Back catalogue:

Review: The brainchild of Olli-Pekka Laine (Amorphis, Barren Earth, Mannhai), Beyond The Aeons marks the debut full-length from psych-death-prog entity Octoploid. Rounding out the line-up with several long-time collaborators including vocalist Mikko Kotamaki (Swallow The Sun) and keyboardist Kim Rantala (formerly of Amorphis), the collective live up to their namesake by pulling from several eras of rock simultaneously with a sonic bedrock built upon 70s prog and psychedelia, 90s death and black metal, as well as the myriad Venn Diagram-like intersections where these styles have crossed paths over the decades. Equal parts King Crimson, Pink Floyd and Opeth, on their debut statement Octoploid deliver a fuzzy, bombastic ode to all things heaving, hypnotising, hefty and hallucinogenic.

Review: Marking their first album in five years and follow up to 2019's criminally overlooked In Cauda Venenum, Swedish progressive death metal legends Opeth return with their fourteenth full-length The Last Will & Testament. Marking the return of vocalist/guitarist/primary songwriter Mikael Akerfeldt's signature death growls; the first project to feature the inhumane bellows since 2008's Watershed, the work is the band's first concept album since 1999's Still Life, with the narrative based around a wealthy, mysterious patriarch in the post-World War I era whose death leads his family to congregate at his estate to learn horrific secrets as his last will and testament is unveiled. Whilst retracing some of their gloomier, more macabre sonics, musically the compositions continue to embrace the 70's psychedelia of Heritage and Sorceress yet with a notable rediscovery of their harrowing, frosted death metal origins. Pressed on limited marbled 'rough seas' vinyl 2xLP..

Review: Serving as their follow up to 2019's underrated In Cauda Venenum, while being their first project since 2008's Watershed to reinstall primary songwriter Mikael Akerfeldt's iconic death growls, The Last Will & Testament will serve as the fourteenth full-length from Swedish progressive metal auteurs Opeth. Maring their first concept album since 1999's Still Life, the lyrics tell the tale of a wealthy, mysterious patriarch in the post-World War I era who dies and leaves his family to congregate on his estate to learn horrific secrets as his will is revealed. Rather than simply reverting back to their heavier beginnings, musically the compositions continue to embrace the 70s psychedelia of Heritage and Sorceress yet with a nuanced imbuing and re-embracing of their harrowing frosted death metal origins. This special edition arrives on opaque white & dark green vinyl 4xLP in a box set complete with bonus CD, Blu-ray, insert and for that extra theatrically immersive flare - a pen & quill set with a certificate of authenticity.