OPETH Frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt Reveals Details Of New Song Written For God Of War Game

January 31, 2010, 14 years ago

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OPETH frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt has checked in with the following update, Swedish weather report included:

"We've got like 20 degrees below (Celcius) here right now, it's like in the 70s! What happened to global warming? I thought we're fucked...!

Anyways...

I just finished and approved the mastering of a new song I wrote called 'The Throat Of Winter'. I wrote it for that game, God Of War that we're supposed to be included in, or however that works. Is it a digital album? I don't know how that shit works, but it's done anyways. Hell, I'm still with my turntables (got 3 of them) and right now I'm playing a Aussie original of High Voltage by AC/DC.

Song is very odd, it's good I think, or for my taste it is, but even I can understand it's very....odd! Produced and recorded it from scratch and I'm happy with the sound if I may say so myself. Fred laid down a killer acoustic solo and Per laid down an amazing twiddly tweet moog solo. It's not a very metal song, I'm saving up for that..later.....yet it's got a metal mentality, or what I remember metal used to do to me. I can feel it, even though it's not a metal song per definition. Anyways, if you hear it I hope you like it.

Me and Fred went to NAMM for a few days and it was fun fun FUN! Did some signing session and a Q&A; for PRS guitars. My signature guitar looked and felt amazing! Loved the neck of it! It was only a prototype so some adjustments will be made, but overall I'm fucking blown away by it. Fred liked it too very much and it seemed to attrack a lot of interest! The PRS people were real nice to us as always and I got to meet some nice people I hadn't met before. We might have had a few drinks too many but we had to do something to cope with the jetlag which was overwhelming.

Looks like we might be going to the Frankfurt Musikmesse as well, right before those anniversary shows we're doing in March/April.

OK, people...I'm off again. Even though we're off the road I feel busier than ever. I'm hyper and I've got a billion projects in the air it feels like....

Hope you're all good. Cheers!"

Mike



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