{"id":45598,"date":"2016-09-30T00:00:48","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T00:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=45598"},"modified":"2019-07-12T20:02:43","modified_gmt":"2019-07-12T20:02:43","slug":"news-opeth-release-12th-studio-album-sorceress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-opeth-release-12th-studio-album-sorceress\/","title":{"rendered":"OPETH Release 12th Studio Album \u2018Sorceress\u2019 (September 30th, 2016) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

OPETH Release 12th Studio Album \u2018Sorceress\u2019<\/strong><\/span>
\nSeptember 30th, 2016<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Stockholm, Sweden-based progressive rock \/ metal group Opeth issued 12th full-length studio album Sorceress<\/em> on September 30th, 2016 through Moderbolaget \/ Nuclear Blast Entertainment.<\/p>\n

The outing was once again recorded at Rockfield Studios near Monmouth in Wales.<\/p>\n

Cover artwork duties fell to Travis Smith.<\/p>\n

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The track listing is as follows;<\/p>\n

01. \u2018Persephone\u2019
\n02. \u2018Sorceress\u2019
\n03. \u2018The Wilde Flowers\u2019
\n04. \u2018Will O The Wisp\u2019
\n05. \u2018Chrysalis\u2019
\n06. \u2018Sorceress 2\u2019
\n07. \u2018The Seventh Sojourn\u2019
\n08. \u2018Strange Brew\u2019
\n09. \u2018A Fleeting Glance\u2019
\n10. \u2018Era\u2019
\n11. \u2018Persephone (Slight Return)\u2019<\/p>\n

Opeth\u2019s line-up is as follows;<\/p>\n

Mikael \u00c5kerfeldt (vocals and guitar)
\nFredrik \u00c5kesson (guitar)
\nMartin M\u00e9ndez (bass)
\nMartin Axenrot (drums)
\nJoakim Svalberg (keyboards)<\/p>\n

Sorceress<\/em> shifted roughly 16,000 equivalent album units in the United States in its first week of release, charting at position 24 on The Billboard 200. In addition, Sorceress<\/em> charted in the following countries; Germany (#1), Finland (#3), Switzerland (#6), Sweden (#7), Australia (#7), Norway (#8), Austria (#10), UK (#11), The Netherlands (#11), Italy (#12), Belgium (#16), France (#25), and New Zealand (#28).<\/p>\n

Official lyric videos were created for the title track and the songs \u2018Will O The Wisp\u2019, \u2018The Wilde Flowers\u2019 and \u2018Era\u2019. All four clips can be viewed below.<\/p>\n

Eleventh studio record Pale Communion<\/em> was released in August 2014.<\/p>\n

Promotional photograph by Stuart Wood.<\/em><\/p>\n