At the Swedish Grammis awards, held at the Annexet in Stockholm on Thursday, March 27th, OPETH won in the “Best Hard Rock/Metal” category. This recognition was for their music released throughout 2024.
The nominees for “Best Hard Rock/Metal” were:
* AMARANTHE – The Catalyst
* HORNDAL – Head Hammer Man
* NESTOR – Teenage Rebel
* OPETH – The Last Will And Testament
* SKRAECKOEDLAN – Vermillion Sky
OPETH‘s acceptance speech video is available below.
The Last Will And Testament was released on on November 22, 2024 through Reigning Phoenix Music/Moderbolaget.
The Last Will And Testament is a concept album set in the post-World War I era, unfolding the story of a wealthy, conservative patriarch whose last will and testament reveals shocking family secrets. The narrative weaves through the patriarch’s confessions, the reactions of his twin children, and the mysterious presence of a polio-ridden girl who the family have taken care of. The album begins with the reading of the father’s will in his mansion. Among those in attendance is a young girl, who, despite being an orphan and polio-ridden, has been raised by the family. Her presence at the will reading raises suspicions and questions among the twins.
The Last Will And Testament is the darkest and heaviest record OPETH has made in decades, and it is also the band’s most fearlessly progressive. A concept album recounting the reading of one recently deceased man’s will to an audience of his surviving family members, it brims with haunting melodrama, shocking revelations and some of the wildest and most unpredictable music that Åkerfeldt has ever written.
Source: metaladdicts.com
