OPETH - In Cauda Venenum: The Lyrics (OFFICIAL INTERVIEW)

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  • Опубліковано 28 сер 2019
  • Mikael Åkerfeldt discusses how his homeland of Sweden, the digital age and fascination with loneliness played a role in some of the album's contemporary lyrics. 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 in 2018 at Stockholm's Park Studios, In Cauda Venenum will be released in two versions, in both Swedish and English languages.
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    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

КОМЕНТАРІ • 130

  • @Meister_Dwight
    @Meister_Dwight 4 роки тому +100

    Fun fact: Mikael’s voice actually sounds like this because it’s so godly. They have to edit out his natural reverb when recording songs.

  • @ShadowCreed7192
    @ShadowCreed7192 4 роки тому +57

    All Hail Lord Akerfeldt

  • @ndbd9drn
    @ndbd9drn 4 роки тому +68

    My parents have been following Iron Maiden for more than 40 years. Hopefully I'll get to do the same(and more) for Opeth :) Can't wait!!

    • @nostalcholy
      @nostalcholy 4 роки тому

      aren't there rumors about this being the last album? I hope not though

    • @roybatty4578
      @roybatty4578 4 роки тому +1

      Rumors man, this dude still has plenty of gas left in the tank lol

    • @nostalcholy
      @nostalcholy 4 роки тому

      @@roybatty4578 i think so too, plus i heard he gets tired of touring easily

    • @DevoutionAura
      @DevoutionAura 4 роки тому

      @@nostalcholy Yeah he mentions that alot in metal talks on spotify

  • @MotionlessKnight
    @MotionlessKnight 4 роки тому +4

    As far as lyrics meaning in past albums, The Ghost Reveries to me was a hard hitting story of a girl who lost her mother and turned to Satan, and the whole album followed her journey until ultimately, she lost everything she loved as a result, which is suggested in "Isolation Years". That album meant a lot to me becuase it described a path I started to go down as a teen and traveled down at a faster rate for a while after losing my father. All of this band's albums are absolutely remarkable, though. It took me a while to warm up to In Cauda Venenum, but now I love it. Absolutely beautiful, and kudos to Mikael for writing everything himself and taking the reins with it. Really impressive.

  • @OpheliesHerbarium
    @OpheliesHerbarium 4 роки тому +63

    Speaking as a young adult, it's easy to loose ourselves in useless stuff just as a form detatchment from the scary adult reality that we are just learning about. This transition from a careless teenager to a responsible adult is quite overwhelming. I try to spend majority of my Internet time learning about new things but sometimes I catch myself I'm falling into the hole of irrelevant things and loneliness, too.
    I cannot wait for the 27th of September! I'm in love with these short bits of insight into the album - it makes the release so much more anticipated

    • @oterovidal2484
      @oterovidal2484 4 роки тому +3

      Exactly! I've felt the same way!

    • @cobraimploder
      @cobraimploder 4 роки тому +3

      I'm 26, and I still feel overwhelmed by the sobering reality of adulthood! I can barely wait for the album, myself. Cheers!

    • @oterovidal2484
      @oterovidal2484 4 роки тому

      @@cobraimploder I'm turning 27 this year and Adulting Sucks!

    • @CikisHelyzet
      @CikisHelyzet 3 роки тому +2

      All generations have their own unique worries and fears about growing up and being a responsible human. We will grow up regardless of our overwhelm, and far less prepared if we don't exercise some very difficult self-discipline. Avoidance actually compounds anxiety as consequences escalate. It takes a hell of a lot of willpower not to get caught up with useless distractions. No other generation has had to contend with the ever present blue light of technology. I honestly think procrastination and disconnection contribute to feelings of overwhelm, helplessness and poor self-image. Hiding out with technology isn't the solution. We will be forced to reckon with far more dire consequences if we cannot cultivate the focus for tasks which aren't bundled with instant gratification

    • @anonymousceleb1148
      @anonymousceleb1148 2 роки тому

      @@CikisHelyzet That's one side but you're ignoring that no other generation has been in a deep mass extinction, access to information about wars all around the world, not every kid has the same issues

  • @matthiasduval9321
    @matthiasduval9321 4 роки тому +33

    This is going to be a masterpiece

  • @jordanmoran1983
    @jordanmoran1983 4 роки тому +5

    27th of September, new opeth album and my birthday, jackpot

  • @abentevent
    @abentevent 4 роки тому +9

    The reason reaction videos are a thing is an extension of the loneliness issue. It's always cool to see people hear or see something for the first time if it affects them in some way. Similar thing for gaming videos. They are as irrelevant as reality tv but more personal. As for lyrics and meaning.. Opeths Music itself conveys feelings and stories that's the power of great music.

  • @reducetheatoms
    @reducetheatoms 3 роки тому +4

    To me, All Things Will Pass is probably the song that reaches me the most, even though the whole album is amazing.

  • @Gualor_
    @Gualor_ 4 роки тому +14

    Can't wait for the new record to come out! From what i heard so far it reminds me of Pale Communion, and i love it!

    • @Meister_Dwight
      @Meister_Dwight 4 роки тому +1

      Pale Communion is AMAZING. Probably my second favorite album by them.

    • @Gualor_
      @Gualor_ 4 роки тому +1

      @@Meister_Dwight yeah Is my favourite prog rock album too, my favourite melodic/prog metal album is Still Life tho

  • @stevesmith3990
    @stevesmith3990 4 роки тому +8

    Opeth make a unique sound - Akerfeldt is one of real talents in rock.

  • @lucaboccardo3598
    @lucaboccardo3598 4 роки тому +4

    Just one month,but i can't wait!

  • @dereksmallsuk
    @dereksmallsuk 4 роки тому +5

    I think he came from that painting.......

  • @anovi72
    @anovi72 4 роки тому +4

    God-Bless-You Mikael. Spot on with with the mental health comments.

  • @TheLevitorres
    @TheLevitorres 4 роки тому +3

    I can’t wait for the album to release!!
    also I want a Jacket like that! 🤘🏻

  • @nyahanimeshop
    @nyahanimeshop 4 роки тому +6

    I Love Opeth.

  • @pinnicktabor
    @pinnicktabor 4 роки тому +10

    The Steven Wilson influence continues as these exact themes were explored in Hand Cannot Erase.
    Cant wait to hear the final product!

    • @Thrasher5251
      @Thrasher5251 4 роки тому +4

      pinnicktabor not really, just a coincidence perhaps.

  • @fcamiola
    @fcamiola Рік тому +1

    This bloke is the absolute best. Well, him and Tim Smith (R.I.P).

  • @wtfisgoingonhere1076
    @wtfisgoingonhere1076 4 роки тому +2

    It’s interesting to me that Mikael talks about loneliness.
    I was listening to this album earlier today and part of the way through experiencing it I thought, "This music is taking me to a place where aloneness isn’t lonely. I’m in a place of beautiful, peaceful solitude."
    It’s unusual that current/modern music is able to transport me like that. So I appreciate that extra level to the music. It’s an album that I can become very immersed in. Wonderful experience. 🖤

  • @isanielsenofficial
    @isanielsenofficial 4 роки тому +1

    Come to Brazil!!!

  • @luliby2309
    @luliby2309 4 роки тому +2

    I'm very interested in the new album lyrically since he has taken a new direction with it. There's nothing wrong with his old style, I enjoy the poetic and storytelling sort of lyrics myself, but this should be an interesting thing to hear his observations on the current world. He's spot on with the whole loneliness while being connected to everything and increase in mental illness thing.

  • @Purpledream.
    @Purpledream. 3 роки тому +1

    I love him so much.

  • @campe_0p525
    @campe_0p525 4 роки тому +3

    Love you

  • @astrophotonics9470
    @astrophotonics9470 4 роки тому +1

    Mikael is very perceptive as well as a brilliant Musician...........

  • @kevinrelovullo270
    @kevinrelovullo270 4 роки тому +1

    I'm with you on my fellow millenials (and younger) and their tablets, in 2019. I am excited for the new record.

    • @divinefallfromgrace
      @divinefallfromgrace 3 роки тому

      The older Millenials like us share the distrust of Mikael's age group...

  • @samuelsinisalo86
    @samuelsinisalo86 4 роки тому

    You are a true hero Mikael!

  • @brunoqueiroz2759
    @brunoqueiroz2759 4 роки тому +2

    im from brazil and the first thing i noticed in sweden is that people dont talk to each other, loneliness is the standard (at least that is what i saw)

    • @petercarlson811
      @petercarlson811 4 роки тому

      Swedes are a very lonely people. A sad fact.

    • @Gengibrecookie
      @Gengibrecookie 4 роки тому +1

      É cultural ou escolha?

    • @brunoqueiroz2759
      @brunoqueiroz2759 4 роки тому +1

      @@Gengibrecookie a escolha é cultural, eu diria. do que eu observei do meu tempo la, foi mais ou menos isso. a tecnologia também é um dos fatores que fazem isso acontecer

    • @divinefallfromgrace
      @divinefallfromgrace 3 роки тому

      It's the Janteloven/Jantelagen subconsciously at work. "Why bother trying? You have no worth." And it's not just Swedes/Norse/Danish, it's happening in my country too. 😦

    • @nielsenjesp
      @nielsenjesp 3 роки тому +1

      divinefallfromgrace thats a little misunderstanding about jantelagen. What it says is that you’re not born better or more worth than anybody else. You can still be very good at something, and develop a skill. you can be good at something if you practise and put a lot of effort in it, but it could also have been your neighbour in the same place. You’re not the center of the universe, basically! ;-)

  • @merschavonia4745
    @merschavonia4745 4 роки тому +2

    The future is here old man ;)

  • @numbdigger8558
    @numbdigger8558 4 роки тому +8

    2:37
    those subtitles tho:
    If you're my age, *more than 74*

  • @octo.lina69
    @octo.lina69 4 роки тому

    😍😍love you so much😍😍

  • @Tao2112
    @Tao2112 4 роки тому

    Play the game Audiosurf to Opeth.
    Mindshattering.

  • @user-ey9fm5my3s
    @user-ey9fm5my3s 3 роки тому

    GODLIKE VOICE ahahahaha 🔥 My gadd. ahahaha so much vibration and Swedish accent. luv it.
    Life is worth it maaan ahaha worth it ahaha listening to this guy.

  • @acruelvisionacv9595
    @acruelvisionacv9595 4 роки тому +1

    Lonliness is a friend.

    • @ioannaa0
      @ioannaa0 4 роки тому +2

      Loneliness is addictive

    • @acruelvisionacv9595
      @acruelvisionacv9595 4 роки тому

      @@ioannaa0 Yes it is. Im Not meant for this world sadly.

    • @ioannaa0
      @ioannaa0 4 роки тому

      You & me both . But at least we have great music to listen to hehe🎶

  • @MetalRam
    @MetalRam 4 роки тому

    Are the Lepers still Coiling beneath the trees though?

  • @pakinoobgamer-kay20
    @pakinoobgamer-kay20 4 роки тому +3

    Did he just say Snapchat??

  • @nepumuc4364
    @nepumuc4364 4 роки тому

    when watching I thought "nice attitude, but isn't that very obvious?!" and then I remembered for people 3 yrs younger than me (I'm 25) it's clearly NOT and it really scares me

  • @UlvenK
    @UlvenK 4 роки тому +1

    I wish he was my dad...

  • @symmetry_disjointed
    @symmetry_disjointed 4 роки тому

    Me is lonely akerfeldt but me are dont alone when me listens to u music

  • @leninegw
    @leninegw 4 роки тому

    It's kinda disappointing to know that many lyrics from Opeth doesn't have meaning, that they are mere hollow puzzle words.

    • @divinefallfromgrace
      @divinefallfromgrace 3 роки тому +2

      Don't put to much faith in that, he was downplaying. A lot of what he writes is INTENSELY personal, and usually hidden in metaphor or allegory. A lot of such musicians/songwriters don't like to extensively discuss their most inner of workings... just like people at large. I do see what he's saying with some of his lyrics, but the likes of 'Still Life' and more modern stuff like 'Lovelorn Crime' and 'Universal Truth' are not lacking in meaning.

  • @doommantia6925
    @doommantia6925 4 роки тому

    Is that his fucking house

  • @lawmaker22
    @lawmaker22 4 роки тому

    Loneliness in sweden is subsidized by goverment for decades now. Half of households in sweden are single people..immigrant families are kinda helping tjat picture... But number of swedish families is droping a lot... Stop pay rent to single people

  • @Terry-Cybil
    @Terry-Cybil 4 роки тому +3

    Reaction videos are annoying. I don't know how anyone could sit and watch them for more than 2 or 3 minutes without growing bored and moving on.

  • @TheMrAdax
    @TheMrAdax 4 роки тому +6

    Opeth died when Lopez and Peter left. The last great album was Ghost Reveries! True Opeth fans would agree!

    • @bakarenibsheut12
      @bakarenibsheut12 4 роки тому +15

      I disagree, man. Watershed was a beautiful record, too (though Ghost Reveries is undoubtedly my favourite). After that, there are occasional flashes of brilliance, but no single album has stood out as a definite masterpiece to me.

    • @messiah2230
      @messiah2230 4 роки тому +28

      seriously shut the fuck up

    • @emunzio2258
      @emunzio2258 4 роки тому +13

      I disagree. A real opeth fan likes new stuff too, and Pale Communion is one of their best records.

    • @DangerDMA
      @DangerDMA 4 роки тому +13

      Look dude, I miss old opeth too but it’s not your band. There’s no reason to comment this stuff. If you don’t like it, don’t listen. Opeth owes nothing to anyone.

    • @ndbd9drn
      @ndbd9drn 4 роки тому +12

      I'm sorry you feel that way, but to me, every Opeth album is a tale. They're all beautiful in their own ways. Try listening to an entire album instead of singling out certain tracks, and really feel the whole album with your heart.