Ian Anderson is finally going metal!
Well, at least a prog version of it, as the Jethro Tull singer has made an guest appearance on Opeth’s new song “§4.”
Off Opeth’s new album, The Last Will and Testament, in true prog fashion the song runs more than seven minutes, and features flute and spoken word from Ian Anderson.
“We ended up with a flute solo by Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull, which was kind of an accident in a way, because I asked him to do a narration, not flute,” Opteh frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt explained. “As he was doing the spoken word bits, he asked me ‘do you need a flute solo?’ I was like, ‘yes, please!‘, while I didn’t really have a part for a flute solo! I had to shuffle through the songs quickly in my head before he would change his mind. I had him on the hook, of course I was gonna find a piece! So, he played almost like a common response type flute solo in ‘§4.'”
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