Opt will release their new record Last will and testament on October 11th and the prog new single “§3” is streaming now. It’s not quite that growly metal-fest that was ‘§1’ but it’s still one hell of a song.
“So put yourself in my position for a minute. Does your band have this new album? Do you like it? In fact, you like it. It has this elaborate idea that runs through all 8 songs on there,” said. Opt front man Michael Akerfeldt. “You wrote it over a period of, say, 6 months, productive time. You put a lot of passion into putting it together. Did you record it with your friends/partners? You had a good time with the process.
“Now, said album is about to be released and you have to talk about it. Prepare your audience for its arrival. Talk about it. You want people to hear it, don’t you? You love the album, so it should be. Take it easy, will you, just putting together a few words for a new ‘single’ at this point? But you’re confused by the use of the term “single” because you associate it with the old days where “singles” often had the word “hit” and you know that’s not going to happen.
“You still want people to hear it. Your loving “fans” might think it’s great. But you don’t want to be a salesman. Also, you’re not entirely self-absorbed who you think you are. You’ve got the Midas touch (well…) You’ve also got a bad case of that innate Swedish modesty.
Pre-orders available here.
Opt the road will appear throughout the month of October Distressand in Europe coming in early 2025 Great Magus. Check out the full list of dates below and get your tickets here.
w/ Distress
10/11 Milwaukee, WI The Rave / Eagles Club
10/12 Cleveland, OH Agora Theater & Ballroom
10/14 Toronto, ON Queen Elizabeth Theatre
10/15 Montreal, QC L’Olympia
10/16 Worcester, MA Palladium
10/18 Brooklyn, NY Kings Theatre
10/19 Pittsburgh, PA Stage AE
10/20 Washington, DC – Warner Theatre
10/22 Atlanta, GA Tabernacle
10/23 New Orleans, LA Fillmore New Orleans
10/24 Austin, TX Emo’s Austin
10/25 Dallas, TX Majestic Theatre
10/27 Denver, CO Mission Ballroom
10/29 Phoenix, AZ The Van Buren
10/30 Los Angeles, CA YouTube Theater
10/31 San Francisco, CA The Warfield
w/ Great Magus
2/9 Helsinki (FI) Ice Hall
2/11 Stockholm (SE) Circus
2/12 Central view of Oslo (NO).
2/14 Copenhagen (DK) DR Koncerthuset
2/15 Hamburg (DE) Docks
2/17 Cologne (DE) Palladium
2/18 Berlin (DE) Tempodrom
2/19 Munich (DE) Muffathalle
2/21 Paris (DR) L’Olympia
2/22 Amsterdam (NL) AFAS Live:
2/23 Brussels (BE) Ancienne Belgique
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