Opeth have stepped in entrance of the lens for a uncommon official efficiency music video for his or her tune “§1.”
The clip was produced and directed by Ash Pears and arrives amidst the band’s ongoing European tour (get tickets right here). That includes clear up-close photographs of the Swedish vets operating by means of the prolonged observe — the primary to function loss of life growls from Mikael Åkerfeldt in 16 years — the video ought to give concertgoers a visceral take a look at the band in full flight.
Relating to the choice to movie a live-style clip for “§1,” Åkerfeldt supplied up a press assertion revealing the band was inundated with requests to provide a extra generic lyric video or visualizers for the tune, however opted for the “old school” approach of merely rocking out for the cameras.
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Stated Åkerfeldt:
“So right here’s a video (of types) to your ‘enjoyment.’ We had requests left, proper & centre to do considered one of them measly ‘lyric movies’ or ‘visualizers’ for ‘content material.’ Now, proper there are three phrases I despise! I’ve made it clear in our circle of belief that we shouldn’t use the phrase ‘content material’ even when that’s precisely what we’re engaged on. We’re not some goddamn influencers, now are we? So can we please choose the old school phrase ‘video’ with out meddling with trendy on-line lingo? And a video is what it truly is. A efficiency video, no much less. We figured it’s a bit extra occurring to take a look at (do you have to determine to take action) than a lyric video. ‘§1’ is the opener on The Final Will and Testomony. A great tune. I prefer it! The video seems good. Nearly as good as it could look when involving 5 middle-aged, barely hungover geezers miming alongside to one thing. We shot it in some industrial space in Birmingham (UK) on the newest Euro tour. Everybody (effectively, the band and crew) have been fairly desirous to get out of there as we had dinner deliberate at a elaborate curry home domestically. A lot because of Ash Pears and ASH TV, who have been actually skilled (ie: fast!) and made the entire expertise slightly simple on us. Hope you dig it, individuals!”
As he talked about, “§1” hails from Opeth’s newest album The Final Will and Testomony, considered one of our high metallic albums of 2024. You’ll be able to stream the video for the observe beneath.