One of the most hotly anticipated releases in metal is, ironically not a metal album. With their new song “Eternal Rains” Opeth have gone full prog, opening with the sound of the now accustomed mellotron, we’re then shown a lot more distortion than we heard in first single “Cusp Of Eternity” this doesn’t last however. We’re moved slowly into the verse where pianos and clean guitars ring out and finally we hear some vocals followed by a solo and some prog trade offs. An interesting song to be released as a single, but then Opeth have never been one for the conventional.

The song itself seems that it would need context within the album, most of it seems to be more of a movement in a grand scheme of things rather than a song in its own right. We shall soon find out with the release of Pale Communion, August 26th release via RoadRunner Records.