The Last Will and Testament

The Last Will and Testament
Studio album by
Released22 November 2024 (2024-11-22)
RecordedFebruary – March 2024
StudioRockfield (Monmouthshire)
Angel Recording (London)
Hammerthorpe
Flowcreations
The Tower (Stockholm)
GenreProgressive death metal[1]
Length50:52
Label
Producer
  • Mikael Åkerfeldt
  • Opeth
  • Stefan Boman
  • Dave Stewart
Opeth chronology
In Cauda Venenum
(2019)
The Last Will and Testament
(2024)
Singles from The Last Will and Testament
  1. "§1"
    Released: 1 August 2024
  2. "§3"
    Released: 6 September 2024

The Last Will and Testament is the upcoming fourteenth studio album by Swedish progressive metal band Opeth, set to be released on 22 November 2024 through Reigning Phoenix Music.[2][3] It will be the band's first studio album since In Cauda Venenum (2019), marking the longest gap between studio albums in their career as of 2024, and its first release with drummer Waltteri Väyrynen, who in 2022 officially replaced Martin Axenrot after his departure the year before.[4] It also marks the return of death metal elements such as death growls since Watershed (2008), as well as being their first fully conceptual album since Still Life (1999).

  1. ^ DaVita, Joe (2 August 2024). "Opeth Bring Back Death Growls on First Song Off New Concept Album 'The Last Will and Testament'". WBUF. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Opeth – New Album Details Revealed". Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Opeth Shares New Single, Reveals 'The Last Will And Testament' Album Details". Blabbermouth.net. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Opeth Enlists Ex-Paradise Lost Drummer Waltteri Väyrynen". Blabbermouth.net. 9 September 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2024.