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OPETH Release Animated Music Video For ‘Universal Truth’ Track
November 27th, 2019

Stockholm, Sweden-based progressive rock / metal group Opeth have released an official animated music video for the English language version of the track ‘Universal Truth’ (‘Ingen Sanning Är Allas’). Created by Jess Cope, the clip can be viewed below.

Opeth issued 13th full-length studio album In Cauda Venenum on September 27th, 2019 through Moderbolaget / Nuclear Blast Entertainment.

In Cauda Venenum was recorded in 2018 at Stockholm’s Park Studios. In Cauda Venenum will be released in two versions, in both Swedish and English languages.

Frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt commented: “For us, at this stage with In Cauda Venenum, heaviness isn’t guitars tuned down with screaming vocals over the top. That’s not necessarily what I call ‘heavy’ music these days. I can listen to Korn and say, ‘Okay, that’s heavy.’ But it doesn’t really mean anything to me. I mean, I catch up on things in magazines or online. I read about bands that have the ‘heaviest record ever,’ and I’m not too impressed by that. Okay, it’s cool but what does it say? What does it mean? It’s an impossible mission, to be the heaviest. That’s been done before. Over time, I got tired of that tag. Of course, when I was younger, it meant everything to me. I was always on the pursuit for heaviness in my youth, trying to find the next level of heaviness. First it was death metal, then it was bands like Meshuggah, but heaviness is now more about emotions, heavy chord progressions, music that has feelings. Heaviness doesn’t mean Meshuggah anymore, although indeed they’re a fucking heavy band. I’m not trying to tap into that anymore.”

The track listing is as follows;

01. ‘Livet’s Trädgård’ / ‘Garden Of Earthly Delights’ (intro)
02. ‘Svekets Prins’ / ‘Dignity’
03. ‘Hjärtat Vet Vad Handen Gör’ / ‘Heart In Hand’
04. ‘De Närmast Sörjande’ / ‘Next Of Kin’
05. ‘Minnets Yta’ / ‘Lovelorn Crime’
06. ‘Charlatan’
07. ‘Ingen Sanning Är Allas’ / ‘Universal Truth’
08. ‘Banemannen’ / ‘The Garroter’
09. ‘Kontinuerlig Drift’ / ‘Continuum’
10. ‘Allting Tar Slut’ / ‘All Things Will Pass’

Opeth’s line-up is as follows;

Mikael Åkerfeldt (vocals and guitar)
Fredrik Åkesson (guitar)
Martin Méndez (bass)
Martin Axenrot (drums)
Joakim Svalberg (keyboards)

Official visualizer videos were created for the track ‘Hjärtat Vet Vad Handen Gör’ (‘Heart In Hand’) and both Swedish and English versions of the song ‘Svekets Prinsv’ (‘Dignity’). In addition, an official animated music video was released for the Swedish language version of the track ‘Ingen Sanning Är Allas’. All four clips can also be viewed below.

Twelfth studio record Sorcereress was released in September 2016 via Moderbolaget / Nuclear Blast Entertainment.

Promotional photograph by Jonas Åkerlund.