Opeth Takes Swedish Best Hard Rock & Metal Grammis for ‘The Last Will & Testament’
We’ve all known this album was a banger since its release, but Opeth‘s most recent full-length effort The Last Will & Testament received some pretty high honors last night by taking home the “Best Hard Rock & Metal” award at this year’s Swedish Grammis.
Held at the Annexet in Stockholm, the Swedish Grammis nominates bands’ most recent releases, all of which came out last year. This year, Opeth was nominated for the award along with some pretty strong candidates for the award. The nominees for the category were as follows:
- Amaranth – The Catalyst
- Horndal – Head Hammer Man
- Nestor – Teenage Rebel
- Opeth – The Last Will and Testament
- Skraeckoedlan – Vermillion Sky
As a concept album, The Last Will & Testament has certainly gained the attention and imaginations of fans, hence their win. On hand to present the award was none other than Ghost’s Tobias Forge, who might end up winning next year’s award for Skeletá.
In just a few days, Opeth will embark on a ‘Monsters of Rock’ run, with stops in Brazil, Chile, and Colombia. Then later this spring and summer they’ll be traveling all over the place. If you’d like to see them live, you can do so by checking out the list of dates below.
4/9 São Paulo, Brazil Monsters of Rock
4/23 Santiago, Chile Masters of Rock
4/30 Bogotá, Colombia Monsters of Rock
5/4 Mexico City, Mexico Monsters Tour
6/4-7 Gdansk, Poland Mystic Festival
6/4-7 Sölvesborg, Sweden Sweden Rock Festival
6/13-15 Derby, United Kingdom Download Festival 2025
6/25 Athina, Greece Rockwave Nights
6/26 Thessaloniki, Greece Rockwave Festival 2025
6/27–29 Lisboa, Portugal Evil Live Festival 2025
7/6 Sarıyer, Turkey Headbangers’ Weekend 2025
7/17-19 Peurunka, Finland John Smith Rock Festival 2025
7/17-19 Málaga, Spain Sun And Thunder Festival 2025
7/30-8/2 Bergen, Norway Beyond The Gates 2025
8/6-9 Jaroměř, Czech Republic Brutal Assault 2025
8/15 Eindhoven, Netherlands Dynamo Metal Fest 2025
9/29 Hamburg, Germany Laeiszhalle
9/30 Esch-Sur-Alzette, Luxembourg Rockhal
10/1 Mannheim, Germany Congress Center Rosengarten
10/2 Zurich, Switzerland Komplex
10/4 Wien, Austria Vienna Metal Meeting 2025
10/6 Milan, Italy Alcatraz
10/7 Zagreb, Croatia Tvornica Kulture
10/8 Budapest, Hungary Barba Negra
10/10 Sofia, Bulgaria Asics Arena
10/11 București, Romania Laminor Arena
10/14 Dresden, Germany Alter Schlachthof
11/14 Auckland, New Zealand The Trusts Arena
11/17 Sydney, Australia Opera House
11/18 Sydney, Australia Opera House
11/20 Brisbane, Australia The Fortitude Music Hall
11/21 Melbourne, Australia Palais Theatre
11/22 Adelaide, Australia Hindley Street Music Hall
11/24 Perth, Australia Astor Theatre
