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Opeth four-stringer revisits his death metal roots…

As the bass player in progressive rock visionaries Opeth, it would be fair to say it’s usually Martín Méndez’s bandmates Mikael Åkerfeldt and Fredrik Åkesson being interviewed for this magazine. That all changes this year with the arrival of Martín’s new death metal project White Stones and their debut album (named after his birthplace in Uruguay), on which he played six-string as well as covering the lower register

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