer Hospitalized After Car Accident (Reports)

Opeth was forced to scrap a show last night in Maplewood, Minn. Singer and guitarist Mikael Akerfeldt was apparently rushed to the hospital after a car accident. ...Read More »

Opeth Founder David Isberg Hospitalized in Sweden After Assault

Opeth founder David Isberg is recovering in a Stockholm-area hospital after being brutally assaulted on March 14. ...Read More »

Heavy Metal Grammy Awards: Who Has Won, Who Should Have Won

Let's recap of each year's Best Metal Performance Grammy nominees, who won, which nominee should have won, and who might have taken home the award in that unattainable utopia, the proverbial "perfect world." ...Read More »

Storm Corrosion Announce Album: Opeth and Porcupine Tree Frontmen Unite for New Project

Naki Kouyioumtzis Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt and Porcupine Tree's Steven Wilson have ...Read More »

Mastodon and Opeth Tour: Prog-Metal Giants Heading Out With Ghost

Roadrunner Records Mastodon and Opeth will be embarking on a co-headline tour this spring. ...Read More »

Top 11 Metal Videos of 2011

Ah, how we miss the good ol' days when we would wait for MTV's 'Headbangers Ball' to play our favorite Testament and Krokus videos ...Read More »

Top 10 Progressive Metal Albums of 2011: 'Mean Deviation' Author Speaks

Last year, revered former 'Metal Maniacs' magazine editor Jeff Wagner released 'Mean Deviation: Four Decades of Progressive Heavy Metal,' an exhaustive history on the sound and its various subgenres. ...Read More »

Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt: 'I've Never Bought a Song on iTunes'

Roadrunner Records "I've never bought a song on iTunes. I listen to entire albums," says ...Read More »

Devin Townsend's New Albums Feature Guests from Meshuggah, GWAR

Christie Goodwin, Redferns Metal mad scientist Devin Townsend (Strapping Young Lad) is going ...Read More »

God Dethroned's Touring Guitarist Also Plays in Abigail Williams

Ever try chewing chips with earplugs plugged into your ears? It sucks! Until God Dethroned plays ...Read More »

Blatant Disarray Don't Want to Be Part of the Thrash Metal Revival

Blatant Disarray make no bones about their love for late '80s metal. The North Carolina combo ...Read More »

Nevermore Frontman Describes New Album as a 'Mysterious Beast'

Half adecade has passed since Seattle progressive metal masters Nevermore released 'This Godless ...Read More »

Opeth Frontman Says Band Is Preparing for Next Album

Apparently, Opeth frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt has swollen feet. So says the mainman himself in a ...Read More »

Opeth Play 'Blackwater Park' at Terminal 5

Just like Immortal did the week before, Swedish death metallers Opeth only booked two shows in ...Read More »

High on Fire Drummer Impressed With Billboard Chart Position

High on Fire aren't new to the music business. Five albums in, 'Snakes for the Divine' is ...Read More »

Barren Earth - Live Videos For 'Flicker' and 'Jewel'

Never seen Finnish prog metal upstarts Barren Earth live and in the flesh? Well, neither have we -- ...Read More »