What…you thought we weren’t going to review the new Opeth? Everyone and their brother was posting opinions on how good (or not) it was…even before they heard nothing more than the first single. Hell, I found one guy who devoted 20 minutes on YouTube raving about how he has “early access” and heard the whole album. Patent bullshit. But now we can talk. The Last Will and Testament is available to all. I had about a week of digital listening prior to release, but since then have soaked in the vinyl, the Dolby Atmos version, and the digital version more times than I care to admit, and the long and short of it is this:

God DAMN, this record.

I mean, there’s more below the jump, but… God DAMN, this record.

Read the rest over at Nine Circles.