OPETH - In Cauda Venenum: The Recording Process (OFFICIAL INTERVIEW)
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- Опубліковано 5 сер 2019
- Mikael Åkerfeldt discusses getting out of his comfort zone to record the new album, In Cauda Venenum, at Park studios with Stefan Boman, the decision to also record the album in English and mastering the album with Geoff Pesch at Abbey Road. OPETH's thirteenth album, In Cauda Venenum, is out September 27, 2019 via Moderbolaget Records / Nuclear Blast. Order at opeth.com/stores. Subscribe to Opeth on UA-cam: bit.ly/subs-opeth-yt / Subscribe to Nuclear Blast on UA-cam: bit.ly/subs-nb-yt
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Recorded last year at Stockholm's Park Studios, In Cauda Venenum will be released in two versions, in both Swedish and English languages.
Pick your version below:
English: geni.us/OpethInCaudaVenenumENG
Swedish: geni.us/OpethInCaudaVenenumSWE
In Cauda Venenum Tracklising:
1. Livet’s Trädgård / Garden Of Earthly Delights
2. Svekets Prins / Dignity
3. Hjärtat Vet Vad Handen Gör / Heart In Hand
4. De Närmast Sörjande / Next Of Kin
5. Minnets Yta / Lovelorn Crime
6. Charlatan
7. Ingen Sanning Är Allas / Universal Truth
8. Banemannen / The Garroter
9. Kontinuerlig Drift / Continuum
10. Allting Tar Slut / All Things Will Pass
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Regarding the sonic direction of the new record, Åkerfeldt adds, “For us, at this stage with In Cauda Venenum, heaviness isn’t guitars tuned down with screaming vocals over the top. That’s not necessarily what I call ‘heavy’ music these days. I can listen to Korn and say, ‘OK, that’s heavy.’ But it doesn’t really mean anything to me. I mean, I catch up on things in magazines or online. I read about bands that have the ‘heaviest record ever,’ and I’m not too impressed by that. OK, it’s cool but what does it say? What does it mean? It’s an impossible mission, to be the heaviest. That’s been done before. Over time, I got tired of that tag. Of course, when I was younger it meant everything to me. I was always on the pursuit for heaviness in my youth, trying to find the next level of heaviness. First it was death metal, then it was bands like Meshuggah, but heaviness is now more about emotions, heavy chord progressions, music that has feelings. Heaviness doesn’t mean Meshuggah anymore, although indeed they’re a fucking heavy band. I’m not trying to tap into that anymore.”
It's not actually the room's echo we're hearing in this interview, Mikael actually always has this epic reverb when he speaks
very present on still life.
Lol!!!
@@alexobregonbauluz3304 watch your grammar: still very present in life.
@@sanbilge huh? bro im talking about the album. still life, the album, 1999.
@@alexobregonbauluz3304 yeah i was being sarcastic, still life RULES
Musical genius with 30 years of experience: "I still don't know what mastering is". You're the best Mike.
All Things Will Pass is one of the greatest Opeth songs ever.
Honestly if they release nothing but 1:30 hrs of him just talking and call it In Cauda Venenum i'd still buy it and downloaded
Still Life was my first Opeth album that I heard just after it came out. It blew me away more than any other music before. I felt superior in that I had just listened to one of the greatest pieces of music ever written.
that album is the 1st album that hit me.. Godhead's Lament
Little girl vocal is a new addition to Opeth sound. Anathema, Steven Wilson already had this magic touch. Makes it more interesting. Opeth you’re “True Heavy” thank you.
Yeah, she is the newest member, Mikael took her in to do all the Growl parts since he can't do then anymore
the girls "only" provided vocal samples, no singing, unfortunately ;-)
@@jacobehlers aw shit man :'D
"We left the previous record 'Sorceress' unmastered." That explains a whole lot to me, haha! I still enjoyed that album, though.
I know, volumes and db levels
That album sounded soooooo bad
It was too muddy
Steven wilson doesn't master his music but it sounds exceptional
Mastering ain’t all that....not doing that process on Sorceress is a very bold thing to do and I respect his decision....
I'm glad the lads did an album in their native language.
He's a genius. Period. Confident not arrogant.
"I don't know what mastering is to be honest"
Me too, man.
The hype is reeeal, it's so nice to get some behind the scenes into the recording process 🤘🎸
This album came out just in time for autumn, it was perfect timing. I burnt this album up through the end of winter. Opeth ages like fine wine. I hope there are many more to come.
this month tool
next month opeth
next month of that mayhem
hallelujah!
this week slipknot
@@omkarbharambe8673 eh. Heard it already. Its ight
I can’t wait to hear this! No barrier here Mikael - both versions preordered.👍🏻👍🏻
i am an very old fan of this band. Mikael is great composer. Fredrik is badass on guitar solos. Martin Axenrot- those rythms man! He is so versatile. Martn Mendez - core of Opeth. Joakim u have enormous energy on live perfomances. Much more people should know about this band. I know what i am saying. This is the best progressive band in our era. Greets.
I'm more about the sound of the vocal rather than the content, so language doesn't really matter, but having 2 versions isn't a bad thing either!
Same. I like melody and vocal intonation, but lyrics don't seem to matter at all.
Can't wait to hear the album! I hope we get another single before the release, just as a nice treat
I hope they won't release any singles prior to actual album releases from now on.
2:35 - 2:43 I guess this is why Sorceress sounded so muddy.
Even though I dont speak swedish I will be listening to the swedish version first, I love that Opeth does what Opeth wants
Can’t wait for this!
Hey, if Alien Weaponry can sell it while recording in Maori, you're going to move plenty Swedish units. Thank you for making the extra effort for us to know what the words mean beyond them sounding beautiful.
Looking forward to it! Can't wait! Thank you, Opeth!
This collaboration between metalheads and people from pop industry feels refreshing and wholesome, especially since the music that has been so far released sounds really good.
Awesome... Every album of yours puts me out of my comfort zone but still there's something new every time that i hear any album. For sure this one will be hard to listen too. Congrats!
Wow...Tool this month and Opeth the next month. I'm in heaven!
Loved the album, Great band. I notice they use more strat tones on their solos in the studio. That's cut-through-the-mix cool!
Its an honor hearing Opeth in there native language, ill buy there version, and learn to translate, also am waiting patiently for them to tour the states, unfortunately missed then last couple of times, sadly.
God I love this guy's demeanor and, obviously, his music. Been so important to me in opening up doors in the more proggy and experimental avenues of rock/metal music.
Mikael is having this interview in the Stanley Parable boss' office. Guess we figured out who was the boss in Stanley Parable then.
This Album and the film Midsommar are making me have to learn Swedish! The album is a beautiful piece of mature work, lush and textured. I'm old enough to hear the influence of bands from my youth and love the jazz & blues elements in it too. Listen to it in Swedish, though the English is as good, the lyrical quality of the Swedish language adds to its beauty. Kudos for Mikael, for not being afraid to stretch peoples ears.
Really great album for sure.
Awesome!
Another Live album from this tour please
epic voice!
I'm really happy to hear that Mikael is still pushing Opeth to incorporate new influences. Pop recording engineers! And mastering it at Abbey Road! I don't mind the current trend of many bands using a more "master-less" sound, but bad production is always going to be bad production.
Chega 2050 mas não chega 27 de setembro logo!
Comming from Opeth, to me doesn't matter the language, I know that will be great.
nice, i love Mikael
Remember when Opeth had album documentaries?
Next single will be released 15th this month!
Devin Townsend, Tool and Opeth, what a year!
New Opeth, Tool, and Slipknot?!?! This year couldn't get any better.
I love swedish version!
Curious how it turned out and actually somewhat looking forward to the album after the single. It does actually sound more adventurous while somehow being once again more Opeth, rather than another 70s tribute with sterile production.
And especially glad to hear that he's just talking about experimenting and trying new stuff rather than trying to sound like someone or trying NOT to sound like someone, because I think that was the biggest problem behind the last three albums.
Leaving the Sorceress album "Unmastered" as Mikael called it was a huge mistake. It is great music but very very difficult to listen through because it has so many sonic problems. Album had so much potential not sure why all of a sudden Mikael would question the enormous importance of proper engineering to fully express their ideas to fans.
Does he finally play a lute? That makes me so happy!
Great album. What were the linguistic challenges, translating from Swedish to English, and keeping the poetic feel and meaning/intent?
Could it be translated as : poison at flow rates?
I can imagine a lot of old fans of opeth saying yeah I get why there working with pop music producer's. But I really enjoy all there music theyve always been progressive interesting. If you want the same album year after year listen to slayer.
I like the Swedish version I can see why they think it had to be done in English.
CREPT UP THE CAVEATS OF MY BRAAAAAAAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
While I still remain an Opeth fan, I still wonder and wish if they’ll ever make an album like Deliverance or Ghost Reveries.
Ghost reveries or My arms your hearse
Move on
Though I miss the days of My Arm Your Hearse, Still Life, Blackwater Park, and Ghost Reveries, I did like Pale Communion quite a bit. I'm fine with no growling vocals but I do think it would be great to still have some semblance of them, they can still add a cool aspect to transitions here and there. I'm talking stuff like at 2:32 of Reverie/Harlequin Forest or 1:07 of Karma.
I'm hoping In Cauda Venenum will be an album I can get into again, didn't really happen with Sorceress.
Riff Majestic Harlequin Forest's transition and growl you mention are exactly what i miss from their extreme vocals days. Would be awesome to have some hints of that in newer material.
Sorceress is a very special case of an album; theres a few jewels here and there, but it is not a solid album as a whole, like all of the other albums on their catalogue.
So tell me, what'd you think after the first and third listen?
@@kin3tic0n37 I've listened to the whole album well over a 100 times now, I love it, my favorite since Ghost Reveries. At first one of my least favorite songs was "Next of Kin" and now I think it rules, lol. Dignity is an amazing song and actually has a moment of what I was originally talking about 9 months ago (5:08)
Yeehaw
Opeth is one of my favorite bands of all time. Btw 1st
Same! Still Life changed my life
@@TheMrAdax Same here. I discovered Opeth some years ago, when I borrowed a few CD's of their's from the local library, I think it was the "Candelight Years" -compilation and Blackwater Park. I was amazed how dark and heavy, yet at the same time, beautiful and wistful their music is. I got hooked for lifetime
Looking forward to this album. Heart in Hand has more of the energy I was hoping to find on Sorceress. Don't get me wrong, that album had some great music on it but I found it too slow throughout the second half of the record.
💜💜💜💜💜💜
i get swede version.. be happy to hear him singing his mother language. than just get online translation
I like the Swedish verosion more than the English version
"we left the Sorceress record unmastered" lol wtf ?!? that's so... metal!
3:32 I know the little girl at the microphone is Fredrik's daughter, but at her side, could be Melinda?! :o
I would definitely have still bought In Cauda Venenum if it only came in Swedish. The band is too good to just ignore.
Still, I would feel a little sad at not knowing the lyrics, so I appreciate having an English version too. I guess I'll just get both. :P
TLDR they booked a studio and then they recorded their instruments and then the tracks were mixed and mastered.
I don't like that they have to do double version to satisfy the fans. I am Spanish and I have to read some of the lyrics anyway, like so many people who do not know English ... In the folk essence of opeth I think there is the true essence. Opeth makes you feel everything even if you don't know exactly what they are saying. That is the music, that is the feeling it provokes in us. I support the diversity of cultures !! Fuck the marketing dude
It was literally mikaels choice lol
"In cauda stat venenum" by Jacula.
For most part I like the swedish version of the album better, but nothing beats "you can always grind me down" in lovelorn crime in the english version
I like Kent
The recent trend of heavy bands working with pop producers hasn't borne out well; Foo Fighters 'Concrete and Gold' and QOTSA's 'Villains'coming to mind immediately.
Hopefully that's not the case with this album.
siriusisastar foo fighters aren’t heavy. They never were tho
Both great albums you mention so ya, you're absolutely right this won't "borne out well"...pffft
Really hated the mix of QOTSA, especially the bass-sound, it was completely off. The songs sounded much better live!
The first single sounds great tho. No pop sounds there...
I never thought I'd hear Mikael mention Kylie Minogue 😂
If I'm really honest, I'm not as excited as I used to be for a new Opeth album. Or Opeth news in general.
But I'm sure the new album will be good.
@@deadflowers666 He can writes his opinion and still be a Opeth fan.
"we left Sorceress unmastered" . No duh, we can tell.
derp It sounds alright to me. Much better than Heritage.
@@linusfotograf not to me. It's ridiculously muddy in the mix. Sorceress songs sound better on the Garden of the Titans live album, imho of course.
@derp I agree with you!
derp Will have to listen again perhaps. I wasn’t very impressed with the songs. Too many acoustic intros and interludes.
@@linusfotograf heritage is actually the best sounding album production wise which i own. on vinyl atleast
Show me more you devil !
You are a God! /,,/
why part 3 is same as part 2?
Why does the new album, sound like the old album?
It’s not
I was very excited to hear In Cauda Venenum would be released in Swedish! I've been learning svenska i flera månader and I'm excited to have such a cool way to practice!
I honestly don't think a language barrier would have any impact on a metal album's sales at this point. Metal has such a global community that I think as long as it sounds good, people will listen. (Rammstein, Heilung, Wardruna, Kvelertak, Alcest are the first examples I can think of)
Very true. Skraeckoedlan is another example. Svenskt band.
Don't think a lot of foreigners try to tackle our language. That's pretty cool. Lycka till!
@@SiGhast Tack!
How you learned swedish? I want to learn it too
I heard Ola Englund said in one of his FAQ videos, which is a Swedish guitar player, he didn't understand a word from the Swedish version of the song.
I'm not even a native swedish speaker and understood just fine lol. He should get his ears checked
Sorceress wasn’t mastered. That explains a lot. New stuff sounds great so far
who mixed this record?
It would be great if he would get out of his comfort zone and record some death metal again.
That IS his comfort zone and he got away from it
He said “the best version” very defensively lol. But either way I dont care, I never really payed attention to the lyrics firstly when it came to opeth. So when I heard the first song I didnt even notice because the groove was so cool lol. Also the phrasing changes in English so its kinda odd, which is why the original is the best because thats how the melody and phrasing was written for. But the instrumental sounds so good that you dont need to understand the lyrics, just fill them in yourself and feel out the groove.
I arose from a lullaby cannot bid farewell this pale face you went as far as you could help. And from that moment mine is yours...mine is yours good lyricists
MAKE OPETH GROWL AGAIN
I’m American and I have trouble understanding English…………
1:25 Mikael's ugly sweater 😂
Definitely not ugly.
Lute. :)
At least make a all-mellow album like damnation if your definition of heavy has changed
Lmfao
Oh god please don’t have it over produced like most pop is. End the loudness wars.
Can you guys please go back to Progressive Death Metal? I would like Opeth to go back to being Opeth, thanks.
Listen to the old records then. They want to move forward and keep changing. Opeth is whatever they want it to be , not the fans
Move on
Hi Mikael are you doing a great job seriously but the detail here is that you are forgetting all your roots from where you went up you left the great metal riffs from where you once reigned the stages just remember the great albums like blackwater park, deliverance and other greats of you initial time do not leave us without that immense voice you have come back and really rock
Did he say ‘In Cow Dung Venom’?
Swedish heart in hand sounds better imo. English sounds a bit forced to me.
Apparently Mike really doesn't know what mastering is (as he says in the video). Sorceress is mastered. Just load up a track in Audacity and it's obvious. There's quite a bit of compression on it and it clips a little bit. The new album is a dud.
How do you tell the new album is a dud, if it's not even out yet?
@@ToastedCigar Based on Heart In Hand. It would be very odd if the rest of the album was sonically and thematically different. Mike used to talk about "the drama" in the writing of Opeth songs. Songs like The Funeral Portrait and Ghost of Perdition have almost classical style movements, with these epic climaxes. The new song is flat and dull... likely Mike's take on 70s prog. Watershed was the last epic Opeth album.
@@Micas099 So you've never seen a case when the single turns out to be one of the weaker tracks on the album?
I've had very, very mixed feelings about the last three albums and Sorceress was easily the worst, but actually looking forward to this one based on the single, because it actually sounds like a step forward and not a 70s tribute (with flat production).
@@theliberation9061 I agree, Sorceress is the album I've listened to the least. It just didn't attract me the way most Opeth albums do and I've given it many chances. I liked Pale Communion quite a bit, it is easily my favorite of the last three albums. Heart in Hand sounds promising.
Mexican pop music?... a chinga chinga
Is this guy Dave Grohl's distant uncle??
2000 eight.......... een
He was just having a flashback to the albert hall.
@@Rassalcon he missed Steven Wilson........
@@geesan4921 i bet...
So In cauda Venenum is recorded in a POP Studio. NO WONDER!
Lawl. I miss the old days as much as the next guy, but these guys hardly started making accessible, radio-friendly music. I really respect them for doing what they actually want.
Master it, sorceress had bad mixing, I couldn't hear most of the instruments
riiiiiiiiight
If it has bad mixing then surely a remix is preferable?
Opeth R.I.P. 2019
In, In Cauda Venenum, seems Mikael gave up on producing well-structured progressions of chords. Lost that medieval sound.
Вот бы ещё по русски говорил , тогда было б всё понятно, а так ......
The way his singing breaks at the end of each verse is killing the song for me. I hope the other songs from the album isn't like that. It's really the worse singing he has done.
That’s my favourite part, shows character