Mean Deviation: Opeth’s Boffo Billboard Feature, Beers, and Big Tour

All the way back in 2006, Swedish Death Metal author Daniel Ekeroth author wrote about Opeth: “Their commercial and critical success has been beyond imagination.” A decade hence, with their twelfth studio album, Sorceress, poised for release on September 30, Opeth stands at an enviable peak almost as cosmic as their prog-infused metal music (or really metal-infused prog, a this point).

Now no less a mainstream institution than music biz bible Billboard has profiled the band. Not bad for an ex...