Official promo video for "Paragraph One", taken from Opeth's latest studio album "The Last Will and Testament", released November 2024 on Moderbolaget, licensed exclusively to Reigning Phoenix Music.
“So here’’ a video (of sorts) for your ‘enjoyment.’ We had requests left, right & centre to do one of them measly ‘lyric videos’ or ‘visualizers’ for ‘content.’ Now, right there are three words I despise! I’ve made it clear in our circle of trust that we shouldn’t use the word ‘content’ even if that’s exactly what we’re working on. We’re not some goddamn influencers, now are we? So can we please settle on the old fashioned word ‘video’ without meddling with modern online lingo? And a video is what it really is. A performance video, no less. We figured it’s a bit more happening to look at (should you decide to do so) than a lyric video. ‘§1’ is the opener on “The Last Will And Testament.” A good song. I like it! The video looks good. As good as it can look when involving 5 middle-aged, slightly hungover geezers miming along to something. We shot it in some industrial area in Birmingham (UK) on the latest Euro tour. Everyone (well, the band and crew) were quite eager to get out of there as we had dinner planned at a fancy curry house locally. Much thanks to Ash Pears and ASH TV, who were really professional (ie: quick!) and made the whole experience rather easy on us. Hope you dig it, people!”
Mikael on behalf of Opeth."
Order your copy of The Last Will and Testament here:
https://opeth.rpm.link/lastwill
Director & Producer - Ash Pears for AshTV
www.ashtv.co.uk
Director of Photography - Tom Hunter
Gaffer - Michael Suszczenia for Pole Lighting
Camera Operators - Tom Hunter & Ash Pears
1st Assistant Camera - Eric Mawby
Filmed on 27th February 2025 at Birmingham Film Studio, UK.
