Opeth

Every Opeth fan knows that the bandmembers are heavily influenced by vintage sounds, from classic metal to '70s prog-rock. In this exclusive video clip, Mikael Åkerfeldt and Fredrik Åkesson go record shopping at New Jersey's Vintage Vinyl.

Opeth's hotly anticipated 10th studio album, Heritage, will be in stores September 20, but it's available for pre-order from iTunes right now. You can click here to pre-order the standard 10-track version, and here to pre-order the special edition (which comes with two bonus tracks and video content).

Opeth singer/guitarist Mikael Åkerfeldt and guitarist Fredrik Åkesson were interviewed by BraveWords.com when the band played the Heavy TO festival in Toronto, Canada in late July. It's a funny conversation about drinking, coping with the summer heat in Canada, and more.

A lot of Roadrunner bands have new albums out or coming soon: Theory of a Deadman and Trivium's latest are already out, and Dream Theater, Opeth, and Machine Head will all be releasing hotly anticipated new albums in September. Many of these bands will also be hitting the road in support of their new music, too (check our tour page for dates).

New music from Dream Theater, Machine Head and Opeth is now streaming on this very site! Click here to hear "On the Backs of Angels," the first single from Dream Theater's forthcoming album A Dramatic Turn of Events, due out September 13! Click here to hear "Locust," the first single from Machine Head's forthcoming album Unto the Locust, due out September 27! Click here to hear "The Devil's Orchard," the first single from Opeth's forthcoming album Heritage, due out September 20!.

Opeth will be attaching an exclusive live CD to the September 2011 issue of Germany's Rock Hard magazine, out August 24. The Devil's Orchard - Live at Hard Rock Festival includes five songs from a 2009 performance in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The CD will also include "The Devil's Orchard," the first single from Opeth's upcoming studio album Heritage. The track listing for the live CD is: 1.

The annual Heavy MTL Festival was held in Montreal on July 23 and 24, and five Roadrunner acts played - DevilDriver, Machine Head, Opeth, Times of Grace and Trivium all performed for the massive crowd. Mitch Lafon of metal website Bravewords.com was there conducting interviews, and he grabbed Dez Fafara, Robb Flynn, Mikael Akerfeldt, Jesse Leach and Matt Heafy for pre-show conversations...all of which you can watch below! Here's Dez: Here's Robb: Here's Mikael: Here's Jesse: And here's Matt: .

Opeth mainman Mikael Åkerfeldt was interviewed by the Canadian TV network The Score about soccer, the rivalry between Sweden and Finland, and more. Check out the clip at this link - it's well worth your time. Opeth's 10th studio album, Heritage, will be released on September 20 in a variety of configurations.

Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor's book, Seven Deadly Sins: Settling the Argument Between Born Bad and Damaged Good, has hit the New York Times bestseller list. You can see the list here; Seven Deadly Sins is at #26, right between former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's On China and...Shit My Dad Says. Anyway, this made us think that other Roadrunner artists probably have stories to tell, and philosophies of life, that readers would enjoy.

Man, have we got a lot of Opeth news for you today. You can pre-order the super-deluxe boxed set version of their new album Heritage.