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“It’s an intro. It’s a lovely intro! I wanted a Spanish or Mexican feel to it. (Martin) Méndez had a name for it… he called it Pepé! It has some spoken word going on, so it needed something that would fit with that. It has the most simple melody you can think of.”
-Mikael Åkerfeldt
“It has a defin...
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1]
A beloved name inside my heart
A fleeting glance became the start
A missing word I am still awaiting
A wretched deception, I am creating
Persephone was written by Mikael Åkerfeldt.
Persephone was produced by Tom Dalgety & Mikael Åkerfeldt.
Opeth released Persephone on Fri Sep 30 2016.
“The title came when I read up on Persephone and checked out who she was… there’s a love story between her and Hades, at least from his point of view, and it just worked with the mood of the album. I guess she’s a sorceress too.”
-Mikael Akerfeldt
Opeth's track by track guide to Sorceress
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