Swedish metal maestros Opeth Will kick off a seven-week tour of the United States and Canada on Sept. 19 in Worcester, Massachusetts.
The band's new album, Heritage, comes out the next day via Roadrunner Records. Mikael Akerfeldt began work on the album late last year, and the band began recording it in January. It will be the first Opeth album since 2008's Watershed.
Opeth will be joined by fellow Swedes Katatonia, whose 2009 album, Night Is the New Day, has garnered critical acclaim.
Dates for the North American tour are as follows:
9/19/2011: The Palladium, Worcester, MA
9/20/2011: Webster Theatre, Hartford, CT
9/21/2011: Webster Hall, New York, NY
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