2013 is off to a good start folks. Plenty of great albums and tour planned for the early months, as the summer festival gigs and cruise festivals are also taking shape for later on in the year. Now onto the highly anticipated return of Opeth! Found out about these guys a little later in the game than the hardcore fans. I think it was 2002's Deliverance album when I noticed them selling off the shelves like crazy at the record store I was currently working at.
Being that I was still relatively new to this who new scary genre known as metal (haha) I didn't give them much thought and time to listen. It wasn't until they released their 2005 LP "Ghost Reveries" that I started to notice more fans wearing the shirts, bigger venues to play and overall becoming a heavyweight in the metal world.
So as you can see, Opeth has announced their full itinerary for their North American tour, featuring long time Swedish metal act Katatonia (see video below).
The ever-evolving Swedish band Opeth will return to North America in support of their most recent studio album, Heritage. Released September 20, 2011, it garnered rave reviews from everyone from Rolling Stone who called the album "a career record that reimagines prog as actual rock 'n' roll" to Pitchfork saying "a pretty, well thought out collection” to NPR who called it “equally vast, thoughtful and heavy.” The tour will kick off on April 18th in Buffalo and will take the band throughout North America on a 30+ city tour. Katatonia has been confirmed as direct support for the tour.
There will be several dates of note during Opeth’ s North American run. On April 20th, Opeth will be making a stop to headline alongside Anthrax, Hatebreed and Suicidal Tendencies at the New England Metal & Hardcore Festival. The April 28th show in Clifton Park, NY will see Åkerfeldt’s Storm Corrosion collaborator and friend Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree join Opeth for a special evening that is not to be missed. There will also be two rare and intimate evenings with Opeth planned for Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn on April 29th and The Roxy in Los Angeles on May 24th. These shows will allow fans the unique opportunity to experience Opeth like never before. -Opeth (via press release)
Dates are as follows:
Opeth will also be offering VIP packages throughout the tour that will allow fans the following:
- 1 ticket to the show
- Access to a meet-and-greet with the band
- Early entry to venue after meet & greet
- Opeth fan pack which includes:
- Exclusive VIP T-shirt
- Exclusive VIP double 12" clear vinyl of Heritage
- Opeth tour photo book
- Commemorative VIP laminate & lanyard
Katatonia left their fans with much anticipation this week with the following guessing game:
"Big tour announcement coming this week... Where? North America! When? This spring! With whom? Check back in this week and you'll find out!" -Katatonia
More info as it comes in folks. Tickets for these shows go on sale officially January 11th & 12th, 2013 via the one and only Ticketmaster.
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