Opeth Announces Final 2026 Show in Mexico

Opeth has confirmed its final live date for 2026, set for November 11 at Arena CDMX in Ciudad de México, Mexico. The band expressed gratitude for the sold-out show in Buenos Aires, describing it as a memorable night. A 2LP pearly white vinyl edition of Opeth’s The Last Will And Testament is now available through Reigning Phoenix Music, with a strict limit of 400 copies.

The album was written by Mikael Åkerfeldt with lyrics contributed by Klara Rönnqvist Fors of The Heard, formerly of Crucified Barbara. It was co-produced by Åkerfeldt and Stefan Boman of Ghost and The Hellacopters, engineered by Boman, Joe Jones of Killing Joke and Robert Plant, and mixed by Boman, Åkerfeldt, and the Opeth band at Atlantis and Hammerthorpe Studios in Stockholm. The string arrangements were crafted by Åkerfeldt and Dave Stewart of Egg and Khan, conducted by Stewart at Angel Studios in London.

Visual artist Travis Smith has returned to create a cover for the album, a haunting image inspired by Stanley Kubrick’s 'Overlook Hotel' photograph. Miles Showell of ABBA and Queen completed mastering and vinyl lacquer cutting at Abbey Road Studios in London. Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull performs on tracks §4 and §7 and provides vocals on §1, §2, §4, and §7.

Joey Tempest of Europe contributes backing vocals to §2. Mirjam Åkerfeldt, Mikael Åkerfeldt’s youngest daughter, provides the disembodied vocal on §1. The full tracklist includes: §1, §2, §3, §4, §5, §6, §7, and A Story Never Told.