OPETH: The Last Will and Testament (CD + Blu-ray Digipak) ()

Opeth releasing a death metal album in 2024 was not on anyone's bingo card, and yet here we are. After a decade of progressive rock detours that divided their fanbase like few bands managed to, Mikael Åkerfeldt dragged the Swedes back into the dark, delivering an album that sounds like Morningrise and Blackwater Park never had to share shelf space with organs and flared trousers. The prog is still there, because it's Opeth and it always will be, but the growls are back, the riffs have weight, and the whole thing feels genuinely hungry.

The Last Will and Testament arrives as a proper event record, and this CD + Blu-ray digipak does it justice. The Blu-ray includes the full album in hi-res audio alongside visual content that matches the record's dense, gothic atmosphere. If you've been waiting for Opeth to make good on thirty years of promise all at once, this is the pressing to own. Essential for anyone who argued the death metal years were the real peak and wants proof in their hands.

Format: CD + Blu-ray Deluxe Digipak. Origin: Sweden. Released: 2024.

Fans of: Porcupine Tree, Katatonia, Bloodbath, Death, Akercocke.