[2019-09-27] Opeth "In Cauda Venenum" (Nuclear Blast)

Charlie · **Joined:** 23 Dec 2014 **Posts:** 14195

Description
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.

Tracklist
[CD1]
1. Livet's Trädgård / Garden Of Earthly Delights (Intro)
2. Svekets Prins / Dignity
3. Hjärtat Vet Vad Handen Gör / Heart In Hand
4. De Närmast Sörjande / Next Of Kin
5. Minnets Yta / Lovelorn Crime
6. Charlatan
7. Ingen Sanning Är Allas / Universal Truth
8. Banemannen / The Garroter
9. Kontinuerlig Drift / Continuum
10. Allting Tar Slut / All Things Will Pass

[CD2]
1. Garden Of Earthly Delights
2. Dignity
3. Heart In Hand
4. Next Of Kin
5. Lovelorn Crime
6. Charlatan (English Version)
7. Universal Truth
8. The Garroter
9. Continuum
10. All Things Will Pass

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Charlie · **Joined:** 23 Dec 2014 **Posts:** 14195

OPETH Is Currently Demoing "More Energetic, More Complex" New Album

http://www.metalinjection.net/upcoming- ... -new-album

Charlie · **Joined:** 23 Dec 2014 **Posts:** 14195

Update: The album is titled In Cauda Venenum and will be coming out later this year.

JosephC · **Joined:** 27 Jan 2011 **Posts:** 2650

I liked the last record but I think it was 3 listens and then to the shelf and that was it. This band still puts out good stuff, but they are not nearly as interesting as they were up to and including Ghost Reveries.

Invisible Pedestrian · **Joined:** 24 Sep 2006 **Posts:** 26163

I think I like each album more than the last.

One of the greatest bands around.

Charlie · **Joined:** 23 Dec 2014 **Posts:** 14195

Update: I've added more details to the opening post.

Charlie · **Joined:** 23 Dec 2014 **Posts:** 14195

"Heart In Hand":

[2019-09-27] Opeth "In Cauda Venenum" (Nuclear Blast)

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