Artist: OPETH
Album: IN CAUDA VENENUM VINYL SWEDISH VERS. (2LP BLACK)

Release date: 27.09.2019
EAN/UPS: 727361509712
Media type: LP

Sweden’s OPETH are preparing to release their most important record to date with »In Cauda Venenum«. Certainly, fans and critics will have their opinion, but few records in the Swedes’ oeuvre are as engaging, delicate, panoramic, intense, and musical as OPETH’s lucky thirteenth. Sporting a clever Travis Smith cover – replete with inside jokes and a nod to KING DIAMOND – a masterful Park Studios (The Hellacopters, Graveyard) production, OPETH’s usual five-star musicianship, and lyrics entirely in Swedish, »In Cauda Venenum« raises the bar markedly. While a record in Swedish is a first—there’s also an English version—for frontman and founding member Mikael Åkerfeldt, the 10 songs on offer feel and sound completely natural. As if years of listening to and being a fan of Swedish rock and hard rock has paid off. In a way, Opeth have come home. But the Swedish lyrics of the primary edition of »In Cauda Venenum« shouldn’t distract from the quality presented in OPETH’s new songs, the lot of which sneak up and take control after repeated listens. »In Cauda Venenum« is like that, tricky in its complicated simplicity, resourceful in its ability to charm with delightful if wistful melodies. Really, it’s just OPETH being OPETH.

2LP Swedish (33 RPM)

Side A:
01. Livets Trädgård
02. Svekets Prins
03. Hjärtat Vet Vad Handen Gör

Side B:
01. De Närmast Sörjande
02. Minnets Yta

Side C:
01. Charlatan
02. Ingen Sanning Är Allas
03. Banemannen

Side D:
01. Kontinuerlig Drift
02. Allting Tar Slut