Swedish progressive metallers OPETH will embark on a North American tour this fall
OPETH‘s trek, which will kick off on October 11 in Milwaukee, includes stops in New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, New Orleans, Austin, Denver and more.
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OPETH 2024 North American tour dates:
Oct. 11 – Milwaukee, WI – The Rave / Eagles Club
Oct. 12 – Cleveland, OH – Agora Theater & Ballroom
Oct. 14 – Toronto, ON – Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Oct. 15 – Montréal, QC – L’Olympia
Oct. 16 – Worcester, MA – Palladium
Oct. 18 – Brooklyn, NY – Kings Theatre
Oct. 19 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE
Oct. 20 – Washington, DC -– Warner Theatre
Oct. 22 – Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle
Oct. 23 – New Orleans, LA – Fillmore New Orleans
Oct. 24 – Austin, TX – Emo’s Austin
Oct. 25 – Dallas, TX – Majestic Theatre
Oct. 27 – Denver, CO – Mission Ballroom
Oct. 29 – Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren
Oct. 30 – Los Angeles, CA – YouTube Theater
Oct. 31 – San Francisco, CA – The Warfield
OPETH‘s latest album, “In Cauda Venenum“, was released in September 2019 via Moderbolaget / Nuclear Blast Entertainment. Recorded in 2018 at Stockholm’s Park Studios, the effort was made available in two versions, in both Swedish and English languages.
Regarding the decision to release “In Cauda Venenum” in Swedish, OPETH’s Mikael Åkerfeldt told Revolver: “Doing it in Swedish was just an idea that popped into my head, like, ‘Maybe I should fry my egg in the morning instead of boiling it.’ It wasn’t any deeper than that. And I figured the music climate has changed so much, does it really matter which language it’s in? That was it. And it didn’t have me writing more lyrics — it just had me writing more music. And the music didn’t sound more Swedish or anything like that. But it was a gateway that opened, and it was fun.
Mikael added that he was “not regretting” the fact that “In Cauda Venenum” was also recorded in English. “A lot of people [in the U.S.] are saying they only listened to the English version,” he said. “So I was proven right, in a way. I can say a thousand times that the Swedish version is the original version, but it’s up to people to choose. I can just hope that they check out both versions. But I do think the Swedish version is slightly better — only because it was first. It’s more innocent. With the English version, regardless of what you think about it, that’s me trying to copy a vocal line I had done in another language. So it’s less exciting to me.”
