OPETH have been forced to bump their “Evolution XXX: By Request” European headline tour, which originally planned for this October, to November 2022 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
OPETH guitarist/vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt comments: “So, we’re planning to celebrate a belated band-birthday, also known as BBB. How do we celebrate a thing like this, you ask? Well, we go to work. We are planning a very few select shows in 2021 where you basically have the collective choice of picking the songs for the setlist. Since we celebrate 30 years, we would love to play a song from each album we’ve done. All 13 of them. If you can help us and pick your choice of one song per album from the list, and then we’ll simply play the songs with the most votes. It’s been done before, but not by us. I am reluctant and nervous, but also excited to see what songs you will choose. I can’t really believe we’ve been around for 30 years, but there you go. So please help us. And be gentle. The final setlist will have 13 songs. One from each album. Your call…”
A new tour trailer made by Scott Robinson for Brace For Impact can be seen below.
OPETH’s latest album, “In Cauda Venenum”, was released in September 2019 via Moderbolaget / Nuclear Blast Entertainment. The LP landed at No. 13 on the U.K. chart and No. 5 on the German chart. The band’s previous effort, 2016’s “Sorceress”, peaked at No. 11 on the U.K. chart, while 2014’s “Pale Communion” entered the list at No. 14 and 2011’s “Heritage” landed at No. 22.