Another band has just confirmed their appearance at the Metal Hammer Festival 2010 that will take place on the 27th August in Spodek Hall in Katowice (Poland). Opeth will play next to Korn, Katatonia and Riverside. Two more bands are still to be revealed!!!

Another band has just confirmed their appearance at the Metal Hammer Festival 2010 that will take place on the 27th August in Spodek Hall in Katowice (Poland). Opeth will play next to Korn, Katatonia and Riverside. Two more bands are still to be revealed!!!

Opeth is a Swedish heavy metal band from Stockholm, formed in 1990. While the band has been through several personnel changes, singer, guitarist, and songwriter Mikael ?kerfeldt has remained Opeth's driving force since joining promptly after its formation. While firmly rooted in Scandinavian death metal, Opeth has consistently incorporated influence by progressive music, folk, blues rock and free form jazz into their usually-lengthy compositions. Many compositions include acoustic guitar interludes and strong dynamic shifts, as well as both growling and clean vocals. With their ninth, most recent effort, album ?Watershed?, Opeth continue to shake things up, turn the corner and push the limits of their sound. And the results are breathtaking. Ultimately, ?Watershed? sounds at once completely like and absolutely nothing like previous Opeth records. ?Watershed? takes all that is Opeth, and goes where Opeth have never gone before.  It?s an album that combines brute, blunt force with whimsical, melodic beauty. The album was recorded in the band?s native Sweden and was produced by ?kerfeldt and Jens Bogren. It was the first time ?kerfeldt actually enjoyed the recording process, admitting, ?We?re used to the studio environment, so the recording process is not new or thrilling anymore. The biggest change was letting go of my control need. We were recording in two studios, and I couldn?t be at two places at once, so it was stressful, not knowing what was happening at the other studio. But I had to trust the other guys in the band.? ?Watershed? is the album that will satiate the appetites of Opeth diehards, those who have followed the band on their musical journey. It?s also the album that will turn new heads, of those who appreciate both the band?s and the record?s musicality and musicianship. Watershed proves that Opeth are peerless, and truly exist in a genre of one.
Current line-up: Mikael ?kerfeldt, Per Wiberg, Martin "Axe" Axenrot, Fredrik ?kesson

27.08.2010 - Metal Hammer Festival 2010

KORN (US)

Opeth (SE)

Katatonia (SE)

Riverside (PL)

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2 more bands tba soon

Doors open: 14.00
start: 15.00

Ticket prices:
VIP seats ? 400 PLN / 450 PLN (doors)
Red sector H & J ? 275 PLN / 300 PLN (doors)
Red and blue sectors (seats 1-10) ? 170 PLN / 185 PLN (doors)
Blue sector (seats 10+) ? 140 PLN / 150 PLN (doors)
Standing floor ? 160 PLN / 175 PLN (doors)

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