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    THE GORY AND THE GRANDIOSE

    Oct 10, 2019 3 minutes
    WORDS BY MATT DORIA.

    According to fretboard warrior Fredrik Åkesson, the impetus behind Opeth’s titanic 13th album – the bold and barbarous In Cauda Venenum (Latin for ‘Poison In The Tail’, FYI) – was to make the Swedish death metal titans’ most epic album yet. And spanning over an hour of some of the band’s most bloodcurdling, yet melodic and cerebral material, it only takes one playthrough to see how well they’ve pulled it off.

    What’s more, the quintet of tonal terrorisers are set to bring In Cauda Venenum to Australia for a five-date stream of opulent theatre

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