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It finally happened\u2026 Opeth<\/a><\/strong> has gone back to gutturals. Mikael \u00c5kerfeldt<\/a><\/strong> caught tons of hell when he gave up the vocal style beginning with 2011’s Heritage<\/em>, and he probably never stopped hearing about it until 2024, when “\u00a71” dropped and sent Opeth fans into celebration. “\u00a71” is just the first track from Opeth<\/strong>‘s upcoming The Last Will and Testament<\/em>, which will be released October 11. <\/p>\n For this list, we tried to limit \u00c5kerfeldt’s performances to one song per album, and we’re going deep into both Opeth<\/strong> and Bloodbath<\/a><\/strong>‘s discography. If you need your fix of \u00c5kerfeldt<\/strong> gutturals, here’s your goddamn buffet. <\/p>\n \u00c5kerfeldt<\/strong> ascended to a new level of screaming on Blackwater Park<\/em>. Throughout Opeth<\/strong>‘s ’90s discrography, there was a raspiness in \u00c5kerfeldt’<\/strong>s throat that made him sound like a dude doing some of the best gutturals you’ve ever heard. On Blackwater Park<\/em>, \u00c5kerfeldt<\/strong> turned into the literal voice of Lucifer. His voice felt like it emanated from another realm, with “Bleak” best representing how otherworldly \u00c5kerfeldt<\/strong>‘s voice became. His vocals on the album’s title track are just as incredible, but with “Bleak” being the more vocal-heavy track, this is our Blackwater Park<\/em> pick.<\/p>\n \n