Mikael Åkerfeldt on the 'My Arms, Your Hearse' Writing Process

Opeth has received massive critical acclaim for their combination of progressive influences and annihilating Swedish death metal. These coloured 140g re-issues are a must for fans and collectors alike, having experienced a loving re-master by none-other than Jens Bogren (Opeth, Katatonia, Amorphis, Sepultura), with guidance from Mikael Åkerfeldt.
The records have been cut at half-speed at the infamous Abbey Rd studios by Miles Showell (ABBA, Beatles), and all artwork carefully restored by Dan Capp; designed the way the band originally intended them to be.
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[@henrywalton5967]

MAYH is a masterpeice really, this is where Opeth developed their signature sound imo. 'When' has to be my favourite track with that amazing ending. Looking forward to hearing all the remasters!

[@Lukeor]

When is still my favorite opeth song after 23 years

[@rvj2]

Demon of the fall is incredible.

[@BrotherBrown.]

The last minute of "When" is truly beautiful

[@xavierdube6520]

@@Lukeorsame but for 9 years. Ever since i found them

[@emergentform1188]

It's a masterpiece most definitely, and lyrically, the looping ghost story, beyond brilliant.

[@LisaBellaDonnaMusic]

I love all Opeth records, however “My Arms, Your Hearse” is forever my favorite. It just immediately beckons you into some dark, distant forest of metal. It’s a fucking masterpiece. Pure musical transport. 🖤

[@TheJML1975]

Do have this new remaster? I’ve been looking for reviews and can’t find a single one!

[@LisaBellaDonnaMusic]

@@TheJML1975 I don’t own it but I have owned the original vinyl pressing, which wasn’t great and I have the last reissue LP they did of it and it’s great. Much better transfer. I have an early CD of it too and it never disappoints. I certainly hope they reissue all 3 via Abbey Road series. I’ll certainly support it. They’re excellent records. Beautifully written esoteric forest metal! 🖤

[@TheJML1975]

@@LisaBellaDonnaMusic ahh ok! It’s so weird, there’s no reviews? 🤔 thank you for replying, fellow Opeth fan ❤️

[@oreomixtape7061]

Mine too! It’s perfect imo

[@emergentform1188]

Agreed. Well said!

[@biorythmicshifter]

MAYH has an atmospheric darkness to it that none of the others have captured. By far my favorite from Opeth and one of my favorite all time albums…

[@Jin.Yoon.]

"It's a cool record" Man this is one of the coolest masterpiece ever!!!

[@winandcallebaut4541]

From the thundering first bars of April Ethereal till the outro riff of Karma, this album is a masterpiece to me. I like many of the lyrics as well.

[@IamMichaellucifer13]

One of the best albums ever written, and his honesty in the making of the album says so much to how good they really are and creativity that they bring.

[@oreomixtape7061]

The bass playing was perfect, and the tone of everything was too. Great great album

[@Blaine748]

My Arms Your Hearse was my very first Opeth purchase back in, I believe, 1999. And it changed my life, my playing and my writing. Massively influential and formative record for me. It also delivered me from some rough moments, though I associate it with the best of times in my life, along with Still Life and Blackwater Park.

[@systemdeadlock]

Had a guitar with no amp. True inspiration.

[@moonlightreveries1459]

My favorite album of all time of any genre. Fucking love that album!!!

[@Thyberien]

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[@moonlightreveries1459]

@@Thyberien yeah i change it from time to time. My arms your hearse is my favorite. Blackwater park, sorceress, Damnation and Morningrise all grew on me big time. They will never surpass MAYH. It’s funny because I love still life and thought it was my favorite but then, as time went on I was just amazed by my arms your hearse. It just has these moments of absolute bliss and it rolls from one track to the other so smoothly. I feel like my soul is attached to that album. I love Opeth so much. All their albums I love and I don’t differentiate between them, but if I had to pick only one that I could listen to forever, it’s my arms your hearse.

[@oreomixtape7061]

@@moonlightreveries1459 glad you came around. SL is amazing but MAYH and it’s concept blows it out the water and does so in comparison from all albums really

[@peeledapples4176]

The little bit with the overlapping guitars at the end of Demon of the Fall is probably one of my favourite bits of music ever

[@greham]

MAYH put them on the launch pad to record and release Still Life, to me the most achieved piece of art of the band. The emotions, so many emotions and darkness.

[@50000metalwatts]

My Arms, Your Hearse , Damnation and Watershed are my favourite Opeth albums. I've listened to My Arms, Your Hearse a lot during coronavirus. Its artwork fits the music perfectly and it gives me a majestic,haunting vibe I'm getting by listening albums like Black Sabbath and Gothic by Paradise Lost in a more extreme level. Especially, the songs April Ethereal, When, Demon of the Fall and Credence are diamonds.

[@MetalHendrix.]

MAYH is the anthem of my young Love Life. The Peace, The Chaos, The Loss….Every second was worth it.

[@DiesIrae-21]

My fav album ever

[@moonlightreveries1459]

Because you are A boss

[@corcoos]

It's my favorite metal album. I always get goosebumps listening to it.

[@josueignaciomm]

Favorite album of all time for me, pure magic.

[@JubaDeMetalAlumínio]

The album that made me fall in love with Opeth.

[@gojiralives3698]

We need the full interview please!

[@090nj2]

*Don't want to be a pretentious fan but I REALLY love Orchid, Morningrise and MAYH cause of how beautiful the riffs are* *The “Thin Lizzy” aspect of harmony guitars is so beautiful man, I know they shifted to more of a heavier sound but the outro in ‘Epilogue’ is such a melancholic melodic masterpiece* *the whole album is❤❤❤*

[@DemonSlide]

One of their finest albums. "Karma" is my favorite.

[@allsinsundone]

Probably the best Opeth record. Amazing from start to finish

[@entertherealmofchaos]

Sir Mikael of Akerfeldt

[@gråsscandy77]

🫡

[@luigireccia6107]

From the first era (first three albums), this one is the greatest one.

[@MaynardOC]

Opeth has several masterpieces, for my "April Ethereal" It is one of them

[@hessiankyojin]

Still my favorite Opeth album, surpassing Still Life a bit after so long.

[@Ethenmar]

I miss the My Arms, Your Hearse and Morningrise era. The best Opeth albums. Dark, atmospheric, brutal but beauty.

[@Ebastine]

Were they afraid people wouldn't understand what he's saying due to his thick Swedish accent (not!) so they decided to write subtitles in the style of "misheard lyrics", if anyone remembers those, LOL!

[@snow15243]

honestly his bass playing on it is pretty solid.

[@fartooeasy7315]

I remember seeing the record at FYE and thinking.... That title is fucking metal. I bought the album, played it in the car on the way home and my friends were like "I dont get it" and I kept playing it. Within a week it was our most frequented album while passing a bong around. Good times.

[@CikisHelyzet]

Agree. This warmed the cockles.

[@jakesalerno1932]

Best album ever made, it’s beautiful in so many ways.

[@FreyjaJ]

Lol, I love this. Imagine thinking Morningrise is pretentious or bad in any way! 🖤 Those first three albums are all amazingly awesome masterpieces. Orchid was love at first listen.🤘

[@cuneytciftci]

dünyanın en iyi albümü biz senden razıyız mikael

[@lrtzndrsn]

What's up with the subtitles? 1:13 "Iron Maiden-sounding riff, four bars." (But good are amazing sounding grist for bars)??? Haha. 😅

[@thewildhealer541]

One of my favorite records by Opeth

[@babylemonade2868]

I came in at black water park and I’ve never listened to the albums before that. I think I should

[@Metal-Midgar]

"Iron Maiden-sounding riff" somehow became "Are amazing sounding riff"

Beautiful record.

[@Rob_Cary]

My favorite part about this album is that it shows how beneficial it is to only make a song really long if it needs to be and that it's always best to trim the fat.

[@robin-38-]

I did get a feeling on clean vocals that he had cold or something. He sounded different on that album. It was great though

[@olivergarcia3635]

Top record, the song When is a masterpiece.

[@sebastianphilipps1754]

I know people love BWP and is almost everyones favorite which I like very much too, but I prefer MAYH and Morningrise, their sound is unique.

[@liohrt]

Can you do the mix again and set the music even higher so I can't hear what Mikael has to say...

[@atesefey]

GOO REMASTTER

[@zacharyseibert4526]

🔥

[@HerrBrandt]

MAYH is like the Opeth's Master of Puppets

[@Kapricorn.Musick]

I feel the same as Mike about the first 3 albums. Orchid & MAYH are better than Morningrise.

[@darkphoenix2]

Got some AI generated subtitles here I see

[@georgy177]

It's f*cked up

[@ua2894]

He can't stop shitting on the masterpiece known as Morningrise. The peak of Farfalla's career.

[@johnzackarias11]

Who wrote these subtitles?

[@NPC-30]

Who wrote the subtitles for this? So amateurish.

[@theopinson3851]

This was the first album where they were more than just a really good metal band. The counterpoint harmonies on Demon of the Fall are some of the most creative and interesting things they’ve done…wild that he did that without something like guitarpro to work it out.

[@justsomedude5727]

The bass playing is serviceable, definetly a downgrade from Johan or Mendez, but this is my favourite album despite bass being my favourite instrument

[@Aenigmakil]

I love all three Candlelight records. Mike talks rubbish with regards to Morningrise!

[@igornaimoli7321]

He still said he likes them all

[@Aenigmakil]

@@igornaimoli7321 I'm glad but I wish he was a bit kinder to it.

[@ronaldpvincent11]

Morningrise FOREVER, gg pretentiousness, poetry and playing chess

[@LisaBellaDonnaMusic]

YES!!! Agreed! I absolutely love Morningrise!

[@ronaldpvincent11]

@@LisaBellaDonnaMusic Yes Lisa me too, it was love at first sight. Really really beautiful music, amazing

[@John34bruh]

@@ronaldpvincent11Morningrise was perfect, tbh I wish black rose immortal was shorter. Idk it’s GREAT, just not Nectar/Silent Water great