Sweden’s Opeth are preparing to release their most important record to date with “In Cauda Venenum”. Certainly, fans and critics will have their opinion, but few records in the Swedes’ oeuvre are as engaging, delicate, panoramic, intense, and musical as Opeth’s lucky thirteenth. Sporting a clever Travis Smith cover—replete with inside jokes and a nod to King Diamond—a masterful Park Studios (The Hellacopters, Graveyard) production, Opeth’s usual five-star musicianship, and lyrics entirely in Swedish, “In Cauda Venenum” raises the bar markedly. While a record in Swedish is a first—there’s also an English version—for frontman and founding member Mikael Åkerfeldt, the 10 songs on offer feel and sound completely natural. As if years of listening to and being a fan of Swedish rock and hard rock has paid off. In a way, Opeth have come home. But the Swedish lyrics of the primary edition of “In Cauda Venenum” shouldn’t distract from the quality presented in Opeth’s new songs, the lot of which sneak up and take control after repeated listens. “In Cauda Venenum” is like that, tricky in its complicated simplicity, resourceful in its ability to charm with delightful if wistful melodies. Really, it’s just Opeth being Opeth.

Tracklist

English:

CD Track Listing:

1.Garden Of Earthly Delights

2.Dignity/3.Heart In Hand

4.Next Of Kin

5.Lovelorn Crime

6.Charlatan

7.Universal Truth

8.The Garroter

9.Continuum

10.All Things Will Pass

LP Disc 1 (English Version) Track Listing Side

A: 1.Garden Of Earthly Delights

2.Dignity

3.Heart In Hand

Side B:

1.Next Of Kin

2.Lovelorn Crime

LP Disc 2 Track Listing

Side C:

1.Charlatan

2.Universal Truth

3.The Garroter

Side D:

1.Continuum

2.All Things Will Pass

 

Swedish:

CD Track Listing:

1 Livets Trädgård

2.Svekets Prins

3. Hjärtat Vet Vad Handen Gör

4. De Närmast Sörjande

5.Minnets Yta

6.Charlatan

7.Ingen Sanning Är Allas

8.Banemannen

9.Kontinuerlig Drift

10.Allting Tar Slut

LP Disc 1 Track Listing

Side A:

1.Livets Trädgård

2.Svekets Prins

3. Hjärtat Vet Vad Handen Gör

Side B:

1.De Närmast Sörjande

2.Minnets Yta

LP Disc 2 Track Listing

Side C:

1.Charlatan

2.Ingen Sanning Är Allas

3.Banemannen

Side D:

1.Kontinuerlig Drift

2.Allting Tar Slut

Soundwave

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm9DU0KIKd8