New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week marks the return of Dokken and The Gaslight Anthem, as well as big releases from the likes of King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Poppy, Doro, In This Moment, Taking Back
The Top Ten
Opeth
Opeth is a Swedish progressive death metal band from Stockholm, formed in 1990 by David Isberg, who invited Mikael Akerfeldt into the band as a bassist. Isberg ended up leaving the band, which lead to Mikael becoming the band s vocalist, guitarist, principal songwriter, and driving force. Along with .
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Masters of this sub genre. A lot has been expressed about their greatness and my opinion won t make much of a difference. I m not not at all mad that they have switched their genre, because objectively they still sound great.
Very good Progressive Melodic Death Metal. Still Life and Blackwater Park are one of my all-time favorites.