The official Opeth thread v. Bring on the new album!

[wolfking]

Let's go!

[black_biff_stadler]

[Podaar]

May 6th of 2014...correct? I see nothing on the interwebs yet!

[emtee]

I read the sentence on Opeth's site differently. I read it as pre-orders begin on May 6 and that the single will be The Cusp
Of Eternity.

[BlackInk]

[?]

I read the sentence on Opeth's site differently. I read it as pre-orders begin on May 6 and that the single will be The Cusp
Of Eternity.

But wouldn't it be sensible to give people some kind of preview of the album before they are asked to pre-order it?

[Onno]

I read the sentence on Opeth's site differently. I read it as pre-orders begin on May 6 and that the single will be The Cusp
Of Eternity.

It also says that people pre-ordering through iTunes will instantly receive a download to the song. As the pre-orders should be available today, I assume they'll release the single too. Otherwise it would leak anyway.
Also, the pre-orders will be available through the Omerch store (amongst others). I just checked the site and the pre-orders aren't up yet, so I assume they'll be up later today?

[?]

I was looking at people's posts on Opeth's FB page and apparently someone had emailed a guy at Opeth's management, who said there'll be an announcement that the release date has been pushed back:



Hopefully it's just the single and not the album itself that's postponed...

[emtee]

Wonder why? Pretty late in the process for any issues.

[Onno]

[?]

Some people claim the album has been delayed until August Sucks pretty hard if that's true, but I wouldn't be surprised, because the new Anathema record comes out in June and it has been available for pre-ordering since early April.

[adace]

I am disappoint

[Zydar]

Gosh darnit!

[Dark Castle]

The Pale Nobody Cares Anymore

Coming out sometime in the future, probably expect more delays.

[TioJorge]

So lolz.

I care! Verily. I also have a smidgen of patience. I'll be going wild when it is inevitably released though.

[Dark Castle]

I'm just joking around. Obviously I'm not one to base excitement for new Opeth around.
I just love that they're postponing and waited until the single was supposed to be out to say this(which they haven't even done yet lol)

Who knows they may release the single as a token of apology to fans, but I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you guys.

[TioJorge]

Oh..

I'm definitely not; I've never been one to ache and moan over releases of music. Not for a while, anyway. I've also learned that the musicians themselves, much of the time, have no control over when it releases. I'm sure the guys would love it if it could be released right now. Maybe something to do with RR's release plan, sales...maybe even something to do with the album itself. I'd rather have it release when all the edges are polished than have a product that they'll have 'remastered' not long after its release.

[Dark Castle]

I'm pretty sure all of the mixing and mastering has been done for awhile now. It's too close to the release date for that to be one of the reasons.

[TioJorge]

Even more of a reason why it's probably RR's doing and not Opeth.

[Dark Castle]

Never said it was Opeth doing this.

[TioJorge]

Mm. I assumed 'they' was in reference to the guys.

Either way. Lesson learned: Don't listen to people cause they're stupid. Facts. Facts are your friend. It's a good thing I have no more fucks to give...it'll be nice when it arrives and if it is in August, then just in time for that perfect Opeth weather.

[?]

Maybe the cover art still isn't ready? I'm sure we would've seen it by now if it was, given that the tracklist was revealed a while ago already.

[wolfking]

This blows! 

[Bolsters]

This blows! 

Pretty much.

[Onno]

From Roadrunner's Facebook page, a reply by a guy on RR's post about the new Black Stone Cherry album:


Seriously Roadrunner, what the fuck?

[Zydar]

So we have to listen to the new Black Stone Cherry album first? RR has humor though

[Ben_Jamin]

That's funny and great marketing.

Yeah, I honestly stopped caring about WHEN bands release albums. My tastes are diverse and in the mean time, I can enjoy many more bands. It's pretty much the same for the bands I've known for quite awhile.

[?]

I appreciate their attempt at humor, but it's not that amusing when there's still no explanation whatsoever regarding the postponement.

[Shadow Ninja 2.0]

Onno, I see that you have your Facebook language set to English (Pirate).

[Onno]

Onno, I see that you have your Facebook language set to English (Pirate).

And that be pleasin' to yer eye?

[Shadow Ninja 2.0]

Aar!

[?]

We want new Opeth just as badly as you do, here's an Official Statement regarding "Pale Communion":

Roadrunner Records group Opeth has announced that the release of their highly anticipated eleventh studio album, “PALE COMMUNION” has been reslated for AUGUST 26TH. “Many of you have heard the rumours already and we can now confirm that the release of ‘Pale Communion’ has indeed been pushed back to late August,” commented Opeth frontman, Mikael Åkerfeldt. “Several circumstances prevented the band from delivering essential tools to Roadrunner in time which are needed to set up the album release properly and release schedule conflicts made us mutually decide on August instead of June.”

“PALE COMMUNION,” which was produced by the band’s very own Mikael Åkerfeldt and mixed by longtime collaborator and Porcupine Tree frontman/guitarist Steven Wilson, will be heralded by the lead single, “Cusp of Eternity” and available for pre-order starting Tuesday, June 3RD. Pre-
orders for “PALE COMMUNION” made via the iTunes Store will receive an instant download of “Cusp of Eternity” as well as second album track to be released on July 15TH, with multiple configurations also available via both the Roadrunner Records Webstore and O Merch.

[Zydar]

[Shadow Ninja 2.0]

Unless I'm reading it wrong, it doesn't say when pre-orders will be available, does it?

[?]

A "Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction" video with Mikael: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKm2eQ7XftM

Unless I'm reading it wrong, it doesn't say when pre-orders will be available, does it?

“PALE COMMUNION,” which was produced by the band’s very own Mikael Åkerfeldt and mixed by longtime collaborator and Porcupine Tree frontman/guitarist Steven Wilson, will be heralded by the lead single, “Cusp of Eternity” and available for pre-order starting Tuesday, June 3RD.