Recorded at Stockholm’s Park Studios, Opeth’s 13th long player,In Cauda Venenum，是用瑞典语和英语写的。它遵循2016年巫婆，其中在英国的第11号，并进入了德国的前十名。
Set be one of 2019’s most anticipated metal albums, it sees the band rediscover their passion for guitars, too, with both Fredrik and Michael using amplifiers built by their neighbours along with vintage Gibsons and, surprisingly, a Fender Mustang or two. Guitarist Fredrik Åkesson opens his liner notes and tells us his favourite parts on the album.
Minnets YTA / Lovelorn犯罪
“这是一个民谣独奏。我试图做一些更像是一种情感类型的独奏。Before I put down the demo solo for that song, Michael told me, ‘I want you to play it so that people remember you for it when you die.’ I said: ‘Thank you for the pressure, mate!’ But he was very happy with it, and I’m happy with as well. I went for a bit of a Gilmour/Gary Moore type of approach here.”
SVEKETS原装/尊严
“I bought a Flying V from ’83, a black one with a Korina body. It’s a ’58 reissue, where the strings go through the body. I use that for the rhythms onDignity，但我真的很满意这首歌的独奏。专辑中的第一个独奏是完全不同的，因为它更加播放和弦，而不是拥有一个在同一个密钥中的部分。当我简化那个独唱时，我写下了和弦图表，看着它，切换和弦，刚刚去了！这就是专辑的目标，但我不得不重新安置它，我把它弄起来有点。与早期的Opeth Solos相比，我会说它不同。“
Hjärtatvad andeng in thegeng / heart
“I went for a more aggressive approach here, more of a Strat type of solo. It’s more of a metal/hard-rock type of tune and I like that there’s a good blend of different approaches with the solos on the album. It all depends on what the song is like, basically, but I think that one’s more driven. I felt like it needed some of that aggressive touch to it. It has kind of an edgy, chunky guitar tone there, but the weird thing is that we were both using a Fender Mustang!”
kontinuerlig drift / continuum
“这也是更具侵略性的独奏之一。它有一些能量我试图提取，至少对我来说，至少，我希望听众也喜欢它。这款AMP Builder住在距离我的房子的步行距离附近，我一直在与他一起工作了几年，我们推出了一只小山的AMP的增益结构。该品牌被称为Olsson AMPS，由John Olsson制作。我们已经设法找到了一个增益结构，我真的很满意它，因为它适用于金属，硬岩，经典岩石，一切。它具有很大的维持，即使有很多增益，它与和弦有很好的分离。就在我们进入工作室之前，约翰问我是否可以将一个100瓦的AMP与那个增益结构放在一起，看看它听起来像什么。我们很快就做了很快，进入了工作室，与许多其他应用程序相比，它基本上赢得了比赛。这就是我们为节奏吉他使用的东西，这是世界上唯一的安培之一！“
Banemannen / Garoter
“我认为专辑上的最终赛道是Garroter.,这是一个更黑暗的,奔放的,令人毛骨悚然的类型的歌。There’s these kind of jazz chords in the chorus and some more jazzy licks that pop up here and there, I think about three of them. I hadn’t really played that on an Opeth album before. I’m not really a jazz player, I can never figure it out. I have to sit down and think about it, but I’m interested in it and I try to work on it when we have long periods of not touring. It needed something more like that, rather than more of a rock solo. So we thought about some different chords and playing over half-diminished flat chords and going in between those kind of modes into that dominant-seven type of thing. I recorded those parts with a big Gibson 335 through an old Maestro amp.”
In Cauda Venenum9月27日出来Moderbolaget/Nuclear Blast。